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Increasing Affordability Through Municipal Climate Action

Posted by Laura Schnurr on August 25, 2023

Tamarack has partnered with Climate Caucus, Climate Reality Project Canada, Clean Air Partnership and David Suzuki Foundation to host an 8-part webinar and publication series “Increasing Affordability Through Municipal Climate Action” running from September 2023 to May 2024. Learn more and register here.  

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Response to the June 2023 Hate Acts at the University of Waterloo Campus

Posted by Tamarack Institute on August 17, 2023

This blog post from Rochelle Ignacio, Danya Pastuszek, Liz Weaver, Nation Cheong and Ana Gonzalez Guerrero offers a response to the gender-based hate violence that occurred on the University of Waterloo campus in June 2023. Special thanks to Antoinette Brind'Amour, who offered valuable insight on earlier drafts of this post.

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From Stable to Unstable: Shannon’s Story of Deepening Poverty

Posted by Maureen Owens on August 9, 2023

Every person has a story.  In this blog co-written by Tamarack's Maureen Owens along with Shannon Lee Marion, read Shannon's personal story of poverty, struggles with rental hikes in Canada, and discover how you can both help and stay informed. 

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The Impact of the Words We Use

Posted by Mike Des Jardins on August 8, 2023

This blog post offers the author's reflections after attending McMaster University Co-Design Hub's “Words Matter: Reflections on Language about Equity, Vulnerability and Lived Experience” panel discussion in January 2023.

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

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Five Community-Driven Pathways for Systems Change

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on August 2, 2023

Front-line wisdom to make systems change happen better and more often

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People with Disabilities in Canada One Step Closer to Financial Independence

Posted by Disability Without Poverty on July 25, 2023

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, received Royal Assent. The Canada Disability Benefit Act creates a new supplemental income for people living with a disability, which seeks to support financial security for a community that is twice as likely to live in poverty.

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