BC Election: The key issues and our questions for the main parties

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The provincial election on May 9 is drawing close. As we did in the last provincial election, The Federation has sent a series of questions on key issues to each provincial party. The reason that we (and many other organizations) do this is to make sure that politicians and party leaders know exactly which ...Read More

Save the date: The Federation’s June conference and AGM

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The Federation’s 35 Annual General Meeting will take place on the morning of Friday, June 23rd at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. The AGM will follow Thursday’s Reconciliation in Action Conference and will wrap up by noon so members can catch flights or get a head start on their sunny weekend in the Okanagan. Th ...Read More

The BC Election: Putting social issues on the agenda

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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 the agendas of a greater number of candidates and politicians across the province. We also want a greater number of eligible voters ...Read More

Federation and EVA BC announce new partnership

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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 relationship. While our two organizations have long worked together, this ...Read More

The Representative’s report and reconciliation

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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 have not yet read this report I encourage you to do so. The scale and breadth of these issues should be a concern for ...Read More

Calling all youth in care: Applications for the Federation Youth Education Bursary are open!

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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 have received over $140,000 dollars to help them access post-secondary studies. Applications for ...Read More

Federation election strategy update: Let’s get out the vote!

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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 the fact that things have not significantly improved since the last election. As such, The Federation identified two key goals fo ...Read More

Life in BC Snapshots 2017: The state of social care in BC

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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 for the people of our province. We also wanted to investigate important aspects of day-to-day life that have been overlooked by a govern ...Read More

The Residential Review Report five years later: new funding, new focus, and new opportunities

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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. In her response, she mentioned that most of the recommendations have been implemen ...Read More

The Federation’s response to the 2017 BC Budget

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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 support families, individuals, and children in need. We have been told that this investment includes a much-needed increase to ...Read More