Symposium speaker series – Dr. Rachelle Hole and Dr. Tim Stainton
About the event
On November 30, 2023, Rachelle Hole and Tim Stainton, who are both professors at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and co-directors of the UBC Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship, gave a presentation titled “Individualized Funding: A Review of the International Research Literature” at the third session in the Province’s Children and Youth with Support Needs Symposium Speaker Series.
The presentation had the stated objective of making caregivers and professionals better informed so they can give feedback to agencies that provide individualized funding options for children and youth with support needs and their families, like the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
The symposium speaker series is part of the Province’s broad engagement process to inform a new, effective system of children and youth with support needs (CYSN) services.
Presentation
Presentation materials
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Summary of discussion with participants at the event
Biography
About Dr. Rachelle Hole:
Dr. Rachelle Hole is a professor in the UBC Okanagan School of Social Work and a co-director of the UBC Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship. She is also a Tier 1 UBC Principal’s Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies. She is committed to community engaged research that is informed by the principles of disability justice. Her research seeks to inform policy and practice that fosters the well-being and inclusion of individuals with disabilities and their families.
About Dr. Tim Stainton:
Tim Stainton is a professor at the School of Social Work and a co-director of the UBC Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics on disability rights and social policy. Prior to his academic career he worked on deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities in British Columbia and as head of Policy and Programs for the then Ontario Association for Community Living. He has consulted nationally and internationally on issues of system change. He has published widely on disability rights, individualized funding and self directed supports, service delivery, history and, ethics. He is a fellow of International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability. He was a member Transition Steering Committee and the Interim Board of CLBC.
