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  • BACI General Meeting

    Join us for BACI’s Spring General Meeting! When: Thursday, June 13, 2013, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Light dinner will be served from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Where: BACI’s Still Creek Centre, 2702 Norland Avenue, Burnaby Join us for good food, great company, and some interesting insights on Asset Based Community Development from special guest speaker [...]

  • BACI Community Gardens!

    Join our inclusive community gardens! Grow your own food ~ share and learn ~ connect with others in your community. Everyone is welcome! Find out which of the 5 garden sites in Burnaby is closest to where you live or work. For more information, please contact  Cinthia at info@cydi.ca or 604.728.1725. We hope you can [...]

  • May is Child Care Month!

    At BACI, we understand why Early Childhood Education matters. This month, we celebrate the Early Childhood Educators at BACI and around the province, and the great work they do all year to help “lift children and families up.” Please click on the “May is Child Care Month!” header to watch the videos embedded in this [...]

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  • Big Picture Award honours Spectrum Society for sector leadership

    April 16, 2013

    VANCOUVER  – For their leadership within their own organization and the sector, Spectrum Society for Community Living co-directors Susan Stanfield, Aaron Johannes-Rosenberg and Ernie Baatz are being recognized with this year’s Big Picture Award.

  • BACI installs electric vehicle charger for community use

    April 2, 2013

    The Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) community is excited about the contribution it’s now making towards sustainable transportation in Burnaby.

  • Family reunites after 50 years

    March 28, 2013

    As Danny Vollans pushed open the door to a Burnaby hotel lobby in early March he was feeling nervous and emotional. He was about to have an experience most people never will — a meeting with two siblings after 54 years apart.

  • Still Creek renos ‘wonderful markers’ of BACI’s future direction

    March 28, 2013

    While there will be pleasing cosmetic aspects to the Still Creek Centre renovations, they also represent the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion’s (BACI) vision to create  an accessible, “welcoming hub” in Burnaby.

  • Make business case for disability employment

    March 21, 2013

    VANCOUVER  – Mark Wafer, who owns seven Tim Hortons’ franchises, has a 30 per cent lower turnover rate than other Tim Hortons. It’s not because Mark’s a better operator. It’s because Mark hires people who have disabilities.

  • Mom, artistic director learns inclusion requires courage

    March 20, 2013

    While vacationing on a beach in Tofino, Susanna Uchatius watched as a group of children approached her little girl who has a developmental disability and asked her a question.