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CANADA | Jul 03, 2023
2 Shifting the conversation: How the sector is using narrative change to advance social change
Changing the way people think about an issue is a precondition to mobilizing action on it. But which organizations have institutionalized narrative change practices as a strategic priority, and how is that playing out day-to-day? How many non-profits are doing the deep listening necessary to underst
READ MOREBC Seniors Week Profile: Muhammad, 90
In our fourth and final post of our first-ever Seniors of B.C. series, focusing on older adults who live, work and play in B.C., meet Muhammad, who is 90 years old and from Vancouver.
Originally from
BC Seniors Week Profile: Brenda, 69
In our third post of our Seniors of B.C. series focusing on seniors who live, work and play in B.C., we would like to introduce Brenda. Brenda is 69 years old and resides with her husband in McLeese L
BC Seniors Week Profile: Brian, 72
In our second post of our Seniors of BC series focusing on seniors who live, work and play in B.C., we would like to introduce Brian, 72, of New Westminster.
Brian has been an avid volunteer with the
BC Seniors Week Profile: Elizabeth, 71
In the first of our Seniors of B.C. series focusing on seniors who live, work and play in B.C., meet Elizabeth, she is 71 and lives in Downtown Vancouver.
Elizabeth immigrated from Bogota, Colombia t
Celebrating Diversity During B.C. Seniors’ Week – June 6 – 12, 2021
A message from Kahir Lalji, Provincial Director – United Way Healthy Aging
June 6th to 12th is Seniors Week in BC – a time to celebrate seniors in all their diversity! What is the picture tha
United Way Healthy Aging connects B.C.’s seniors through the Digital Learning Pilot Project
Burnaby, B.C. – United Way Healthy Aging launched the year-long Digital Learning Pilot Project that aims to increase digital literacy among seniors and older adults in British Columbia.
When the pa
Government of Canada Launches Call for Innovative Concepts to Prevent and Eliminate Homelessness
Originally published on Charity Village.
The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Ahmed Hussen, launched a call for concepts for innovative projects to prevent and eliminate homele
Launch of United Way's Navigation and Peer Support Program!
United Way Healthy Aging recently launched the Navigation and Peer Support Program, a new initiative designed to help seniors and Elders across B.C. access support services.
With funding provided fro
Apply to become a member of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is launching an open Call for Applications for the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS). The mandate of the ACCS is to engage in meaningful dialogue wit
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