There are two sides to the debate over child poverty in British Columbia. According to the well-funded researchers at the Fraser Institute, the problem is exaggerated, but despite attempts such as...
Children and Youth, Education, Family, Poverty Research, British Columbia
Nick Smith, a BC public school teacher, wrote in The Tyee last week about the utility of open source software, and the special advantages it has for teaching courses online. Smith is an affiliate of...
Education, Technology, British Columbia, International
A successful First Nations university program has closed as a result of federal funding cuts. The Indian Studies Support Program of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, which had...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Education, British Columbia
The B.C. Courthouse Library Society website is now Courthouse Libraries BC. This non-profit website provides legal information services to the legal community and public in BC.
Education, Legal Research, British Columbia
Transcend Transgender Support & Education Society is an advocacy and one-on-one or group peer support for trans people, intersex people, and family members/loved ones. Workshops and training for...
Education, LGBTQ, British Columbia
"ProBono Law of BC's Online Poverty Law Training Course is a free online training course designed for lawyers and of benefit to some non-lawyer legal professionals (such as paralegals and advocates...
Education, Legal Research, British Columbia
The BCTF has created an antipoverty social justice action group to help support you in your work as teachers or social justice activists. One of our goals is to gather resources and share information...
Children and Youth, Education, Poverty Research, school, social justice, teachers, teaching, youth poverty, British Columbia
The Whole Life and Learning Disabilities in Adult Literacy website is a project of the “Whole Life Approach to Learning Disabilities in Adult Literacy Settings” project, based at Literacy BC in...
Aboriginal and First Nations, adult literarcy, advocacy, Disability, Education, Mental Health, Technology, British Columbia
RuralBC is a website put together by the BC government intended to meet the needs of rural communities. There is a map that allows you find services and resources in your region.
Education, Family, government services, Health, rural communities, services map, Unemployment, British Columbia
The social justice initiatives of the BC Teachers' Federation focus on poverty, child and youth issues, race relations, gender equity, homophobia and heterosexism, bullying, environmental issues,...
Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Poverty Research, social justice, British Columbia
SurvivingthePast.ca is a website that looks at the history and nature of institutional child abuse in Canada. Topics include Understanding Institutional Child Abuse, Residential Schools, Options for...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, instutitional abuse, residential schools, sexual abuse, British Columbia
Children and Youth, Education, student loans, British Columbia
Debt and Consumer Law, debt management, Education, interest relief, loan forgiveness, loan reduction, repayment assistance programs, student loans, British Columbia
YouthCO is a youth-driven organization that works within the HIV and HepC movement through peer education, support, and shared leadership.
Children and Youth, Education, Health, Hep C, HIV/AIDS, peer education, peer support, youth-driven, British Columbia
Education, ei, Employment Insurance, skills development, training funding, Unemployment, British Columbia
Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Simon Fraser University (SFU), A Path Out of Poverty (in PDF), indicates the province must invest in education programs for low-...
Education, British Columbia
Humanities 101 is a program for low-income people who have been denied access to university education in the past. The program exposes people who would like to learn about the liberal arts such as...
Education, British Columbia
