News

With the end of the school year just around the corner, free transit for all teens is more important than ever.

We are excited to announce the Surrey Teachers' Association has endorsed our Transit for Teens campaign!

On Mother's Day, lead researcher, Dr. Lea Caragata, along with peer researchers, Sayeeda Noorani and Rachel Livingston, shared the experiences of lone, working parents during the pandemic in a CBC feature story. Sayeeda and Rachel both speak eloquently about their personal challenges making ends meet when the pandemic upended child care and income sources. 

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The Centre for Family Equity is highlighting its first-of-its-kind research report, No Way to Escape: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Low-Income Lone-Mother Workers in BC released in March. The research found the pandemic had a significant, negative impact on the economic situation for most of the low-income lone mothers in the study.

The Transit for Teens Youth Coalition, a youth-driven leadership group within the Centre for Family Equity, has published a persuasive editorial in The Tyee to make the case for free transit for all youth on Earth Day 2024.

The Centre for Family Equity's Transit for Teens Youth Leadership Coalition will hold a rally in support of expanding free transit to all youth at the Premier's constituency office on Monday, April 22nd: 4:30 pm

The Vancouver Sun has published an editorial by Viveca Ellis, the executive director of the Centre for Family Equity (CFE), on how BC Budget 2024 falls short when it comes to addressing family poverty in BC. 

Huge news. Our charter challenge has resulted in an agreement that transforms the legal aid system!

The CFE is excited to announce we have received funding for a case study on the impacts of mobility poverty on at-risk youth in BC

On Monday, December 18th, 2023, a delegation of six youths and two mothers alongside CFE staff delivered impactful presentations in a productive meeting with Premier David Eby in Vancouver.