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] | 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] | The Tyee |
| Richard Han | Board Member[2] | 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] | Disability Alliance BC, Community Legal Assistance Society, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia |
| Shannon Daub | Board Member (January 2021-July 2023)[4] | Community Legal Assistance Society, BC Policy Solutions, West Coast LEAF, Corporate Mapping Project, Living Wage BC |
| Trish Garner | Provincial Organizer (former)[5] | British Columbia Federation of Labour, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, Raise the Rates, Simon Fraser University |
Funding
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition has received funding from:[2:1]
- City of New Westminster
- Maytree Foundation
- Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC)
- Vancity Community Foundation
- Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH)
- Vancouver Foundation
Members
Coalition members include:[6][7]
- 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 (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]
- 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
The Team. BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/the-team ↩︎ ↩︎
The Coalition. BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/the-coalition ↩︎ ↩︎
Jane Dyson. Community Legal Assistance Society. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://clasbc.net/about-clas/our-people/jane-dyson/ ↩︎
Shannon Daub. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannondaub/ ↩︎
Trish Garner. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/author/trish-garner/ ↩︎
Membership. BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/membership ↩︎
Membership. BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Retrieved July 25, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250725170323/https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/membership ↩︎
Acknowledgements. PovNet. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://www.povnet.org/acknowledgements ↩︎
