Conference and Learning Events

Inclusion BC Events: Bringing People Together

Advocacy is continuing, collaborative work. We offer events across British Columbia to bring people together so we can learn, share, network, and advocate for inclusion—together.

Navigating Barriers to Education Virtual Series

This virtual learning series is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities and build confidence in navigating various support systems. Inclusion BC’s Advocacy Team will explore with participants topics including person-centred planning, individualized supports, and common misconceptions about inclusion. We will offer practical advocacy strategies and effective tools to address barriers to inclusion in your community.

This series will also offer opportunities to understand how disability intersects with various aspects of people’s identity. By bringing together people with lived experience and community leaders, the series will create a space to explore the barriers people face, identify systemic challenges, and highlight promising practices that advance inclusion.

Building an Inclusive BC: The History of Disability Rights

In addition to live learning events, we have a free self-paced online course developed in partnership with the BC CEO Network titled: Building an Inclusive BC: The History of Disability Rights.

This 8-module course offers an eye-opening journey through BC’s disability rights history—from the rise and fall of institutions to the powerful emergence of family and self-advocacy movements. It also highlights the experiences of Indigenous Peoples, the evolution of service delivery, and key legal decisions that have shaped provincial and national policy.

Each module includes reflective activities and a knowledge check to support meaningful learning. Whether you’re a service provider, advocate, policymaker, or community member, this course is for anyone who wants to better support people with intellectual disabilities.

Course Details:

• Free to access
• Self-paced over one month
• 1–2 hours/week
• Certificate of completion provided
• Space for 200 learners/month for the next four years

Read more and register here

Everybody Belongs Learning Event

Inclusion BC’s Everybody Belongs Learning Event is British Columbia’s biggest and best event for intellectual and developmental disabilities, inclusion and diversity. It takes place in a different British Columbian city each year. Our next event will be in May 2027.

The Family Leadership Series

The Family Leadership Series connects families of children, youth, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Over a series of sessions held in different regions across the province, families learn how to strengthen their advocacy and access new resources to help build a good life for their loved one with a disability.

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Questions We Can Answer Now

Who are your events for?

Everybody! Our events are for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, family members, advocates, educators, government representatives, volunteers, disability support workers, and allies of inclusion and diversity.

Are your events free?

It depends. We try to make all of our events as affordable as we can, and we offer scholarships to people with financial barriers.

Our annual Everybody Belongs learning event is a ticketed event. Pricing is different depending on which event or events you want to go to, and if you are an Inclusion BC member, a family member, an Inclusion BC board member and or staff, or a self advocate. You can always attend our Annual General Meeting at this event for free.

When is the next Everybody Belongs Conference?

We are focusing on smaller regional events for 2026. The next Everybody Belongs Conference will be held in May 2027. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media for the latest updates on Everybody Belongs and other events from Inclusion BC.