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Colour code keeps workers out of good jobs: Study
TORONTO – Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report on Canada’s racialized income gap shows a colour code is still at work in Canada’s…
No Excuse for Inequality
Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable…
The Big Chill
Basic freedoms of speech and advocacy are now under siege There are few values at the heart of any vibrant democratic society more important than…
Adult Refugees and Newcomers in the Inner City of Winnipeg
Promising Pathways for Transformative Learning Download 2.58 MB32 pages This paper focuses on English as an Additional Language (EAL) for adult newcomers and draws from…
Feminism FOR REAL
Deconstructing the academic industrial complex of feminism When feminism becomes its own form of oppression, what do we have to say about it? Western notions…
National Child Neglect
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) annually puts out figures comparing infant mortality rates in countries around the world. Perhaps the biggest story…
Why Governments Can Safely Ignore Hunger
Corporate food charity keeps hunger off political agenda Over the past 30 years, Canadians have increasingly been led to believe that community compassion expressed through…
No Excuse for Inequality
Canada can easily afford to create a truly just society Five years ago, I went looking for statistical proof that poverty in Canada was inexcusable…
The Local Financial Crisis
Exorbitant interest on payday loans hurt many Canadians There is no shortage of media coverage about the global financial crisis, bank bailouts, bankers’ bonuses, fears…
Inequality
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
Cost of Poverty in Prince Edward Island
Download 360.76 KB7 pages It is estimated that the total cost of poverty in PEI is at minimum between $240 and $320 million per year,…
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