BC Poverty Reduction Coalition works towards introducting a bold and comprehensive poverty reduction plan in BC
Check out their new website.
Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has launched a public education campaign for additional legal aid funding in BC, called We Need Legal Aid. The campaign’s website features information and...
Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia
British Columbia's smaller communities have been hit hard by the same ongoing economic recession, and staggering job losses that affect urban areas. On Gabriola Island, a project hiring unemployed...
Organizing, Unemployment, British Columbia
Quest Food Exchange operates its low-cost grocery store model at three locations in the Lower Mainland:
611 E Hastings - In the Union Gospel Mission building (This location has wheelchair access)...
Foodbanks and Food, Health, Organizing, British Columbia
There is nothing inevitable about poverty. If we commit to a bold plan, a dramatic reduction in poverty and homelessness within a few short years is a perfectly achievable goal.
Government Policy, Organizing, British Columbia
Community Advocates for Little Mountain (CALM) are working to save Vancouver’s oldest social housing complex - 224 homes on 15 acres beside Queen Elizabeth Park - which is slated for redevelopment.
Housing, Organizing, British Columbia
Spirit of Warrior Harriet Nahanee is a blog dedicated to actions and analysis surrounding the legacy of Harriet Nahanee, an elder who died working to expose and resist the destruction of the Olympics...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Organizing, British Columbia
Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation...
Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, All of Canada
Poverty Olympics is a site put together by a group of concerned citizens and community groups who want the 2010 Winter Games’ legacy to be one of reducing, not increasing, poverty and homelessness.
Homelessness, Organizing, Poorbashing, British Columbia
The City Wide Housing Coalition is a coalition in Vancouver working to save and build low income housing.
Homelessness, Housing, Organizing, British Columbia
Raise the Rates is a coalition of organizations in BC working to raise welfare rates and the minimum wage.
Organizing, Welfare, British Columbia
Taproot Newsletter is the online newsletter of the Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) from Victoria, BC. Taproot is published bi-monthly and contains informative articles related to anti-poverty...
Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia
In response to requests the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has developed a new publication series called The (real) Bottom Line (in PDF). These 8-page "primers" on key economic and social...
Government Policy, Organizing, British Columbia
The Carnegie Newsletter is one of the most read and respected publications in the Downtown Eastside.
Media, Organizing, British Columbia
“It will make it easier for community groups to request pro bono assistance. It will help lawyers find the type of pro bono work that interests them, and help them practise better, faster and easier...
Legal Research, Organizing, British Columbia
A 50 page Paper examining liability of nonprofits can be downloaded (in PDF). It explains how "Nonprofit organizations and their volunteers play an important role in society. In recent years their...
Legal Research, Organizing, British Columbia
A group committed to fighting for free transit for everyone.
Organizing, British Columbia
A group of the St'at'imc nation which banded together to resist the establishment of a ski resort in a neighbouring mountain.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Organizing, British Columbia
A website dedicated to the anti-war movement and working to connect people in BC with local peace movements.
Organizing, British Columbia
The West Kootenay Boundary Community Services Directory is a list of the community services in the West Kootenay Boundary region.
Organizing, British Columbia
