BC FORUM Resources
Home Insurance
- Homeowner
- Tenant
- Condominium
Travel Agents
- Unionized travel
- Discounts on selected travel packages
Travel Insurance & Benefits
- Benefit packages
- Out-of-province travel insurance
- Out-of-country travel insurance
Affiliate Unions
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco & Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)
BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union (BCFMWU) – affiliated to the BCGEU
BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU)
BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
Brewery Workers’ Union (BWU/BCGEU)
Canadian Farmworkers’ Union (CFU) – affiliated to UFCW Local 1518
Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA)
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Canadian Union of Public Employees British Columbia (CUPE BC)
Communication Workers of America (Canada)
Compensation Employees’ Union (CEU/BCGEU)
Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 1611 (LiUNA Local 1611)
Directors’ Guild of Canada (DGC)
Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE)
Grain and General Services Union (GSU)
Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA)
Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU)
International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers (IW)
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 155 (BC Film Industry) (IBT)
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 (IUOE)
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades DC 38 (IUPAT)
Labourer’s International Union of North America (LIUNA)
Machinists, Fitters and Helpers Industrial Union (MFHIU)
Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers’ Industrial Union (MWBIU/SGWF)
Movement of United Professionals (MoveUP)
Professional Employees Association (PEA)
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU)
Shipwrights, Joiners and Caulkers Industrial Union (SJCIU)
Shipyard General Workers’ Federation of BC (SGWF)
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)
Telecommunications Workers’ Union USW 1944
Union of BC Performers/ACTRA (UBCP/ACTRA)
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA)
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA)
United Food and Commercial Workers’ International Union – Local 1518
United Food and Commercial Workers’ International Union – Local 247
Progressive Community Organizations
Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
LeadNow organizes campaigns that build and defend a just, sustainable and equitable Canada.
rabble.ca is a news and discussion website built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and activists across the country and has a unique role of reporting on stories from civil society while providing a counterbalance to corporate-owned media.·Includes the lively blog, Babble, and features the column Retiree Matters
One of BC’s best known communicators, political commentators and strategists. Owner of West Star Communications, a consulting firm providing strategy and communications services for labour, business, non-profits and government.
Independant online magazine that publishes news, reviews and commentary not typically covered by BC and Canada’s mainstream media.
Progressive Community Organizations
Seniors Helping Seniors (located in Vancouver)
A Vancouver-based nonprofit organization that specializes in providing information and referral regarding community, government and social services in BC. Our help line services include 211, the Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service (ADIRS), VictimLink BC, and the Youth Against Violence Line.
BC Association of Community Action Response Networks
Stopping Adult Abuse and Neglect… Together
Representing the non-government seniors’ care sector in British Columbia in residential care, assisted living, home care and home support.
A community of individuals and organizations in BC that advocates for evidence-based improvements to our public health care system, stimulate public education on health care issues, and drive positive change to our health care system through campaigns across the province.
The BC Labour Heritage Centre Society preserves, documents and presents the rich history of working people in British Columbia. The Society engages in partnerships and projects that help define and express the role that work and workers have played in the evolution of social policy and its impact on the present and future shaping of the province.
BC PharmaCare helps BC residents with the cost of eligible prescription drugs, certain medical supplies, and pharmacy services. It provides assistance through several drug plans. The largest is the income-based Fair PharmaCare plan
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
A coalition that includes community and non-profit groups, faith groups, health organizations, First Nations and Aboriginal organizations, businesses, labour organizations, and social policy groups who have come together around a campaign aimed at seeing the introduction of an accountable, bold and comprehensive poverty reduction plan from the government of British Columbia that would include legislated targets and timelines to significantly reduce poverty and homelessness.
One of the first fairly traded coffee companies to buy direct from farmer associations in Latin America. Owned by CoDev Canada. Online store.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Promotional product distributor.
A coalition of health care workers, seniors, unions, community organizations, faith-based organizations and academics, as well as affiliated coalitions in the provinces and one territory.
Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 100.5FM is an innovative non-profit community radio station & podcast recording studio providing a voice for those underrepresented in mainstream media.
Since 1977, Disability Alliance BC has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia. The Alliance supports people with all disabilities to live with dignity, independence and as equal and full participants in the community. They champion issues impacting the lives of people with disabilities through our direct services, community partnerships, advocacy, research and publications.
Family Caregivers of British Columbia
Family Caregivers of British Columbia is a registered non-profit dedicated 100% to supporting family caregivers. Most of us have cared for aging, ailing or disabled loved ones and have experienced firsthand the stress, joy, confusion, and feelings of purpose that come with caregiving.
First Link Dementia Support & Helpline
The First Link® Dementia Helpline is for anyone affected by dementia, whether professionally or personally. Helpline staff and volunteers give people the support they need, when they need it. (Alzheimer’s Society of BC)
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
The Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign in March 2006, in response to the emerging crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to care for millions of children orphaned by AIDS.
Metro Vancouver Alliance is a broad based alliance of community groups, labour, faith and educational institutions working together for the common good.
PovNet provides online tools that facilitate communication, community and access to information around poverty-related issues in British Columbia and Canada; working to collect relevant news and resources of use to advocates, community workers, marginalized communities and the general public.
Need help getting around Metro Vancouver? Call 211 for Seniors Transportation information – free 24/7 multilingual phone service. Visit the website for more information about services
The Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) works with community-level organizations which are turning the tide of HIV & AIDS in Africa by providing care and support to women, orphaned children, grandmothers and people living with HIV & AIDS.
The Union Protein Project is a community partnership that addresses the shortages of protein at BC’s food banks and the shortages of an economy that leaves people vulnerable. They work to ensure that no child, family or community needs food banks. People need real choices and good jobs that feed them, their families and their community.
United Way of the Lower Mainland
Working Ventures Insurance Solutions Ltd.
Group insurance discounts for union members in BC.
Senior & Retirees Organizations
Alliance for a National Seniors Strategy
The Canadian Medical Association’s Alliance of more than 70 organizations representing health providers, patients and community stakeholders working towards getting the major political parties to commit to a national seniors strategy involving all levels of government.
Seniors First BC (formerly the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support)
A non-profit charitable organization committed to protecting the legal rights of older adults; increasing access to justice for older adults; informing the public about elder abuse; and, providing supportive programs for older adults who have been abused.
CURC – Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
An affiliate of the Canadian Labour Congress, CURC advocates on issues relevant to retired union members and their spouses. Membership is open to retiree organizations of CLC-affiliated unions and individual retirees and their spouses.
COSCO BC – Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC
Established in 1950, the Council of Senior Citizens’ Organization (COSCO) is an umbrella organization made up of many seniors’ organizations and individual associate members. Registered under the Societies Act since 1981, COSCO has grown and now represents approximately 80,000 seniors in British Columbia.
Seniors’ Health and Wellness Institute COSCO
Seniors helping seniors workshops – The COSCO Health and Wellness Institute provides free workshops to seniors groups throughout BC with more than 40 workshops available for presentation by trained facilitators to provide practical information but are not intended to provide specific legal, medical or financial advice.
National Association of Federal Retirees
The National Association of Federal Retirees (Federal Retirees) is the largest national advocacy organization representing active and retired members of the federal public service, Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and retired federally appointed judges, as well as their partners and survivors.
National Pensioners Federation
National Pensioners Federation is a national, not for profit, non partisan, non sectarian organization of 350 seniors chapters, clubs, groups, organizations and individual supporters across Canada with a collective membership of 1,000,000 seniors and retirees devoted entirely to the welfare and best interests of ageing Canadians.
BC Ombudsperson
Other Resources
The Office of the Seniors Advocate monitors and analyzes seniors services and issues in BC, and makes recommendations to government and service providers to address systemic issues.
Canadian Deprescribing Network
Government of Canada Information for British Columbia Seniors
Government of Canada’s Programs and Services for Seniors website
Information Resources About Advance Care Planning for Seniors
NIDUS – Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry
Seniors Abuse and Information Line
Seniors Better at Home Program
Seniors Distress Line (Crisis Centre Services) 24 hours a day/7 days a week