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We acknowledge the ancestors and knowledge keepers from the First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Urban Indigenous Peoples who live throughout these lands.
Conversations in Castlegar and Surrounding Communities
Exciting news! The final engagement report for Castlegar and Surrounding Communities is available!
The report is entitled Community, Conversation and Connection: Castlegar and Surrounding Communities. It reflects the hopes, dreams and aspirations of local families, young people and community service providers seeking a better network of services and supports for children and youth with disabilities in their communities.
We are grateful to our local partners Arc Programs, Circle of Indigenous Nations Society (COINS), Family Support Institute of BC, Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-operative, Kootenay Family Place and Pivot Point. Together, we designed a thoughtful, community-centred, inclusive, culturally safe, and accessible approach to engagement.
By January 2025, we’ll have shared reports from 23 B.C. communities, with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). Our hope is that these reports:
- Serve as a catalyst for change empowering communities across B.C. to enhance local networks of support for children and youth with disabilities or support needs.
- Inform the transformation of Children and Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) services in B.C.
How you can help
- Download a copy of this report and share it with your communities and networks. Use these report findings to build greater community connection and improve supports for children and youth with disabilities and their families.
- Sign-up to the Inclusion in Action newsletter. Here we’ll be sharing our continued advocacy and the ways we’re using the report findings to inform the transformation of CYSN services in B.C.
- Follow us on social media where we’ll be publishing other community reports in the months to come and sharing important updates about this project and its impacts.
- Learn more about how you can support the amazing community organizations in Castlegar and surrounding communities advocating to improve services for local children and youth with disabilities.
- Kootenay Family Place
- Family Support Institute of BC
- Pivot Point
- Arc Programs
- Circle of Indigenous Nations Society (COINS)
- Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-operative
