Considering 82 per cent of British Columbians believe the proposed $10 a Day child care plan would be beneficial to parents, it’s somewhat surprising that we don’t yet have anything concrete in place. The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators of BC have just released their 2016 update of the plan reflecting … Read more
This holiday season, help impoverished Canadians by going one step further than just donating money or non-perishable food items. Join the #RethinkGiving campaign, organized by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, and ask the government for a longterm poverty reduction plan. There are a few ways you can get involved, from sending an email to the premier to disseminating … Read more
The fourth annual Welfare Food Challenge, which explores the connections between poverty, climate change, food security and welfare, wrapped up yesterday. People taking part in the six-day event from Nov. 3 to Nov. 9 were required to eat only what they could buy with $21. Learn more about the participants and this year’s challenge.
Are you actively involved in your local community or know someone who is? National property management and development company Hollyburn Properties is giving away a one-year stay in one of their Vancouver one-bedroom apartments to a person who demonstrates extraordinary achievement in the area of community building. “The objective of the Free Rent Contest is to … Read more
Last year, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and Vancity credit union joined together to create the Rental Housing Index for British Columbia, a useful resource providing detailed information on the viability of rental housing in the province. This eventually led to the development of the Canadian Rental Housing Index, which has the same purpose but with an expanded … Read more
If you are a woman who uses public transit in the Metro Vancouver Area, or know women who do, please read this callout for candidates to participate in an important research project. My name is Tahia Ahmed. I’m working with Marion Pollack from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and Leah Levac at … Read more
Summer is here, and that means camp season has also arrived. We have just finished compiling a summer camp directory for low-income families — some of the locations are in Richmond, and others are within fairly easy reach of the Lower Mainland. Most of the entries offer some form of a subsidy that require applicants to fill out … Read more