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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 11:45 AM
To further reduce barriers and make services and resources more easily accessible for people with disabilities, the Province is providing the BC Spinal Cord Injury Community Services Network (BC SCI Network) with $5 million to enhance their services for British Columbians with a physical disability.
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Monday, February 6, 2017 10:00 AM
Green Frog is a pest control company that is doing more than just dirty work. By working with and hiring people with barriers to employment at risk of homelessness, they are helping others to rebuild their lives.
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Monday, January 30, 2017 9:45 AM
In 2013, Atira Women’s Resource Society built the first multi-dwelling housing project in Canada using recycled shipping containers.
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Friday, June 17, 2016 11:15 AM
The Province and partners collectively will be investing more than $7.5 million to support youth who are at risk of substance-use and mental-health concerns with the launch of a new, Integrated Youth Services Initiative.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:30 AM
The Province is investing $761,038 to provide 75 at-risk youth with valuable work experience through temporary employment placements with social enterprises in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria regions.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 9:30 AM
B.C. social enterprises make positive social, cultural and environmental contributions to the province, but until now, there has been limited information about the sector and its labour-market challenges.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:45 AM
B.C. has declared May 20, 2015, as "Aboriginal Social Enterprise Day" to celebrate Aboriginal social innovation and entrepreneurship and highlight the important role it plays in community and economic development throughout the province.
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Monday, June 16, 2014 10:45 AM
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Premier Christy Clark has unveiled Accessibility 2024, a 10-year plan that responds to the voices of thousands of British Columbians who took part in a three-month long public consultation on making B.C. the most progressive place in Canada for people with disabilities.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:00 AM
A provincewide public consultation on issues facing people with disabilities in B.C. returns to Vancouver to gather input at a unique session for members of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-blind community.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:15 PM
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Community members are sharing their priorities and making their voices heard during face-to-face discussions happening in Vancouver as part of a comprehensive disability white-paper consultation on issues facing people with disabilities in B.C.
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