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Social Policy Cafe

The Social Policy Cafe blog is written by a social policy analyst, currently employed by the Library of Parliament who has had the privilege to work in social policy for 30 years.

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Keywords: Blogs, Government Policy, Poverty Research, social policy, All of Canada

Ontario Project for Inter Clinic Community Organizing

This web site is created by the Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO). It offers information and resources to help legal clinics, community agencies, activists and low-income...

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Keywords: community development, legal information, Legal Research, Organizing, social justice. law reform, Campaigns and initiatives, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Organizations

Provincial and Territorial Anti-Poverty Strategies and Poverty Reduction Campaigns

Canadian Social Research Links has put together information for each Canadian province and territory that has implemented or is considering implementing a strategy against poverty. An incredible...

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Keywords: anti-poverty strategies, Government Policy, poverty reduction campaigns, Poverty Research, Campaigns and initiatives, Government information, Reports and documents, All of Canada

Vancouver Media Co-op

The Media Co-op is a coast-to-coast network of local Media Cooperatives dedicated to providing grassroots, democratic coverage. Keep up to date on what is happening on the streets of Vancouver.

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Keywords: independent media, Media, British Columbia, Multimedia

NJN Network

PEI Disability Alert Blog and some other PEI blogs are now publishing under the Not just the news site. The NJN Network publishes blogs and news about disability, advocacy and PEI.

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Keywords: Blogs, Disability, disability news, Prince Edward Island

Access to Justice

This site represents the campaign to restore funding to legal aid in BC and to stop the cutbacks to the Legal Services Society. The site has press releases, news, petitions and more.

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Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal aid cuts, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives

Living Wage Resource Centre

The ACORN Living Wage Resource Centre aims to be a one-stop shop of resources and materials to help organizations mount and win campaigns to enact Living Wage Bylaws in Canadian municipalities. A...

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Keywords: living wage campaign, Workers' Rights, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada

Toronto Youth Street Stories

Toronto Youth Street Stories (TYSS) grew out of the Youth Pathways Project (YPP) conducted by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the University of Toronto. A team of...

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Keywords: art, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Homelessness, stories, street-involved youth, Ontario, Multimedia, Reports and documents

Our Place & Our Words: Mapping Downtown Eastside community assets and challenges

This is a report on 23 community mapping sessions that the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) held with about 200 low-income residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood (See...

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Keywords: Carnegie Community Centre, community mapping, Downtown Eastside, British Columbia, Multimedia, Reports and documents

RED ZONE: poems of homelessness & urban decay

By Kim Goldberg By official estimates, three hundred people live and sleep on the streets of Nanaimo, British Columbia. On any given day, a percentage of these people are barred from a 40-block area...

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Keywords: Art and Culture, homelessnes, Homelessness, Nanaimo, poetry, Books, British Columbia

The Anniversary Project

The Anniversary Project explores the lives of 20 different Canadian children living below the poverty line. The Anniversary Project launched on the 20 year anniversary of the Canadian government’s...

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Keywords: Art and Culture, child poverty, Children and Youth, narrative, photography, stories, All of Canada

Edmonton Social Planning Council

The ESPC is an independent, non-profit social research organization. Their work is primarily focused on increasing public awareness and promoting positive policy change on issues related to low-...

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Keywords: Alberta, equitable social policy, Poverty Research, social research, Organizations

Public Interest Alberta (PIA)

Public Interest Alberta (PIA) is a province-wide organization focused on education and advocacy on public interest issues. PIA exists to foster in an understanding of the importance of public...

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Keywords: Alberta, democracy, education, Government Policy, public interest, public service, Organizations

We Can Campaign

'We Can End All Violence against Women' ('We Can' for short) is an international campaign that seeks to end gender-based violence. They are building a broad social movement that challenges and...

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Keywords: Violence, violence against women, Women, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives

From Stilettos To Moccasins

A song and music video entitled From Stilettos to Moccasins was developed from the findings of a research project that examined the role of identity and stigma in Aboriginal women's healing from...

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Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, aboriginal women, addictions, Art and Culture, drug use, Health, song, video, Women, Multimedia, All of Canada

Pamela Cross: Women, equality, law and policy in Canada

Pamela Cross is a feminist lawyer, working as an advocate and activist for women’s equality. This blog explores women’s equality, the law and public policy, and supports advocacy efforts across the...

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Keywords: Blogs, feminist, Government Policy, law, Legal Research, Women, women's equality

NFB Film: Carts of Darkness

Murray Siple's excellent feature-length documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts down the steep hills of North...

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Keywords: binners, Disability, film, Homelessness, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Multimedia

Map of Local Housing Initiatives Across Canada

Local Housing Initiatives Across Canada Map is a initiative of the Wellesley Institute to map housing initiatives across Canada and start a campaign to build a national housing plan from the...

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Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, housing initiatives, mapping, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada

Murray Dobbin's Blog

Murray Dobbin, now living in Powell River, BC, is one Canada’s most popular progressive political commentators and analysts and has been a journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist for over...

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Keywords: Blogs, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, economic policy, Government Policy, All of Canada

More legal aid cuts announced in BC

The Legal Services Society has announced that they will be closing five legal aid offices in towns across BC and laying off 58 staff members. This is the second time this year LSS has announced...

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Keywords: Government Policy, Legal Aid, Legal aid cuts, British Columbia

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