ARTICLE | How We Frame Poverty Reduction and Why It Matters

ARTICLE | How We Frame Poverty Reduction and Why It Matters

This article was written by Colleen Christopherson-Cote  and Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan.

How we talk about poverty matters. Folks with lived or living experience in poverty are the voices that should be amplified and respected, not buried in well-meaning, but often offensive rhetoric.

This article, written by Colleen Christopherson-Cote (Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership) and Jacbo Albin Korem Alhassan (University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine) dives into an analysis of over 400 newspapers in Canda mentioning poverty reduction.

Download the article to see how poverty reduction is currently framed in Canada, the different ways we should think about poverty reduction, and why this reflection is crucial for progress.



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