The Living Wage for Families Campaign is hosted by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition and guided by an advisory committee, with representatives from community organizations and other partners and supporters in Metro Vancouver.
Staff
The Living Wage For Families Campaign is staffed by:
Halena Seiferling, Campaign Organizer
Halena is passionate about social, economic, and environmental justice. Halena is originally from Regina, Saskatchewan (Treaty 4) and moved west in 2014 to obtain a Masters in Public Policy from SFU. Her thesis focused on measures to encourage more women to run for office at the local level. Halena has worked on issues including electoral reform, Indigenous rights, gender equity, and climate justice and adaptation. When not working, Halena enjoys traveling and dancing.
halena@livingwageforfamilies.ca | 604-975-3347
Advisory Committee
Advisory committee members represent the following organizations:
- MOSAIC
- Canadian Labour Congress
- Hospital Employees’ Union
- BC Government and Service Employees’ Union
- BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
- Canadian Union of Public Employees BC
- Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 391
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
- United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1518
- BC Teachers’ Federation
- Vancity Credit Union