A Supportive Environment For Women
03-8-12
** By Carleton University Intern Emily Shoff Happy International Women’s Day! It is a day that represents pride, independence, strength, history and growth. It is a day in which women and men reflect on how far women have come and what is yet to undertake on this journey. To celebrate this day, I thought I [...]
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In the News: The Crisis of Poverty in Canada
12-1-11
In the past week two key stories stand out and demand attention. First, there has been significant attention paid to a housing crisis in Attawapiskat – a Cree First Nations community in northern Ontario. Mouldy, dilapidated housing with no electricity or sanitation systems were a shocking find by NDP MP Charlie Angus when he visited [...]
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Welcome to our new website!
07-26-11
Welcome! Having been in development for a while now, we are happy to say the new Canada Without Poverty website is officially launched! Set to launch in August, the process was accidentally sped up yesterday when we saw that our old website had been hacked, and ultimately ruined. We have salvaged the blog posts and [...]
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The Cost of Poverty in BC
07-15-11
Funding for social services and assistance has consistently been cut in recent years, and it is not only to the detriment of individuals with low income, but to society as a whole. A new study titled The Cost of Poverty in BC, co-published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Public Health Association of [...]
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Calling for Fairness in Aboriginal Education
03-8-11
A lack of adequate resources for the education of youth across the country is a serious issue that has obvious affects on poverty. Quite possibly this issue is most seriously illuminated in Attawapiskat, Ontario near Timmins, where Aboriginal education is in a dismal state. But there is hope.
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