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title: "Get to KNOW Poverty: The 2018 Poverty Studies Summer Institute"
description: Explore the Poverty Studies Summer Institute. These 3 one-week intensive sessions are a chance to learn about various aspects of poverty and poverty reduction from with practitioners, people with lived experience, students and ministry workers, about the causes and how we alleviate poverty.
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# [Get to KNOW Poverty: The 2018 Poverty Studies Summer Institute](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/get-to-know-poverty-the-2018-poverty-studies-summer-institute)

 Written by [Natasha Pei](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/natasha-pei) | May 15, 2018

What are your plans this summer? Could they include professional and/or personal development?

The *Poverty Studies Summer Institute* is a chance to be part of an intimate learning community with peers – practitioners, people with lived experience, students and ministry workers – to learn about and discuss the causes and impacts of poverty as well as how we best alleviate and end them.

**The institute will run 3 one-week intensive sessions between May 28–June 15, 2018. **

**Sessions being offered this year include:**

- Working with Vulnerable Populations
- Collaborative Leadership for Social Change
- Intersections Between Poverty and Government Policy
- Human Rights and Poverty – *offered as a one-day or three-day workshop*
- Sociology of Poverty
- Sustainable Development Goals in Context
- Co-op Development for Poverty Reduction
- Community Development for Local Congregations

Be inspired to use your summer to expand your knowledge of poverty and poverty solutions by browsing the [course descriptions and instructor list](https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/poverty-studies-summer-institute/).

The Institute is hosted by the Canadian Poverty Institute out of [Ambrose University](https://ambrose.edu/) in Calgary, Alberta. If you are coming from out-of-town, they have secured accommodations at Ambrose University residence for $50.00 per day or $275.00 per week.

Session descriptions, registration, accommodation, and more can be found here: [https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/poverty-studies-summer-institute/](https://www.povertyinstitute.ca/poverty-studies-summer-institute/)

 

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