BC’s Health Care Assistant oversight renewal and institutional models of care

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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 HCA Oversight Policy Intentions Paper described a new, single nursing regulator (made up of the three nursing colleges) ...Read More

The Federation’s stance on the recent RCY report

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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 a young man who experienced the worst parts of a broken social care system. What happened to Alex Gervais was awful and leaves no doubt th ...Read More

Guiding the future of BC’s Representative for Children and Youth Act

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Some of you may know that The Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth is reviewing our province’s Representative for Children and Youth Act. As part of this process, the committee has invited British Columbians to participate and make submissions to help guide the committee’s review. The Fede ...Read More

The February Social Policy Forum: Changing attitudes about social care

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A few years ago, we started talking about The Federation as being part of a movement—a movement that views caring as a foundational principle of humanity and puts such caring at the center of social policy. That movement is slowly growing and it needs your voice. Next month, The Federation is ...Read More

Altogether better: the value of caring

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I want to end 2016 on a positive note. I want to take a moment to celebrate all the wonderful things that Federation members do every day, all year long. Beyond the various job descriptions we hold, everything we do as part of this federation moves our province in the direction of greater inclusion, equality, accessibilit ...Read More

Project updates: MCFD policies, innovation, and funding guide template

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Day in and day out, The Federation staff team focuses on a number of projects, initiatives, requests, and organizational goals. We bring forward issues and concerns, as well as possible solutions, to policy makers and politicians on behalf of our members. We are in constant contact with pa ...Read More

The Federation’s Youth Education Bursary

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“When I turned 11, I was placed into foster care and separated from my siblings. From my very rocky and unstable journey through the foster care system, I knew I wanted to help children who were being put into a situation that was out of their control. I decided on a career in social work, and now because of th ...Read More

Living into reconciliation: moving forward

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Last week, The Federation’s Reconciliation Action Group met to reflect on the October Conference and to discuss how our organization can continue living into reconciliation. Some of the group members shared that they will be taking the Kairos Blanket Exercise Training this week. Another member’s agency recently part ...Read More

Strengthening our federation: Connecting with members and increasing engagement

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“Community engagement means listening to the voices, needs, and ideas of the community. It means reporting back on the outcomes of engagement and honouring people’s time and ideas.” – Federation Member Last week in this space, I reflected on the road trip I took when I starte ...Read More

Connection, understanding, and collaboration

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When I started this job, I devoted time to a road trip across B.C. I wanted to visit and speak with as many Federation members as possible. I wanted to learn about your needs, goals, worries, and ideas. I wanted to start the job by connecting with and understanding this Federation. One of the things I heard over a ...Read More