Community Social Services Month Proclamations

Every year, the unions in the community social services sector approach the province and municipal councils with a request that they designate March as Community Social Services Awareness Month.

To date, the Province of British Columbia and 50 municipal councils across the province have proclaimed March as Community Social Services Awareness Month, or publicly acknowledged the contributions of community social service workers.

To date, the following councils have issued a proclamation in support of community social services:

1. Ashcroft
2. Belcarra
3. Burnaby
4. Campbell River
5. Capital Regional District
6. Colwood
7. Cranbrook
8. Creston
9. Dawson Creek
10. Duncan
11. Fort St. John
12. Gibsons
13. Highlands - Victoria (District of)
14. Kamloops
15. Kelowna
16. Keremeos
17. Kitimat
18. Langford
19. Lake Cowichan
20. Logan Lake
21. Mission
22. Nanaimo
23. Nelson
24. New Westminster
25. North Vancouver
26. North Vancouver (District of)
27. Oak Bay
28. Parksville
29. Penticton
30. Pitt Meadows
31. Port Alberni
32. Port Coquitlam
33. Port Moody
34. Pouce Coupe
35. Powell River
36. Prince George
37. Prince Rupert
38. Princeton
39. Quesnel
40. Richmond
41. Saanich
42. Squamish (District of)
43. Summerland (City Council minutes available here.)
44. Surrey
45. Terrace (Acknowledgement by Council. Minutes available for download here.)
46. Trail
47. Vancouver
48. Victoria
49. View Royal
50. Williams Lake
51. Whistler

Last year, nearly 40 councils across B.C. supported community social services month. 

Keremeos proclamation

Lynn Kelsey, Keremeos Safe Home Coordinator for South Okanagan Women in Need Society along with Keremeos resident Zola Goebel, Home Support Worker, made presentations to Keremeos municipal council and are pictured here with Mayor Walter Despot.