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Thank you for your interest in joining the Centre for Family Equity! We look forward to getting to know you and welcoming you to the CFE.

Who can join the CFE Network?

CFE Network membership is open to all parents and caregivers of all genders and gender identities living anywhere in BC with past and/or current experience of poverty and socioeconomic inequality. We welcome you to join our diverse community of parents and caregivers working together towards justice and economic security for families in BC. We value all levels of engagement and interest, and we have two network options: voting and non-voting members.

Youth 13 - 18 - Join us through Transit for Teens!

Our Transit for Teens initiative has a pan-provincial youth network dedicated to making Transit for Teens in BC a reality. Are you a mover-and-shaker youth keen to impact the campaign and organize at your school and in your local community? As a member of the Transit for Teens Youth Coalition you will have access to leadership and capacity-building opportunities, access to supporting impactful events and lobby meetings, and more!

Join the Transit for Teens Youth Coalition here.

What info do we gather?

We collect your name, your email address, and your general location in BC for ongoing contact and engagement purposes when you join the CFE Network as a voting or non-voting member. We also ask if you are a lone-income or a dual-income partnered household to best determine engagement opportunities for you at the CFE. If you wish to join as a voting member, we need to collect your address and renew your membership each year.

Our shared CFE beliefs and values

The Centre for Family Equity is guided by a useful tool called our Basis of Unity. The Basis of Unity explains our shared beliefs and guides our words and our actions as we work together at the organization within a very diverse community. We ask that you read through our Basis of Unity to ensure membership is right for you.

First name

Last name

Thank you for sharing your pronouns:

Name of location where you reside in BC:

Do you have past and/or present experience of poverty and socioeconomic inequality?

Please share your household status as a family:

The CFE has two forms of membership: voting and non-voting members. To become a voting member you need to provide your address to the CFE and update your membership annually. The board approves new voting members at each board meeting on a bi-monthly basis. We will reach out when your membership is fully active but you can join our email list to hear opportunities and news right away. Do you wish to be a voting member?

Thank you for sharing your statement of interest so we can learn more about you. If you wish, please let us know how you would most like to be involved and what issues are the most important to you right now:

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What do members get access to?

As a CFE Network member, you will receive email communications and have access to CFE engagement activities on an ongoing basis. We email on average once per month and on an as-needed basis when opportunities arise. You will remain a member until you unsubscribe from our email list or inform us you no longer wish to be a member. Voting members must renew their membership annually. We root what we do in community engagement and direct input from our members. We want to hear from you!

Some current opportunities include:

Participate in our annual listening campaign to shape and determine our annual strategic foocus.
Apply to open calls for peer researchers and peer leads on research projects.
Apply to open calls to join our Racial Equity and Disability Justice Advisory Committees and other committees as they are created.
Attend CFE trainings and capacity-building events.
Bring your insights and feedback to consultations on programs, services, and policy solutions.
Join available programs and events offered by CFE including skill-building workshops.
Join ad hoc committees and working groups based on our developing projects and programs.

Is there a membership fee?

There is no monetary requirement to join or participate. We do encourage members directly engaged with the organization to make an annual contribution between $5 to $75.00 from our website here. All those who make an annual contribution will receive a tax receipt.

Interested in being a voting network member?

If you wish to join us as a voting member and you indicate so in your sign-up form, we will send an email inviting you to join a required orientation for voting members. Attending an orientation is a mandatory part of becoming a CFE Network voting member. Voting members can attend the AGM and can apply for nomination for the board of directors. A CFE Network member can apply to be a voting network member at any time throughout the year. Minors are not permitted to be voting members. Voting members must renew their voting membership annually. Our annual membership renewal drive goes out in January 2025 and we hope you renew and/or join us! We need and love voting members! Please tick the relevant box in the form below if this is a fit for you.

CFE Policies

Please take some time to review our policies when you become a member. We inform all members when we update and revise our existing policies. Our newest policy is our Child Care Allowance Distribution Policy, which outlines how we distribute Child Care Allowance for our longer programs and projects beyond 'one-time events'. Please check out our policies to make sure this organization is a fit for you as we cannot allow exceptions to our policies out of fairness for all members and participants.

For one-time events either in-person or virtual, we release attendance honoraria and any Child Care Allowance within 48 business day hours following the event. For research interviews and one-on-one engagements, we release honoria every Friday when we complete financial processing. The CFE does not respond to emails, texts, phone calls or any other form of pressurized communications regarding exceptions to the honoraria distribution policy for any reason. As an organization, we have to process the release of funds internally and complete the paperwork. Thank you for your understanding.

For more information on CFE membership and our privacy policy or any other policies, please contact [email protected]

Detailed role descriptions for current opportunities available for members of the Centre for Family Equity.

Racial Justice Advisory Committee Role Openings:

Click here to read through our Racial Equity Advisory Committee - Member Role Description.
Membership is closed at this time.

Disability Justice Advisory Committee Role Openings:

Click here to read through our Disablity Justice Advisory Committee - Member Role Description.
Membership is closed at this time.

We will inform our membership when we are seeking new applications for either committee!

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