Posts by Halena Seiferling

About Halena Seiferling

Halena Seiferling is the Campaign Organizer for the Living Wage for Families Campaign, a project of First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition. Halena is originally from Regina, Saskatchewan (Treaty 4) and moved west in 2014 to obtain a Masters in Public Policy from Simon Fraser University. 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.

BC child care spending shows the power of good public policy. What’s next?

May 15, 2019

By Halena Seiferling

On May 1, the Living Wage for Families Campaign released new living wage rates for 12 BC communities. Even though costs are increasing steeply for rent and other basic necessities, the cost of living for families with children is lower this year thanks to the provincial government’s new child care policies. The living wage is… View Article