Earlier this week, the Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) Project received the keys to their new building in Penticton. The YES Project, initiated by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan and the Similkameen in response to a bequest directed at …
The Central City Foundation released a report this week on the toll of the opioid epidemic on front-line workers in Vancouver. As Mebrat Beyene from the Wish Drop in Centre, noted that
…“Our staff are doing the real frontline
Senator Terry Mercer has tabled a motion in the Senate that would allow the Senate to from a Special Committee that would determine the state of the charitable sector in Canada. Imagine Canada has created some sample letters, in English…
Board Voice wishes all of you a happy and peaceful holiday season and a great new year! See you in 2017!…
A new report, from the Conference Board of Canada, on the costs of depression and anxiety to the Canadian economy. Get the report here.
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In an opinion piece, in the Victoria Times Colonist, Dr. Ryan Meili and James Hughes argue that 
investment in social spending does not adversely affect economic growth. Citing a study done in 15 European countries showed that for every …
Congratulations to the Innerchange Foundation, Graham Boeckh Foundation, St. Paul’s Hospital
Foundation, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Ministry of Health for coming up with a better way for delivering youth services. A better way …
Last week I described what people talked about when they reflected on their experience of a healthy community. This week I describe what they drew in small groups after envisioning a healthy community. While these drawings appear childlike in their …
Dr. Trevor Hancock will be familiar to many of our members. In a recent column in the Times Colonist, he discusses the very real consequences of poverty to public health. Dr. Hancock notes that while close to 10% of the …
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