In The News

  • Diversity at Work resource centre now available online

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  • Hope’s Peter Bailey wins 2023 Champion of Diversity Award

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  • Hope Pride Committee to host Dorothy’s Cabinet on Feb. 9

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  • Grade 1 Coquihalla teacher, Heather Link (right) with assistance from her daughter Emma attach decals to the school hallway floors as part of the sensory path.

    Coquihalla Elementary School encouraging movement through new sensory pathway

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  • A graphic depicting a variety of ways disabilities might "look". The words read, Some disabilities look like this, some look like this, all make excellent employees.

    Free Reins Associates encouraging employers to re-think notions about disabilities

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  • An iPhone lays face up next to a Macbook laptop

    Hope’s Free Rein Associates brings smartphones to those without

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  • The promotional image for the Summer Street Jam happening August 19, 2022

    Reins of Freedom hosting Summer Street Jam in Hope

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  • Megan te Boekhorst (left) and Destiny Lenhardt are experimenting with an internet cafe offering at Reins of Freedom, a disability employment services office in downtown Hope. (Eric J. Welsh/ Hope Standard)

    Hope’s Reins of Freedom experiments with internet cafe offering

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  • Reins of Freedom staff member in costume as the Grinch looks at a chainsaw carving of The Grinch

    Ugly Christmas sweater contest, games and more at Free Rein in Hope

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  • Reins of Freedom staff are (left to right): Destiny Lenhardt, Megan te Boekhorst, and Taylor Spencer. (Submitted photo)

    Workshop series starting for people with disabilities in Hope

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  • Free Rein Associates about to embark on poverty reduction plan for Hope

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  • Hope resident and business owner, Peter Bailey, was awarded the David Hutson Leadership Award by ASPECT at their annual conference in Victoria. Submitted

    Hope’s Peter Bailey from Free Rein Associates is recognized for helping people secure employment

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  • A stock image of a community garden

    Community garden volunteers honoured

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  • Learning employment skills on trails

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  • Unemployment can be a time of renewal and reinvention

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  • Free Rein earns industry recognition

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