February 2023 General Meeting Evaluation

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Please provide your feedback about The Federation’s 2023 February General Meeting and suggestions for future General Meetings. Evaluation Form Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name (optional)Names will not be shared, but it is helpful to know who you are in case we would like to follow up with y ...Read More

October 2022 Conference Evaluation

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Please provide your feedback and comments regarding The Federation’s October 2022 Professional Development Conference in Richmond, BC and what you would like from future Federation conferences. Evaluation Form Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your NameNames will not be shared, but it is helpful to ...Read More

Join the Reconciliation Book Club

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Take another step toward reconciliation You have probably heard, over the past few years, Federation staff and board members speaking about our organization’s commitment to reconciliation and resurgence. Most of you probably know that The Federation has MOU’s with the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres and ...Read More

MS Teams Resources for the Social Sector

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The Information Services Division (ISD) in the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction has been responsible for rolling out MS Teams within the social sector and supporting the use of online collaboration tools. They have hosted a number of helpful and informative calls and webinars for Federation members a ...Read More

Federation Projects & Issues Update

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Since the spring, The Federation team has been focusing a lot of our time and attention on supporting you and your organizations through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But there remain many other very important issues and projects that we are also working on. We understand that many of the issues Federation me ...Read More

The 2020 Annual General Meeting

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Thank you to everyone who attended The Federation’s 2020 Annual General Meeting last week. While the meeting looked and functioned a little different from past AGMs, we managed to cover a lot of ground and our staff team and Board of Directors did a remarkable job of pacing, organizing, and including everything and every ...Read More

The Federation’s 2020 Annual Report

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This year’s annual report explores what Altogether better really means. The reason those two words show up so often on our website and our branded materials is that they actually say a lot about our values and the approach we take in our work. We are committed to exemplifying those values in everything we do—being uni ...Read More

Two more steps toward reconciliation and resurgence

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The two of us—Tanya and Rick, your President and Executive Director—have often talked about the winding circuitous routes that led us to where we are today and resulted in us working together at this Federation. One of us (Rick) actually grew up in the American south. When you come from a state that s ...Read More

Remembering what is most important

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You and I and every other British Columbian will be voting for the next provincial government between now and October 24th. This election may look and feel a little different than those in the past, but the fundamental issues that we will be deciding—the options before us and the values that are at play—are very much ...Read More

BC Provincial Election Posters

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Historically, low voter turnout often leads to government decision-making that prioritizes the needs of the elite at the expense of marginalized or vulnerable community members. So The Federation is encouraging our member organizations, their staff, and clients to get out and vote. To help our members spread the word abou ...Read More