The Statistics Canada data on the number of Albertans whose income falls below the Market Basket Measure of low income was released June 15th, 2011. The Edmonton Social Planning Council news release...
Keywords: Alberta, Housing, Poverty Research, Workers' Rights
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...
Keywords: Alberta, Homelessness, Housing
threeSOURCE is an information hub for Alberta's third sector. They collect publications for, by, and about nonprofits and social services in our province.
Keywords: Alberta, Children and Youth, Housing, non-profit, Poverty Research, social services, Workers' Rights
LawCentral Alberta is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Albertans. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Alberta, Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, justice, Legal Assistance, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), legal issues, LGBTQ, PLEI, portal, Prisoners' Rights, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights
Keywords: affordable housing, Alberta, Housing, social housing, subsidized housing
Stephen Gaetz talks about the Alberta government's new plan to discourage people from giving money to panhandlers and give to agencies instead. He argues that "this kind of thinking represents policy...
Keywords: Alberta, Housing, Mental Health, Panhandling, Poorbashing, Welfare, All of Canada
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...
Keywords: Alberta, Homelessness, Housing
Many families are moving to Calgary to take part in the city's economic boom. However, although many of these people could be easily employed, they cannot find anywhere to live. The city wasn't...
Keywords: Alberta, Housing
Calgary's rent prices are becoming too high for many social agencies to continue having their offices in the city's downtown. These agencies chose to be based from downtown because much of Calgary's...
Keywords: Alberta, Housing
Homefest is a concert to raise awareness of the housing crisis hurting the lives of thousands of people in Edmonton. Money raised by the concert will be donated to support housing needs in Edmonton...
Keywords: Alberta, Art and Culture, Housing
