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Sunday July 20th 2008
Regional - AlbertaNewsPortraits of Edmonton's Inner CityNovember 22, 2007 - 11:00am
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 make sense of over a decade of inner city work, an attempt to combine photography with sound, narration, and reflection. ( categories: News | Alberta | Art/Culture | Homelessness )
Edmonton Tent City EvictedSeptember 19, 2007 - 12:22pm
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 the summer the tent city grew to over 200 residents. On September 15th the city evicted the remaining residents of the tent city, many who do not have shelter. For more information read an article on CBC, "Edmonton closes tent city for the homeless" and an article on Homeless Nation. Watch a video of the closing of tent city (Video) and of a rally in August for Affordable Housing. ( categories: News | Alberta | Homelessness )
Homeless in AlbertaFebruary 18, 2007 - 6:40pm
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 the many Albertan cities and towns that are facing increasing homelessness. The first stop for the task forces will be Grande Prairie, which is a small city with a big homeless problem. ( categories: News | Alberta | Homelessness | Housing )
Online ResourcesCalgary Housing Action IntiativeSeptember 19, 2007 - 12:19pm
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 anyone else who can help in trying to make positive change to bring an end to this crisis and ensure adequate housing for all in this city. Their website has an event calendar, resources, news and more. ( categories: Online Resources | Alberta | Homelessness | Housing )
Income Assistance Applications and Fact Sheets - Seniors, Disability, HousingJuly 11, 2007 - 2:33pm
The Alberta government website publications and forms page has applications and fact sheets on income assistances about seniors', disability, and housing. ( categories: Applying For... | Online Resources | Alberta | Disability | Housing | Seniors/Elders )
Justice for YouthJuly 6, 2006 - 8:29am
Justice for Youth is a site supported by the Calgary John Howard Society and created and maintained by a group of youth from Calgary. These youth vary, some are young people who live at home with their parents and have never been in trouble with the law. Some are youth in care or youth in/from custody. What bonds them together is that they all want to make a difference. They all are working, side by side to help ensure that youth can get the facts around the justice system; in hopes that there online peers will make positive choices. ( categories: Online Resources | Alberta | Children/Youth | Organizing )
LinksEdmonton Social Planning CouncilMay 28, 2008 - 2:11pm
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 policy change on issues related to low-income and poverty. ( categories: Links | Alberta | Poverty Research )
Calgary Committee to End HomelessnessMay 22, 2008 - 12:06pm
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 well as the resources and supports necessary to sustain it, by the year 2018. ( categories: Links | Alberta | Homelessness )
The Calgary Workers Resource CentreNovember 5, 2007 - 10:24am
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 employment rights and benefits. ( categories: Links | Alberta | Unemployment | Workers' Rights )
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