Minimum wage increase tied to inflation, significantly impacting working poor.
Communities Ending Poverty is a powerful collective impact movement comprised of 330 municipalities and represented by 80 regional roundtables. We have learned that to end poverty, it takes the whole community and our entire country working together. Our members ensure that all sectors are brought to the table, harness the assets of their communities and drive long-term change as they develop and implement plans to reduce poverty in their communities. Between 2015 and 2018, we contributed to poverty being reduced for more than 1 million Canadians.
The CEP team is here to support you, learn more about members of the team; Alison Homer, Maureen Owens, Jill Zacharias and Orpah Cundangan. Feel free to connect with any of them.
The Communities Ending Poverty Communities of Practice are monthly digital meet-ups comprising a group of peers committed to sharing and learning from one another to accelerate their work to end poverty in Canada.
We host CoPs on the following topics:
Contact Orpah to learn more: orpah@tamarackcommunity.ca
Join David Carey, Sam Carter-Shamai, and Duncan Field in a lively conversation exploring new approaches for engaging and centering creative and community voices, and the challenges and opportunities that come from the intersection of various roles – that of community engagement facilitators, curators, and social innovators.
Join us for a rich exchange with representatives from Montréal’s Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) as they discuss MIS' Civic Incubator, a unique five-month support program designed for individuals, groups, and small non-profit organizations (NPOs) who are motivated to implement projects with the potential for systemic impact in their communities.
Join us for a fireside chat with Seth Kaplan, Ph.D, as we talk about his new book, Fragile Neighbourhoods, Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time and what Canadian neighbourhoods and the institutions that support them can do to develop relationship infrastructure and sustain themselves as strong neighbourhoods.
Between 2015 and 2020, Canada's national poverty rate dropped to the lowest in recorded history. Learn about how CRP contributed to the unprecedented reduction of poverty for more than 1 million Canadians through a system of exceptional programs and supports that work across all sectors and all levels of government.
Due to members’ efforts being reprioritized from evaluation and reporting to emergency response, this second annual Communities Ending Poverty Impact Report serves as a COVID-19 update as opposed to a full impact report.
Informed by the 10 Lived/Living Experience Advisory Committee, this guide highlights leading practices that inspire new thinking and celebrates the potential that can be unlocked when these individuals are empowered to drive antipoverty work. It includes 10 ideas, stories, and resources, and recommends 10 ways to get started.
Through 60 stories of innovation and resilience, this report provides a point-in-time snapshot of the innovative ways that CRP member communities are responding to COVID-19. It was written to provide members with fresh ideas and insights that they can use to build resilience and strengthen their own responses.
Minimum wage increase tied to inflation, significantly impacting working poor.
Canada Without Poverty has released Poverty Progress Profiles 2022 whose key message is that no benefit, social assistance...
This blog post was originally published on the Disability Without Poverty Bill C-22 blog on June 22, 2023.
Today, after tireless advocacy from Canadians living with disabilities Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit Act,...
Communities Ending Poverty (CEP) is a dynamic network on a mission to eradicate poverty across Canada and beyond. With over two decades of efforts and experience in the realm of poverty reduction, CEP has learned that it...
In the face of unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, communities have shown remarkable capacity for transformation and strength in tackling poverty.
This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.
As communities face increasingly complex social challenges, local governments face a call to action. A community-wide mandate and...
This webinar recording features a conversation with Seth Klein, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency and Team Lead and director of strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit.
This webinar recording examines the case for for-profits in the changemaking space and highlighted unique levers businesses have for reducing poverty.
Safe, adequate and affordable housing is not only essential to tackling the climate emergency, but a crucial requirement to ensuring a brighter future for people in Canada and abroad.
Building off an article we wrote about ...
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.
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