Hunger Count 2016
In March 2016, 863,492 people received food from a food bank in Canada. This is 1.3% higher than the same [...]
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11, 2017
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11, 2015
Hunger Count 2015
The Hunger Count report presents results from an annual study of more than 4,000 food banks and other food programs in every [...]
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02, 2015
Hungry for Health
Health begins where we live, learn, work and play. Through this portal you can order a resource kit, learn more about [...]
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11, 2014
Hunger Count 2014
In a country as wealthy as Canada, close to a million people need food banks just to make ends meet [...]
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11, 2014
2012 Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative Performance Measurement Report
The 2012 Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative Performance Measurement Report is a comparative report and does not attempt to provide an [...]
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09, 2014
Social Assistance Rates in Ontario: Not Covering Basic Needs
As a member of the Niagara Poverty Reduction Network and an employee of Project SHARE in Niagara Falls, I sometimes [...]
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07, 2014
Bethlehem Housing and Support Services Annual Report 2013-14
Poverty and lack of affordable housing affects us all! The overall housing system and lack of affordable housing, coupled with [...]
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02, 2014
Basic Income Programs and Pilots
This resource reviews basic income programs and pilots from around the world and offers links for additional information. Author: Chandra [...]
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02, 2014
Towards a Basic Income Guarantee for All Canadians
This presentation, made by Rob Rainer to the Tamarack Institute's Cities Reducing Poverty on February 3, 2014, reviews the rationale [...]
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01, 2014
The Big Push Campaign Plan and Budget
The BIG Push is the first national campaign for basic income (BI) in Canada. This resource details the campaign goals, [...]
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12, 2013
How a Guaranteed Income Could Put Food Banks Out of Business
This paper investigates the potential implications for non-elderly poverty in Canada by estimating the impacts of the guaranteed annual income [...]
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12, 2013
The Case for Guaranteed Income: Lifting People From Poverty Fairly, Efficiently and Effectively
This infographic compares the Canadian Welfare System with Guaranteed Livable Income against criteria, administration, incentives, rates and effectiveness. Author: johnmac|creative [...]
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11, 2013
Building Economic Strength by Eliminating Poverty
In his presentation to the Niagara Community Foundation at their annual Business Leaders' Breakfast on November 21st, 2013, Senator Hugh [...]
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11, 2013
Hunger Count 2013
In March 2013, 833,098 people were helped by food banks in Canada; over a third were children. Years after the [...]
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10, 2013
Backgrounder: Responsible Citizenship- A National Survey of Canadians
This backgrounder presents findings from a national survey of Canadians that covered the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s four defining themes, [...]
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07, 2013
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) Resources and Publications
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) has developed clear, accurate, and practical legal rights information to help people who have low [...]
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07, 2013
Poverty Free Ontario
An Ontario free of poverty will be reflected in healthy, inclusive communities with a place of dignity for everyone and [...]
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07, 2013
Social Assistance Reform Network of Niagara
Social Assistance Reform Network of Niagara is a network of front line agencies, organizations, Churches and individuals who together have [...]
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06, 2013
Niagara Housing and Homelessness Action Plan
People throughout Niagara working in housing and homelessness have been working together to help Niagara Region Community Services staff develop [...]
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01, 2013
Hunger Count 2012
Over the past four years, the need for food banks has expanded broadly. Even those who we might least expect [...]
