Unsettling rumours that Victoria-owned GT Hiring was bought by the US multinational Maximus Inc have now been confirmed. This now means that two multinationals have 30 per cent of the provincial funding for employment training in BC, in multi-year contracts …
Board Voice was honoured to be chosen as one of six panelists to speak at the Provincial Social Services Forum in Richmond on Nov. 15. Board Voice …
A big Board Voice welcome to our newest board members, elected to the Board Voice board at our annual general meeting on Nov. 2.
We are pleased to welcome Sandra Micheals, whose home board is the Greater Vancouver Community …
Are our governments’ hands tied by international trade agreements when they put social-care services out to bid? That was a question we really wanted the answer to at Board Voice, as that would be a complicating factor in working toward …
There’s much to reflect on in Imagine Canada’s new series of reports on evaluation in the Canadian non-profit sector. Social services was one of four sectors surveyed. (Interesting fact: With 15,200 social service non-profits active in Canada, we’re the second-largest …
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance Services has released its recommendations for Budget 2020, and it’s heartening to see that the committee members were clearly listening to submissions from Board Voice and our many members and allies in …
This Charity Village article carries on a conversation that Board Voice has been working very hard to start and keep going, on the risk of governments inadvertently letting social care slip into the hands of multinationals instead of the community …
It has been a busy spring for presenting to governments. Here’s the presentation that Board Voice Co-Chair Leslie Welin made to BC’s Fair Wages Commission on May 31. Commission members showed much interest in Leslie’s presentation, and spent another half-hour …
Board Voice presents every year to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance, which consults annually around the province in the runup to the coming year’s provincial budget. Here’s what we had to say at this year’s consultations, which …
Board Voice executive director Jody Paterson was interviewed recently by RedEye co-op radio in Vancouver about BC’s procurement process and our concerns that it’s creating a playing field that tips the provision of vital social care services in the province …
