Themis Security becomes the first Living Wage security company in BC

Themis Security, based in Victoria, is the first security company in BC to commit to ending working poverty, by paying all its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage.

Ronan's story

"They look out for us around here"

Ronan is 26 and lives in Victoria with his room-mate. He has been working for Pacifica Housing as a Support Worker, since August 2019, moving into fulltime work at the start of the year

Spotlight: REACH Community Health Centre

REACH Community Health Centre have been providing community-based health care for fifty years, and strive to be more than just a doctor or dentist's office.

ModoHR celebrates its certification with a discount for other Living Wage Employers

ModoHR is the first HR tech firm to become a Living Wage Employer in BC, and to celebrate, it has a special offer for other Living Wage Employers. https://www.screeningcanada.ca/

Spotlight: Café Etico

The small, local, fair-trade coffee company operates as a social enterprise giving back 100% of its profits to CoDevelopment Canada (the local non-profit that owns Cafe Etico) to help fund and support its social justice and human rights programs in Latin America. 

Spotlight: Clayton Heights Sports and Therapy Center

CHSTC (Clayton Heights Sports and Therapy Center) is owned and directed by David Balfour. He was the first private Living Wage Employer in Surrey, BC.

June's story

June has been working for Integra, a Living Wage Employer for 3 years.

Before joining Integra, June was earning just above the minimum wage. It was not enough money to give her the financial freedom that she needed. This is her story.

Spotlight: Capilano Students' Union

Christopher Girodat is Executive Director of the Capilano Students’ Union. He helped oversee them becoming a Living Wage Employer in 2017 and is also a member of the Living Wage for Families Campaign’s Employer Advisory Subcommittee. In this guest blog, he shares why the living wage is so important to the students' union and urges other employers to get involved as well.

Vlada's story

“Before I was living on survival mode. Now I can afford to live on my own. I feel much more comfortable and free.”

Spotlight: Kinsol Timber

Kinsol Timber Systems specializes in working collaboratively with architects, engineers and general contractors to deliver carefully detailed, constructible, and ambitious structures. They have been a Living Wage Employer since 2018.