Court justice Gomery to hear parents' challenge against QEA closure Oct 3-6. At issue: Is this school surplus? Do citizens have the right to transparent/fair/reasonable decision-making by school board? #vanpoli Vancouver DPAC Queen Elizabeth Annex (QEA) Parents' Society cityhallwatch.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/qea…

Please join us tomorrow night for PAC101 with Kyenta and Ian from DPAC. We'll go over the basics of what it is to be PAC Executive, the supports you can receive from DPAC and BCCPAC, the importance of community, and an opportunity to ask questions.

New Guest Blog: No one is Listening to Me from an Alberta Mom. Image from + BERLIN BUYERS CLUB + Click on image to access the blog. Please read & share. protectbc.ca/no-one-is-list…

VSB parents and caregivers, please join Vancouver DPAC this coming Thursday, November 23 at 7pm, as we introduce four of our Working Groups. A short formal meeting will be followed by presentations and a Q&A. Register to attend: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Wishing you a restful break over the next two weeks. We hope you all get a chance to spend time with family and friends. Thank you to each of you for the time you give to your school community. We look forward to continuing to work with all you in 2024!

And here’s another mother speaking about accessibility issues in the snow… and the need for greater accountability on accessibility issues cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

The bus strike is happening today. Please refer to the list below. Many families, staff, and even classrooms on field trips will be impacted by this strike. It’s a double whammy when you consider the snowstorm last week. Vancouver School Board Vancouver DPAC CBCEarlyEdition translink.ca/alerts?_gl=1*i…..

It’s important to recognize how having inclusive programs centralized removes kids from their neighbourhood communities and creates barriers to access - especially during extreme weather or transportation disruptions.

Disappointed to see media using the word “accident” & reporting the driver “stayed at the scene” after inflicting life changing injuries on a 15 yo Lord Byng Secondary student yesterday, as if that isn’t a minimum requirement. VisionZeroVancouver media guide: visionzerovancouver.ca/media-style-gu…

For more information about why the words we use to describe motor vehicle crashes are important, I thoroughly recommend the books Right of Way by @schmangee and There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer

Here’s my story (with reporting from Karin Larsen) on another year with no school for Olympic Village. Four years isn’t a “fact track” for anything — unless you’re a government making excuses.

What do you see as the role of publicly elected school board trustees? Tune in tonight at 5pm to see what changes are being proposed, everything is up for debate. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Agenda: media.vsb.bc.ca/media/Default/… Link to live stream: youtube.com/watch?v=lqWxuM… #bced

Join us tomorrow night for an in-person parent education event featuring The Other People, a group of Vancouver community leaders representing a broad range of local cultural and religious groups, and anti-racism organizations vancouverdpac.org/generalannounc…