Directors’ Blog
FamilyWorks – Conversations About Employment
04 June, 2013
Do you have a family member with a disability that should be working? We invite you to sit down with others and explore the stories...
Best Wishes in your retirement, Carlos!
29 April, 2013
The Taunton Team held a retirement party at the office on Wednesday, April 23, for Carlos Costa, who has worked at Spectrum since September 1999....
Barb’s New Book – Surviving A Storm
24 April, 2013
You may have heard that Barb Westfield's latest project has been to write a book about her life story. She has been working with a...
Your Support is Required, and Much Appreciated!
04 February, 2013
“I’m so happy with Spectrum. Where I used to live, I had no choices. Now I make more decisions...
BC Ideas Provides $15,000 Investment to Spectrum!
28 November, 2012
BC Ideas is investing more than $270,000 in promising solutions that aim to address social challenges facing B.C. communities. The investments came from a number...
Spectrum’s 2012 Annual Report Posted
01 November, 2012
Our 25th Anniversary Annual Report has been presented to our Annual General Meeting and is available on our website. There are lots of pictures, stories...
SRV Reflections: Susan goes back to school
27 September, 2012
The first week of school is always a busy week in our household, but this year it was especially busy because there was one more...
Remarkable Roles and Relationships: the Gifts and Challenges of Supporting People With Intellectual Disabilities Within Systems
09 September, 2012
Often, when those who work in Community Support get together we remark on how grateful we are to be paid to have the roles we...
Pre-Order The ABC’s of Ability: an ABC book about the lives of adults with disabilities from Spectrum Press
09 September, 2012
The ABC’s of Ability: an ABC book about the lives of adults with disabilities created by SUSAN POWELL, photographs by Larry Wells in collaboration with...
Pre-publication Orders now being take for Spectrum Press’ New Anthology
09 September, 2012
From Institutions to Individuals: On Becoming Person-Centred. An anthology of selected writings, conversations and interviews by, for and about people with intellectual disabilities and those...
Getting to Community – New Book from Susan Stanfield and Spectrum Press
06 August, 2012
An excerpt from Susan Stanfield's upcoming new book Getting to Community: supporting people with developmental disabilities in their pursuit of the good life. For many...
Interagency Social Media for Social Good Training and Creating Vibrant Learning Opportunities
05 June, 2012
We've had a couple of exciting meetings at which various organizations were represented and have booked Lee Anne Ragan of Rock, Paper, Scissors to come...