HealthyHousing.ca, a National HIV/Housing Portal, is a space for people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs), service providers and researchers to learn more about issues related to HIV/AIDS and housing.
Keywords: Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Housing, housing and health research, housing directory, Directories, Gateways, Reports and documents, All of Canada, Services
Alone in the Shadows was created by family members, friends and others concerned with the conditions of senior’s long term care in this province. They have added a blog, "Stories from the Front Lines...
Keywords: Blogs, long term care facilities, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia
Reach is a lawyer referral organization that helps people with all disabilities including people who are deaf, hard of hearing, people with physical disabilities, mental health issues, developmental...
Keywords: AIDS, chronic pain, deaf, Disability, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Research, pro bono, Ontario, Organizations, Services
The social justice initiatives of the BC Teachers' Federation focus on poverty, child and youth issues, race relations, gender equity, homophobia and heterosexism, bullying, environmental issues,...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Poverty Research, social justice, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives, Factsheets and FAQs
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.
Keywords: Blogs, Government Policy, Poverty Research, social policy, All of Canada
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...
Keywords: community development, legal information, Legal Research, Organizing, social justice. law reform, Campaigns and initiatives, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Organizations
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...
Keywords: anti-poverty strategies, Government Policy, poverty reduction campaigns, Poverty Research, Campaigns and initiatives, Government information, Reports and documents, All of Canada
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.
Keywords: independent media, Media, British Columbia, Multimedia
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.
Keywords: Blogs, Disability, disability news, Prince Edward Island
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.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal aid cuts, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
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...
Keywords: living wage campaign, Workers' Rights, Campaigns and initiatives, All of Canada
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...
Keywords: art, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Homelessness, stories, street-involved youth, Ontario, Multimedia, Reports and documents
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...
Keywords: Carnegie Community Centre, community mapping, Downtown Eastside, British Columbia, Multimedia, Reports and documents
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...
Keywords: Art and Culture, homelessnes, Homelessness, Nanaimo, poetry, Books, British Columbia
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...
Keywords: Art and Culture, child poverty, Children and Youth, narrative, photography, stories, All of Canada
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-...
Keywords: Alberta, equitable social policy, Poverty Research, social research, Organizations
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...
Keywords: Alberta, democracy, education, Government Policy, public interest, public service, Organizations
'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...
Keywords: Violence, violence against women, Women, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
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...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, aboriginal women, addictions, Art and Culture, drug use, Health, song, video, Women, Multimedia, All of 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...
Keywords: Blogs, feminist, Government Policy, law, Legal Research, Women, women's equality
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