--- title: The Latest | Alison Homer description: Advancing a vision of ending poverty in Canada, Alison provides leadership and drives excellence within Communities Ending Poverty (CEP). Her team actions an initial focus on ending working poverty, partnering with thought leaders and members from multiple sectors to identify levers and opportunities, influence policies, and shift systems. --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. 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Her team actions an initial focus on ending working poverty, partnering with thought leaders and members from multiple sectors to identify levers and opportunities, influence policies, and shift systems. ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Summit-for-strength-dias.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) ### [Event Recap: Communities Ending Poverty: Summit for Strength](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on June 7, 2023 Recapping three dynamic days of learning and exploring resilience in a new way [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/event-recap-communities-ending-poverty-summit-for-strength?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/The%20End%20of%20Poverty%20Guide%20Cover%20Square.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ending-poverty-pathways-guide-and-podcast-live?hsLang=en-us) ### [The Ending Poverty Pathways Guide and Podcast Series Are Now Live!](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ending-poverty-pathways-guide-and-podcast-live?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on October 7, 2021 In May 2021, Tamarack’s Communities Ending Poverty (CEP) convened more than 1000 people for The End of Poverty national gathering. The event explored 14 proven and emerging pathways to ending poverty, and the many roles that governments, businesses, non-profits and experts with lived and living experience can play. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/ending-poverty-pathways-guide-and-podcast-live?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Mayor%20Bernadette%20Clement.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/cornwall-mayor-bernadette-clement-appointed-to-the-senate-of-canada?hsLang=en-us) ### [Cornwall Mayor, Bernadette Clement, Appointed to the Senate of Canada](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/cornwall-mayor-bernadette-clement-appointed-to-the-senate-of-canada?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on July 19, 2021 Cornwall’s Vibrant Community Roundtable and Tamarack Institute would like to congratulate Bernadette Clement who has been appointed as an independent Senator by the Government of Canada. As a lawyer, Executive Director of the Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic, former board member of Cornwall’s Social Development Council, and current Mayor of Cornwall, Mayor Clement has been a strong champion for poverty reduction in her own community and beyond. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/cornwall-mayor-bernadette-clement-appointed-to-the-senate-of-canada?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Alison%20Square.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/powerful-collective-impact-movement?hsLang=en-us) ### [A Powerful Collective Impact Movement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/powerful-collective-impact-movement?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on February 5, 2021 Cities Reducing Poverty (CRP) is a powerful collective impact movement that has grown to support more than 330 municipalities represented by 80 regional roundtables. Members adopt collective impact approaches to drive long-term change and develop and implement plans to reduce poverty in their communities. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/powerful-collective-impact-movement?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Vancouver%20BC.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bc-poverty-reduction-planning-action-program-open-for-second-round?hsLang=en-us) ### [BC Poverty Reduction Planning & Action Program Open for Second Round](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bc-poverty-reduction-planning-action-program-open-for-second-round?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on January 14, 2021 Round two of funding is now open for the BC Poverty Reduction Planning and Action Program. In 2019, the Government of British Columbia announced $5M in funding through this program. Its first round empowered more than 50 local governments, including 14 Cities Reducing Poverty members, with up to $150,000 to create on-the-ground solutions to ending poverty. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/bc-poverty-reduction-planning-action-program-open-for-second-round?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Lonely.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/new-study-shows-covid-impact-on-isolation-and-loneliness?hsLang=en-us) ### [New Study Shows COVID Impact on Isolation and Loneliness](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/new-study-shows-covid-impact-on-isolation-and-loneliness?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Alison Homer](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/alison-homer) on November 2, 2020 As we have all pivoted and learned to live in a COVID-19 era, the associated need for physical distancing and other monumental behavioural shifts have taken a toll on Canadians’ mental health. 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