Mois de la vie en communauté

Community Living Month is a province-wide annual awareness campaign to recognize the accomplishments of the Community Living movement across Ontario. Join us in this month’s celebrations as we show why #AuthenticInclusion matters for people who have an intellectual disability and their families. 

April 30th Caledon Town Hall raised a Brampton Caledon Community Living Flag in support and Mayor Annette Groves alongside council members; Mario Russo, Cosimo Napoli and Doug Maskell, proclaimed full participation, inclusion and citizenship of people with an intellectual disability. 

 

1er maist City of Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown proclaimed May as Community Living Month in the city council meeting. Photo of BCCL members alongside Mayor Patrick Brown and Regional Councilors: Paul Vincente, Rod Power, Rowena Santos and Navjit Kaur Brar

 

May 2Dakota du Nord Brampton City Hall’s Clock Tower lit up in Blue and Green for the social media campaign #ShineALight. Look out for other monuments and landmarks across the GTA  for the month of May.  BCCL’s 34 Church St Administrative office will be #ShineALight all May long 

May 9th we encourage you to wear your Community Living colours( green and blue) and #TakeABreak with all of us. Every May thousands of Canadians come together to show their unwavering support for inclusion and belonging through the #ITookABreak2024 social media campaign started by Community Living Toronto. The BCCL Community Living Month Committee will be delivering KitKat chocolate bars to CLS, CPS and administrative offices and are encouraging everyone to take a break, take a selfie and share your photo with [email protected]

The Community Living Month Committee will also be asking our local community partners to celebrate with BCCL with our ‘Cookies N’ Community’ Campaign #CookiesN’Communty2024, a new campaign by BCCL to spread awareness and inclusion in our local communities of Brampton and Caledon.

Month Long Events to look out for:

If you are driving past Rose Garden Sqaure look up to the jumbotron where they will be displaying a BCCL created video titled, ‘What is Community Living?’

Brampton’s local recreation centers will be displaying celebration and awareness posters all month long

Caledon Library will be displaying celebration and awareness posters, and social media tags this month

NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH & RECONCILIATION

BCCL would like to honor the residential school survivors and their families and to remember those who never made it home. Since May of 2021, well over 5000 bodies of Indigenous children have been recovered at former residential schools across Canada.  September 30th will now be recognized and called The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 

https://nctr.ca/

https://caledon.library.on.ca/truth-reconciliation/

https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/child_friendly_calls_to_action_web.pdf

Community Living Ontario’s Annual Policy Forum

Community Living Ontario’s annual Policy Forum is taking place across four weeks this May in conjunction with Community Living Month. The Policy Forum will be a prime opportunity to engage with the provincial government’s ongoing work on reform of the developmental services sector and acknowledge how far we have come.

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The sessions are as follows:
– Session 1: Preparing for Reform (May 11, 4:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 2: Real Housing for People (May 18, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 3: Amplifying Voice and Choice (May 25, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 4: Building Qualified Support Teams (June 1, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)

For any question you can email, Susana York ([email protected]) or Kim Cunningham ([email protected])

May is Community Living Month!

May is here, and that means it’s time for Community Living Month! Community Living Month is an annual awareness campaign that recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of the community living movement. This year’s theme is “Still in This Together”, in honour of the perseverance and resilience shown by those in our movement as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Over the next month, we’ll be giving you the opportunity to participate by sharing your best success stories and brightest moments, with a new theme each week.

We look forward to celebrating #CLMonth alongside you!

Siblings: Citizens with a Cause webinar hosted by CLO Youth Advisory Council

On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 6 p.m. ET, the Community Living Ontario Youth Advisory Council will be hosting Siblings: Citizens with a Causea virtual workshop designed for young people (aged 14-29) who are a sibling of someone who has an intellectual disability. Join us as youth from across the country come together to discuss the impact of their experiences, discuss what inclusion means to them, explore their roles as advocates and so much more!

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