Why calls for British Columbia to take action to help its own kids are growing stronger
BC has had the worst child poverty record of any province for seven consecutive years from 2002 through 2008—and advocates have been pushing the BC government to enact legislation with targets and timelines for reducing child poverty. Those calls were recently amplified by an extensive 12-part series called “Our Growing Challenge” in The Province newspaper, which ended with a focus on six ideas that could make a difference. And next Wednesday November 24th, First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition will release its 2010 Child Poverty Report Card. (more…)
Can one person make a difference? When we write a cheque to a charity or volunteer at a food bank, we’re part of the solution—aren’t we? Author Lawrence Scanlan went looking for answers to those questions. He selected twelve different charitable organizations and spent a month in each, and what he discovered during his year-long odyssey was the new face of philanthropy—its players, its politics, its undeniable satisfactions and its fundamental perils. 
On Monday, May 31, 2010, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal began hearing a human rights complaint made by 
On Wednesday May 26, 2010 Tracy Heffernan, a staff lawyer for the 
The Salvation Army’s Nanaimo director of services Rob Anderson recently told the Nanaimo Working Group on Homelessness that the organization faces a funding problem. Unless it can get other community organizations to help fund its meal programs, the Sally Ann may need to close them down altogether. City of Nanaimo social planner 