Community Living Month

Community Living Month is a province-wide annual awareness campaign to recognize the accomplishments of the Community Living movement across Ontario. Join us in this month’s celebrations as we show why #AuthenticInclusion matters for people who have an intellectual disability and their families. 

April 30^th Caledon Town Hall raised a Brampton Caledon Community Living Flag in support and Mayor Annette Groves alongside council members; Mario Russo, Cosimo Napoli and Doug Maskell, proclaimed full participation, inclusion and citizenship of people with an intellectual disability. 

 

May 1^st City of Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown proclaimed May as Community Living Month in the city council meeting. Photo of BCCL members alongside Mayor Patrick Brown and Regional Councilors: Paul Vincente, Rod Power, Rowena Santos and Navjit Kaur Brar

 

May 2^nd Brampton City Hall’s Clock Tower lit up in Blue and Green for the social media campaign #ShineALight. Look out for other monuments and landmarks across the GTA  for the month of May.  BCCL’s 34 Church St Administrative office will be #ShineALight all May long 

May 9^th we encourage you to wear your Community Living colours( green and blue) and #TakeABreak with all of us. Every May thousands of Canadians come together to show their unwavering support for inclusion and belonging through the #ITookABreak2024 social media campaign started by Community Living Toronto. The BCCL Community Living Month Committee will be delivering KitKat chocolate bars to CLS, CPS and administrative offices and are encouraging everyone to take a break, take a selfie and share your photo with [email protected]

The Community Living Month Committee will also be asking our local community partners to celebrate with BCCL with our ‘Cookies N’ Community’ Campaign #CookiesN’Communty2024, a new campaign by BCCL to spread awareness and inclusion in our local communities of Brampton and Caledon.

Month Long Events to look out for:

If you are driving past Rose Garden Sqaure look up to the jumbotron where they will be displaying a BCCL created video titled, ‘What is Community Living?’

Brampton’s local recreation centers will be displaying celebration and awareness posters all month long

Caledon Library will be displaying celebration and awareness posters, and social media tags this month

City of Brampton Adapt registration now open

Registration is now open for the City of Brampton ADAPT Fall program. Click on the link to fill out the pre-registration form. Please send this form to [email protected]

National Indigenous History Month June 2021

National Indigenous History Month National Indigenous History Month June 2021. This year, National Indigenous History Month is dedicated to the missing children, the families left behind and the survivors of residential schools.

https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/events/national-indigenous-2021/index-eng.aspx

Thank-you for celebrating Community Living Month with us!

Thank-you for celebrating Community Living Month with us! We appreciate your contributions this month in sharing how we are #StillInThisTogether. These videos recognize the dedicated work of our BCCL employees.

Community Living Month, Join the Celebration!

Covid has been hard on all of us. We asked you what has changed your life for the better during this pandemic? See our Facebook or Instagram to view and share your stories.

Community Living Ontario’s Annual Policy Forum

Community Living Ontario’s annual Policy Forum is taking place across four weeks this May in conjunction with Community Living Month. The Policy Forum will be a prime opportunity to engage with the provincial government’s ongoing work on reform of the developmental services sector and acknowledge how far we have come.

Click Here This Link Register: bit.ly/clo-pf

The sessions are as follows:
– Session 1: Preparing for Reform (May 11, 4:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 2: Real Housing for People (May 18, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 3: Amplifying Voice and Choice (May 25, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)
– Session 4: Building Qualified Support Teams (June 1, 1:00 p.m. Eastern)

For any question you can email, Susana York ([email protected]) or Kim Cunningham ([email protected])