We often talk about the social determinants of health, and how we could do a much better job of allocating scarce resources by paying more attention to preventative measures rather than only dealing with health issues once people are sick.…
Hello all,
It has been a surprisingly busy month across the Christmas holidays.
Our Communications Working Group have completed a few projects to date: they set up our YouTube channel and drafted two news releases announcing our new board members. …
During the holidays, many of us think of those with less and give our time or money to help.
This year’s season of giving happens in the context of the 2013 Child Poverty Report Card, showing BC has the highest …
BoardVoice approved three new Community Boards in Action projects yesterday:
Options Community Services Society in Surrey will hold nine collaboration and board training sessions for agencies in the Surrey area over the next two years. The Sessions will consist …
A Victoria Community Boards in Action pilot project is being led by Boards Together in collaboration with Volunteer Victoria.
The project recognizes that including young people under the age of 35 (young community leaders) allows greater interagency collaboration and improved …
This is the first in a monthly series: BV Report from the Chair that should help make you and your boards more aware of our activities across our various committees, regions of our province, and among our member boards.
I …
Spring is in the air–and politics–a heady mixture sure to stir the hearts and minds of all British Columbians. For the first time in a decade, we see the opportunity for a change in government…Read more:bv newsletter april …
We’ve all been reading lately about the great shift supposedly taking place on earth predicted by the Mayans and others. Some conjure a catastrophic future and others a benign flowering of a new spiritual age. Clearly we face some significant …
A Short History of Social Services was presented by Tim Beachy at the November 2012 Board Voice Conference. These are his speaking notes:
“Beyond the 1%: What British Columbians think about
taxes, inequality and public services” was presented at the November 2012 Board Voice Conference. It is a poll of attitudes towards taxation.
