> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # BC Poverty Reduction Coalition - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/bc-poverty-reduction-coalition/ - Published: 2026-09-08T22:49:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-08T22:50:22.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, Organization, #toc, Non-Profit, Canada, British Columbia The **BC Poverty Reduction Coalition** is a Canadian non-profit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Rowan Burdge | Provincial Co-Director[\[1\]](#fn1) | Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon Branch, RainCity Housing, Heritage Community Association, VISIONS Service Adventures, Atira Women's Resource Society | | Chantelle Spicer | Provincial Co-Director[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | *The Tyee* | | Richard Han | Board Member[\[2\]](#fn2) | Public Health Association of British Columbia, First Nations Health Authority, Heiltsuk Kaxla Society, Bella Bella Community School, Simon Fraser University | | Jane Dyson | Advisory Committee member[\[3\]](#fn3) | Disability Alliance BC, Community Legal Assistance Society, [College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/College-of-Physicians-and-Surgeons-of-British-Columbia) | | Shannon Daub | Board Member (January 2021-July 2023)[\[4\]](#fn4) | Community Legal Assistance Society, BC Policy Solutions, West Coast LEAF, Corporate Mapping Project, Living Wage BC | | Trish Garner | Provincial Organizer (former)[\[5\]](#fn5) | British Columbia Federation of Labour, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, [British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbias-Office-of-the-Human-Rights-Commissioner), Raise the Rates, Simon Fraser University | ### Funding The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition has received funding from:[\[2:1\]](#fn2) - City of New Westminster - Maytree Foundation - Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC) - Vancity Community Foundation - [Vancouver Coastal Health Authority](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Vancouver-Coastal-Health-Authority) (VCH) - Vancouver Foundation ### Members Coalition members include:[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7) - 312 Main - Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) - BC ACORN - BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) - BC Association of Social Workers (BCASW) - BC Climate Emergency Campaign - BC Federation of Labour (BCFED) - BC Health Coalition - BC Policy Solutions - BC Rent Bank - [British Columbia Civil Liberties Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Civil-Liberties-Association) (BCCLA) - British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) - British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU) - British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) - Canadian Mental Health Association British Columbia Division (CMHA BC) - Canadian Union of Public Employees British Columbia (CUPE BC) - Canoe.Portage - Carnegie Community Centre Association - Carnegie Housing Project - Centre for Civic Governance (CCG) - Centre for Family Equity (CFE) - Climate Justice UBC - Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) - Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of BC (COSCO BC) - Disability Alliance BC - Disability Without Poverty - Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House - Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) - Ecotrust Canada - Exchange Inner City (EIC) - Family Services of Greater Vancouver - Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group - First United Church - Food Banks BC - Foundations for Social Change - Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House - Gordon Neighbourhood House - Hogan's Alley Society - Homelessness Services Association of BC (HSABC) - Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) - Inclusion BC - Ishtar Women's Resource Society - Kiwassa Neighbourhood House - Live Educate Transform Society (LET'S) - Living in Community - Living Wage BC - *Megaphone Magazine* - Meme Tees - Mom2Mom Child Poverty Initiative Society - Movement - Movement of United Professionals (MoveUP) - New Westminster & District Labour Council (NWDLC) - North Shore Homelessness Task Force - Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia (NNPBC) - Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) - Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) - Peer to Peer Community Co-op (PPCC) - Penticton and Area Access Centre - PovNet[\[8\]](#fn8) - Rainbow Refugee - Reaching Home - Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition (RPRC) - Risebridge - Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre - Seeds of Change Surrey - Skills Centre - Society for Advocacy for Gender-Affirming Healthcare (SAGAH) - Surrey Teachers' Association (STA) - Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC) - Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) - UFCW Local 1518 - Union Gospel Mission - United Way British Columbia - Vancity - Vancity Community Foundation - Vancouver & District Labour Council (VDLC) - Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks (VNFN) - Vancouver Tenants Union - West Coast Climate Action Network - West Coast LEAF - Wilderness Committee - Women Transforming Cities (WTC) - Worker Solidarity Network - YWCA Metro Vancouver ## External links - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BCPovertyReductionCoalition/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/povreductionbc/) - [Linktree](https://linktr.ee/povreductionbc) - [Website](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/) - [X](https://x.com/PovReductionBC) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@BCPovertyReduction) --- 1. *The Team.* BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. *The Coalition.* BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. *Jane Dyson.* Community Legal Assistance Society. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Shannon Daub*. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Trish Garner.* Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Membership.* BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Membership.* BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Acknowledgements*. PovNet. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from [↩︎](#fnref8)