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Infographic: Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2013
Our infographic, based on the Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2013, takes a revealing look at child and family poverty across Nova Scotia. (Click the image…
Little change in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate since pledge to eliminate
Halifax—In 2011, there were still 29,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, twenty-two years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate poverty for…
The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2013
1989–2011 Download 637.54 KB 26 pages Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on…
Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
Erika Shaker: Scapegoating youth in the war on progress
In July 2013, Erika Shaker, Director of CCPA’s Education Project, was invited to deliver a lecture at the 2013 Summer Institute—an intensive, two-week, interdisciplinary workshop that invites…
Work Life: Academic Freedom
Ivory tower privilege or public interest? The University of Manitoba narrowly averted its third faculty strike in eighteen years in late October, a strike that…
Infographic: An Education in Inflation
Cost of learning vs. cost of living? The cost of a university education in Canada has risen dramatically since the 90s. Has everything else? Share our…
Corporate Child Abuse
Profit-driven system exploits, mistreats vulnerable youth “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul,” Nelson Mandela says, “than the way in which it…
Fast Facts: Manitoba Needs a Public Childcare System
On September 19, Manitoba launched an on-line consultation on the province’s next multi-year plan for childcare. Since 2002, Manitoba has had two five-year plans, each…
From Demonized to Organized
Building the New Union Movement “Nora Loreto refreshes the indispensable union movement for the younger generation of Canadians rendered defenseless by avaricious and cruel corporate…
Cost of university education to rise 13% over next four years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over…
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