Provides leadership and support for excellent and accessible post-secondary education and an integrated and dynamic approach to research and innovation.
Through the growth and stewardship of permanent endowment funds and the distribution of income to a broad range of eligible organizations, Vancouver Foundation, in meeting community needs, provides philanthropic leadership to improve the quality of life for all British Columbians.
Rotary is an international humanitarian service organization. The men and women of Rotary are business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and resources to help others in their local communities and throughout the world.
AACL is committed to supporting children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families to have access to a quality inclusive education and for adults with developmental disabilities to have access to the supports they need to live, work and participate in community life.
UBC provides students with an outstanding and distinctive education, and conducts leading research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada, and the world.
home page: The creative arts contribute to the experience of life in parity with science and philosophy. The arts have the capacity to persuade, subvert, celebrate and confront; to challenge the status quo; to act as powerful cultural agents; to establish an individual's aspirations; to help people learn to appreciate differences and to construct value systems." European League of Institutes of Art, General Assembly, October 2002
Ministry of Children And Family Development
Community Living Services
The McLean Foundation











STEPS Forward acknowledges and thanks the following corporations, foundations, and organizations
for their invaluable support in helping us reach our goal of
providing access to post-secondary education for young adults with intellectual disabilities.

A non-profit charitable organization providing community based supports to people with disabilities in the communities of Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster & the Sunshine Coast.
The PEA is a union of and for professional employees. Every PEA bargaining unit consists entirely or predominantly of professionals -- people whose work responsibilities typically require that they have earned at least one university degree.
Through the dedication of the Staff and Management of Radio Station CKNW, the Board of Directors, dedicated listeners and generous sponsors, CKNW is committed to helping improve the lives of youths with special needs.
BCTF is the union of professionals representing 43,000 public school teachers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is based in Vancouver.
BCACL is a federation that advocates for children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and their families to ensure justice, rights and opportunities in all areas of their lives.
DDA was started in 1952 by a group of parents of developmentally disabled children.
The DSRF was formed in 1995 in response to the need, expressed by parents and professionals, for detailed and research-based information for themselves and for the community at large.
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation

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