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List of Resources: Child and Family Poverty
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Michael Goldberg of the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia and Andrea Long of SPARC BC are the co-authors of a special study commissioned by the BC Federation of Labour entitled "A Path to Poverty: A Review of Child and Family Poverty Conditions in British Columbia."
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Campaign 2000 works towards eliminating child poverty in Canada by advocating for progressive policy choices. It is an excellent resource for information on issues related to child and family poverty, and it has been supported financially by Laidlaw Foundation.
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"Ottawa- More and more second-earners are entering the job market because they "have to" rather than because they "want to"? Vanier Institute of the Family have relesed a report outlining the current state of families and their need for extra cash just to stay afloat. The influx of these family members into the paid workforce has produced a record-number of dual-income families. According to the latest Current State of Canadian
Family Finances, families are now "cash-strapped". If you take out inflation, the typical worker now earns only 10 cents more per hour than they did in 1991. In addition, the time worked per week declined by about an hour and a half over the period." -
This paper is part of the Canadian Council on Social Development's New Social Architecture series. The project is designed to examine key social challenges facing Canada today and set out the number of strategic. This paper by John Myles examines the life courses of today's post-industrial cohorts and their children and the differences in their lives, as well as the risks presented to the 30 something's cohort.
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The final report in CPRN's research series on vulnerable workers has been released. Risk and Opportunity: Creating Options for Vulnerable Workers, by Ron Saunders, Director of CPRN's Work Network, provides a synthesis of the findings of six previous research studies, as well as other recent literature, with an emphasis on their implications for public policy.
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This report put out by St. Christopher House in Toronto, describes the difficulties faced by low-income adults when they encounter enexpected income. It supports assets based approaches to poverty reduction. To check the report go to www.stchrishouse.org/ Commutiy Making Social Policy/ From Pleasure to Terror.
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This website is dedicated to putting affordable housing back on the public agenda.
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This project was aimed at creating viable responses to the question of income securitiy in Ontario. The link provides access to all the reports that have ensured from the project.