Board Voice provides peer-led support, connection and advocacy for non-profit community boards throughout BC whose organizations are dedicated to supporting and strengthening social health in their communities. Together we speak out, share experiences and build on …
Here are links to supporting and background documents and media coverage in Board Voice’s ongoing efforts to see a social policy planning framework developed for British Columbia:
Board Voice co-chairs Terry Anne Boyles and Leslie Welin wrote the following letter to BC’s new Lieutenant Governor, Janet Austin, upon her appointment in spring 2018. She gave us some wonderfully wise words when we embarked on our campaign for …
The Riverview Intentional Community Society has launched a proposal that would see a mix of housing for people living with mental illness and market rate housing. An ‘intentional community’ would see coffee shops, art centres and other amenities, along with …
The BC Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation’s 2018 meetings began in January in Prince Rupert. Find a list of the communities with dates and locations here.
For more information about poverty check out the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
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Board Voice would like to welcome everyone to attend our 8th Annual Conference and AGM – November 17th and 18th. We have some excellent speakers, panels and guests lined up to inform and engage with you:
Friday morning keynote – …
We have been working hard to bring you one of our best conferences. Over the next bit, we will be posting descriptions of the workshops and some of the keynote presenters. We hope you will save the date: November 17 …
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 …
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 …
Board Voice is a unique organization: we are the only group dedicated to supporting the board members of community benefit organizations. We do this in three main ways: advocacy, governance and networking. Here are some suggestions for getting the most …
