Our Partners

We can’t do it alone. ATBC depends on a collaborative network of partner agencies and user groups to facilitate the continuity of high-quality assistive technology services throughout British Columbia. Our network of service and funding partners include:

Funding Partner

Ministry of POST-SECONDARY Education and FUTURE SKILLS – StudentAid BC

StudentAid BC provides program funding for the CSG-DSE assistive technology program for students and the PILAT Equipment Loan-bank Program for public post-secondary institutions. These programs support over 1,500 post-secondary student’s per year through providing access to assistive technology and related technical supports.

Special thank you to Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SPDR) for providing funding to support the Public Post-secondary Assistive Technology Loan-bank Program (PPL) for the past 10 years. PPL is a legacy ATBC service which has been supported by the province of British Columbia since 1993 and is now also funded by the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. PPL supports hundreds of post-secondary students per year through providing access to the assistive technology loan-bank and related technical supports.

Service Delivery Partners

Centre for Accessible Post-secondary Education Resources (CAPER-BC)

CAPER-BC provides accessible learning and teaching materials to students and instructors who cannot use conventional print because of disabilities. CAPER and ATBC collaborate by:

• providing individualized assessments and resource planning for mutual student clients receiving CAPER materials and assistive technology.
• sharing expertise in creating and using alternate text materials for continued professional development of our respective teams.
• Research and development of best practices for creating and using emerging alternate formats such as MathML.

Academic Communication Equity – British Columbia (ACE-BC)

ACE-BC supports BC post-secondary students with hearing loss through provision of coordinating interpreting, transcribing, captioning and electronic note-taking services. ACE-BC and ATBC collaborate by:

• providing individualized assessments and resource planning for mutual student clients receiving ACE-BC coordinated services and assistive technology.
• sharing expertise in providing specialized services and technology for hearing impaired students for the continued professional development of our respective teams.
• research and development of best practices for providing TypeWell in-class and remote transcription services.

Special Education Technology – BC (SET-BC)

SET-BC is a BC Ministry of Education Provincial Resource Program established to assist school districts in utilizing technology with students whose access to the curriculum is restricted due to a disability. ATBC collaborates with SET-BC by:

• facilitating the transition from high-school to post-secondary for students using assistive technology
• sharing expertise in using and supporting a wide range of assistive technology for continued professional development of our respective consultant and technical teams