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More than three million Canadians forced to live in poverty: 2010 child and family poverty report card
November 24, 2010 by
About one-in-ten Canadians - more than three million people - are living in poverty, and that is having a devastating impact on their health. Those are some of Continue Reading…
Ontario Child and Family Poverty 2010 report card: Poverty reduction key to economic recovery
November 24, 2010 by
About 412,000 children and youth in Ontario were living in poverty in 2008 - even before the recession hit. The child poverty rate in 2008 (the latest year for Continue Reading…
Speaking notes: Mandatory Long Form Census vital for good policy and good governance
November 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
Good evidence is fundamental for good policy and good governance. The mandatory Long Form Census is an important tool in our national statistical system to Continue Reading…
Maytree's Alan Broadbent: Canada's urban areas need more power, autonomy
November 10, 2010 by
Canada is an urban nation - 80% of Canadians now live in urban areas, a big change from our founding in 1867 when 80% of Canadians were in rural areas. But Continue Reading…
It's official! Canada's independent Task Force on Social Finance launched today
October 20, 2010 by
Canada's independent Task Force on Social Finance was launched today. The task force chair is Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS, and the initiative is also supported Continue Reading…
UK's third sector braces for multi-billion government funding cuts
October 19, 2010 by
New Philanthropy Capital has just released a new report, Preparing for Cuts, that warns that the UK government's current round of budget-cutting could slice up Continue Reading…
Presentation: Hamilton's Integrating Neighbourhoods forum, Oct 12, 2010
October 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Inclusive neighbourhoods are not only good for our health, but also good for communities. Here is my presentation to the Integrating Neighbourhoods forum in Continue Reading…
SOCAP10: Day one 'at the intersection of money and meaning'
October 5, 2010 by
Social Capital Markets 2010 (a lively gathering “at the intersection of money and meaning”) has drawn more than 1,000 social innovators for a bustling, Continue Reading…
Health as an Equity Issue – and as a Union Issue
September 27, 2010 by
I was really pleased to speak at an OPSEU symposium on equity over the weekend. Unions have long played a central role in the broad community coalitions that Continue Reading…
