This was a meeting to plan, for each of us to express our interests, focus, and roles for our group moving forward into 2016. We noted that we need to augment our membership; this is important for the following reasons: • To meet the need for support for this generally unsupported group of transitioning youth. • To effectively advocate for government & other institutional policy changes that would support our youth. • To achieve the “critical mass” needed to justify…
Inclusive Housing Workshop, hosted jointly by VPTG & BACI Howard Staples, Facilitator On January 9, 2016 we (Joette, Louvain, Laya and Mahmoud) joined a workshop entitled “Building Intentional Housing Communities” organized by the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) and Vancouver Parents Transition Group (VPTG). Most of the parents participating in this roundtable have an adult relative (20-45 years) with special needs. These parents feel that supported co-housing would offer their youth independence & dignity, while, at the same…
Event time is in Vancouver BC time.