Join Disability Case Managers Ali Davies and Betty Melo from the BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society for a discussion about their organization’s resources, supports, and programs for Aboriginal peoples with disabilities in British Columbia.
All are welcome to attend and participate in this FREE live videoconference and computer webinar session.
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Participate live via videoconference OR computer webinar. Want to know the difference between videoconference and computer webinar? Click here to find out.
About the Presenters
Ali Davies is a Disability Case Manager with the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS). Through her role within BCANDS, Ali provides individualized and coordinated client services to Aboriginal persons living with a disability, their families and support systems, who reside within British Columbia’s First Nation communities and British Columbia’s urban and rural centres. As a Disability Case Manager, Ali works with a variety of health and disability related organizations and service providers, including those within the Aboriginal, federal, provincial and not-for- profit sectors.
Ali brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to her work and role as Disability Case Manager and participates on a variety of Boards, committees and focus groups relating to the disability and social services sectors within British Columbia.
Through the work of Ali and the other members of the BCANDS team, the Society (BCANDS) was honored to be the recipient of two provincial service awards in 2013, the British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA) – Excellence in Health Promotion Award; and the Canadian Mental Health Association’s – BC Division’s – Dr. Nancy Hall Public Policy Leadership Award.
Betty Melo is both a Disability Case Manager and a project lead for a First Nation Youth Transition initiative, within the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS). Through her role as Disability Case Manager, Betty provides individualized and coordinated client services to Aboriginal persons living with a disability, their families and support systems, who reside within British Columbia’s urban and rural centres. As a Disability and Youth Transition professional, Betty works with a variety of health
and disability related organizations and service providers, including those within the Aboriginal, federal, provincial and not-for-profit sectors.
Betty began her association with BCANDS as a practicum Social Work student with the University of Victoria and brings several years of experience and knowledge to the Society through her ongoing work within the disability sector and her work with foster children and youth in care.
Through the work of Betty and the other members of the BCANDS team, the Society (BCANDS) was honored to be the recipient of two provincial service awards of excellence in 2013, the British Columbia Medical Association’s (BCMA) – Excellence in Health Promotion Award; and the Canadian Mental Health Association – BC Division’s – Dr. Nancy Hall Public Policy Leadership Award.
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