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BC’s Minimum Wage Hikes Address Working Poverty

Posted by Jill Zacharias on September 12, 2023

Minimum wage increase tied to inflation, significantly impacting working poor. 

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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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Collaboration, Self-Care and Systems Change

Posted by Natasha Pei on June 13, 2023

Do you ever feel selfish for prioritizing self-care? Or are you never able to prioritize self-care because work and life is too demanding?

It’s not selfish.

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Event Recap: Communities Ending Poverty: Summit for Strength

Posted by Alison Homer on June 7, 2023

Recapping three dynamic days of learning and exploring resilience in a new way

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Local Government Levers: Reconciliation and Poverty Reduction

Posted by Jill Zacharias on June 2, 2023

Lisa Helps, former Mayor of the City of Victoria, shares how shifting paradigms is possible when local governments are ‘radically open-minded’.

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Financially Vulnerable Fight to Rebuild Financial Health

Posted by Tamarack Institute on June 1, 2023

A new report from Prosper Canada shows low-income Canadians are struggling financially but don’t have the help they need to recover.

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