Board Voice virtual AGM
Like many non-profits dealing with life in a pandemic, Board Voice will be moving our annual general meeting online for 2020. We’re looking forward to connecting with our members at our Sept. 22 AGM, even if it is just via …
On the upside: Board Voice members share stories of pandemic innovation
There’s an upside to everything, even a global pandemic. After Board Voice started hearing of some of the amazing innovation coming out of our sector as we adapted to the tremendous impact of the pandemic, we set out to capture …
A better way: Board Voice submission for Budget 2021
Board Voice puts in a submission every year to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Governance, which seeks engagement leading up to the planning of the following year’s budget. Here’s what we had to say this time, which …
Vital non-profit programs collapse in wait for Ottawa
An article by columnist John Ivison in the National Post this week, which we’re sharing here so you can have a smooth read of some important words rather than the chopped-up and ad-heavy version that is on the Post’s site! …
Update: Social Services Health & Safety Council
BC’s new Community Social Services Health and Safety Council is now operational, building on the work of a pilot project focused on reducing significant injury rates in the social services sector. It’s the first of its kind in Canada.
Our …
Ontario covid stats finds up to 3x higher death rate in for-profit long-term care
The Ontario Health Authority has released an analysis of deaths due to the coronavirus at Ontario long-term care homes, and how they compare at for-profit facilities, non-profit facilities, and publicly owned (government-run) facilities. It’s an eye-opener, finding that deaths were …
Board Voice opinion: COVID illuminates critical role of social services in BC
Our executive director Jody Paterson writes of the hard lessons of the pandemic in revealing just how important social services are in BC, even though this vital work too often goes unseen. With the chaos of the pandemic fresh in …
BoardSource: 12 tips for strengthening board governance
We’re all feeling overwhelmed with the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s all the more reason to make sure our non-profit boards are functioning well, says BoardSource (an American non-profit that produces great resources for non-profit boards in any country).
“Our nonprofits …
Give charities federal relief now for COVID impact: CCPA
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives makes a case here for why charities should immediately be eligible for the new federal wage subsidy program that will cover 75 per cent of wages for employers hit by the COVID-19 crisis, specifically …
In the news: Why profit & social care don’t mix
“The system is broken when for-profit operators get to keep the money when they don’t deliver the long-term care the government pays them to provide. And that’s just one example of what’s going wrong. ” Vancouver Sun opinion writer Daphne …