Spotlight on Poverty: K Brookland
“It’s up to us, the poor people, to help make governments aware of the problems relating to poverty. We may not succeed, but we have to at the very least try.” – K Brookland, CWP Board Member for New Brunswick
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Spotlight on Poverty: Amanda Ens
“Ensuring that the voices of those affected by poverty are heard is absolutely necessary in order to end poverty.” – Amanda Ens, CWP Board Member for Western Region
Spotlight on Poverty: Derek Cook
“When we begin to realize that ‘the poor’ are not a different species, but really just ‘us’, we will have come a long way toward ending the discrimination that is associated with poverty.” – Derek Cook, CWP Board Member for…
Spotlight on Poverty: Laura Cattari
What does it really mean to live in poverty in Canada? Why is it important that people living in poverty have their voices heard in the development of law and policy on poverty?
Spotlight on Poverty: Wayne MacNaughton
Everyone’s story of poverty is different. In order to understand how complex the issue of poverty is in Canada, we created the Spotlight on Poverty blog series where we ask our board members, who all have a lived experience of…
Spotlight on Poverty: Harriett McLachlan
What does it really mean to live in poverty? Why is it important to eliminate poverty in Canada? At CWP, our Board of Directors is made up of individuals from all over Canada who have a lived experience of poverty.…
International Spotlight on Canada at UN Review on Racial Discrimination
Canada is under review this week for some of the most egregious violations of human rights: the discriminatory treatment of racialized persons and the continuing systemic barriers that prevent equality in the country.
Federal Budget & Human Rights in the Spotlight
In the past two weeks, Canada has seen two significant events take place. The first was the tabling of the 2013 federal budget, and the second was a pre-session on Canada in Geneva, which precedes the upcoming review of the…
2013: A Year to End Poverty
Every New Year there is an undercurrent of excitement of untapped opportunities. A sense of possibility and hopefulness that change will happen. This New Year is no different as a number of upcoming meetings, debates and movements are getting greater…
#RightsMatter: Reflecting on the 1st Review of Canada at UN CRPD
The past week was historic for the rights movement in Canada. The very first review of the country under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was held at the United Nations.
Canada held to account for its disappointing women’s rights record
Canada held to account for its disappointing women’s rights record by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women For Immediate Release Joint Statement by Canadian Civil Society Organizations
CWP’s Board Talks Housing!
Let’s Talk Housing! The process has begun and we are only months away from what will become Canada’s National Housing Strategy. Called for by the United Nations, anti-poverty advocates, academics, faith-based groups and many others, the strategy is long overdue…