October 17, 2011
From PeacockPoverty:
PeacockPoverty is a collection of individuals with an experience of poverty who join together to share knowledge, strength, talent and wisdom with each other and our friends....
Blogs, Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
August 15, 2011
Canadians for Tax Fairness campaigns for Canada to adopt a more progressive tax system.
Canadians for Tax Fairness promotes a progressive tax system, based on ability to pay, to fund the public...
Debt and Consumer Law, Government Policy, Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
June 15, 2011
Compared to the Canadian-born, immigrants are under-represented among Canada’s homeless population, when their decline in economic wellbeing is considered alongside their relative absence in homeless...
Homelessness, Immigrants and Refugees, Reports and documents, All of Canada
June 15, 2011
Many Canadian families are finding it difficult to make ends meet even when they work long hours. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reported that Canadian families in the bottom half...
Housing, Workers' Rights, Reports and documents, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
National Homelessness Conference, Growing Home: Housing and Homelessness in Canada, the second national conference on homelessness, was held in Calgary, Alberta from February 18 to 20, 2009.
Homelessness, General resources, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Challenging the Commonplace, a blog by two social researchers with stories on a variety of issues including poverty and homelessness.
Blogs, Media, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
A campaign about the hidden homeless. People who live in cars, on friend's couches, and in temporary beds in church basements or abandoned buildings. They are adults with full-time jobs. Many are...
Homelessness, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
The Recession Relief Fund Coalition is a national organization representing more than 230 organizations across the country that are concerned about the recession’s impact on Canada's most vulnerable...
Government Policy, Organizing, Organizations, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Penny Goldsmith, PovNet’s Executive Coordinator, has been awarded the Carold Institute’s Allan Thomas Fellowship to Promote Civil Society and Voluntary Action to document the history of PovNet as a...
Blogs, British Columbia, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
A blog about the growing gap between the rich and the rest of us. A project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Blogs, Poverty Research, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
THIS Magazine Blog is the blog of one of Canada’s longest-publishing alternative journals where editors and contributors reflect on issues of the day and events the mainstream media won’t cover.
Blogs, Media, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Ontario's Office of the Worker Advisor has a large list of Workers' Compensation Boards, Health and Safety Associations, Resources for People with Disabilities, Worker Adviser and more from across...
Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
CLEONet has two links to resources published by the Ontario Council of Associations Serving Immigrants (OCASI) about family sponsorship and what to do if the sponsorship breaks down if you are a...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Manuals and guides, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Poor No More is a new documentary that will take poor Canadians on a journey to see first-hand what is being done here and in other countries to reduce and eliminate poverty. The film and the website...
Art and Culture, Media, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
June 1, 2011
F-email Fightback is a feminist blog about taking action on issues that effect women in Canada. The byline is "Harper’s Conservatives want women to stay home and be quiet. . . We refuse!"
Blogs, Women, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
A Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website with links to refugee and immigrant services across Canada.
Un site web fournit par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (CIC) avec des chaînons à les...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
This is the Make Poverty History Campaign's Blog. It was initiated to help grow the community of Make Poverty History and increase the connections and sharing in a campaign and a cause that needs...
Blogs, Organizing, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation...
Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada.
Organizing, Prisoners' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies is an association of self-governing, community-based Elizabeth Fry Societies that work with and for women and girls in the justice system, particularly...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Prisoners' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The John Howard Society is an organization of provincial and territorial Societies comprised of and governed by people whose goal is to understand and respond to problems of crime and the criminal...
Prisoners' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Canadian Prison Law is a resource site of prison law cases and of statues and legislation that involve prisoners and prisons.
Legal Research, Prisoners' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Wellesley Institute Blog is a blog for the Toronto based institute with news, reports and research on health, housing and other poverty issues.
Blogs, Health, Housing, Poverty Research, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
A new HRSDC website, Indicators of Well-being in Canada presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, including Homeless Shelters and Beds, Low...
Homelessness, Poverty Research, Welfare, General resources, Government information, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The International Movement ATD Fourth World (Canada) is a non-governmental organization that engages individuals and institutions in support of the efforts of the very poor to free themselves from...
Organizing, Organizations, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
The Poverty and Human Rights Centre is an online library with a searchable database of relevant international human rights treaties, Canadian law documents, court decisions, legal briefs, and...
Human Rights, Poverty Research, British Columbia, Organizations, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
Children and Youth, Poverty Research, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Canadian Housing Equality Resources is a national website developed by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) to provide community advocates with tools to help them effectively...
Housing, Tenants' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Formerly Homeless is a blog about the homeless and homelessness in Canada written by a formerly homeless social/community worker.
Blogs, Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
CERA is one of the nation's leaders in human rights protection in housing.
Homelessness, Human Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The purpose of Young Women Connect is to "connect" young women locally and nationally across Canada on the issues and actions towards eliminating racism, violence and poverty.
Children and Youth, Organizing, Women, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
This is the site of the national organization of injured workers groups. The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance's page of links is very useful.
Workers' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Like the title suggests this site is loaded with useful information for Canadian seniors.
Comme le titre suggére, ce site est rempli avec de l'information utile pour les aînés.
Seniors and Elders, Government information, All of Canada, Services
May 30, 2011
National Alliance of Children and Youth is a network of more than 60 national organizations committed to improving the lives of children and youth in Canada.
Children and Youth, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
This website includes an online data base of reported and unreported Canadian human rights decisions and links to related human rights sites.
Human Rights, Media, British Columbia, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Mostly Water is a selection of Canadian and International social justice news.
Media, General resources, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
The Dominion Paper is "Canada's Grassroots Paper" covering issues across Canada and internationally.
Media, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The Canada Gazette is the official news bulletin of the Government of Canada.
Media, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
This is the website for a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization who's mission is to ensure equality for immigrant and visible minority women, within a bilingual Canada.
Immigrants and Refugees, Women, Organizations, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
The Social Policy Cafe is a new blog, created to have a conversation about social policy in a non-partisan, respectful way.
Blogs, Poverty Research, All of Canada
