Our Stories

Join hosts Gordon Porter, Diane Richler, & Jacqueline Specht every Monday for a new episode featured perspectives on inclusive education from across the country!

Save the Date – Inclusion Canada & People First of Canada’s 12th Annual Policy Forum for Inclusion: “Right at Home: Advancing Article 19 – The Right to Live in Community”

A new milestone: Introducing Inclusion Canada

We believe in a Canada where people with an intellectual disability are equally valued and fully included in every aspect of community life. We also believe our name should reflect this vision.
On September 14th 2020, we formally adopted the name Inclusion Canada as we continue to advocate for a truly diverse and inclusive society that benefits us all. Read our public announcement here.

Finally Living On My Own In Semiahmoo

Stacey Kohler is 33-years-old. Up until this Summer she had been living with her parents in their family home – and had been preparing to live independently for what seemed like forever.

This is No Place for Young People

Imagine you are 47-years-old and living in your own apartment. You have a disability and use a wheelchair, but you are living independently with some supports.

Helping Create a Life for Herself

One of the first things I worried about, as I lay in hospital, recovering from an emergency Caesarean section, was: How would my daughter be treated?

A Parent’s Journey from Terrified to Amazed

When my husband and I learned that our unborn daughter had Down syndrome we were terrified.

Dawn of a New Era

It dawned on me, not in a gradual way as in the way the sun gently rises at day break, but in the kind of way as if being hit by a freight train. My heavy thought: my nine year old son has never had a real friend.