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Canada's non-profit sector tops $100 billion in economic activity: Big and growing even bigger
December 17, 2010 by
Growing divide in incomes triggering health crisis: Latest Three Cities research
December 15, 2010 by
Toronto's 35-year income polarization trend is not only dividing the city into rich and poor neighbourhoods, but it is also triggering a city-wide health Continue Reading…
Vivacity One: UforChange launches its week of graduation celebrations
December 14, 2010 by
Amazing evening at UforChange at its Vivacity One showcase on Monday as the arts-based youth training and employment project launched a week-long celebration Continue Reading…
Current welfare rules create 'perfect trap': Powerful new report
December 13, 2010 by
A powerful, new report from the National Council of Welfare shows that welfare can be harder to get today than 20 years ago. This means more people were forced Continue Reading…
The perils, and potential, of greater Toronto's 2,000 high-rise communities: New report
December 6, 2010 by
More than one million people live in almost two thousand high-rise apartment towers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe - the largest urban region in Canada. Tower Continue Reading…
Ontario's 2011 budget can build healthy, inclusive province with investments in homes, social ventures
December 3, 2010 by
Later today, I'm joining Rick Blickstead, CEO of the Wellesley Institute, for a meeting with Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. We appreciate the Continue Reading…
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2010 by
HIV/AIDS is above all else shaped by the social determinants of health. Incidence -- and inequitable access to vital treatment and support services -- is Continue Reading…
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…
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…
