Community Inclusion

Team leader applauds inclusion, citizenship workshop series

‘I really feel like I have a structure/foundation inserted under the work that I’m doing’ By Natalie Hamilton Hemant Kulkarni returned to his workplace Tuesday with a richer knowledge of the...

Can You Dig It! partners with Stage Door to create gardening videos

Preparing for fundraiser involving West Coast Seeds By Natalie Hamilton From planting to watering to thinning a garden, Can You Dig It is providing gardening tips in an engaging way through...

SAFE committee striving to change generations

PosAbilities, self-advocates partner with school to remove barriers, foster inclusion By Natalie Hamilton PosAbilities and the Self Advocates for Equality (SAFE) committee are striving to foster an inclusive society and are...

INcommonTV invites you to share your story

New website celebrates the lived experience of disability through narratives and more By Natalie Hamilton Lindsay Lorraine is looking forward to the infinite “posAbilities” that will unfold as the personal stories...

Experienced self advocate brings tried-and-true message

UBC hosts broad inclusion conversation By Michelle Strutzenberger She’s become renowned for leading some significant change as a disability rights advocate, and this week Barb Goode had a chance to speak...

Inclusive employment, Gangnam Style

PosAbilities YouTube video sees uptake ‘skyrocket’ By Kristian Partington PSY, a singer/songwriter/rapper from South Korea, managed to rack up an astounding total of close to 1.2 billion views on YouTube with...

Share your story with posAbilities Today

Staff, self-advocates and family members invited to contact newsroom By Michelle Strutzenberger As the start of 2013 inspires thoughts of fresh direction, the posAbilities Today newsroom foresees a slight shift for...

PosAbilities thickens community connections

Proposes Shared Living support networks, partners with Quest Food Exchange, co-hosts community-building event By Michelle Strutzenberger Building community capacity is an interest of posAbilities, and in 2012 the organization took several...

PosAbilities uses innovative tools to create meaningful change in 2012

Launches digital storytelling, expands community gardens, participates in inaugural film festival By Michelle Strutzenberger Whether it was through the launch of digital storytelling or ongoing expansion of its community gardens, posAbilities...

Camaraderie grows as Alternatives team gives back

Team’s contributions another way posAbilities is contributing to B.C.’s largest food redistribution agency By Michelle Strutzenberger Whether it’s sorting pennies or packaging food, a team from a posAbilities arts program has...

posAbilities seeks to sustain new community-building conversation

Activity underway to bring asset-based community development fellow Joe Erpenback for long-term work in Vancouver By Michelle Strutzenberger The challenge with a paradigm-shifting dialogue like the one in Vancouver last week...

Vancouver rediscovering the power of the neighbourhood

85 join event on building inclusive communities By Michelle Strutzenberger Creating a healthy and caring society will require everyone’s involvement, not just government or professional supports. This was the premise of...

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