The BC Election: Putting social issues on the agenda
Those of you who have been following The Federation’s election strategy efforts will know that our organization is focusing on two main goals: We want social issues to make it onto […]
Entries by Amy Mullis
Federation and EVA BC announce new partnership
Last month, The Federation and the Ending Violence Association of BC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing a new partnership agreement. Both organizations have committed to a collaborative and mutually supportive working […]
The Representative’s report and reconciliation
Last week, the Representative for Children and Youth, Bernard Richard, released a report on the sustainability and capacity issues faced by the delegated aboriginal agencies in this province. If you […]
Calling all youth in care: Applications for the Federation Youth Education Bursary are open!
Since 2009, The Federation’s Youth Education Bursary has been supporting young people who want to pursue a career in the human social services. Over that time, more than 120 recipients […]
Federation election strategy update: Let’s get out the vote!
Only a small number of people across BC would agree that they are much better off than they were five or ten years ago. Research, statistics, and anecdotal evidence reiterate […]
Life in BC Snapshots 2017: The state of social care in BC
Two years ago, The Federation scoured the news, research, and literature to take a ‘Snapshot’ of what life in BC was like. We wanted to understand how good things were […]
The Residential Review Report five years later: new funding, new focus, and new opportunities
Earlier this month in the BC legislature the MCFD Minister was asked about the implementation of the 2012 Residential Review Report that was co-authored by the Ministry and The Federation. […]
The Federation’s response to the 2017 BC Budget
Part one: New investments could mean improvements for kids in care. On Tuesday, BC’s Finance Minister released the provincial budget and pledged an additional $796 million over three years to […]
BC’s Health Care Assistant oversight renewal and institutional models of care
In late 2016, the BC Ministry of Health made clear its intention to move forward with a new model of oversight for Health Care Assistants (HCA) in the province. An […]
The Federation’s stance on the recent RCY report
As many of you know, our province’s new Representative for Children and Youth released his first report last week. It revisits the heartbreaking story about the life and death of […]