Tag Archives: Poverty Reduction
Senate of Canada to Release Report on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by admin.
The report is based on the testimony of more than 170 witnesses who spoke at hearings held in nine cities across Canada over a two-year period. The release can be viewed live online December 8th at 3:45pm.
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Ontario’s Knowledge Economy: The Economic Impact of Post-Secondary Education
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by admin.
The Ontario government must set targets for attracting more low-income, disabled, rural and aboriginal students to higher learning in order to fight poverty and boost the province’s economic recovery.
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Living with Hunger
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by admin.
More Ontarians turned to food banks in the past year than ever before, says the Ontario Association of Food Banks in the 2009 Ontario Hunger Report.
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Province Introduces Panel to Advise Social Assistance Review
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Ontario has appointed the head of Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank to head a panel of anti-poverty advocates to advise the government on a long-awaited review of its welfare system.
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25 in 5 Releases Progress Evaluation on Poverty Reduction Strategy
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by admin.
The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction warns that the province risks missing its target unless further action is taken in their new report Making Good on the Promise: Evaluating Year One of Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
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