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Category: In the Media

BC Social Reports / In the Media / Uncategorized

Burgundy is the colour of death in BC

Board Voice Executive Director Jody Paterson spotted a series of eight maps in the latest BC Centre for Disease Control report on the illicit toxic drug crisis and was so alarmed at the story they were telling that she made …

Charity sector news / Governance / In the Media

Vicarious liability and non-profit boards

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 …

Federal Politics / In the Media

Federal politics: Cabinet, shadow cabinet & critics

The federal government and the federal Conservative Party have now announced their respective cabinet and shadow cabinet.

Board Voice will be reaching out to the leaders and Opposition critics of the key social ministries with letters of introduction – we …

#Nonprofitsdoitbetter / Charity sector news / Funding / Governance / In the Media / Political Activity

Making it Easier to Do Good: More on Sen. Ratna Omidvar and Bill S-222

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 …

In the Media / Indigenous News / Our people

On residential school impact: Start with listening

This piece was written by Board Voice Co-Chair Leslie Welin, who is also Chair of the Board of the Clements Centre Society.

On May 31 in the Legislature of British Columbia, Adam Olsen, a member of the Tsartlip First …

Charity sector news / In the Media

Analysis of federal budget impact on our sector

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 …

BC Politics / Charity sector news / Funding / In the Media

2021 budget highlights for our sector from BC and federal governments

BC Finance Minister Selina Robinson

The federal government’s first budget in two years was tabled Monday, followed by BC Budget day on Tuesday. Here are some highlights for the community social services sector from those two budgets.

For our sector, …

#Nonprofitsdoitbetter / In the Media / Our people

Spotlight on our members for Community Social Services Month

We were delighted at the opportunity to see the work of our member organizations profiled by the BC government for Community Social Services Month in March 2021.

Eleven of the 12 agency profiles posted here were shared via the Ministry …

Board Development / Charity sector news / Governance / In the Media

StatsCan board diversity survey reveals long road ahead

The latest figures from a recent crowdsourcing survey done by Statistics Canada indicate that Canadian non-profits have a long way to go to ensure diversity on their boards – including even having a written policy on board diversity.

StatsCan underlines …

#Nonprofitsdoitbetter / Charity sector news / COVID-19 / Funding / In the Media

How COVID-19 could transform non-profits: The Conversation

The pandemic has been far from easy for non-profit organizations, especially those providing critically important social services.

But as this piece from The Conversation points out, our organizations’ ability to respond, pivot and even expand our services during such a …

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