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Elevating Indigenous women’s voices is critical to addressing gendered colonial violence
These are the voices of Indigenous women survivors documented in a powerful new report, Red women rising: Indigenous women survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The…
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It’s time to seriously tackle child poverty
One in five BC children lives in poverty. This is the sobering finding of the 2014 BC Child Poverty Report Card released on November 24th,…
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Poverty Reduction Act tabled by Opposition in the BC Leg
The following news release was issued today by the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition: Opposition proposes BC Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act: Now is the…
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New Living Wage Reports Force Us to Look at Child Poverty in the City
There reports released today show that the costs of supporting a family are rising fast in the three largest urban areas of our province, home…
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My Welfare Food Challenge: Day 7 – The End
Well, I’ve made it to the end of my week eating only what I could buy for $26. But eating the same thing for breakfast,…
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My welfare food challenge: Day 6
I can see now that I’m going to make it to the end of this week (last year, a number of people who took the…
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My welfare challenge: Days 4 and 5
Fascinating to see all the comments on these blog posts. I want to highlight Dale’s comments in response to my Day 3 post in particular.…
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My welfare food challenge: Day 3
It is very boring eating the same food every day – oatmeal, peanut butter sandwich, an apple, soup or pasta. No treats, no variety. My…
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My welfare food challenge: Day 2
Day 2, and I’ve already bent the rules. The battle against the cold is no going well, so I’m taking some cold medicine and drinking…
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My welfare food challenge: Day 1
Today is Day 1 of my welfare food challenge, during which I will spend one week trying to eat on a total budget of $26.…
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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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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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