Our Community of Practice
at a Glance
The BC Community of Practice (CoP) is a committed group of people across sectors with a common desire to learn from each other, to enable professional self- development, and to build capacities of their local poverty reduction initiatives. The group comes together on a bi-monthly basis to share information, experiences and best practices, strengthen collaboration, and better respond to poverty-related issues in their communities.
Benefits of Membership
By joining this unique Community of Practice you will be able to share your experiences and knowledge in free-flowing and creative ways with other professionals who are working on similar challenges or issues. By engaging in facilitated conversations with your peers, you will uncover new approaches to problems, build your professional skill set, access new ideas and contribute to the transfer of best practices.
Our Commitment
The purpose of the BC CoP is to create a space and structured opportunity for BC CoP members to connect, collaborate, and share experiences, best practices and lessons learned pertaining to community-based poverty reduction in BC. Our group is committed to:
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Creating a space and that facilitates communication and ongoing professional development.
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Providing members with opportunities to share resources, best practices and lessons learned.
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Sharing emerging findings and research.
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Providing opportunities for mentoring to build capability of less experienced members.
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Complimenting and working together with existing province-wide and regional initiatives.
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Creating working groups that can advance specific goals of the CoP.
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Co-generating resources and tools that can be utilized across the Vibrant Communities network.
2026 Learning Themes
In 2026, the BC Community of Practice will highlight the work of First Call, Living Wage BC, The BC Basic Income Panel and other research and policy leaders who are impacting poverty in our province. This is also a year of national census, and municipal elections across BC- opportunities to highlight solutions and policy needed to hit BC's bold provincial reduction targets.
Themes include:
- Basic Income-research, report and policy
- Housing and Policy- equity in preserving, creating and distributing housing spaces
- BC's Child Poverty Report Card
- Youth (un)employment- employment and engagement strategies with youth in community
- Living Wage BC- strategies for decent work and employer engagement
- Making Sense of Census Data for poverty reduction
Our Members
Membership in the BC CoP is open to individuals, groups, communities, businesses, and governments engaged in poverty reduction work in British Columbia.
Still have questions?
Reach out to Kathryn at kathryn@tamarackcommunity.ca.
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