Accessible Quesnel

Accessibility Advisory Committee

In 2023, the Accessibility Committee was established to provide advice to Council to ensure that buildings, sites, and facilities are safely accessible, and that the community is inclusive, supportive, and safely accessible and accommodating.

The City of Quesnel is committed to making itself a more inclusive community. The committee is working to create an Accessibility Plan to identify ways to better communicate accessibility within the community. This plan will be shared on this page when it is complete.

About the Accessibility Committee:

The Accessibility Committee is a Select Committee of Council and its purpose is to ensure that the following goals from our Quesnel community occur:

• Buildings, sites, and facilities are to be safely accessible.
• The community is inclusive and supportive and is safely accessible and accommodating.

Specific roles of the Committee shall include:

• Review and make recommendations to Council and staff regarding accessibility issues related to community transportation, buildings, and functions:
  1. Support Council and Staff in the development of a prioritized 5-year capital plan for accessibility improvements to sidewalks, trails, parking, and roads.
  2. Review accessibility plans of new city and community developments.
  3. Review and make recommendations to Council regarding accessibility improvements related to existing community-owned infrastructure and programs.
• Review, make recommendations, and provide leadership for other projects and initiatives to improve accessibility in the community of Quesnel:
  1. Accessible parking awareness programs.
  2. Work with merchants, Business Improvement Areas, and the Chamber of Commerce to improve accessibility and promote accessibility awareness.
  3. Accessible-friendly projects.
• Help develop an Accessibility Action Plan that is accessible to community members and that outlines the activities the organization plans to do to identify, remove, and prevent barriers.
  1. Monitor and report progress and achievement of actions identified in the City’s Accessibility Plan.
  2. Review and update plan every 3 years.
• Develop partnerships and liaise with Province and Accessibility agencies to improve accessibility outcomes for Quesnel:
  1. Review and build on new Provincial initiatives.
  2. Review and build on previous Provincial and Northern initiatives (such as Measuring Up the North)

An Accessibility Committee is mandatory of the Accessible British Columbia Act in which organizations must establish an Accessibility Committee, and develop an accessibility plan and a process for receiving public feedback.

This Committee is under Part 3 of the Accessible BC Act.

Contact us:

We welcome you to share your thoughts on how the City of Quesnel can improve accessibility.

You're invited to contact the Accessibility Committee at https://www.quesnel.ca/contact-city-hall. Your feedback can be presented to the committee and appropriate staff for consideration and discussion.

National Accessibility Week ran from May 25 to June 1, 2024.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join the committee members or take the survey to share your input!

MORE TO COME!

Please continue to watch for updates, because the Accessibility Committee members will be working to engage with the community again in 2025 through in-person events and a new survey!