July 16, 2007
Low-income British Colombians who want a break from repaying their student loans will know if they qualify within hours of using a new online application. To find the online application, go to http...
Education, British Columbia, General resources
November 15, 2006
The Nova Scotia government has announced that 50 individuals a year will be able to receive welfare while attending post secondary education. The program will fund any gaps between an individual's...
Education, Welfare, Nova Scotia
July 7, 2006
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre is housed at the University of Ottawa. The website has links to various Canadian human rights sites. A good place to start if you are doing research...
Education, Human Rights, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
The Student Financial Aid page of the Ministry of Advanced Education has information about applying for and checking the status of current loan applications. It also links to other possible funding...
Children and Youth, Education, British Columbia
July 7, 2006
ProBono Law of BC's Online Poverty Law Training Course is a free online training course designed for lawyers and of benefit to some non-lawyer legal professionals (such as paralegals and advocates...
Education, Legal Research, British Columbia, General resources
June 8, 2006
"New evidence suggests that adult learning and raising literacy skills have the potential to significantly improve the economic wellbeing of those with relatively low initial education and skills...
Education, All of Canada
April 1, 2006
A report by of the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation’s program of analysis for the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) sponsored by the federal Department of Human Resources and Skills...
Education, Welfare, All of Canada
February 11, 2006
A report provides evidence of Ontario children being humiliated if unable to pay their school fees. The report argues that these fees are not only difficult on low income families, but are also...
Children and Youth, Education, Ontario
February 8, 2006
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Simon Fraser University (SFU), A Path Out of Poverty (in PDF), indicates the province must invest in education programs for low-...
Education, British Columbia
September 4, 2004
The Information Centre on Aboriginal Health (ICAH) offers a database of funding sources in order to help Aboriginal students go back to school. This free online service provides information on more...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Education, General resources, All of Canada
January 23, 2004
Poverty: It's Local, It's Global, and It's All Connected, a student learning resource produced co-operatively by the B.C. Teachers' Federation and End Legislated Poverty, engages students in BC...
Education, British Columbia, General resources
March 30, 2001
http://www.tgmag.ca - The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online.
Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Violence, General resources, Ontario
February 9, 2001
This guide was designed for schools, but is also useful for community groups seeking an introduction to refugee issues. The guide aims to increase people's understanding of the need for refugee...
Education, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, All of Canada
February 9, 2001
Humanities 101 is a program for low-income people who have been denied access to university education in the past. The program exposes people who would like to learn about the liberal arts such as...
Education, British Columbia
