british columbia
Advocating for the quick implementation of the Canada Disability Benefit and the end of disability poverty from a British Columbia perspective.
Our Team
Amanda Lockitch
Community Organizer
Amanda’s background as a teacher, event manager, and in the theatre contributes to her team-building prowess. She lives in Vancouver with her family.
Kat Wong-Perrotta
Administrative Consultant
Kat is a writer, teacher, designer, artist, and human rights activist who lives in Vancouver with their wife and dog, Tater Tot.
Our Provincial Partners
Our Provincial Partners
- Vancouver Foundation
- Community Living Society
- Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion
- Spectrum Society for Community Living
- Kinsight
- UNITI
- Delta Community Living Society
- Inclusion Langley Society
- Inclusion BC
- Inclusion Powell River
- PosAbilities
- Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN)
- Plan Institute
- Disability Alliance BC
Community Partners
Emergency Alerts And Accessibility!
Via ATtainable Accessibility Solutions: Emergency alerts are important to everyone. They tell us about emergencies and what to do. These emergencies can be crimes, kidnappings, or earthquakes. You can get these alerts on your cellphone, TV, or radio. You may also see...
DWP Newsletter: November 2023
This month we are proud to feature our partnering organization, Inclusion BC! Inclusion BC works with partners to build community and to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families by building awareness, inspiring...
DWP Newsletter: October 2023
This month we are proud to feature our partnering organization BACI - Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion! The Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) is a non-profit organization that has spent over 65 years providing innovative services...
DWP Newsletter: September 2023
Meet Our Partners!Over the coming months, we would like to introduce you to the wonderful people and organizations that help us on our mission to end disability poverty in Canada.First up: Plan Institute! Plan Institute is a national non-profit that empowers people...
DWP Newsletter: August 2023
Meet Canada's New Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities The Honourable Kamal Khera About Khera: The Honorable Kamal Khera was first elected as the Member of Parliament for...
An Introduction to Disability Without Poverty BC
Acknowledgement The Disability Without Poverty BC team gratefully and respectfully acknowledges that our provincial work spans 198 First Nations and Treaties of the Nisg̱a’a, Tsawwassen, Maa-nulth (Huu-ay-aht, Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k’tles7et’h, Toquaht, Uchucklesaht,...