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Fast Facts: CCPA-MB research back social movements, leveraging change
Evidence-based policy research can exert a powerful force for social change, especially when it stands with the community in its actions and…
Paying a ‘living wage’ is good for everybody
We all want Metro Vancouver to be a livable and sustainable place, for ourselves, our families and our children. However, for many…
2014 living wage calculation: Parents need two minimum wage jobs each to support a family in Metro Vancouver
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising…
Manitoba Budget a Leap Forward for Poverty Reduction
By substantially raising EIA shelter rates and increasing child care spaces, new apprenticeship programs and support to social enterprises, the province is…
Work Life: A Province with No Poverty?
The so-called war on poverty has been an abysmal failure. Poverty rates in Canada remain at stubbornly high levels. Most provinces, including…
Fast Facts: Federal housing strategy key to improving child welfare
Before the findings of the Hughes Commission report on the death of Phoenix Sinclair have been lost and forgotten and before the…
Fast Facts: Government responds to calls to increase EIA shelter allowance
This past weekend, Theresa Oswald, Minister of Jobs and the Economy said she agreed with a long-standing anti-poverty goal. “We agree that…
Fast Facts: Community Development Manitoba – style
For fashion trends the world looks to Milan; Copenhagen has become synonymous with urban planning; but for community development, Manitoba is increasingly…
Alternative Federal Budget would lift 855,000 Canadians out of poverty
Think tank calls on feds to alleviate income inequality, not make it worse READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for…
Fast Facts: Honouring the memory of Phoenix Sinclair
Our collective responsibility “The social and economic conditions that render children vulnerable to abuse and neglect are well beyond the scope of…
Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation
Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment…
Photovoice: A Youth Lens on Poverty in Winnipeg
State of the Inner City Report 2013 What do young people think of inner-city Winnipeg? Sixteen youth from two community-based organizations have…