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Economic Security Project (BC)

Living on Welfare in BC

Experiences of Longer-Term “Expected to Work” Recipients

by Seth Klein, Jane Pulkingham, Sylvia Parusel, Kathryn Plancke, Jewelles Smith, Dixon Sookraj, Thi Vu, Bruce Wallace, Jane Worton

BC Office | Reports & Studies

Issue(s): Housing and homelessness, Inequality and poverty

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

April 22, 2008

Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the BC Office for: $10

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Ground-breaking study follows BC welfare recipients for two years

Reveals welfare rules and rates cause disturbing harm to most vulnerable

News Release

Issue(s): Housing and homelessness, Inequality and poverty

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

April 22, 2008

Workplace Rights for Recent Immigrants

Commentary and Fact Sheets

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Inequality and poverty

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

March 25, 2008

Removing Barriers to Work

Flexible Employment Options for People with Disabilities in BC

Reports & Studies

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Health, Health care system, Pharmacare

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

February 22, 2008

Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the for: $10

Make work possible for more people with significant disabilities: study

News Release

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Health, Health care system, Pharmacare

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

February 22, 2008

Workplace Rights for Immigrants in BC

The Case of Filipino Workers

Reports & Studies

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Inequality and poverty

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

December 7, 2007

Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the for: $10

False promises for recent immigrants

Study reveals low wage job cycle, workplace rights violations

News Release

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Inequality and poverty

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC)

December 6, 2007

When workers’ jobs are shifted from the public service to for-profit corporations, does anything change?

The BC Government’s Alternative Service Delivery Plan in practice

Commentary and Fact Sheets

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Public services and privatization

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC), Public Interest Research Project (BC)

November 8, 2007

From Public Servants to Corporate Employees

The BC Government’s Alternative Service Delivery Plan in Practice

Reports & Studies

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Public services and privatization

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC), Public Interest Research Project (BC)

October 30, 2007

Printed copies of this article can be purchased from the for: $10

Outsourced BC public employees feel contracting out has hurt workplace morale and quality of customer service

News Release

Issue(s): Employment and labour, Public services and privatization

Projects & Initiatives: Economic Security Project (BC), Public Interest Research Project (BC)

October 30, 2007

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