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Issues

We have divided all the information on the PovNet site into the following categories. Here are some topics that might be under each category...

  • Aboriginal/First Nations

    • Native rights, Indigenous, Indian, Metis, status and non-status, land claims, reserves, reservations, self-government, native organizations. Also see Human Rights and Inuit.

  • Art/Culture

    • Plays, novels, films, art shows, artistic works.

  • Children/Youth

    • Children, teenagers, child's rights, youth resources, street youth, child poverty.

  • Consumer/Debt

    • Bankruptcy, consumer protection, collection agencies, credit, loans, consumer law, mortgages, microcredit.

  • Disability

    • Disability assistance, people with disabilities, accessibility, how to apply for disability assistance, disability insurance, Ontario Disability Support Plan (ODSP), People with Persistent Barriers, disability benefits, learning disabilities, physical disabilities. Also see Health, Mental Health and Welfare.

  • Economic Policy

    • Budgets, government policy, corporate policy etc.

  • Education

    • School, post-secondary school, student loans, training, adult education, advocacy courses, bursaries, scholarships, teachers guides, educational resources, student loans.

  • Family

    • Family poverty, single parent families, parents, families and welfare, single mothers. See also Youth/Children and Women.

  • Foodbanks & Food

    • Food security, affordability of food, special diets, hunger. Also see Health.

  • Health

    • Healthcare, hospitals, clinics, AIDS/HIV, addiction, patient rights, homecare, medical coverage, health research, aboriginal health, women's health. Also see Disability and Mental Health.

  • Homelessness

    • Living on the streets, homeless people, shelters, street counts. Also see Housing and Tenants' Rights.

  • Housing

    Social housing, affordable housing, rental housing, housing co-op. Also see Utilities, Tenants' Rights and Homelessness.

  • Human Rights

    • United Nations, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, general human rights, human rights research, human rights organizations.

  • Immigrants & Refugees

    • Migration, immigration policy, refugee claims, permanent residence, sponsorship, detention, deportation, citizenship, work visas. Also see Workers' Rights, Human Rights, and People of Colour.

  • Legal Aid

    Accessing legal aid, cuts to legal aid. Also see Legal Research.

  • Legal Research

    • Legal stories that have some sort of research attached to them (a report, findings etc.), legal reform, criminal justice system research, legal education.

  • LGBTQ

    • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, two spirited, sexuality, gender.

  • Media

    • Media sources, independent media, media criticism, new media, online newsletters, online news, media links. See also Technology.

  • Mental Health

    • Mental health care, mental illness, patient rights, medications, physiciatric survivors. Also see Health and Disability.

  • Organizing

    • Activist organizations, campaigns, lobbying, rallies, demonstrations.

  • Panhandling

    • Street work, binning, safe streets act, squeegeeing.

  • People of Colour

    • Racialized people. See also Immigrants & Refugees and Human Rights.

  • Poorbashing

    • Discrimination against people living in poverty. Also see Human Rights.

  • Poverty Research

    • General poverty related stories that have some sort of research attached to them (a report, findings etc.), poverty statistics, poverty lines.

  • Prisoners' Rights

    • Prisoners, prisons, crimilization of poverty, ticketing, legal rights, jailing homeless, prisoner organizations. Also see Human Rights.

  • Seniors/Elders

    • Seniors' rights, resources for seniors, seniors organizations, pensions, retirees, CPP.

  • Technology

    • Internet use, accessibility, barriers to technology, blogs, online information, technology tips.

  • Tenants' Rights

    • Residency tenancy act, the rights of tenants, eviction. Also see Utilities, Homelessness and Housing.

  • Unemployment

    • Employment Insurance, EI, UI, job seeking, employment resources, unemployment rates. Also see Workers' Rights.

  • Utilities

    • Hydro, gas, phone, electricity. Also see Housing and Tenants' Rights.

  • Violence

    • Violence against women, children, police violence, state violence, war, violence and poverty.

  • Welfare

    • Income assistance, social assistance, applying for welfare, reports on welfare, welfare appeals, benefits. Also see Disability.

  • Women

    • Women's rights, women's centres, women's organizations, research about women, women and work, single mothers.

  • Workers' Rights

    • Worker's compensation, workplace safety, rights at work, termination, employment standards. Also see Unemployment.

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