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"We can all retire when our phones quit ringing and people quit needing help."

Cecile Guay
Dawson Creek, BC

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January 27, 2012

Reporting to the Communications and Web Manager, the Communications Coordinator develops fresh, brand-consistent web and print content....

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Feb 6 2012 - 12:00pm
Vancouver
British Columbia
Job
January 25, 2012
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities now have some of their most requested publications on self-help, CPP, disability benefits, and health available in Traditional Chinese and Punjabi. [... READ]
Online Resource
January 17, 2012
COSCO is the largest federation of seniors' organizations in the Province of British Columbia, representing seniors for over 50 years. COSCO directors and members collaborate with others in a common... [... READ]
Online Resource
January 17, 2012

British Columbiahas had the worst child poverty rate inCanadafor eight consecutive years and yet does not have a poverty reduction plan...

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Jan 25 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Vancouver
British Columbia
Event
January 16, 2012

The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Her...

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Feb 14 2012 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Vancouver
British Columbia
Event
January 16, 2012
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities' Robin Luxton has written an article in Visions: BC's Mental Health and Addictions Journal on the various benefits available to people who are on Persons with... [... READ]
Article
January 13, 2012

The Support Group Coordinator is responsible for the delivery of the “Building Community Bridges: Outreach to At Risk Older Women...

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Jan 25 2012 - 12:00pm
Vancouver
British Columbia
Job
January 13, 2012

FIPA is a non-partisan, non-profit society established in 1991 to promote and defend freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada...

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Jan 31 2012 (All day)
Vancouver
British Columbia
Job
Richest 100
January 11, 2012
According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) by noon on January 3rd, the first official working day of the year, Canada's Elite 100 CEOs (the 100 highest paid CEOs of companies... [... READ]
Article
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
January 11, 2012
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition works towards introducting a bold and comprehensive poverty reduction plan in BC Check out their new website. [... READ]
Article
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