Thriving in Toronto on Ontario Disability Supports : Ten Hints By Cheryl Smith TORONTO, Ontario– So you’re single, middle-aged, disabled, and you live alone in one of the most expensive cities in Canada: Toronto. Ontario Disability Supports Program will graciously provide you with between $942.00 and $1399.00 monthly depending on “special needs” and your ability [...]

Social Assistance Review – Preparing for the Options Paper The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario is expected to release an Options Paper in early February with options for reforming Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), followed by a very short period for public response and feedback. The options [...]

Porter: Linda Chamberlain rose from rough beginnings to become a champion of the mentally ill Published On Fri Nov 25 2011 Video: Linda Chamberlain Linda Chamberlain has lead a very interesting life. She’s been orphaned, homeless, a burlesque dancer, a fugitive, accused and aquitted for murder…. She is now dying of cancer and hopes to [...]

The Canadian Harm Reduction Network urges you to sign this important petition aimed at stopping the Harper Government’s ill-thought-out, financially wasteful and counterproductive “Omnibus Crime Bill”. http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_harpers_cruel_crime_bill/?cl=1378435890&v=11036 The petition is an initiative of Avaaz.org, and already close to 100,000 people have signed it. Also, BC residents can appeal directly to their Premier, Christy Clark, and [...]

The rich get richer and the homeless get fined by Stephen Gaetz November 10, 2011 Homelessness continues to be a visible problem in most Canadian cities.  I would say most Canadians, when they think about how we respond to homelessness, would consider emergency shelters, drop-ins and soup kitchens – charitable programs set up to shelter [...]

Collective Impact on Poverty: Lessons from Vibrant Communities [By: Mark Cabaj] In the winter of 2011, John Kania and Mark Kramer wrote a now very popular article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, that described how diverse organizations and leaders are crossing artificial lines to work together to create “collective” – rather than “isolated” impact. [...]

To our national contact list: Consider tuning in this Sunday at 4:00pm Eastern to the Goldhawk Live national CPAC program, which will focus on the Occupy movement with examination of the intersect between income/wealth inequality and poverty.  On behalf of Canada Without Poverty I will be one-on-one with Dale Goldhawk beginning about 4:30pm for several [...]

This report is also available in PDF format. Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review May 2010 Table of Contents The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council Letter of transmittal Executive Summary Recommended Terms of Reference Scope of the Ontario Income Secuirty Review Key Strategies to Guide the Ontario Income Security Review Measurable Outcomes The Review [...]

Turtle home a new take on tradition By: Diana Swift staff writer The solar-powered home, at right, is inspired in part by the teepee and designed in collaboration with the Treaty 7 First Nations of Southern Alberta. A team of students at the University of Calgary has designed a solar-powered home that produces as much [...]

The Dollars and Sense of Solving Poverty by National Council of Welfare The report shows the high dollar cost we are currently paying for the consequences of poverty. It examines why investments to end poverty make better economic sense, and it shows how ending poverty would save money and improve wellbeing for everyone. It concludes [...]