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Non-Profit Legislation to be changed

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Leave a Comment

The BC Society Act provides the legislative regime for 26,000 non-profits in BC, and the Provincial government is now seeking comment on a comprehensive rewrite of the Act. The Ministry of Finance discussion paper is online. On February 13th there will be an information session in Vancouver (Hosted by the GNPI).  Comments on the Ministry paper are invited before April 30th.

The Society Act is one a a few essential bits of corporate legislation that set out the ‘legal person’ framework for business, community and creative enterprises.  Beyond the technical elements, there are general principals that are enshrined through the law; related to purposes & powers, memberships, governance, public accountability, capitalization, etc.  Rather than simply defer to a few lawyers, policy analysts and larger non-profits, it is really up to a vigilant non-profit sector to ensure the law is written so that is serves the larger purposes of the non-profit sector, and the diverse entities.

Tradeworks would welcome an opportunity to collaboratively work with other community based non-profits in undertaking a review of the proposals and responding to the discussion paper.  For those who are interested, the BC Law Institute paper in 2008 provides an excellent history of the Society Act and elaboration on some particular concerns.

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Tradeworks at miniEnterprize event

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Tradeworks was selected as the preferred charity by the local organizers of miniEnterprize Youth Entrepreneurship Conference (2011), Saturday November 26th at UBC.  The event is organized by high school students in Greater Vancouver (with assistance from students at the UBC Sauder School of Business) and brings together high school students who have a strong interest in developing careers in business.  The all-day program included various speakers and a case study competition.  Over 200 students took part and it was a great success.  More info at http://mini.enterprizecanada.org/

Tradeworks thanks Sidhant Sharma,  Jinsoo Chung and the others on the organizing committee for their hard work and for choosing Tradeworks to be the beneficiary of the net proceeds of this event.

 

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All-Candidates Meeting at Pathways a Success

Thursday, November 10th, 2011 | Leave a Comment

This past Friday, November the 4th, Pathways Information Centre hosted a Downtown Eastside (DTES) All-Candidates Meeting, for those running for City Council on November 19th.  All of the major parties were represented, as well as an Independent candidate. The questions were centered on the issue of homelessness and poverty in the DTES area. The questions ranged from being broad in scope, asking how the candidates would handle the issues of mental health and addictions, to the more specific, asking about SRO hotel rent prices.

Homelessness, and housing prices in general, is a major concern in the coming election and most candidates have weighed in to some degree. There is no place where this is a more pressing concern than the DTES. Three of the Candidates: Ellen Woodsworth, Andrea Reimer, and Adriene Carr, voiced strong support for the need for Pathways to continue operating in the area.

Anne Livingston ensured all were aware of the recent increase in locals being ticketed for ‘j-walking’, and Councillor Andrea Reimer agreed to follow up.

The event was a success, a good public turnout out. It also received high praise from Karen O’Shannacery, chair of the Urban Core. The Urban Core was the official sponsor of the event.

“Just wanted to share how incredibly successful the all candidates meeting was tonight! The questions that were suggested and the further questions from the floor, gave a very good perspective on where the candidates were coming from, and pulled out some nuances that are interesting to this community,” said O’Shannacery

Don’t forget to take the time to vote in the coming municipal election on November 19th!

 

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Building Leadership to Create Change

Friday, January 14th, 2011 | Leave a Comment

This March, the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) along with its member organizations, will be holding a public event for those interested in community economic development in BC.; Tradeworks is taking the lead organizing role. This two day event will focus on bridging the gap between different sectors and highlight successful applications of CED principles. This is a great chance to share, network and learn about economic development projects going on in your own community and how you can get involved.

The event will be held in Vancouver at W2 Storyeum on March 3rd and 4th and registration will begin later in January. For more information, check out their Facebook event page.

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EMBERS: 2010 Rising Stars! A Celebration of MicroEnterprise

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Join us on December 8th in celebrating entrepreneurs who are graduating from EMBERS Build a Business Program! Both past and present participants will be showcased, highlighting their products and services. While the graduation ceremony is for special guests only, the MicroEnterprise Trade Fair and Award ceremony will be open for the public, later in the evening.

Wednesday, December 8th
W2 Storyum, 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver

Graduation Ceremony (Grads and Special Guests only)
5:30-6:30pm

MicroEnterprise Trade Fair and Awards (Open to the public)
6:30- 8:30pm

  EMBERS

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