About Us
We have lots of information sessions and workshops coming up! Click on the EVENTS page to learn more!
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Financial support from individuals and organizations helps to keep our programs going.
About us
The Victoria Disability Resource Centre is a not-for-profit organization that helps people with all types of disabilities lead independent lives - under their control and by their choice. We are a link between our clients, the community organizations who serve them and services that benefit them.
We have been happily serving the Greater Victoria community since 1990. We are a proud member of Independent Living Canada, a national network of disability resource centres across Canada.
Our bylaws state that staff consists of no less than 51% of people with disabilities.
How we work
The Independent Living approach recognizes the rights of citizens with disabilities to take control of their lives by examining choices, making decisions and taking risks. We work closely with people who have a disability and with other community organizations to find and remove barriers that prevent full participation in life.
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Upcoming Events
Information sessions presented by Service Canada Centre for Youth
The Disability Resource Centre is happy to host three information sessions presented by Service Canada Centre for Youth. These three information sessions are for youth ages 15 to 30! (or the young at heart – No age Limit for these workshops).
Approaching Work: First Steps Toward Employment
Do you want to work? Are you ready to work?
Join us at the Victoria Disability Resource Centre for our "Approaching Work" workshop. Set personal and professional goals to help you create your first steps toward successful employment.
Date & Location:
Victoria Disability Resource Centre
817A Fort Street
July 6th / 7th / 8th , 2010
12:30pm - 3:30pm
Cost: $0
Latest News
Canada Ratifies United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Joy and celebration are the two primary emotions felt today by many Canadians with disabilities as the Government of Canada ratifies the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations. Canada today pledged to be governed by the CRPD, the newest international human rights treaty which boldly articulates a human rights framework for addressing the exclusion and lack of access people with disabilities have encountered in Canada and in all societies. Click here to read more.
Our Town Earth
OurTownEarth.com™ is the first-ever social networking website of its kind, created by and for persons with disabilities, their families and friends.
Through customized profiles, you can easily navigate through unique neighbourhoods of homes, buildings and parks, uncovering expansive resources and services including entertainment, education and entrepreneurship while communicating with like-minded individuals.
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It's a unique challenge: Diagnosing and treating immigrants with depression, anxiety and other diseases of the mind. Columnist Margaret Wente talks to a renowned British psychiatrist who's come to Canada to help
Canada's growing population of immigrants and visible minorities face mental health challenges that are often very different from those of other citizens.