Iglika Ivanova
@iglikaivanova.bsky.social
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Co-Executive Director @bcpolicy.bsky.social, previously senior economist @ccpabc (bc office now closed). Co-Director, Understanding Precarity in BC Project. Mom. Working towards a more inclusive & sustainable economy. Opinions are my own.
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Everyone's talking about BC's "spending problem" but here's what they're not telling you: we're spending the SAME share of GDP as 1998, but collecting far less revenue. BC's deficit isn't about overspending. My analysis: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

#bcpoli
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
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miss604.com
#Nonprofit leaders from across BC wrote this open letter in September with growing concern for the future of their sector and the communities they serve.

- 1 in 3 nonprofit workers is food insecure
- The average salary in the community nonprofit sector is 31% lower than the national average
Open Letter: The Safety Net Is Tearing — Funders Must Act Now — BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BC’s nonprofit sector is in crisis. An urgent funding shortfall is threatening the survival of essential community services across the province, with over 200 nonprofit leaders calling for immediate a...
www.bcpovertyreduction.ca
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bcclimateemergency.bsky.social
The final webinar in our LNG Unpacked series is Oct 23 @ 12pm!

Join guests Iglika Ivanova @bcpolicy.bsky.social & Ismail Askin @workersolidaritybc.bsky.social to learn about how LNG expansion is impacting cost of living, jobs, workers, and our bills.

REGISTER: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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amandagadams.bsky.social
Sectoral bargaining could be a game-changer for BC's most vulnerable workers. @verosioufi.bsky.social explains in @thetyee why labour laws designed for 20th century workplaces leave cleaners, care workers, and gig workers behind. @bcpolicy.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Could This One Change Give Vulnerable BC Workers More Power? | The Tyee
Sectoral bargaining could level the playing field for today’s employees.
thetyee.ca
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bcfed.bsky.social
Check out this must-read piece from @thetyee.ca's @isaacphannay.bsky.social. It's about an approach that can remove many of the obstacles standing between some of BC's most vulnerable workers and their right to join a union: sectoral bargaining. 🧵

#BCLab
thetyee.ca
For more than 30 years, B.C. unions have been fighting for sectoral bargaining — a process to bring workers and employers from similar businesses to a single negotiating table.

Employers say it would create instability.

Unions and researchers say it would level the playing field. #bclab #bcpoli
Could This One Change Give Vulnerable BC Workers More Power? | The Tyee
Sectoral bargaining could level the playing field for today’s employees.
thetyee.ca
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armineyalnizyan.bsky.social
"I hope you understand this is a movement, an achievement of a whole society"
Please listen to the words she finally finds
for winning the Nobel Prize for her part in the struggle to find a "just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
We can only do this together, everywhere.
sifill.bsky.social
“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
iglikaivanova.bsky.social
Yes, sectoral bargaining can give vulnerable workers better working conditions. The BC government should prioritize it. As a bare minimum, BC must create councils to review the working standards & conditions for domestic, agricultural, food delivery & ride-hail workers. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Could This One Change Give Vulnerable BC Workers More Power? | The Tyee
Sectoral bargaining could level the playing field for today’s employees.
thetyee.ca
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bcpolicy.bsky.social
In 2 decades experience, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social has never seen the nonprofit sector in such crisis.

“There've been downturns and the financial crisis, but I feel like what’s happening to the nonprofit sector now is different. People who used to donate are now clients.”
Programs on the chopping block as B.C. charities face funding crisis
Many who work in B.C.’s non-profit industry say they’re grappling with a decline in donations paired with a growing demand for their services – forcing them to make challenging financial decisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
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disaballiancebc.bsky.social
It is with deep admiration & heartfelt remembrance that we announce the establishment of the Pamela Horton Trailblazer Fund, created to honour the life, leadership, & legacy of our longstanding board member, Pam, who passed away on May 13, 2025.

Learn more: disabilityalliancebc.org/the-pamela-h...
The Pamela Horton Trailblazer Fund | DABC
disabilityalliancebc.org
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iglikaivanova.bsky.social
Looking forward to this webinar on housing later today. Tune in to find out what key policy reforms will move the dial on hosing and if recent policy announcements are hitting the mark.

12 noon PT zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social
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parismarx.com
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
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bcpolicy.bsky.social
What’s needed to tackle the housing crisis?

A webinar with senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social and Sarah Ellis, Squamish Community Housing Society, for housing policy analysis and a practitioner's perspective on creating non-profit housing.

Oct 1, 12 pm PT
bcpolicy.ca/events
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iglikaivanova.bsky.social
Everyone's talking about BC's "spending problem" but here's what they're not telling you: we're spending the SAME share of GDP as 1998, but collecting far less revenue. BC's deficit isn't about overspending. My analysis: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

#bcpoli
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
iglikaivanova.bsky.social
Everyone's talking about BC's "spending problem" but here's what they're not telling you: we're spending the SAME share of GDP as 1998, but collecting far less revenue. BC's deficit isn't about overspending. My analysis: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

#bcpoli
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
Reposted by Iglika Ivanova
watershedlab.bsky.social
Breaking - Canadian federal government to rip up all highways because they are losing too much money.