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Oct. 2016 – Events (Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby, online)

October 6, 2016 Audrey Jun Uncategorized

BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support is holding a Government Benefits for Older Adults Workshop on Tuesday, October 11 at East Richmond Community Hall (12360 Cambie Road, Richmond), from 10am – 11am. Contact 604-233-8372 for details.

People’s Law School and Legal Services Society are collaborating to put on a free Introduction to MyLawBC on Tuesday, October 11 at 12pm – 1pm at People’s Law School located at 150-900 Howe Street, Vancouver. Register here.

BC Employment Standards Coalition wants to hear about your bad job at their October Workers Forums from October 11-20 in Surrey – Cloverdale, Burnaby – Central, Vancouver – East, North Burnaby/Coquitlam, Vancouver – Downtown and New Westminster. See dates, locations and times on the CLAS blog here.

Burnaby Public Library, in partnership with West Coast LEAF, is presenting a Legal Information for Safety Online information session on criminal issues around personal safety that may arise while using the internet. Thursday, October 13, 7pm – 8:30pm. Register online here or by phoning the Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch at 604-436-5400.

Hear the PovNet story at the Vancouver launch of Storming the Digital Divide, Monday, October 17, 7pm – 9:30pm. Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway (@ Kingsway) The cafe and washroom are wheelchair accessible.

Nidus is giving two more online Webinars on Personal Planning: October 19 & 26, at 11:30am – 12:30pm, online. Learn about Planning for Health Care & Personal Care, as well as Financial & Legal Matters. Register at the links here.

To kick off Personal Planning month, Nidus is hosting an Essentials of a Basic Plan for Your Future: Thursday, October 27, at 1pm – 2:30pm, at South Granville Seniors Centre, 1420 W. 12th Ave, Vancouver (at Hemlock), 3rd floor lounge.

People’s Law School is hosting a speaker from the Bank of Canada for an event on Currency Fraud on Wednesday, October 26 at 12pm – 1pm at People’s Law School located at 150-900 Howe Street, Vancouver. Register here.

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Sept. 2016 – Events (Victoria, Vancouver, online)

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Access Pro Bono is holding their annual Free Legal Advice-a-Thon. They’re wrapping up this year’s event in Victoria, Centennial Square this Friday, September 16, from 10am to 2pm.

The National SRL Support Network – Vancouver Branch, is holding their next meeting for people representing themselves in Family or Civil Court next Monday, September 19, from 6-8pm at Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre. Attendees should RSVP to NSSN.vancouver@gmail.com.

Mediate BC and People’s Law School are collaborating to put on a free Legal @ Lunch on Workplace Mediation on Wednesday, September 21 at 12pm – 1pm at People’s Law School located at 150-900 Howe Street, Vancouver. They will be livestreaming online at facebook.com/MediateBC. Register at this link.

People’s Law School is holding their open house on Thursday, September 22 from 11am – 3pm at their 150-900 Howe Street location. Learn about wills and get a Justice Theatre Presentation on online bullying. Advanced registration is required. Call 604-331-5400.

Register now for the BC Information Summit! The event is organized BC FIPA, and will have expert speakers (including speakers from organizations like BCCLA) who are involved in how the world of freedom of information and privacy is changing. Thursday, September 22, 8:15am – 5pm.

Nidus is presenting tonight in Berlin at the 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship. You can also hear from them locally and in online webinars in October and November (which is Personal Planning Month). Stay tuned for updates!

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