A federation working with partners to build community and to enhance the lives of children, youth, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families by building awareness, inspiring action…Continue readingInclusionBC
Category: Advocacy Resources
We know it can be hard to find the right kind of help. ConnecTra Society doesn’t offer advocacy services, but we’ve found some other organizations that might be able to assist you.
Accessibility Standards Canada is a departmental corporation created in 2019 under the Accessible Canada Act (the Act). They are committed to creating accessibility standards for federally-regulated entities and federal organizations.Continue readingAccessible Standards Canada
Dana Lajeunesse is the BC Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility since November 2024.Continue readingBC Disability MLA
The Rick Hansen Foundation works to create more accessible and inclusive communities for people with a spinal cord injury, and supports the search for a cure. Their mission is to…Continue readingRick Hansen Foundation
The CNIB Foundation is a non-profit organization driven to change what it is to be blind today. Get your CNIB card which can be used as proof of disability for some government…Continue readingCanadian National Institute for the Blind
TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre works to improve legal protection for tenants and to promote community action for the purpose of protecting and increasing the supply of affordable rental…Continue readingTenancy Resource and Advisory Centre
The Residential Tenancy Branch provides landlords and tenants with dispute resolution services and information under British Columbia’s Residential Tenancy Act and Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act.Continue readingResidential Tenancy Branch
PovNet is an online resource for advocates, people on welfare, and community groups and individuals involved in anti-poverty work, providing up-to-date information about resources in British Columbia and Canada.Continue readingPovNet
Parking Mobility recruits, trains and manages your citizen volunteers to help solve the universal problem of disabled parking abuse on the local level. There is no better method to solving…Continue readingParking Mobility
The Ministry of Housing and Social Development is committed to providing assistance to those in need and helping people who are able to work achieve sustainable employment.Continue readingMinistry of Housing and Social Development