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Event Date:<\/mark> <\/strong>May 13, 2026, 10:30 am PST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Register<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A free webinar will provide practical tools and recommendations for addressing ableism and promoting participation and belonging for children with disabilities in communities across British Columbia and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-hosted by BC Healthy Communities and the City of Powell River, the one-hour online session will demonstrate how municipalities can advance the BC Accessibility Act by transforming programs, services, spaces, communications, and policies to better serve children with disabilities and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The webinar centers on four protective factors for child and youth well-being published by BC Healthy Communities and Vancouver Coastal Health: Participation, Play, Safety, and, Social Connection and Belonging. By shifting away from ableist practices, local and Indigenous governments can create environments that support these important factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants will learn about a comprehensive community-led process that includes leadership from project advisors with lived experience, equity site visits of municipal facilities, an environmental scan and a facilitated policy impact forum involving staff from across all departments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three ready-to-use resources will be offered to all participants \u2013 particularly local and Indigenous governments \u2013 to adopt or adapt for their own communities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A detailed summary report with evidence-based recommendations <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • An accessible video <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A user-friendly client services handbook for staff <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The session will feature presentations from municipal staff and a Community Belonging Project Advisor, showcasing real-world implementation supported by the University of Victoria’s School of Child and Youth Care. A Q&A session will provide opportunities for discussion and knowledge sharing among participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Event Date: May 13, 2026, 10:30 am PST A free webinar will provide practical tools and recommendations for addressing ableism and promoting participation and belonging for children with disabilities in communities across British Columbia and beyond.  Co-hosted by BC Healthy Communities and the City of Powell River, the one-hour online session will demonstrate how municipalities can advance the BC…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[54,23,43],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webinar","tag-bchc","tag-news","tag-vch"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":99,"label":"Webinar"}],"post_tag":[{"value":54,"label":"BCHC"},{"value":23,"label":"News"},{"value":43,"label":"VCH"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ableism-1024x724.jpg",1024,724,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Patrick Dunne","author_link":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/author\/bchc_admin\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":99,"name":"Webinar","slug":"webinar","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":99,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":99,"category_count":1,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Webinar","category_nicename":"webinar","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":54,"name":"BCHC","slug":"bchc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":54,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":23,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":38,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":43,"name":"VCH","slug":"vch","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}