Help inform our three-year accessibility plan

Would you like to help inform VSB’s three-year Accessibility Plan?

We are inviting people with lived and learned accessibility experience to participate in an advisory panel to provide input on our three-year Accessibility Plan. This work supports the Accessible BC Act. We are looking for members who represent the diversity of Vancouver, including those who are Indigenous.

We are inviting interested people to complete a form so we can establish the advisory panel. It’s important that this panel represent the diversity of the community we serve. We want to include diverse perspectives and experiences. We will select volunteers to ensure representation of various disabilities and diverse abilities. 

Please complete this form. We will consider all those who submit their information. The advisory panel will meet four times both in-person and virtually between November 2024 and January of 2025. There will be options to meet during the day and in the evening. Interested participants must commit to attending all sessions.

The advisory panel’s input will be considered along with that of our accessibility committee and internal accessibility working group. The accessibility committee, established within the framework of the Accessible BC Act, works to assist the VSB in identifying barriers to individual in or interacting with VSB and advises VSB about how to remove and prevent barriers. The internal working group is comprised of VSB staff and meets to discuss, review and prioritize accessibility projects across the District. 

In June 2021, the provincial government passed the Accessible B.C. Act. Its goal is to support identification, prevention and removal of barriers that people with disabilities face in their day-to-day lives. Public sector organizations – including school districts – are required to establish an Accessibility Committee, create an Accessibility Plan, gather feedback about that plan and about accessibility challenges in general.

We are committed to being accessible to students, families, staff and members of the broader communities. We are dedicated to continually improve accessibility and remove barriers to provide greater equity and inclusion for everyone. 

VSB’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Accessibility Working Group use information gathered in the 2024 VSB Accessibility Survey to inform VSB’s Accessibility Plan, read the results below.

Accessibility Survey Results

Report a Barrier

Help us identify and understand barriers members of the community may face when accessing VSB services and facilities. Please email accessibility@vsb.bc.ca with the following information: 

• What you were trying to access
• Where the barrier happened and what the barrier was
• Any recommendations you might have

Thank you in advance for sharing your feedback. It will be reviewed and considered by the Accessibility Committee.