Award for Excellence Nominations
Every spring, The Federation begins accepting nominations for its Award for Excellence. After the year that we have been through and the trying months that still lay ahead, I feel […]
Entries by Amy Mullis
Support to Practice: New Training to Support Staff Supervision
Last January, The Federation launched the first iteration of a new program for our members, allies, and partners throughout the sector—an ongoing series of regional training opportunities across the province. […]
Social Services Labour Market Research Project: Final Report Released
For the past three years, The Federation has been working with SPARC BC and CSSEA on a research study of the community social services sector labour market. In August, we […]
Three New Workshops and Seminars
Last month, I had the pleasure of announcing the launch of applications for the Community Social Services Training Fund. If you haven’t already done so, please visit the Training Fund […]
Police Act Reform Submission
In December, the BC government appointed a Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act. The committee’s mandate was to examine, inquire into, and make recommendations to the government on reforms […]
Community Social Services Training Fund
One year ago this month, as part of the 2020 provincial budget, we were told that BC’s community social services sector would be receiving funds for training and professional development. […]
Youth Education Bursary
Supporting young people who want to support others As most of you now know, when I was first considering joining The Federation crew, the Youth Education Bursary was one of […]
Looking Forward: Roles at The Federation Team for 2021
Last week, I offered a bit of a road map in terms of where The Federation was headed in 2021—highlighting some of the biggest issues and initiatives ahead of us. […]
Looking Forward: The Year Ahead at The Federation
The dual delays of the COVID-19 pandemic and the provincial election halted work on a number of our key initiatives and priority issues. But the new year has found The […]
Reflecting on a year like no other…
This has been a challenging and scary year for all of us. And as we head into, quite literally, the last and darkest days of 2020, it would be easy […]