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bcpolicy.ca | We are an independent, non-partisan research institute committed to advancing transformative policy solutions to the most pressing challenges facing people in BC. Join us!

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Ultimately, our research shows that BC can afford to meet everyone’s needs, and on October 24 your vote will help choose the government responsible for doing so.

Thank you for caring about the future of our province.

PS. Find where to vote and other election-related resources at: elections.bc.ca

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How do living conditions, migration status and workplace protections intersect to shape the physical and mental well-being of workers?

Join us for the 1st webinar in our Fall Housing series at noon next Weds. Oct 14, for a critical discussion examining this question.

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Webinar: Migrant workers: housing as a social determinant of workers’ health. October 14, at 12pm PT. Drawing on public health policy, community-engaged research, and frontline advocacy, our panel will explore how living conditions, migration status, and workplace protections intersect to shape the physical and mental well-being of migrant workers. We will also explore how to build collaborative strategies across policy, practice and community organizing to support migrant justice and health equity. RSVP at bcpolicy.ca/events
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The BC NDP are promising a tax increase on the highest-income earners and to introduce a new bracket on incomes over $1M, asking BC’s wealthy to “pitch in a bit more.” The BC Conservatives say this plan would drive doctors out of the province at a time when they are most needed. Our analysis:

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In Confronting the Resurgent Right, scholars and activists take Canada’s 2022 “Freedom Convoy” as a recent manifestation of deep-rooted extremism. Providing intersectional commentary on the resurgence of the right, they demonstrate how its ideology permeates and shapes the structures of our society.

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She spoke at a BC Policy Solutions webinar aimed at countering the colonial backlash to two landmark court decisions (Cowichan Tribes v. Canada and Gitxaala v. British Columbia). Watch the full webinar and read the report by Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams and Dr. John Price:

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Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams is an esteemed member of the Lil’wat First Nation and a Professor Emerita of Indigenous Education, Curriculum and Instruction and the first Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning at the University of Victoria.

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This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we're highlighting comments from Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams around how Indigenous knowledge can help settlers rethink their relationship with the land and to each other.

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