New WCI Report: Putting Equity on the Agenda

December 16 2009

The Welcoming Communities Initiative has released a new report titled Putting Equity on the Agenda: Are We Being Heard? that relates the findings from a year's study...

In From the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness

December 08 2009

A major Senate report tabled today is declaring that Canada’s system for lifting people out of poverty is substantially broken and must be overhauled.

Big Picture, Local Action: Working with Families and Young Children Living in Poverty

December 08 2009

This provincial forum, sponsored by Health Nexus and the Best Start Resource Centre, will address pertinent information for service providers working with families with young...

Call for Abstracts: Research on Healthcare for the Undocumented and Uninsured

December 07 2009

Individuals/organizations are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations or poster presentations by Friday December 18, 2009 for a conference aiming to gather local academic...

Senate of Canada to Release Report on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness

December 07 2009

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...

Ontario’s Knowledge Economy: The Economic Impact of Post-Secondary Education

December 02 2009

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...

Living with Hunger

December 02 2009

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...

Province Introduces Panel to Advise Social Assistance Review

December 02 2009

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...

25 in 5 Releases Progress Evaluation on Poverty Reduction Strategy

December 02 2009

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...

Deprivation Index Introduced in Poverty Reduction Update

December 02 2009

The Ontario Deprivation Index was developed by Daily Bread Food Bank and the Caledon Institute of Social Policy to provide a list of items that...