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With a multi-year grant from the Vancouver Foundation, STEPS Forward: BC initiative for Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (BC-IPSE) has embarked on a 3 year project to scale the impact of Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (IPSE) beyond campus communities. This project will enable us to raise awareness and knowledge about equitable IPSE in BC. Building on the success of IPSE in BC and the underlying commitment to supporting equitable and inclusive education, the SCAPE project seeks to open up opportunities for students with developmental disabilities to become embedded in the normative pathways that already exist for primary and secondary students, without developmental disabilities, to plan for and successfully pursue
​university or college.
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​This work aligns with the Ministry of Education's Vision for Student Success which highlights the importance of every learner to maximize their individual potential as a key principle for student success.

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Our Vision

Expectations for students with developmental disabilities wanting to attend Post-Secondary Education are normalized within the educational pathways for all students.

Our Mission

To make it unremarkable for students with developmental disabilities to learn, develop careers and pursue their passions alongside other students when planning for post-secondary education.

Our Professional Commitments

• Generate a new understanding of developmental disability.
• Demonstrate confidence in the positive possibilities of life-long inclusion.
• Support an authentic student experience.
• Minimize difference.
• Embed the student's experience in the relationships, activites, routines, and rhythms of the school by building alliances.
• Build relationships with students' families that encourage family commitment to life-long inclusion.
• Practice reflection.
• Safeguard the integrity of our work.
• Promote the development of inclusive post-secondary education.