Category: Poverty Reduction
Prosper Canada is seeking applications from non-profit/charitable organizations to be part of a new project, Financial Empowerment Champions. Prosper Canada will collaborate with five organizations across the country to improve…
The 2016 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), projects a federal deficit of $29.2 billion for 2016-17 when Liberal platform measures are…
The Co-operators have announced eight donations totalling $120,000 to organizations across the country that are working to enhance the self-reliance and employability of marginalized youth and people with mental health…
A municipal strategy to reduce urban poverty addresses the roots of inequality Like many major metropolitan areas in the United States, Toronto is experiencing fast-paced growth. Canada’s finance and business…
In 2016, LITE will award Community Economic Development Grants in the month of June. Grant recipients will be notified in May. LITE funds initiatives that directly create jobs, or leverage…
Poverty reduction has no silver bullet. Nor should we expect one. The exhausting and overwhelming work of reducing poverty must take a comprehensive, long-term approach that is led by the…
Following on the heels of the November 16 throne speech, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger made an announcement this morning at the annual LITE Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast that builds on…
Although it draws on practices of organizing and solidarity that go way back in history, CED emerged more recently in the U.S. a half century ago as a social innovation…
Originally published on the Strategy at Work blog The Manitoba government has made some significant progress around poverty reduction over the last decade or so. Depending on the poverty measure…
The Canadian Social Economy Hub has produced three final publications building on the results of the national, 6-year research program. Follow the links below to view these publications in our…