July 17, 2009
An article in RaceWire looks at the myth of gay affluence and how poverty affects queer people of colour. Recent research looked at American census data and found queer couple families are...
July 17, 2009
A study from UBC and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that kids who grow up in poverty are more likely to have health problems such as heart disease, stroke...
July 17, 2009
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has released a report that claims Employment Insurance in Canada is far below most other OECD countries and below the levels of Canadian...
July 4, 2009
The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) is putting together The Social Development Report Series to understand how geography, history and politics have created different approaches to...
June 19, 2009
Penny, in her blog Percolating, writes about her experiences at the Canadian Social Forum and how although the forum organizers made a serious effort to bring together diverse communities working...
June 19, 2009
The Tyee has published a two part series on food security in poor neighbourhoods like the Downtown Eastside. The first article explores the kitchen at the Carnegie Community Centre which provides low...
June 19, 2009
In October 2008, the BC Supreme Court struck down Victoria's bylaw banning people from erecting tents or other structures in city parks. The judge ruled that due to the lack of housing and shelter,...
June 19, 2009
Barbara Ehreneich, the author of “Nickel and Dimed”, has written an editorial in the New York Times about how the media has been concentrating on how the economic downturn has effected the upper and...
June 12, 2009
The Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information center representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance knowledge mobilization and networking. The Homeless...
June 11, 2009
For the last ten months, Penny from PovNet has been interviewing BC advocates about how they use PovNet and how it has changed the way they work as advocates. She has put together a digital story...
