Bea Solivio is an employment consultant working with youth and adults with diverse abilities find meaningful employment in the Langley area. Bea has a background in student ministries and enjoys planning and coordinating parties and fun events for kids and youth. Bea is passionate about equipping the youth with skills and knowledge to help them navigate the world of employment.
James Long has been supporting individuals with developmental disabilities to help achieve their goals of being valued citizens within their community for the past 30 years. James continues to work with people and the community to ensure that people are included to their best ability and achieve their goals of employment, continued learning, being included, and developing great relationships with those around them.
James has varied experience including working and supporting people in residential and community inclusion settings, job coaching, and mentoring. James is currently the supervisor of LIFE and Youth Services for the Inclusion Langley Society.
Tami Logan has been supporting individuals with developmental disability in the pursuit and attainment of their career goals for the past 35 years. Tami continues to break down barriers that people with disabilities face in the work force. Her experience includes: being an on-line worker in a Community Inclusion site, job developer, job coach and currently she is the Supervisor of Employment Services for Inclusion Langley Society.
Tami has sat on many committees over the past 35 years and is currently part of the Supported Employment Advocacy Network group, Rotary at Work, Focus Disability Network, Langley Dance Connections and the Langley Vocational Committee.
Yvonne Leeming has been supporting people with developmental and physical disabilities for the past 10 years. Her experience has been supporting youth and adults to achieve their goals of life skills, community inclusion and employment. Originally from Ontario, Yvonne began her career working for the school board as an educational assistant, as well as supporting youth in care with dual diagnosis. She currently works as an Employment Consultant with Inclusion Langley Society and for the past year and a half has been working on a Federal Employment Diverse-Abilities Skill Training project, supporting people with diverse-abilities to gain employment skills and certifications towards future meaningful employment.
Lindsay is Amazon Canada’s Workforce Staffing Community Engagement Manager. In her role, Lindsay works with employment and community organizations across the country to share information about job opportunities at Amazon. Lindsay is an accessibility advocate and has worked in a variety of employment programs with the YMCA prior to joining Amazon.
Alex Hogan is a Project Coordinator with Equity & Inclusion at CBC. Her portfolio includes support for the CAPE program, managing the Employee Resource Group program, and creating the internal E&I newsletter. Alex is also neurodivergent with ADHD and autism.
Alex Hogan studied HR management at BCIT and is currently working on her Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion certification at UBC.
Breanna is currently an Associate Producer with Local News at CBC Vancouver. They were a CAPE participant in our 2021/2022 session and she looks forward to sharing her experiences.
Breanna has an Associate of Arts from Douglas College. They are currently obtaining Bachelor’s in Journalism at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Cameron is an employment consultant who works with both adults and youth with diverse abilities with the goal of finding impactful, paid employment in the Langley area. Cameron has experience coordinating and supporting Langley youth in their summer jobs over the past summer, and was part of a team that taught a week-long employment bootcamp during spring break of 2022. Cameron enjoys working with youth and teaching them the importance of entering the workforce and the benefits of meaningful employment.
Bea Solivio is an employment consultant working with youth and adults with diverse abilities find meaningful employment in the Langley area. Bea has a background in student ministries and enjoys planning and coordinating parties and fun events for kids and youth. Bea is passionate about equipping the youth with skills and knowledge to help them navigate the world of employment.
Annette Borrows has been an employment specialist for people with disabilities for nearly 25 years and has supported hundreds of job seekers in securing meaningful employment. She currently works for Inclusion Langley Society, Delta Community Living Society, and Community Futures of the South Fraser. Annette is the president of the Canadian and the World Association for Supported Employment. She is also the consultant for the youth Impact project and believes that every person has the right to a good job!
Murray is the Manager, Financial Empowerment, for Family Services of Greater Vancouver. He is also a leading North American authority on student financial planning and author of the bestseller, The Debt Free Graduate: How to Survive College or University Without Going Broke (HarperCollins). The book was #3 on the Toronto Star Bestseller list and is now in it’s 14th edition, with over 200,000 copies sold. Murray frequently addresses students, parents, educators and financial professionals through keynotes, seminars and workshops and has done over 400 media interviews including The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Vancouver Sun, The Toronto Star, as well as well as making multiple appearances on Canada AM, CBC Newsworld, Breakfast TV, Money Talks, ROB TV’s Squeeze Play, and Global News. Formerly the Coordinator, First Year Programs, The University of Western Ontario, Murray has also written a U.S. edition (Career Press) and contributed to several financial and higher education publications including; Money Secrets (Readers Digest), Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education (McGill-Queen’s University Press). He also developed the original federal government’s Canlearn.ca, financial planning for post-secondary education, website.
He has worked in financial literacy for over 24 years and also writes for the Good Money blog and has authored reports such as Earning While Learning: The growing financial pressure and its impact on B.C.’s post-secondary students (September, 2017). He is passionate about financial education and empowering individuals to take greater control of their finances and become savvy consumers. He advocates for vulnerable populations, including promoting policy changes that facilitate the financial well being of all people in Canada and developing programs that foster universal financial literacy.
Katie Robbins joined Inclusion BC in June 2022 as a Provincial Hub Coordinator for the MentorAbility initiative. She brings with her years of experience and knowledge in the not-for-profit sector providing services for people with disabilities. Katie lives in East Vancouver with her partner and cat. When she’s not working, Katie enjoys nature photography while backcountry hiking and cycling in BC’s remote wilderness.
Born and raised in Vancouver, Valiant is passionate about three things: photography, food and rediscovering his indigenous roots.
He loves the outdoors, hiking and exploring the surrounding areas and capturing its beauty in pictures. To him, being outdoors is relaxing and forms a big part of his spiritual journey. Lately, this love of photography has turned into a business opportunity through a partnership with like-minded artists he founded “The Little Guys”; a video and photography for events venture.
Valiant has also found a passion for restaurant work. Working in the kitchen feels like a safe haven to him. Valiant began his career in the kitchen through his CULA (UNITI’s Culinary Arts School) training where he learned the value of teamwork and leadership and, of course, the love of good food. These days, Valiant works at Salmon n’ Bannock, the only Indigenous restaurant in the Lower Mainland.
At Salmon n’ Bannock, Valiant has discovered an incredible kinship with his colleagues and managers. Here, not only is he learning about his heritage, this job is reminding him of practices he experienced with his grandmother like sage burning and traditional recipes.
Yvonne Leeming has been supporting people with developmental and physical disabilities for the past 10 years. Her experience has been supporting youth and adults to achieve their goals of life skills, community inclusion and employment. Originally from Ontario, Yvonne began her career working for the school board as an educational assistant, as well as supporting youth in care with dual diagnosis. She currently works as an Employment Consultant with Inclusion Langley Society and for the past year and a half has been working on a Federal Employment Diverse-Abilities Skill Training project, supporting people with diverse-abilities to gain employment skills and certifications towards future meaningful employment.