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๐ŸŒŸ September is Disability Employment Month in BC! At posAbilities, we believe in reimagining possibilities. This month, ...
09/10/2025

๐ŸŒŸ September is Disability Employment Month in BC!

At posAbilities, we believe in reimagining possibilities. This month, we celebrate the talents and achievements of individuals with disabilities in the workforce โ€” and the employers who open doors to opportunity.

Weโ€™re excited to launch our new posAbilities Employment Service (PES) website where you can learn more about inclusive employment and why itโ€™s important!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit the new site and get started today: https://pesworks.ca/

Thereโ€™s just one week left to register for the 2025 INCLUSION Art Show!If youโ€™re an artist with a diverse ability, this ...
09/07/2025

Thereโ€™s just one week left to register for the 2025 INCLUSION Art Show!

If youโ€™re an artist with a diverse ability, this is your last chance to join BCโ€™s largest inclusive art show โ€” now returning as a 2-day celebration of creativity and community.

๐Ÿ›‘ Registration closes Sunday, September 14
๐Ÿ“„ Sign up at: inclusionartshow.com/registration

We canโ€™t wait to showcase your amazing work!

Happy Labour Day! Today we honour the people whose skills, dedication, and creativity power our communities. Whether you...
09/01/2025

Happy Labour Day!

Today we honour the people whose skills, dedication, and creativity power our communities. Whether you are caring for others, building, teaching, creating, or protectingโ€”your work matters. ๐Ÿ’ชโค๏ธ

Thank you for the difference you make every day. Together, we continue to grow stronger, more connected, and more inclusive. ๐ŸŒ

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ 25 Free tickets to the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2025posAbilities is proud to be a Vancouver Inter...
08/28/2025

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ 25 Free tickets to the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2025

posAbilities is proud to be a Vancouver International Film Festival Community Partner again for the VIFF 2025! We invite you to visit the Festival on October 2 - 12. Their spectacular program showcases more than 150 feature films and 84 shorts across 13 screens in ten Vancouver venues.

This year, weโ€™re offering a total of 25 complimentary vouchers for our staff, family and persons served to enjoy Free Entry to VIFF 2025 films๐Ÿค—.

Contact us if you are interest via: Communications@posAbilities.ca

, brings together films, live performances, industry talks, and interactive experiences to connect audiences with bold stories and visionary creators from around the world. Learn more: https://viff.org/festival/

In the 37th Vancouver Q***r Film Festival, one of the world premieres includes a local documentary called - A Place Wher...
08/22/2025

In the 37th Vancouver Q***r Film Festival, one of the world premieres includes a local documentary called - A Place Where I Belong. This is the story of a group of people who are fighting for q***r disabled rights in BC. You may recognize some of the folks sharing their experiences, and the filmโ€™s director Rheanna Toy of Cloudstreet Media โ€“ who is one of our favourite storytellers. Check out her new website: https://aplacewhereibelong.com/ to learn more about the film, and how you can support the q***r disabled community.

Premiere date and time: Sept 14, 2025 @2:30 PM
Location: International Village
Get tickets: https://outonscreen.com/vqff-event/a-place-where-i-belong/

๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š 2012, ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐˜ผ๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ (๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™„) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™†๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š -- ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ. ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™, ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™š๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ (๐˜พ๐™Œ๐˜พ) ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™ข.

08/14/2025

๐Ÿ† Jotti Leihl's Emerging Artist Award

In memory of Jotti Leihl, the Leihl Family is offering a $500 Emerging Artist Award to support one artist participating in the 2025 INCLUSION Art Show.

This award celebrates Jottiโ€™s legacy and uplifts artists with diverse abilities who are early in their creative journey.

๐ŸŽจ Who can apply?
Any artist registered for this yearโ€™s show โ€” independently or through a studio.

๐Ÿ“… Deadline to apply: October 1, 2025
๐Ÿ’ฌ Apply here: inclusionartshow.com/scholarship

Share your story and let your art shine!

๐ŸŽจ Caption This Artwork Challenge!Get creative โ€” itโ€™s time for our Caption the Artwork Challenge!Whatโ€™s the story behind ...
08/07/2025

๐ŸŽจ Caption This Artwork Challenge!

Get creative โ€” itโ€™s time for our Caption the Artwork Challenge!

Whatโ€™s the story behind this piece? Is it heartfelt, hilarious, or totally unexpected? Drop your most imaginative caption in the comments below!

And donโ€™t forget โ€” artist registration for the INCLUSION Art Show closes on Sunday, September 14!

We canโ€™t wait to see what you come up with!๐Ÿ’ฌ

Today, we celebrate the stunning lands we live on and the diverse communities that make British Columbia such a special ...
08/04/2025

Today, we celebrate the stunning lands we live on and the diverse communities that make British Columbia such a special place to call home. From coastal waters to mountain peaks, and from vibrant cities to close-knit neighbourhoods, BC is a beautiful blend of people, culture, and nature.

We also recognize that these lands have been cared for by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. As we enjoy this day, we hold space for reflection, gratitude, and continued learning.

Letโ€™s take a moment to appreciate where we areโ€”and all those who have come before us. Happy BC Day!

๐Ÿค Thank You to Our Sponsors!A big THANK YOU to our incredible sponsors for helping bring the INCLUSION Art Show to life!...
07/31/2025

๐Ÿค Thank You to Our Sponsors!

A big THANK YOU to our incredible sponsors for helping bring the INCLUSION Art Show to life!

Your support empowers artists with diverse abilities to share their talents, build community, and celebrate creativity.

This show is proof of what we can create when inclusion leads the way.

๐ŸŒˆ Join Connecting Q***r Communities (CQC) at the Vancouver Trans March this Friday, Aug 1!๐Ÿ“ Meet CQC group at 5PM at Tro...
07/29/2025

๐ŸŒˆ Join Connecting Q***r Communities (CQC) at the Vancouver Trans March this Friday, Aug 1!

๐Ÿ“ Meet CQC group at 5PM at Trout Lake Community Centre for pre-march activities such as welcome speeches + free sign making (with ASL).

๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธ March starts at 6PM up Commercial Drive, ending at Victoria Park for the Trans March Festival which includes performances (with ASL), vendors, a clothing swap & more!

Bring sunscreen, water, and cash if you'd like to grab food after.

Come march with CQC or swing by their booth at the park! ๐Ÿ’–

๐Ÿ”— Learn more or register: https://shorturl.at/0Ajpf

INCLUSION Art show is back โ€” this time for two full days of art, community, and celebration!๐Ÿ“When and where is the show?...
07/24/2025

INCLUSION Art show is back โ€” this time for two full days of art, community, and celebration!

๐Ÿ“When and where is the show?
โ€ข Wednesday โ€“ Thursday, October 22 โ€“ 23, 2025 | 10:30 AM โ€“ 7:30 PM
โ€ข Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

๐ŸŽจHow do I register
If youโ€™re an artist in BC with diverse abilities, youโ€™re welcome to be part of the INCLUSION Art Show.

We celebrate the work of disabled artists, those who identify as having a disability, and artists with lived experience of difference โ€” including:
โ€ข Intellectual or developmental disabilities
โ€ข Physical disabilities or differences (like brain injury, vision, hearing, or mobility)
โ€ข Neurodivergence

๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ What kind of art can I show?
All visual art forms are welcome โ€” paintings, drawings, textiles, photography, mixed media, and more!

โ™ฟIs the venue accessible?
Yes! The venue is fully accessible, with a safe loading zone for those arriving by HandyDART or personal vehicle.

Have more questions? Visit inclusionartshow.com/faq

๐ŸŒŸ August โ€“ October Q***r ASL Registration Is Open! ๐ŸŒŸQ***r ASL is a q***r + trans positive space for learning American Si...
07/17/2025

๐ŸŒŸ August โ€“ October Q***r ASL Registration Is Open! ๐ŸŒŸ

Q***r ASL is a q***r + trans positive space for learning American Sign Language online at a variety of skill levels.

This cycle they will offer the general 101-104 classes, 101-103 classes for QTBIPOC folks, 101-104 PWD classes that are centered around disabilities, and 101-103 immersion classes as well. This cycle starts August 24th onwards. Sign-up today!

https://www.q***rasl.com/registration/

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