• Introduction

    The strength of British Colum­bia is our peo­ple. Each of us con­tributes in unique ways, to build a bet­ter province.

    When gov­ern­ment sin­gles out groups of indi­vid­u­als — by cut­ting ser­vices they depend on, rais­ing fees inequitably, and unfairly shift­ing taxes — it dimin­ishes all of us. It doesn’t bring us together. It divides us.

    The aim of this coali­tion is to bring us together to Build a Bet­ter BC.

Arts Summit 2010

By Evan | Published: June 8, 2010

The Alliance for Arts and Cul­ture, with the sup­port of 2010 Lega­cies NOW and the City of Sur­rey, will present Arts Sum­mit 2010 on Thurs­day, June 24 and Fri­day, June 25 at Surrey’s Chuck Bai­ley Recre­ation Cen­tre. Check the Sum­mit Infor­ma­tion Update http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/event-arts-summit-2010 page on the Alliance web­site for the lat­est infor­ma­tion on speak­ers, panel dis­cus­sions and workshops.

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Cuts Update

By Evan | Published: May 18, 2010

More and more pro­gram cuts are com­ing to light as gov­ern­ment makes fund­ing cuts across min­istries. Here are two recent pro­gram cuts in Vancouver.

  1. Fam­ily Ser­vices of Greater Van­cou­ver have lost 5 addic­tions coun­sel­lors for their Day and DEW adult addic­tions pro­grams, with reper­cus­sions for other Fam­ily Ser­vices coun­selling pro­grams who will no longer be able to refer peo­ple to these services. 
  2. Mt. Pleas­ant Neigh­bour­hood House in Van­cou­ver is los­ing fund­ing for a unique social-recreational pro­gram they’ve run for peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties, includ­ing young adults, for 25 years.  They have nowhere to tran­si­tion these pro­gram par­tic­i­pants for social-emotional sup­port and com­mu­nity The pro­gram will have to close as of Octo­ber 31.  The dol­lar amount of the cut is around $98,000.  integration.
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