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Working Poverty Across Canada Before and After the Pandemic

Posted by John Stapleton on June 23, 2023

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

Written by John Stapleton and Yvonne Yuan from Open Policy Ontario

Five communities are tackling big questions about working poverty in rural communities.

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Sharing Stories Can Help Us Address Poverty in the Most Meaningful Ways

Posted by Orpah Cundangan on June 15, 2023

Over the course of my career working on social justice issues in different capacities (first in fundraising, then in operations, then in community engagement), I have always been drawn to the stories non-profits tell and are told: stories about impact, stories about data, stories about learning, changing, and growing. 

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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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