The Riverview Intentional Community Society has launched a proposal that would see a mix of housing for people living with mental illness and market rate housing. An ‘intentional community’ would see coffee shops, art centres and other amenities, along with …
Please check out this open letter, from Imagine Canada’s Bruce MacDonald, about the government’s progress in meeting the policy goals contained in the mandate letters. MacDonald notes that modernizing the legal and regulatory framework within which charities operate is …
Today is Let’s Talk Day – a day set aside for individuals to talk about their mental health issues. Reducing the stigma around mental health is the primary goal of the campaign. A report in the Richmond News today addresses …
Earlier this week, the Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) Project received the keys to their new building in Penticton. The YES Project, initiated by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan and the Similkameen in response to a bequest directed at …
The BC Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation’s 2018 meetings began in January in Prince Rupert. Find a list of the communities with dates and locations here.
For more information about poverty check out the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
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The government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee will be travelling across the province in early 2018 to gather information from citizens. Here is the schedule for early 2018:
Prince Rupert: Thursday, Jan. 11
Terrace / Kitimat: Friday, Jan. 12
Smithers: Saturday, …
The Central City Foundation released a report this week on the toll of the opioid epidemic on front-line workers in Vancouver. As Mebrat Beyene from the Wish Drop in Centre, noted that
…“Our staff are doing the real frontline
In response to the province’s Fair Wage Commission, Board Voice’s new Co-Chair’s, Leslie Welin and Terry Anne Boyles have developed a submission: Board Voice Fair Wages Commission Submission.
We would like to encourage you to submit your strategic …
The Vancouver Sun has published a new op-ed by past Board Voice Chair, Doug Hayman. Please check out the article 
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