The success of a school-wide project to teach students at Columbia Park Elementary School to communicate using Augmentative and Alternative Communication has led to a series of grant applications for outdoor communication boards at local school and community playgrounds. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) uses communication devices such as iPads, systems, strategies and tools to […]
A new Intimate Images Protection Act to help people in BC who have had their intimate images shared without their consent is now in effect. The province, in partnership with the Civil Resolution Tribunal, has launched services that allow those who have had images shared without consent access supports to get them off the internet, […]
The BC government says it is moving forward with actions to keep kids and young people safe online. Those actions include restricting the use of cellphones in schools, launching services to remove images from the internet and pursue predators, and creating legislation to hold social media companies accountable for the harms they have caused. In […]