181 search results for
2018
Recommendation 14:
Establish special economic zones for Chinatown and the DTES to recognize the unique cultural and social assets of these neighbourhoods.
- Provide appropriate support services to traditional businesses.
- Incentivize cooperation with culturally specific infrastructure.
- Legitimize aspects of informal and survival economies.
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Recommendation 5:
Establish cultural knowledge/skills sharing hub that works off of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) Article 14(a), where each State Party shall endeavour, by all appropriate means, to ensure recognition of, respect for, and enhancement of the intangible cultural heritage in society, in particular through:
- educational, awareness-raising and information programmes, aimed at the general public, in particular young people;
- specific educational and training programmes within the communities and groups concerned;
- capacity-building activities for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, in particular management and scientific research; and
- non-formal means of transmitting knowledge.
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Recommendation 16:
Establish a Practice Direction re-affirming the presumption of unconditional release and the requirement that Crown individually justify the imposition of every restriction on release.
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Recommendation 12:
Establish a food-focused business incubator space (e.g. test/pop-up kitchen) to reduce barriers to small business startup.
- Encourage and incentivize a focus on cultural specificity in kitchen set up and training programs.
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Recommendation 10:
Establish a BC Provincial Plan to End Youth Homelessness that is developed and endorsed by Youth First Voices, Indigenous Voices, community stakeholders and governments.
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Recommendation 7:
Establish a BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness and a community of practice (CoP) on youth homelessness.
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Recommendation 28:
Ensuring that people living with disabilities can access disability support by:
- simplifying the application process to reduce wait times and lessen reliance on advocates;
- providing provincial guidelines for doctors/service providers on how and when to fill out disability forms; and
- ensuring that hospital social workers are resourced and directed to work with patients in need to apply for disability benefits.
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Recommendation 1:
Ensure Youth First Voices and Indigenous Voices have a lead role in the development of a provincial plan to end youth homelessness in British Columbia.
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Recommendation 22:
Ensure that PRIME-BC can be searched to track all police-imposed conditions in the aggregate, rather than only being tied to an individual’s file.
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Recommendation 5:
Ensure government is an active and informed participant in the development of a provincial plan to end youth homelessness.
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