Regional Impact Committees

The Centre for Family Equity's policy change advocacy is led by community-based leaders with lived experience of the issues we address.

We have 18 committee members and coordinators on four Regional Impact Committees in:

Northern BC
Interior BC
Metro Vancouver
Vancouver Island & Coast

Regional Impact Committees deepen our regional engagement in local communities. They carry out knowledge mobilization and present CFE policy recommendations to regional electeds and stakeholders. A pan-provincial Indigenous coordinator supports the regional committees. All committee participants receive monthly compensation for their contributions, and Child Care Allowance and Transportation Stipends as needed.

Regional Impact Committee members consist at this time of lone mothers and gender-diverse lone parents addressing economic inclusion for lone mother-led families. Committee members represent the diversity of the communities in which they live and include those living on disability or income assistance, impacted by intimate partner and family violence, and those with Indigenous, newcomer, racialized and 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, as well as those working precariously. Sharing a bio is optional for committees and some have chosen to remain anonymous. We invite committee members to share their bios, stories and passion for change in their own words.