Presentation to Social Services Forum
Board Voice was honoured to be chosen as one of six panelists to speak at the Provincial Social Services Forum in Richmond on Nov. 15. Board Voice …
The Vancouver Sun has published a new op-ed by past Board Voice Chair, Doug Hayman. Please check out the article
There is a Better Way: A BC Framework for Wellbeing Report Release
For immediate release
There is a Better Way: A BC Framework for Wellbeing Project Report
Nov. 17, 2017
Ask British Columbians how they define wellbeing, and their answers turn out to be strikingly similar no matter where they live …
Youth Advocating for Change in BC
Yesterday, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition held a rally and met with representatives of the new NDP government in Victoria. Former youth in care and organizer, Dylan Cohen who is 22 and a former youth in care, …
Complex problems need robust solutions
In a recent column in the Victoria Times Colonist, Trevor Hancock notes that some of the new government’s policies are welcome. However, Hancock notes that “[p]overty is one of the most important contributors to ill health and premature death.” Poverty …
Mandate Letters for new BC Cabinet Ministers
BC’s new government was sworn in last week. Premier John Horgan issued mandate letters to his ministers this week. Board Voice is working hard on the There is a Better Way: A BC Framework for Wellbeing project and we hope …
BC Chamber of Commerce Approves Framework Policy
On May 27, 2017, another milestone was reached in the support for a made in BC social policy framework. At the annual BC Chamber of Commerce Conference and AGM, the following motion was put forward: “That the provincial government implement …
The Value of Coordinated Care
Marcus Beg lives in a shed on the deck of his daughter’s grandmother, Marguerite MacDougall. Beg has undiagnosed mental health issues. His erratic and sometimes threatening behaviour has landed him in jail where he is often in solitary confinement as …
Plan-Y in Pemberton
Part of a robust social policy framework is ensuring that citizens have access to the services they need, delivered in a relevant manner. Service delivery looks very different depending upon who you are and where you live in our vast …
Child Poverty
Like homelessness, child poverty is another multi-faceted social issue that cuts across many different governmental ministries. While politicians agree that child poverty should be eradicated, none of them seem to be able to tackle the problem in any meaningful way. …