December 2, 2009
On November 24th, the ESPC - in partnership with Public Interest Alberta & the Bissell Centre - released a new report on poverty in Alberta, titled We Must Do Better: It's Time to Make Alberta...
Alberta, Poverty Research
March 21, 2009
With increasing homelessness due to a lack of affordable housing and the downturn in the economy, the Government of Alberta has endorsed a ten year plan to end homelessness. According to the...
Alberta, Homelessness
March 16, 2009
The City of Calgary has tentatively agreed to a guaranteed "living wage" for its part-time and full-time employees but it won't extend the guarantee to on-call and casual workers, the only ones who...
Alberta, Workers' Rights
January 27, 2009
Last week, a memorial service in Edmonton honoured the forty-seven homeless people who had died over the last year. This was the fourth annual event to honour the lives and remember the deaths of...
Alberta, Homelessness, Nova Scotia, Ontario
January 27, 2009
http://www.ecohh.ca/ - Edmonton Coalition On Housing and Homelessness (ECOHH) was created in 1980 to address housing and homelessness issues in Edmonton. Many community organizations and individuals...
Alberta, Homelessness, General resources
November 22, 2008
The Edmonton Social Planning Council released a report that shows 1 in 10 children in Alberta live in poverty and this increases to 1 in 8 children in Calgary, 1 in 6 in Edmonton. Children with lone...
Alberta, Children and Youth, Poverty Research
May 28, 2008
http://www.edmontonsocialplanning.ca - The ESPC is an independent, non-profit social research organization. Thier work is primarily focused on increasing public awareness and promoting positive...
Alberta, Poverty Research, General resources
May 22, 2008
http://www.endinghomelessness.ca/ - The Calgary Committee to End Homelessness is working for all people facing homelessness in Calgary will have access to affordable, safe and appropriate housing as...
Alberta, Homelessness, General resources
January 30, 2008
WCB Alberta has information on how to apply for compensation if you injured on the job.
Alberta, Workers' Rights
November 22, 2007
Portraits of Edmonton's Inner City (Video) is a audio slide show of people living in poverty in Edmonton, one of Canada's richest cities. The photographer, Pieter de Vos says it is an attempt to...
Alberta, Art and Culture, Homelessness
November 5, 2007
http://www.calgaryworkers.org/ - The Calgary Workers Resource Centre is a non-profit organization that hopes to build the individual and collective capacity of Calgarians to understand and achieve...
Alberta, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, General resources
September 19, 2007
Edmonton, along with the rest of Alberta is facing a serious affordable housing crisis. In the spring, some homeless residents started up a tent city due to the lack of affordable housing. Throughout...
Alberta, Homelessness
September 19, 2007
Calgary Housing Action Initiative is a coalition of individuals affected by the housing crisis, other allies in the community, organizations, support agencies, political groups, politicians, and...
Alberta, Homelessness, Housing, General resources
July 13, 2007
http://www.gov.ab.ca/ - This is the Alberta government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Alberta, General resources, Government information
July 11, 2007
The Alberta government website publications and forms page has applications and fact sheets on income assistances about seniors', disability, and housing.
Alberta, Disability, Housing, Seniors and Elders, General resources
July 11, 2007
Alberta Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Industry is the department responsible for welfare (income support) in Alberta.
Alberta, Unemployment, Welfare, Workers' Rights, Government information
July 11, 2007
Employment, Immigration and Industry is responsible for immigration policy, settlement programs, language training programs and federal/provincial relations and agreements related to immigration.
Alberta, Immigrants and Refugees, Government information
February 18, 2007
The government of Alberta has created a Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force to look at solutions to homelessness and rent subsidies. The task force is going to travel across the province and visit...
Alberta, Homelessness, Housing
December 9, 2006
Emergency Assistance for Albertans Facing Utility Disconnection (in PDF) has information for low-income Albertans who have received a disconnection notice from their gas or power company and have no...
Alberta, Housing, Utilities
December 9, 2006
Alberta Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Industry - Income Support - This is the department responsible for welfare (income support) in Alberta.
Guide to Services for Lower-Income Albertans...
Alberta, Welfare
