Popeing Ain’t Easy…
Last year when the first unmarked graves in Kamloops were located, it became a flash point for Indigenous people, allies, and activists who had always known that these children were […]
Entries by Amy Mullis
Budget 2023 Consultation Report
Recommendations for next year’s provincial budget Each year, The Federation makes a submission and presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services—the committee that makes recommendations to […]
9/8/2022: Member Support and Information Recap
Member Discussion A member asked if anyone new approaches or changes to COVID protocol or vaccination status. Member shared COVID provision incorporated into communicable disease policy Member shared they interpret […]
More Transformative Reconciliation
Apply to participate in the program’s next cohort! In 2020, The Federation partnered with Dr. Dustin Louie from the University of Calgary (now at UBC) to create a custom-built, cohort-based, […]
Cultural Safety Workshop Evaluations
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on The Federation’s Cultural Safety Workshops hosted by Riley McKenzie. The Federation and Riley value your feedback and will use this […]
New grant funding for technology
Supporting the long-term sustainability of our sector Back in 2020, we launched the Community Social Services Training Fund—a pool of grant funding provided by the provincial government to support broad […]
Another year of the Reconciliation Book Club…
Living into reconciliation has been an intentional goal of The Federation for nearly a decade and is also the foundation of our strategic plan. It is not easy. We have […]
2022 Submission to the Select Standing Committee on Health
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this committee’s important work. My name is Michelle Bell and I am the Director of Child, Youth and Family Advocacy for The […]
Looking at things from a different perspective
Over the past few months, I have been working on developing a new workshop to enable and support the creation of more culturally safe workplaces in the community social services […]
The Federation’s Annual General Meeting Recap
Thank you to everyone who attended The Federation’s 2022 Annual General Meeting in Penticton last week. It was our first time meeting in person in over two years and it […]