March 8, 2010
Tens of thousands of people who receive the special diet program may see more money from the governement as a result of a recent Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruling, but poverty activists fear the...
Disability, Foodbanks and Food, Ontario
February 1, 2010
The City of Ottawa released its poverty reduction strategy, Poverty Affects Us All: A Community Approach to Poverty Reduction. The report includes a recommendation to advocate for increased...
Government Policy, Ontario
December 16, 2009
Almost half of Toronto's street youth don't want to be homeless - getting help for them early would make a big difference, says a groundbreaking study of Toronto street-involved youth.
Changing...
Children and Youth, Homelessness, Ontario
December 9, 2009
Dr. Wong, a specialist in community medicine, is being investigated after a complaint by a city councillor for signing special diet forms for people on welfare. Dr. Wong has been involved in special...
Foodbanks and Food, Health, Ontario
December 3, 2009
Some news from the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC):
First, the 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction, of which ISAC is a partner, has released its accountability report on the first year of the...
Government Policy, Welfare, Ontario
November 16, 2009
The Housing Network of Ontario has released a report on community consultations for a Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy in Ontario. This report consolidates recommendations made by many hundreds...
Housing, Ontario
July 17, 2009
Poverty Research, Ontario, All of Canada
May 19, 2009
CCPA has released a report that links increased food bank use to government welfare cuts throughout the 1990s. The report finds that although most provinces in Canada were experiencing high...
Foodbanks and Food, Welfare, Ontario
May 7, 2009
Street Health, a community-based agency that provides physical and mental health programs to homeless people in Toronto, has released their final research bulletin from their award winning research...
Health, Homelessness, Ontario
April 1, 2009
The Alliance to End Homelessness has released their Ottawa homeless report card. The 2008 Report Card will report that the total number of men, women, youth and children using shelters shot up over...
Homelessness, Ontario
March 30, 2009
http://www.childcareontario.org/ - Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care works for more access to quality child care, for more affordable child care and to improve child care services in Ontario.
Children and Youth, Family, Women, General resources, Ontario
March 26, 2009
Some links and resources on the Ontario 2009 Budget. The Canadian Social Research links page has an excellent list of resources on the Ontario Budget 2009 - http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/...
Government Policy, Ontario
March 25, 2009
http://www.homecomingcoalition.com/ - HomeComing Community Choice Coalition promotes the rights of people with mental illness to live where they choose.
Mental Health, General resources, Ontario
March 25, 2009
http://www.isarc.ca - The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition was born out of the home that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater...
Welfare, General resources, Ontario
March 1, 2009
In the past week, the Ontario government introduced anti-poverty legislation aimed at reducing child poverty by 25 per cent in five years. The bill won't make it a law for Ontario to reduce poverty...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, Ontario
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
December 18, 2008
Seven foreign agriculture workers recently fired and evicted by Canada’s largest mushroom producer, Rol-Land Farms, joined members of UFCW Canada, Justicia for Migrant Workers, and academics to speak...
Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, Ontario
December 5, 2008
The Ontario government has released their Poverty Reduction Strategy with a plan to reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over the next 5 years.
Children and Youth, Government Policy, Poverty Research, Ontario
December 4, 2008
Some provincial governments across Canada have implemented poverty reduction strategies. The following links have information on these strategies.
Government Policy, Poverty Research, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Government information, Ontario, Québec
