Category: Research
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Project | BC’s colour-coded housing crisis: housing equity from the ground up
A research project and webinar series that takes an anti-colonial approach to understanding the housing crisis, recognizing that the housing system—from land tenure to zoning to housing access—is shaped by dispossession and racial capitalism.
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Project | BC Provincial election hub
People across BC will soon head to the polls to decide the future of our province. Voters deserve a trusted, reliable source to inform their decision at the ballot box. This is BC Policy Solutions’ election hub.
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🎬 Migrant workers: housing as a social determinant of workers’ health
We examine housing as a fundamental social determinant of migrant health. Our panel explores how living conditions, migration status and workplace protections intersect to shape the physical and mental well-being of migrant workers.
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BC’s big cities must do better to fix the housing crisis
As municipal and provincial elections approach, BC’s biggest, most expensive cities should face scrutiny for their role in the ongoing housing crisis.
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Education as a public good: Why the post-secondary funding crisis should be a priority this election
An educated population drives innovation, grows the tax base and sustains a democratic society.
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🎬 Health and housing: How community health centres address the social determinants of health
What if we treated housing as a key component of our health care systems? Social determinants of health (SDOHs) are the non-medical factors (like housing) that influence health outcomes. So it is worth investigating how primary care can help address SDOHs in our communities.
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🎬 BC’s Post-Secondary Education in crisis
In this online panel, experts on BC’s higher education sector and experts working on the frontlines will discuss BC’s post-secondary education crisis: how we got here and what we can do to correct course.
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A roadmap for building BC’s AI public policy framework
How does AI work? Who profits? What does its use cost workers, communities and our environment? This report explores these questions and offers concrete policy recommendations to protect workers, civil rights and the economy.
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BC has a racial housing gap that colour-blind policy will never close
Canada’s housing crisis runs unevenly along racial lines. This brief explores what this racial gap in housing looks like in BC and what municipalities and the provincial government can do to address it.
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DRIPA, The 1846 Oregon Treaty and the future of Indigenous-settler relations
This working paper explores the coloniality crisis that has arisen in the wake of two landmark court decisions (Cowichan Tribes v. Canada and Gitxaala v. British Columbia) and the threat to roll back DRIPA.
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