Inability to find meaningful work that I can sustain with my disabilities has honestly been the biggest challenge.
-Listening Campaign 2025 participant
Disability justice centers the experiences of those most impacted by injustice and affirms that all bodies—minds and ways of being—are worthy and whole.
For families impacted by poverty, both disability and chronic health conditions are often caused by inequality and worsened by the condition of poverty. This is one of the reasons why disability justice is core to our work.
CFE members impacted by disability and our Disability Justice Advisory Committee lead and shape our advocacy and work in the area of disability justice.
Out of the Margins is a community-engaged research project led by UBC and the Centre for Family Equity, funded by the Understanding Precarity project (UP-BC) led by SFU and the BC Society for Policy Solutions that explores the intersecting impacts of parental disability status, precarious work, and family poverty in British Columbia. Co-led by peer researchers with lived experience, the study engages parents with disabilities and their families in two regions in BC through interviews and focus groups to examine how social stigma, inadequate income support, provincial income and work-related policies related to disability assistance, and unstable work affect family well-being and child and youth poverty. With a strong focus on disability justice and intersectionality, the project aims to generate actionable insights for policy change and public understanding, culminating in community-informed reports, advocacy tools, and public education initiatives.
CFE is offering free training on decolonization and reconciliation. Join us!
K-12 Without Racism focus groups expression of interest form now open. Spaces limited, join now!
BC backslides on targeted measures to eliminate child, youth and family poverty
Erase Racism in BC Schools: Families Lead the Way - Report on the K-12 Without Racism Year 1 Scoping Survey Findings
Joint letter to Minister of Citizens' Services with the BC Alliance for Health Living addresses barriers to accessing physical activities for equity-seeking families.
A Listening Campaign is a form of community engagement we carry out with our members to build community, mobilize engagement, identify concerns and priorities, and chart CFE's strategic direction.
