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
December 2, 2008
People living in poverty in the Great Lakes area may be experiencing a higher level of air pollution in their communities, according to a study released by the Pollution Watch project. The study...
Poverty Research, Ontario, Québec
June 28, 2008
Over one hundred Innu families who have been occupying their traditional territories are facing eviction by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. The evictions are seen as part of an ongoing...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Newfoundland, Québec
April 9, 2008
Canadian Social Research Links has created a webpage of Anti-Poverty Strategies and Campaigns in Canada and Elsewhere. There are more then 250 links with a focus on Canadian poverty reduction...
Government Policy, Poverty Research, Newfoundland, General resources, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec
March 19, 2008
http://peoplespotato.blogspot.com/ - The People’s Potato is a vegan soup kitchen run out of Concordia University. The project was initiated in 1999 in order to address student poverty.
Blogs, Children and Youth, Organizing, General resources, Québec
January 31, 2008
CKUT, a community radio station out of McGill University, is hosting a Winter 2008: Homeless Marathon The sixth annual Homelessness Marathon will serve up 14 hours of people-powered radio,...
Homelessness, Media, Québec
January 10, 2008
Collectif pour un Quebec sans pauvreté - bâtir un Québec sans pauvreté est une nouvelle campagne de mobilisation pour démontrer à l’Assemblée nationale notre volonté commune de faire du Québec une...
Organizing, General resources, Québec
April 6, 2007
The Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has released a report called Levels and Sources of Individual and Household Level Income for Inuit in Canada,...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Poverty Research, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec
April 5, 2007
http://www.niyc.ca/ - National Inuit Youth Council website gives youth and other visitors a chance to connect, open communications, raise awareness, hear what people think and feel and help each...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, General resources, Nunavut, Québec
March 6, 2007
According to a Statistics Canada report, A Portrait of Seniors in Canada (in HTML and in PDF) although the financial situation of seniors has improved over the past quarter century, senior women who...
Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Québec, All of Canada
September 12, 2006
Le site web / Website: www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/regions/
Liens vers le site Web de chaque Régie régionale; la plupart des sites régionaux offrent soit un répertoire régional des organismes communautaires...
Health, Welfare, General resources, Québec
September 12, 2006
Le site web / Website: http://netfemmes.cdeacf.ca/les_ressources/bottin/
Cette page de recherche vous permet de sélectionner un thème (à partir de la liste ci-dessus) et une région du Québec; l'engin...
Family, Violence, Women, General resources, Québec
August 18, 2006
June 12, 2002
Vivian Labrie, spokeswoman for a coalition seeking the elimination of poverty
QUEBEC (CP) -- The Quebec government introduced legislation Wednesday that would see it spending $1.5...
Government Policy, Québec
August 4, 2006
Dans la Loi sur le soutien du revenu pour assurer la couverture des besoins essentiels de tous en tous. Visitez le site web d'un barème plancher.
Organizing, Québec
August 4, 2006
http://www.fcpasq.qc.ca/ - Le FCPASQ est un organisme de revendications et de défense des droits des personnes assistées sociales qui regroupe une quarantaine d'organismes locaux.
Organizing, General resources, Québec
July 10, 2006
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp - this is the Québec government website on immigrating to Quebec.
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.asp - ça c'est le site web du...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, Québec
July 10, 2006
http://refugees.resist.ca/ - a coalition of organizations and individuals formed to support Palestinian refugees in Canada facing deportation back to refugee camps in Lebanon and Palestine.
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Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, General resources, Québec
July 7, 2006
During Montreal's summer festival businesses are pressuring the government to remove the city's homeless from the streets. As a result, the local police are handing out more tickets to homeless...
Homelessness, Prisoners' Rights, Québec
July 6, 2006
http://www.centraide-quebec.com/ - C'est un engagement solidaire dans la lutte contre la pauvreté et ses conséquences. (Centraide Quebec is a joint commitment in the fight against the poverty and its...
Organizing, General resources, Québec
July 6, 2006
http://www.pauvrete.qc.ca/ - Collectif pour une loi sur l'élimination de la pauvreté est le site d'un organisme québécois qui milite en faveur d'une loi visant à éliminer la pauvreté.
Organizing, General resources, Québec
