Accessibility Advisory Committee

Purpose of the Committee

To provide advice and make recommendations to Council regarding accessibility planning for Bowen Island Municipality and the Bowen Island Public Library.

Committee Members

  1. Councillor Alex Jurgensen, Chair
  2. Robin Burger
  3. Angus McTavish
  4. Nick Moseley
  5. Kathy Pichora-Fuller
  6. Peter Williamson
  7. Jessica Gladysz, Canadian Organization of Blind and DeafBlind
  8. Councillor Sue Ellen Fast
  9. Drew Bakken, Island Community Planner (non-voting, Staff Resource)
  10. Tina Nielsen, Chief Librarian (non-voting, Staff Resource)

Other Staff Resources

Stef Shortt, Deputy Corporate Officer
Kristina Calli, Interim Human Resources Coordinator

To contact the Accessibility Advisory Committee, please email: aac@bimbc.ca.

Governing Documents

Terms of Reference

Video Recordings

BIM YouTube Channel

Agendas and Minutes

Agendas

Minutes

Accessibility on Bowen Island

Did you know that you can borrow medical equipment from the library? Crutches, wheelchairs, bathroom and bed assists… and more! Check out the Med Shed webpage.

And check out the Mountain Trike! It’s a manual, all-terrain wheelchair that you can take to the park and enjoy the trails.

Feedback Opportunities

Bowen Island Municipality welcomes feedback on accessibility on an ongoing basis and strives to provide all possible channels for community members to share their input. Please feel free to provide your feedback via:

  1. Website Form: Provide your feedback by typing it into the boxes on this feedback page.
  2. Survey and Open Feedback: Print out and fill in this form, or do it online here by filling out this fillable pdf.
  3. Phone Voicemail: Call us at 778-897-3296 (or ext. 600 to BIM’s 604-947-4255)
  4. Text Number: Send a text to 778-897-0559
  5. Email Address: Your email to aac@bimbc.ca will be received by the Accessibility Advisory Committee.
  6. Mailing Address: Pop it in the mail to 580 Bowen Island Trunk Road, Bowen Island, V0N 1G2.
  7. Dropbox Address: Come down to the Community Centre and provide your feedback anonymously in the Dropbox, or have a chat with staff at 580 Bowen Island Trunk Road.

Reference Documents

Canadian Academy of Audiology: Reducing Barriers for People Living with Hearing Loss During In-Person Meetings

Canadian Standards Association (CSA): Disability Inclusion Public Policy

Pichora-Fuller, M.K. (2019). Hearing Accessibility, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders (Jack S. Damico and Martin J. Ball, eds) Vol. 2, pp. 839-840. DOI.

Pichora-Fuller, M.K. (2019). Acoustic Ecology, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders (Jack S. Damico and Martin J. Ball, eds) Vol. 1, pp. 17-21. DOI.

Pichora-Fuller, M.K. (2019). Listening Effort, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders (Jack S. Damico and Martin J. Ball, eds) Vol. 3, pp. 1117-1119. DOI.

Canadian Website Accessibility Guidelines

Lighthouse Guild: Accessibility Guidelines for Colour Contrast and Print Legibility

Accessibility Delegations: Videos and Presentations

The Future of Hearing Accessibility: Auracast Bluetooth Hearing Aid Technology (May 6, 2024)
Jill Mecklenburger, Principal Audiologist, Global Audiology Group