Find Empowerment Through Connection
Welcome to British Columbia’s biggest learning event for intellectual and developmental disabilities, inclusion, and diversity. This year, we’re celebrating our 70th anniversary event and our 46th annual collaboration event with Inclusion Canada. This conference is a fantastic opportunity to connect, share, and get the latest information and resources on inclusion and diversity.
Everybody Belongs! is open to everyone, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, family members, advocates, educators, government representatives, volunteers, disability support workers, and allies of inclusion and diversity.
Call for workshop proposals will be opening November 2024
Registration to our members opens February 2025, Registration to the public opens March 2025
Richmond welcomes you!
Richmond is a unique island city in Metro Vancouver, on the traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Indigenous Peoples. It offers all the perks of city living, plus beautiful parks, dike trails, and cultural heritage attractions like the Britannia Heritage Shipyards and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.
Scholarships
We have a small number of scholarships each year, available to people experiencing financial barriers. Scholarship funding will be available to cover registration costs, and some funds will be available to cover travel and accommodation expenses.
Priority for the scholarships is given to self advocates, family members, people who have never been to the conference before and those who have not received a scholarship in the past 3 years.
Applications for scholarships are expected to open in late February 2025.
Travelling to Richmond?
Richmond is home to the Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island, and BC Ferries offer service from Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and the Sunshine Coast. There are also several major freeways and the rapid-transit Canada Line into and around Richmond.
Get in Touch
Need help or have questions about our 2025 Everybody Belongs Learning Event?
Ariel Pavic
Special Events Coordinator
