Vancouver Communauté Nouvelles

Last week, Vancouver city staff sparked confusion and alarm when they suggested council vote to end the terms of 10 of their 11 community advisory committees next month, seven months earlier than planned.

President & Chief Executive Officer Vancouver Foundation is one of Canada’s largest community foundations, granting hundreds of millions to charities and non-profits across BC every year.

Having less money inevitably translates into less food at home, and the spectre of hunger is real in some households. As he sees it, the only solution is to send food home.

The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is significantly ramping up its annual donations to food banks across the country this year. Faced by an uncertain economic environment marked by loss of employment, inflation and growing inequality, Canadians of all walks of life, including children, increasingly must use food banks to make ends meet. In this context, the SHF is contributing $300,000 to 131 food banks and community organizations across Canada in 2025.

Volunteers play a crucial role at ISSofBC, so this Volunteer Day, we wanted to highlight their stories and contributions to our work. In 2024-25 alone, over 400 volunteers provided roughly 18,000 hours of support to our staff and programs across various departments, including office administration, translation support, mentoring, and leading our popular Conversation Circles.