As we wrap up the 2021 year at the PRC, we are looking back on some of the projects completed. Getting Around to Feed Ourselves Well was a research and engagement project funded by the City of Vancouver and the SFU Community Engaged Research Initiative (SFU CERi) which addresses access to transit and food security hubs for low-income communities in Vancouver.

Many non profit food hubs in Metro Vancouver were involved in looking at Food justice in metro Vancouver, linking food justice and transit equity & mobility issues.

The Disability Alliance of BC urgently calls for COVID-19 supports for CPP-Disability Recipients as well as actions to protect the goals of the Registered Disability Savings Plan and the Disability Tax Credit. At this point many CPP-Disability recipients are not eligible for provincial emergency…

A group of community, advocacy and legal organizations are calling on both municipal and provincial leadership in British Columbia to use all available...

On April 2, the BC government announced emergency financial support including an extra $300 per month for people receiving income and disability assistance and some very low income seniors, for three months. After responding to the announcement together on the CBC…

This is the second BCPRC COVID-19 Public Progress Alert. Progress Alerts will highlight the unfolding work of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, our members and allies, and the collective advocacy we must undertake to ensure safety, health and economic justice for all during the COVID-19 crisis.

As COVID-19 sweeps the globe and communities throughout BC, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition calls on the provincial government to implement a suite of emergency measures to…