New on PovNet
July 27, 2010
The Vision was developed over two years with input from a massive sample of 1200 Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents, in co-operation with many DTES groups. The process, led by the Carnegie Community...
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Homelessness, Organizing, Poorbashing, Welfare, British Columbia
July 27, 2010
Article from rabble.ca about the ramification on poor people of the conservative government's getting rid of the long census form:
Sam Boshra, a former analyst for Statistics Canada, puts it this way...
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Disability, Poverty Research, Welfare, All of Canada
July 22, 2010
Stephen Gaetz talks about the Alberta government's new plan to discourage people from giving money to panhandlers and give to agencies instead. He argues that "this kind of thinking represents policy...
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Alberta, Housing, Mental Health, Panhandling, Poorbashing, Welfare, All of Canada
July 15, 2010
In this article based on his address to the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences on May 29th, 2010, the former leader of the NDP summarizes the journey of...
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Government Policy, Human Rights, Poverty Research, Welfare, All of Canada
July 6, 2010
First Call has launched a new website to draw attention to the BC government's unacceptable child labour laws.
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child labour, Children and Youth, labour laws, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
July 6, 2010
The front page of the Homeless Hub is featuring an interview with Penny Goldsmith, the Executive Coordinator of PovNet. Watch the video and read the transcript on the Homeless Hub website.
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Homelessness, British Columbia
June 30, 2010
The Coming Together Project is an arts-based community research project exploring how women and transwomen who are marginally housed build support networks with each other in order to survive.
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Art and Culture, Homelessness, Women, Ontario, Research and education
June 29, 2010
A broadcast of stories from survivors which was shared at the National Truth and Reconciliation event in Winnipeg.
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Aboriginal and First Nations, Multimedia, All of Canada
June 29, 2010
The Right to Housing Blog documents the Right to Adequate Housing Charter Challenge. The court is being asked to declare that homelessness and inadequate housing violate the Charter of Rights and...
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Blogs, charter challenge, Homelessness, Housing, right to housing, Campaigns and initiatives, Ontario, All of Canada
June 29, 2010
Lawyers from BCPIAC are challenging the BC Ministry of Housing and Social Development (MHSD) on their small claims cases against welfare recipients. BCPIAC says that the claims that they have looked...
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Government Policy, News, Welfare, British Columbia
