Your SARC BOARD at work

Provincial Partnership

On March 8, members from the SARC Board that sit on this committee met in Regina. This long-standing committee is made up of members from the SARC Board and leadership team as well as members from the leadership team within CLSD. Strategic development work continued that will support three previously identified priority areas within fostering person-centred cultures. The development of workplans is underway and the next Provincial Partnership meeting will be held in June (date still to be confirmed).

Advocacy

While the Executive Committee of the SARC Board has overall responsibility for advocacy, a number of SARC Board Members actively participate on the Advocacy Committee. This adhoc committee was struck in 2021 and consists of a diverse group of representatives from a number of SARC Member Organizations, six SARC Board Members, and four SARC employees. This group has worked very hard over the last number of months and has been instrumental in helping to develop the Disability Service sector promotional campaign (launching soon!), testing tools, sharing information, determining next steps, and acting as sector ambassadors in their communities, networks, and at the MLA Reception held on May 2 (refer to Collective Voice article for more information). During this period, members of the SARC Board also took part in a number of in-person and virtual meetings with MLAs.

Regional SARC Member Update Meetings

Every Spring, SARC hosts four meetings in four communities throughout the province with its Members. Meetings are typically attended by Member organization Executive Directors and/or other senior staff and some Board Members. These meetings prove to be a great opportunity for all that attend to network with colleagues and share resources, ideas, updates, innovation, and perspectives with people working or governing within the Disability Service sector. SARC Board Members once again reported how much they enjoyed speaking to other Members’ Board Members at these meetings in April. SARC was also encouraged to see how many new and existing Board Members from Member organizations attended.