Back in November 2015 Board Voice began working on a concept we call the BC Social Reports, an annual publishing of very top-line measures drawing attention to some of BC’s most intractable and challenging social issues.
Since then we …
There was an initial meeting of parties interested in better data sharing for the Community Benefits sector in BC on July 30. It stoked some interesting thinking.
The idea behind this comes out of the US Based Markets for Good: …
Dear members,
On behalf of the board of directors, I am pleased to announce that Christine Thomas has joined Board Voice as its new Executive Coordinator as of June 1 2015.
Christine comes to us with a rich background in …
What is social procurement? Sandra Hamilton explains it in-depth in her paper Social Procurement The Olympic, Commonwealth & Pan Am Games, and the growing case for Social Procurement Policy in Canada, but in a nutshell, it’s a leveraging of procurement …
Premier Clark first issued ministry mandate letters on June 7, 2013. These letters are designed to act as ongoing work plans for each ministry, updated annually.
The content here is from the mandate letters issued June 12, 2015. Considered together, …
A new report by the Representative for Children and Youth and the Provincial Health Officer examines the question, “How are our children doing right now?” While there have been some improvements, vulnerable children and youth, especially Aboriginal children and those …
A coalition of 200 civil society organizations says its wants all political parties to explain to voters how they will ensure that criticism and dissent of the government is not punished by those in power.
The groups paper …
What is measured matters. And conversely, what is not measured rarely gets the attention or resources to correct it.
With this in mind, BoardVoice is proposing that the Community Social Service sector and others work together to aggregate available data …
Hello all,
We have been a bit quiet on our updates because much of our work has been planning and preparing. Even so, there is a lot going on.
Our membership sign-up is underway. We need your support if we …
“I am writing to thank you for your work advocating against section 99 in Bill 24’s proposed changes to the Societies Act. This section would have allowed any member of the public or a corporation to bring legal action against …
