News and Blog Archives

In this blog, our Executive Director, Chris McBride, shares his thoughts on society’s need for accessible emergency response plans when natural disasters strike.

While the highly-technical legalese of the Accessible BC Act doesn’t appear to be inspirational at first glance, what it represents, and what it sets in motion is truly inspirational. Chris [...]

Getting your strata to understand about accessibility and to cooperate can be challenging to say the least. Here is how one SCI BC peer successfully lobbied their strata council for accessibility [...]

In 2019, the BC SCI Network hosted a series of accessibility legislation community consultations to gather feedback on what would make Canada accessible and inclusive for all. Key findings and [...]

New accessible cabins at Cultus Lake offer an amazing barrier-free camping experience for SCI BC Peers and their families thanks to BC Parks.

People with disabilities are a large pool of potential employees. To help promote accessible employment opportunities, our partners at YVR held their first Inclusive Hiring Fair to reach job [...]

How can we ensure our transportation systems are affordable and accessible to those who need them most? As part of Transit 2050 consultations, the #AllonBoard campaign addressed this question.

Whether you're a Peer interested in having a family, or just someone who appreciates stellar film-making, you don’t want to miss a compelling new short documentary conceived by Wheel Love’s [...]

Avid road-tripper and SCI BC Peer Coordinator, Ryan, has created a map of the numerous places he's travelled across North America. Here he's gathered his top 3 in BC, and top 3 elsewhere, based [...]

In two short years, the South Fraser Active Living Group has taken Peer power to a whole new level.