In the last webinar of our ‘Future of Primary Care in BC’ series, learn how Oregon transformed patient experience, improved quality and controlled costs.
Join us TOMORROW! Register now.
Weds. April 22, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events/
Some hopeful climate news from @chrishatch.bsky.social,
as leaders from 50+ countries gather to plot a path away from fossil fuels.
Some of these countries, like 🇨🇦, are historic fossil fuel producers, but unlike us, are ready to confront some hard truths
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/o...
This is a shocking story. Congrats to @thenarwhal.ca on exposing this.
LNG Canada in Kitimat – 🇨🇦's first major LNG facility – is now one of the highest sources of GLOBAL emissions for flaring, undermining claims that we produce the cleanest natural gas in the world: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
Tomorrow, noon PT - the final webinar in our primary care series.
Oregon engaged health care practitioners and community leaders to develop and review care standards. Learn how they succeeded and transformed primary care.
Join us!
Weds April 22, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events/
We can learn from Oregon’s success to improve health care while lowering costs.
Our final webinar in the primary care series shows how Oregon transformed the system by investing in primary care.
Register now!
Weds April 22, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events/
Oregon improved quality and controlled costs by engaging health care practitioners and community leaders in reform efforts. This included funding for mental health and administrative support to meet standards of care.
Our final primary care webinar.
Weds April 22, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events/
The final webinar in our primary care series: Learning from Oregon’s success.
How has Oregon transformed primary care to improve quality while controlling costs, saving almost $12 in the health care system for every dollar invested in primary care?
Weds April 22, noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/events/
Tap to read: bcpolicy.ca/windfall-tax
”...a bunch of corporations will seize on the excuse of supply chain disruptions to make out like bandits, first and foremost among them the oil and gas companies. War profiteering is always the way, unless policy puts a stop to it.”—Seth Klein writes.
Read the article at the link in thead.
“Extreme heat is already creating ‘nonsurvivable’ conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more, according to new research that warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought.” Via @motherjones.com #ClimateCrisis #UrbanHeat
Today is Equal Pay Day in BC.📣
Our racial equity researcher/policy analyst Véronique Sioufi, PhD joins West Coast LEAF virtual panel, Building Collective Power for Pay Equity Through an Intersectional Lens
12:30–1:30 PM PT. Register to get a Zoom link westcoastleaf.org/ev....
TOMORROW 12:30 pm: Equal Pay Day webinar compares a racialized woman's pay to a white man's.
Our researcher/policy analyst Véronique Sioufi, PhD participates in West Coast LEAF webinar: Building Collective Power for Pay Equity Through an Intersectional Lens.
TOMORROW @ 12:30 pm: Pay equity, economic justice and how to strengthen collective power for economic well-being is the theme of West Coast LEAF Equal Pay Day webinar.
Our Racial Equity Researcher Véronique Sioufi, PhD joins a panel of experts. April 16.
Happy to have this piece published in the Toronto Star today (even if their headline gets it a little off) 👇
Here's a quick summary 🧵...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
It’s been four and a half years since Jane McCormick’s son, Jeff, was killed by unregulated drugs.
Were he alive, he would have just celebrated his 40th birthday with his two kids.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli
The pay disparity between racialized women and white men is most severe for Indigenous, migrant and disabled workers.
Hear our researcher Véronique Sioufi, PhD on the webinar: Building Collective Power for Pay Equity Through an Intersectional Lens, April 16 12:30 pm.
Beautiful essay 👇
"Zoom way in and only then can you make out the thin skin of atmosphere that differentiates us from any other rock plummeting through the void." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/13/o...
Equal Pay Day compares a racialized woman's pay to a white man's.
Our researcher/policy analyst Véronique Sioufi, PhD participates in West Coast LEAF webinar: Building Collective Power for Pay Equity Through an Intersectional Lens. Ap 16, 12:30 pm.
Delivery worker on bicycle waiting in front of a bicycle crosswalk. Urban scene at night.
Saturday | 11:05 PT Véronique Sioufi of BC Policy Solutions fills us in on the continuing gap in legal protections for online platform workers in BC. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
@bcpolicyjean.bsky.social @verosioufi.bsky.social
If you want to practice your French, listen to our Racial Equity researcher and policy analyst Véronique Sioufi, PhD as she discusses BC's Bill 48 and our submission to the legislature on how to protect platform workers with Radio-Canada Panorama.
If you speak French, or want to practice, our Racial Equity researcher and policy analyst Véronique Sioufi, PhD speaks with Radio-Canada Panorama about BC's Bill 48 and our submission to the legislature on how to protect platform workers.
Our senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social discussed wealth inequality and solutions with Patriotic Millionaires Canada and Canadians for Tax Fairness. Have a listen.
patrioticmillionaires.ca/media/canada...
"We cannot stand with this Government when it destroys the hard work that we have built together. B.C. First Nations will not be played for fools." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_opposes...
Paying a living wage is about fairness, retention and community well-being.
Learn how with Living Wage BC we calculate wages for communities around BC and how they benefit workers and employers.
Over 500 BC organizations pay living wages, guaranteeing over 22,000 workers and contract staff wages that actually match the cost of living in their communities.
We are proud to calculate these wages with Living Wage BC. Learn how they benefit workers and businesses.
Important read here by @sonalg.bsky.social:
BC comes under fire after cutting fees on LNG, pipeline projects www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/07/n...
“For Premier Eby to suddenly say changing DRIPA is ‘non-negotiable’ and will pass this session is an absolute betrayal of everything DRIPA and of our evolving relationship with the NDP over the last decade” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip #bcpoli cheknews.ca/premier-eby-...
We are proud that our co-Executive Director, and senior economist, Iglika Ivanova calculates living wages for communities throughout BC with Living Wage BC.
Learn about seven BC workplaces that explain how paying a living wage is possible and why it matters.
IN AN HOUR—WEBINAR—THE FUTURE OF PRIMARY CARE IN BC.
We explain the policy and research on what’s working well and needed changes for not-for-profit, team-based primary care organizations to deliver a higher-quality primary care system in BC.
Webinar Weds April 8 Noon PT
bcpolicy.ca/primary-...
