Human Rights

Still Rockin’– The posAbilities House Band

Contributed by Gabriela Torres  Every Friday Morning from 10:30am-12:30pm the sound proof room allocated to posAbilities at Suna Studios blares with the sound of music and buzzes with positive...

Autism 30 Podcast features posAbilities

Contributed by: Monique Nelson, Director of Community Engagement This province is blessed with a strong culture of family led innovation and advocacy that has significantly improved the lives of...

The Jake Report – Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture at the Queer Arts Festival

In this video, Jake chats with Emma Kivisild (a.k.a. Lizard Jones) who is the Artistic Director at Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture. Emma talks about her performance art “Kiss...

‘Making it Happen’ Within Community Living Sector

Each year on March 8th we celebrate International Women’s Day – a global day when we honour the economic, political and social achievements of all women. This past Sunday...

Acceptance Takes More Than One Day

It all started with two Nova Scotia high school boys in 2007. After seeing a boy in grade 9 being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school, the...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2014 – a review by spotlightjake

In honour of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd, spotlightjake covered the community celebration at the Yaletown Roundhouse.  The afternoon was filled with a...

Former Woodlands resident relishes his freedom

Richard McDonald hopes his book on living in two B.C. institutions will help keep history from repeating itself By Michelle Strutzenberger Freedom is what Richard McDonald speaks of first when he...

The most powerful way to start shaping the future

Discovering community living’s gifts and possibilities By Michelle Strutzenberger From co-housing to social enterprise, new ways to enrich the lives of people who have an intellectual disability are being actively explored...

We need new conversations inside and outside community living: Gord Tulloch

Q and A with posAbilities director of innovation By Michelle Strutzenberger Canada’s community living movement and developmental services sector have some tough questions to grapple with that go far beyond funding,...

Continuing to push for a more inclusive society

PosAbilities’ partners urging for a call to action related to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities By Kristian Partington PosAbilities joined the chorus of support agencies across...

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