Community Inclusion

Joe’s Table brews an abilities-friendly workplace

Amanda Kim teams up with Burnaby café to bring meaningful employment to persons with disabilities By Patricia Marcoccia PosAbilities employment specialist Amanda Kim placed a barista “cheat sheet” in a drawer...

Garden event unites community with UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage

Still Creek Community Garden shares sacred gong music from Southeast Asia By Patricia Marcoccia Honeybees are successful because they work in unison. In the same vein, several grassroots Vancouver organizations teamed...

PosAbilities explores reducing social isolation

Undertakes new survey about increased community engagement By Natalie Hamilton With one in four Vancouver residents reporting they feel isolated from their neighbours, posAbilities and Copula House are taking a closer...

PosAbilities helps demonstrate ‘We are Community’

Highlights ABCD in action at Inclusion BC conference By Natalie Hamilton By connecting a Cincinnati man who has a sense of humour with others who appreciate his wittiness, his circle of...

PosAbilities plants seeds at Stone Soup Festival

Helps nurture connection between organization, community: Caroline Dagg By Natalie Hamilton PosAbilities has planted seeds both figuratively and literally in the community through its participation in the recent 18th annual Stone...

Sports fans build community through team sponsorship

David, Pierre and Murray also getting to know their neighbours as they ‘Adopt-a-SPOT’ By Michelle Strutzenberger David, Pierre and Murray are channeling their shared passion for sports into sponsoring a children’s...

Quest Food Exchange’s new kitchen cooking possibilities

'We realized there are a lot of great things we can do together' By Natalie Hamilton A partnership between posAbilities and Quest Food Exchange is proving fruitful by helping people in...

Aaron Johannes ‘really deserves’ heroes award

Gather April 5 for award reception, film screening By Natalie Hamilton Around the Spectrum Society, Aaron Johannes is affectionately known as “Dad.” ...

Stakeholders strive to create 500 jobs for 500 grads

I>Inclusion BC launches Ready, Willing and Able employment campaign By Natalie Hamilton There are many British Columbia residents who have a disability and are “Ready, Willing and Able” to work. In fact,...

Don’t Sweat It business manager makes new connections at AIM conference

I>Social enterprise model unique at event By Natalie Hamilton Fostering a deeper sense of inclusion and creating more partnerships are two objectives Paul Colvin has in mind for Don’t Sweat It,...

Rainbow Discovery Alliance provides space for people who are LGBT

Network hosts ‘Spring Fling’ social March 13 By Natalie Hamilton About 20 years ago while participating in Pride activities in Toronto, Sterling James saw something he didn’t like that has motivated...

Asset-based community development springs into action

‘It does so much to make our communities more inclusive’ By Natalie Hamilton One day Joe Erpenbeck helped connect a man with a disability who has a passion for baseball with...

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