Featured image taken by Tyler Hadikan from Stacked Films
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
In-person engagements in Castlegar and Surrounding Communities are now complete. Thank you to everyone who came out to share their ideas and experiences with us.
To see if we got it right, we invited people to read the draft Community Report for Castlegar and surrounding communities and share feedback to ensure the report represents your community.
These are some ways in which feedback was shared with us:
- A conversation via Zoom on July 2, 2024
In June of 2023, we hosted conversations to hear how there can be a better network of services and supports for children and youth with disabilities or support needs in Castlegar and surrounding communities.
These conversations were designed with the intention of creating inclusive, culturally safe, and accessible spaces to connect. Children and youth with support needs are 0-19 years of age, have a disability, diagnosed or undiagnosed, need support, and/or have a possible developmental delay.
We had conversations in Castlegar with:
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- Youth, families, and caregivers.
- At Kootenay Family Place on Thursday, June 15, 2023
- At COINS on Saturday, June 17, 2023
- Youth, families, and caregivers.
- Local community service providers.
- At Kootenay Family Place on Friday, June 16, 2023
In each conversation, participants were invited to share their ideas about:
- What services and supports for children and youth with support needs are working well in Castlegar and surrounding areas?
- What gaps in services and support exist?
- What does a better network of services and supports look like in Castlegar and surrounding areas?
