Daily Archives: March 24, 2011
Living Wage Forum Flyers Now Available in Seven Languages
Two forums on living wages and child poverty are coming up in Vancouver and Surrey – see details below with flyers in Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Punjabi, Persian, and Korean. Vancouver Public Forum Monday April 11 • 7:30 p.m. – … Continue reading
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Filed under Economic Equality, First Call Actions & Events, Living Wage for Families Campaign
2011 Calculation Raises Living Wage for Metro Vancouver
The Living Wage for Families Campaign, with the assistance of CCPA, has just released the new living wage figure for Metro Vancouver: $18.81 per hour. The living wage hourly rate is calculated to provide a family with two earners (both … Continue reading
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Filed under Economic Equality, First Call Actions & Events, Living Wage for Families Campaign
Op-Ed: Here’s What Putting Family First Entails
First Call’s Adrienne Montani and Seth Klein of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives had an op-ed published in the Vancouver Sun on March 21: Dear Premier Clark, Congratulations on your new job. It’s wonderful that your new government will … Continue reading
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Are Our Children Paying the Price for Our Work-Life Imbalance? UBC Dialogues
Work-life imbalance is a common reality for parents in the Lower Mainland. The consequences of low wages and high expenses leave many parents wondering how this will affect their children. An upcoming UBC Dialogues event will feature Living Wage for … Continue reading
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United Way Care to Change Video Contest
United Way of the Lower Mainland invites you to make an inspiring video and show how caring for others can change lives. Submit a five minute (max) Care to Change video by June 15 for your chance to win prizes … Continue reading
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Filed under Events and Opportunities, Safe and Caring Communities
Integrated Case Management Forum – Vancouver
The BC provincial government has introduced a plan to implement a new information sharing system that would enable the provincial government to gather and share all personal information collected by organizations contracted by the government that provide citizen services. This … Continue reading
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Centering the Tangent Community Conference and Cultural Event
Centering the Tangent explores the critical role of arts, culture and creativity in community empowerment and movement building, and is organized by the Transformative Communities Project Society and the Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance. The Community Conference is an all day, all-ages … Continue reading
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United Way School’s Out Grant
In recent years the United Way of the Lower Mainland has been investing in programs that address children’s social-emotional development, school experiences, connectedness and relationship development, physical health and well being. Research has shown these programs are beneficial to children, … Continue reading
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BC Aboriginal Child Care Society Publications Available Online
Two valuable resources have been made available online by the BCACCS. The first is a report entitled Valuing the community voice: The coordination and integration of Aboriginal early childhood development programs (2005). This report brings together the voices of front-line … Continue reading
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Filed under Early Childhood Development, Research, Resource
National YWCA Report on Child Care
A new YWCA publication, “Educated, Employed and Equal,” reports that while Canadian women are surpassing men in paid work, there is no national plan to ensure comprehensive access to quality, affordable early learning and child care services. “This is a … Continue reading
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Filed under Call to Action, Early Childhood Development, Research
