When news broke in The Tyee this month of women having to leave a BC transition house into homelessness, the story on the surface appeared to be about an unwieldy transition house treating people unfairly.
But community social services know …
The international awareness campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is Nov. 25 through Dec. 10, and we’re sharing this CTV story on The Cridge Centre for the Family’s leading work to bring attention and services to the women …
Board Voice is excited to announce the appointment of Tim Agg as our new executive director as of Dec. 1.
As an early champion for the creation of Board Voice, Tim has an in-depth understanding of the organization, its past …
The latest edition of Imagine Canada’s Early Alert newsletter brings a new worry for charities with donors who have automatic monthly donations set up on their Mastercards.
“Mastercard recently announced global changes to transaction processing rules,” notes the Sept 13 …
We’re delighted to announce that Board Voice has successfully worked to have the first day of Volunteer Week in BC declared Non-Profit Volunteer Boards Day!
April 24 will be the first ever Non-Profit Volunteer Boards Day in BC. The proclamation …
Finance Minister Selina Robinson tabled the 2022 budget in the BC Legislature this week. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights noted in Tyee journalist Andrew Macleod’s coverage of the budget, which the Tyee describes as a …
A cautionary and very expensive tale for any non-profit board recently played out in BC Supreme Court, where the board of Literacy Alberni Society failed to convince the court that they were wrongly found “vicariously libel” in a defamation judgment levelled against …
We’ve been following Canadian Senator Ratna Omidvar’s efforts to change Income Tax Act legislation around requirements for charities that have ended up restricting their ability to give funding to non-charities whose work they support. The bill is now in third …
Statistics Canada has just released 2019 data providing insight into Canada’s non-profit workforce, which now accounts for almost 13 per cent of all jobs in Canada.
No surprises to see that the majority of workers in these 2.5 million jobs …
If you’re looking to really go deep on the details of the federal budget tabled this week as it applies to charities and non-profits in Canada, this article from law firm Miller Thomson ought to do it. The article was …
