2020

Jan 6th, classes begin at Douglas College.  Teaching:

DACS 2380. Person Centred Planning and Community Building.  Faculty: Child, Family & Community Studies. Department: Disability & Community Studies. 

CFCS 2212 Aboriginal Children, Youth and Families: Transforming Legislation and Policies. Faculty: Child, Family & Community Studies. Department: Aboriginal Stream.

Coordination: Aboriginal Stream, Faculty, Child, Family & Community Studies.  

2019

Sept 3rd, classes begin at Douglas College.  Teaching:

DACS 2420 Personal and Professional Leadership.  Faculty, Child, Family & Community Studies.  Department: Disability and Community Studies.

CFCS 2332: Strengthening the Family Spirit – Working from Aboriginal Perspectives with Elder’s Teachings. Faculty: Child, Family & Community Studies. Department: Aboriginal Stream.

Also DACS 2100 and DACS 1240

Coordination: Aboriginal Stream, Faculty, Child, Family & Community Studies.  

August, publication, “The Unity Church Project: Social Constructionist Research in Action with a Contemporary Congregation.”

July 26, Introduction to Person Centred Planning; Metis Community Support Worker Program, with Eilidh Nicholson and Shelley Nessman, University of Fraser Valley

July 13, ARTbrain project begins. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Spectrum Society.

July 3 – 5, PATH and person centered planning, with Elidh Nicholson, Laurel Charnetski and Liz Etmanski.  Barb Goode training centre, Vancouver.

June 19 & 20, Merritt School Board, Special Needs Graduation Research Project.

June 12, Hosting with Spectrum Society & graphic recording: David Pitonyak, Toolbox for Change, Spectrum managers training.

June 11, Hosting with Spectrum Society & graphic recording: David Pitonyak Particularly (but not only) for Shared Living Folks: The Importance of Belonging

June 10, Hosting with Spectrum Society & graphic recording: David Pitonyak: Beyond “Behaviors” – Supporting Competence, Confidence, and Well-Being – June 2019

June 7, Selections.  Aboriginal Stream, Faculty, Child, Family & Community Studies.

June 6, workshop.  Small and Large Stories from the History of Community Living.  With PLAN families.

June 1st: Happy Pride Month!  Check out Tom Goss, Son of a Preacherman

May 31st. R.I.S.E. (Responsible Indigenous Strategies Empowerment) – project update at Raycam Community Centre

“Welcoming Diversity and Difference,” with Rhona Seggara, B.C. Family Support Institute

Unity Church Research Project, Financed by TAOS Institute Small Community Grants

Self Advocate Pre-School Memories Project, Inclusive Research.