{"id":716,"date":"2025-01-20T13:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:29:25","slug":"episode-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/episodes\/episode-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:35px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Partnering with Communities to Transform Inclusion through Collaborative Research with Dr. Tim Stainton and Karla Verschoor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/01\/Inclusion-BC-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-911 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/01\/Inclusion-BC-1.png 531w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/01\/Inclusion-BC-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>There are so many people who want to do things for people but our values are that we don\u2019t do things for people, we do things with people and that\u2019s foundational to every conversation, every meeting, every research project, every conversation that we have with government, every play that we co-produce, film, and that is really modeling the world we want to live in as an Institute, as a community organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Karla Verschoor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async defer onload=\"redcircleIframe();\" src=\"https:\/\/api.podcache.net\/embedded-player\/sh\/f2ac19c9-a769-4adb-91fb-ad7b67558f1f\/ep\/c60f2640-ebbb-4277-bf27-48f9d998e6d9\"><\/script>\n    <div class=\"redcirclePlayer-c60f2640-ebbb-4277-bf27-48f9d998e6d9\"><\/div>\n    <style>\n    .redcircle-link:link {\n        color: #ea404d;\n        text-decoration: none;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:hover {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:active {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:visited {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n<\/style>\n<p style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-left:11px;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 10px; color: gray;\">Powered by <a class=\"redcircle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com?utm_source=rc_embedded_player&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;utm_campaign=embedded_v1\">RedCircle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/Inclusion-BC_Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4QmzEzjHpWcRga43X83z8M?si=nBn7qTnHTAqSQ_ru2x7WAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPOTIFY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/partnering-with-communities-to-transform-inclusion\/id1778292903?i=1000684746502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Episode<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Tim Stainton, Professor Emeritus at the UBC School of Social Work and co-Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cic.arts.ubc.ca\/\">Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship<\/a>, and Karla Verschoor, Executive Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusionbc.org\/\">Inclusion BC<\/a>, discuss their collaborative work advancing inclusion for individuals with disabilities in British Columbia. They reflect on the evolution of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship, including its policy advocacy during the Covid-19 pandemic. They highlight several projects, including exploring and addressing inequalities arising from the intersection of gender and disability, and how participatory theater productions help share lived experiences with a broader audience. The conversation also touches on the importance of people with disabilities as self-advocates and researchers to drive meaningful change.<br><br><strong>Timestamps<\/strong><br>1:11 &#8211; Get to Know: Dr. Tim Stainton<br>1:33 &#8211; Get to Know: Karla Verschoor<br>2:08 &#8211; The Evolution of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship<br>3:48 &#8211; The Role of Inclusion BC in Advocacy<br>6:08 &#8211; Policy Advocacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic<br>10:07 &#8211; Addressing Gender and Disability Inequalities<br>15:55 &#8211; The Impact of Participatory Theater in Advocacy<br>22:16 &#8211; Overcoming Funding Challenges for Sustainable Growth<br>26:50 &#8211; Expanding Research Streams at the Institute<br>29:51 &#8211; Building Long-Term Partnerships Through Shared Values<br><br><strong>Mentioned in this Episode<\/strong><br>Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/cic.arts.ubc.ca\/\">Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship<\/a><br>Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusionbc.org\/\">Inclusion BC&nbsp;<\/a><br>Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/cic.arts.ubc.ca\/sex-lies-and-citizenship\/\">A Participatory Theatre Project: Sex, Lies &amp; Citizenship<\/a><br>Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/citizen-network.org\/library\/romance-relationships-and-rights.html\">A Participatory Theatre Project: Romance, Relationships and Rights<\/a> <br>Initiative: <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusionbc.org\/re-imagining-community-inclusion-during-the-pandemic\/\">Re-imagining Community Inclusion during the Pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" style=\"width:154px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd.png 403w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Guests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Karla Verschoor<\/strong> joined <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusionbc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inclusion BC <\/a>in 2006, holding various positions before becoming the Executive Director in 2018. She brings a rights-based, person-centered approach and strives to be a connection point between people experiencing barriers to inclusion and those with decision-making power within our systems of support. <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.ubc.ca\/profile\/tim-stainton\/\"><strong>Dr. Tim Stainton<\/strong><\/a> is Professor Emeritus at the School of Social Work and Emeritus Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cic.arts.ubc.ca\/\">Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship<\/a>. Prior to his academic career, he worked in the field of intellectual disability, and continues to lecture and consult nationally and internationally on issues of service delivery, structure, self-determination and individualized funding and other disability related topics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnering with Communities to Transform Inclusion through Collaborative Research with Dr. Tim Stainton and Karla Verschoor There are so many people who want to do things for people but our values are that we don\u2019t do things for people, we do things with people and that\u2019s foundational to every conversation, every meeting, every research project, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81253,"featured_media":0,"parent":527,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-716","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions\/1004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}