Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦

MPH, MBA, FPR | Health and social services leader, advocate, researcher | Executive Director, Fraser Valley Child Development Centre | Views are my own

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Thanks to all who have helped the @FraserValleyCDC support generations of children, youth, and families throughout the Fraser Valley! Happy 40th! 🥂

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

FVCDC celebrated 40 years of service to children, youth, and families last week. We would like to thank the families we support, our staff, and our many valued community partners, donors, and supporters.

#community #celebration #40years #children #youth #inclusion

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Thank you @MitziDeanBC for attending our @BCACDI luncheon! We appreciated speaking more with you and the MLAs who attended about strengthening support for children and youth with diverse abilities in the province.

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Thanks to the @fvicba for generously hosting yesterday’s Vaisakhi celebration! The @FraserValleyCDC was thrilled to participate. #HappyVaisakhi #community

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from all of us at the FVCDC! We strive to #EmbraceEquity and stand for inclusion every day. Today is a unique chance to celebrate the women in our workplace (90%), board of directors, client work, personal lives, and everywhere. 🎉🎉🎉

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Team building with Jenga!! #teamwork #connection #fun

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

This holiday season, join many others in donating to the FVCDC! Support children and youth with diverse abilities to be the best they can be. https://t.co/oj6tXm0s4A Happy holidays!

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre supports nearly 4,000 #children and #youth with #diverseabilities and their #families in the Fraser Valley each year! To help us reach more, we have two great ways to #helpkidsshine this Holiday Season! https://t.co/Zld3uJZ2mU

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Fun, games, food and connection at our staff holiday party! A chance to recognize and appreciate our 100 dedicated team members. #celebrate #fun #team #appreciation #party

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre supports nearly 4,000 #children and #youth with #diverseabilities and their #families in the Fraser Valley each year! To help us reach more, we have two great ways to #helpkidsshine this Holiday Season! https://t.co/Zld3uJZ2mU

[RCYBC Youth @RCYBCyouth]

Dec. 3rd marks #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities. Whether a person’s disability is visible or invisible, it is their human right to be treated with respect. We must move towards an inclusive society that provides barrier-free and non-discriminatory environments for all.

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

Grateful to be part of the large crowd celebrating ⁦⁦@wendyneufeld⁩ last night, honouring her incredible legacy and wishing her well in retirement! ⁦@Abbotsfordfdn⁩ ⁦@City_Abbotsford⁩ #community #philanthropy #leadership

[Karen DickensonSmith 🇨🇦 @kdickenson1]

After two intense years, it was wonderful to resume our @FraserValleyCDC annual Family Picnic! Thanks to Stolo Nation for performing drumming and to our many sponsors, partners, staff and volunteers who made this fun event happen! ☀️🕶🫧🧺🚲

[Dan Coulter @dacoulter]

Please share with people who may be interested in contributing to this important next step on the path to a fully #accessible BC.

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

Thank you to @cwbcommunity for being our meet and greet sponsor at Swing with Bling Ladies #HelpingKidsShine #CharityGolf Classic at the @fraserglengolf Course on Sept. 8, 2022. Get your tickets to play or learn about sponsorship opportunities at https://t.co/AZWZQzuOBi

[Inclusion BC @InclusionBC]

There needs to be inclusive childcare policy developed to ensure children with disabilities are not an ‘add on’, but included from the start.

#AllMeansAll #Inclusion #BCpoli #KidsCantWait #InclusiveFromTheStart

https://t.co/Oix5HpX94p

[Fraser Health @Fraserhealth]

Stay cool and collected this summer – start now to ensure you and your family are prepared for extreme heat.

Use @PreparedBC Extreme Heat Preparedness Guide to make sure you’re ready: https://t.co/CR1Xdm5qR6

[RCYBC Youth @RCYBCyouth]

June is National Indigenous History Month, where we acknowledge, celebrate and honour the contributions, heritage, and the tremendous resilience of First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Urban Indigenous peoples across the country.

#Indigenoushistorymonth

[Dan Coulter @dacoulter]

It's AccessAbility Week! All week we will be recognizing people with disabilities and the efforts underway to make BC more inclusive: a place where all people can participate equally in their communities and workplaces. More info here: https://t.co/kiNz3aXla1

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

May is Speech and Hearing Month and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the wonderful Speech-Language Pathologists at FVCDC!

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

Thank to all the staff at FVCDC for their dedication, creativity, and continuous support of children and youth with diverse abilities and their families through challenging times such as the pandemic, short staffing, heat wave, and flooding.

[FVCDC @FraserValleyCDC]

Happy Physiotherapy Month! We want to say a special thank you to all of the Physiotherapists who support #children and their #families at the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre.

#physiotherapy #helpingkidsshine #childdevelopment #fraservalley #fvcdc #physiotherapist