Out of the Margins
Out of the Margins is a community-engaged research project that explores parental disability status, precarious work, and family poverty in British Columbia. The project is led by the UBC School of Social Work and the Centre for Family Equity, and funded by the Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC) led by SFU and the BC Society for Policy Solutions.
Led and shaped by trained peer researchers with lived experience, the study engages parents and caregivers living with disabilities, their partners, and youth, and takes place in two regions in BC, one urban and one rural. The study conducts interviews and focus groups to examine how disability related policies and labour market accessibility impact household income and holistic family health and well-being in households where one or more adult receives a provincial disability assistance income in BC.