The Province has appointed 11 British Columbians as the first members of the Provincial Accessibility Committee (PAC), marking the next step in government’s work to remove barriers  for people with disabilities in B.C.

Fifteen community-based projects are benefiting from more than $450,000 in government funding to increase accessibility and community inclusion.

As many as 32 eligible Victorians will get skills training and followup support to prepare them to re-enter the workforce as part-time service-sector workers.

As many as nine eligible British Columbians will get skills training to prepare them for employment in the trucking industry in the Columbia Valley.

As many as eight eligible British Columbians will get employability and occupational skills training to prepare them for jobs as professional logging truck drivers in the Okanagan.

In celebration of British Columbia's fourth annual AccessAbility Week, people with disabilities will be supported through $500,000 in new community grants aimed at improving accessibility and inclusion.

Up to 30 eligible British Columbians will get essential and occupational skills training to prepare them for jobs as dental assistants in the Lower Mainland.

Trevor Oram hadn’t anticipated his work as president of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union would prepare him for future work as a volunteer counsellor at Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Society (ENH).

The need to act fast during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to brilliant breakthroughs in supporting British Columbians with complex needs, says the chief executive officer of John Howard Society Pacific.