Listening Campaign 2025 Report Charts Strategic Direction for CFE
July 10, 2025
The results are in! CFE Listening Campaign 2025 gathers input from members to impact real change for families in poverty.
BC Family Benefit Bonus Cut July 1st: CFE and First Call come together to sound the alarm
July 08, 2025
The Province has cut the BC Family Benefit bonus July 1st, 2025. CFE and First Call have come together to sound the alarm and advocate for a permanent increase to the BC Family Benefit.
Lone Mothers' Economic Inclusion peer leader delivers powerful testimony at $10aDay childcare press conference
June 24, 2025
This morning, Lone Mothers' Economic Inclusion initiative Metro Vancouver committee member Mariam Roya delivered powerful testimony on the impact of lack of access to $10aDay childcare on her family living below the poverty line in BC at a $10aDay press conference in Vancouver.
Centre for Family Equity's priority recommendations for Budget 2026 presented to budget committee
June 23, 2025
The CFE's executive director, Viveca Ellis, presented our recommendations to the BC Budget 2026 committee in June 2025.
Letter to the Minister of Labour addressing employment standards, precarity, and lone mothers' economic inclusion submitted in May 2025
June 23, 2025
Letter to the Minister of Labour addressing our recommendations on employment standards, precarity, and lone mothers' economic inclusion submitted in May 2025.
Letter to the Minister of Emergency Readiness and Climate Management released regarding at-risk families and family violence in emergencies in BC
June 23, 2025
Letter to the Minister of Emergency Readiness and Climate Management submitted regarding CRE recommendations within our Lone Mothers' Economic Inclusion initiative to address at-risk families and family violence in emergencies in BC in May 2025.
Announcing our Kindergarten to Grade 12 Without Racism: Families Lead the Way Project Funded by the Law Foundation
June 04, 2025
We are happy to announce our new project "Kindergarten to Grade 12 Without Racism: Families Lead the Way", supported by four years of funding from the Law Foundation Racial Justice grant stream. We will work with allies to end racism in BC’s public schools through community-driven research, advocacy, and law reform that centres the voices of Indigenous, Black, newcomer migrant, and racialized families with lived experience.
CFE Submits Letter in Support of Yes Vote to Insource HandyDART
June 04, 2025
Access the SaveOurHandyDART pre-written letter to TransLink in support of a yes vote on June 25th, 2025 to insource HandyDART here!
We are hiring an Indigenous Engagement Coordinator
May 22, 2025
Come work for the Centre for Family Equity as our Indigenous Engagement Coordinator!
CFE Releases Letter to Minister of Health Regarding Expansion of MSP-Billable Mental Health Care in BC
May 07, 2025
The Centre for Equity has written to the Minister of Health in support of making counselling MSP-billable to address mental health equity for low-income families in BC.