For many students, B.C. housing crisis threatens access to education
Vancouver Island University is building new housing and offering support, but more help is needed to ensure equitable access.
Money Talks
The Discourse is reporting an eight-part series on financial literacy and inequality in British Columbia. This reporting is driven by responses to our public survey on the problems and potential solutions in our communities.
We’re reporting on the generational wealth gap, grassroots financial literacy initiatives, the unequal impacts of high inflation, calls to support a living wage, the push for accessible post-secondary education and related topics, surfaced by our communities.
We are learning that community organizing and collective action are critical to the push for greater financial equality and accessibility.
This series is made possible through the financial support of Coast Capital, a member-owned cooperative. The Discourse reporting this series with full editorial independence; Coast Capital is not involved in the story selection, reporting and editing process.
How does the BC Budget fare on tackling affordability and inequality?
“It's a pretty substantial step in the right direction,” says Alex Hemingway, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
7 ideas to end cycles of poverty in B.C. communities
We’ll have to work together to build more accessible and equitable financial systems, these experts say.
B.C. student unions fight for financially accessible education
At Vancouver Island University, the student union helps students manage their money while pushing for broader change to lessen the financial burden.
Governments, employers called on to support a living wage in B.C.
The living wage saw a sharp increase in 2022 with housing and food costs, and more accurate calculations, driving the increase.
Who profits from high inflation?
Current policies boost corporate profits at the expense of workers, but there’s a better way, these economists say.
This grassroots financial literacy program aims to support marginalized youth
Financial literacy education can help young people navigate inequitable wealth systems, says Qui, Literacy Central Vancouver Island’s youth literacy coordinator.
Older Canadians want to leave a better world for their children. Why hasn’t that happened?
It’s up to everyone to push for policies that address generational unfairness, says Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze.