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Why does BC have the highest poverty rate in Canada?
Statistics Canada recently released new data on the incomes of Canadians and it shows two worrisome trends continuing through the economic recovery: BC has the…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2013
Creative License: Education, Social Justice and the Arts From teaching dance to elementary school students, to using poetry about conflict in the Middle East to…
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Why wheelchair fees are not fair and what they say about the state of seniors care in BC
The recent announcement of a $25/month user fee for wheelchairs used by people in long-term care facilities in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions…
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Fast Facts: Community Based Organizations
A place at the Child Welfare Table “We bear the expectation of providing resources for families involved in child welfare without having a place at…
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Canada lacks coherent response to end violence against women: Study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA— Progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by the absence of a coherent national policy and…
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SaskNotes: The Government of Canadaʼs Legacy of Contamination in Northern Saskatchewan Watersheds
Download 936.91 KB10 pages Beaverlodge Lake, a 57 square kilometer water body, and three other watersheds in northern Saskatchewan are seriously contaminated with uranium and…
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The Gap in the Gender Gap
Violence Against Women in Canada Download 1.18 MB 46 pages This study finds that progress on ending violence against women in Canada is stalled by…
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First Nations poverty and the Canadian economy
Aligning policy with what works A recent CCPA study showing the extent of First Nations poverty in Canada provides yet more evidence that Canada is…
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Latest Statscan poverty numbers paint bleak picture for BC
Statistics Canada has released Incomes in Canada for 2011, with the latest poverty rates. You can find it here. And the numbers for BC are…
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