Indigenous Disability Awareness Month Event

Indigenous Disability Awareness Month Event

Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Department of Sociology - Fiona.Whittington-Walsh@kpu.ca

This event recognized Indigenous Disability Awareness Month in BC and identified many of the issues facing indigenous people with disabilities. This event was arranged in partnership with BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), KPU, and Inclusion BC.

This event at KPU helped to raise awareness regarding some of the issues that indigenous individuals with disabilities face in BC. This event was open to all KPU faculty, staff, students and wider community in efforts to help build strong ties with Indigenous communities and to help educated the KPU community on the struggles Indigenous people face. The event involved conversations with non-profit organizations that work in support of indigenous people with disabilities in BC, indigenous people with disabilities, and local government officials (Nov 2018).