According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) by noon on January 3rd, the first official working day of the year, Canada's Elite 100 CEOs (the 100 highest paid CEOs of companies...
Poverty Research, All of Canada
November 2011 marks 22 years since the House of Commons adopted an all-party resolution to end child poverty in Canada. Today, Campaign 2000 has released its 20th National Report Card on Child/Family...
Children and Youth, Poverty Research, All of Canada
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....
Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, All of Canada, International
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Behind The Numbers blog takes a look at Canadian Business' list of Canada's richest 100 people and suggests it may be time Canada adopted a 'Buffett tax...
Poverty Research, All of Canada
Earlier this year the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a report entitled, "The Cost of Poverty in BC." With the publication this morning of the National Council of Welfare's report...
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Poverty in Canada has been updated by author Dennis Raphael.
With the original foreword by Jack Layton and an updated foreword by Rob Rainer, the book's second edition contains new data and a new...
Homelessness, Human Rights, Poverty Research, All of Canada
Canada Without Poverty (http://www.cwp-csp.ca/) has a new look and new content on their website.
The press release on their updated website is found here.
Poverty Research, Technology, All of Canada
Richard Shillington is a social policy researcher. His site has many publications and reports on poverty and social policy.
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A blog about the growing gap between the rich and the rest of us. A project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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Wellesley Institute Blog is a blog for the Toronto based institute with news, reports and research on health, housing and other poverty issues.
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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, All of Canada
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...
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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, All of Canada
The Social Policy Cafe is a new blog, created to have a conversation about social policy in a non-partisan, respectful way.
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The Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) has released some research publications on low income in Canada. The reports cover such things as income levels for immigrants, prevalence of low income...
Poverty Research, All of Canada
The IDRC is a Canadian Government corporation that does research on international development issues.
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"CCPI was formed to bring together low-income activists and poverty law advocates to ensure that poor people in Canada can effectively secure and assert their rights under international human rights...
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This Ontario based partnership of activists from universities and unions, faith communities and social movements is premised on a commitment to the democratic values of equality, justice and respect...
Organizing, Poverty Research, social justice, All of Canada
The Applied Research Learning Network on Poverty and Human Rights (LEPnet.org) is a secure platform for knowledge-sharing, collaborative research, and capacity building in implementing strategies for...
applied research, legal empowerment, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, online library, Poverty Research, research, All of Canada, International
Many Canadians believe that the poor are themselves responsible for living in poverty, says a new report exploring attitudes on poverty by the Salvation Army. This report launches The Dignity Project...
Organizing, Poorbashing, Poverty Research, All of Canada
