March 8, 2022 is International Women’s Day, and it is themed #breakthebias! International Women’s Day is set aside each year to draw attention to women’s challenges in both the private and public domain, take stock of the progress achieved and reflect on the work still to be done. Read the reflection by CPI Senior Researcher Dr. Rita Yembilah on the connection between gender and poverty. Read here.
A Solid Crack at Education: What Has Well-Being Got to Do With It?
Watch the presentation by Dr. Rita Yembilah, Senior Researcher for the CPI, discussing the link between education and poverty. This talk was delivered to Project Ploughshares Calgary in November 2021.
A Solid Crack at Education: What Has Well-Being Got to Do With It?
Job Posting - Community Research Assistant
The Canadian Poverty Institute is hiring a Community Research Assistant. This part-time position will assist with our study documenting the impacts of the July 2020 hailstorm on Northeast Calgary. Applicants should be a resident of the affected communities. Deadline for applications is October 29.
For more information, access a copy of the job posting here.
Building Forward: Charting a Path to Resilience
A reflection on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Every year on October 17th, the United Nations encourages the world to pause and reflect on the ongoing reality of poverty across the globe. This year, the theme for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet”.
Read more: www.povertyinstitute.ca/buildingforward
Fall 2021 Edition of Spero
The Fall 2021 issue of Spero, the newsletter of the Canadian Poverty Institute, is now available. In this issue read about:
· Towards Climate Justice: Assessing the Risks to Marginalized Communities
· Building Cultural Capital for Anti-Racism Among Racialized Youth
· “Back to Normal”: Understanding the Impact of Covid19 on Newly Vulnerable Households
· The latest publications, resources and events from the CPI
Spero is available for download here.
SACKCLOTH AND ASHES AND CANADA DAY: ON SPIRITUAL POVERTY AND GENOCIDE
A Reflection from our Director.
The discovery over the past few weeks of mass burials of indigenous children in unmarked graves at Residential Schools demands a response. Yet, what response can there possibly be? As a settler, I have personally struggled to come up with anything meaningful to say in the aftermath. Apologies are hollow. Rage seems insufficient. Words fail. But silence too is unacceptable … Read
Protecting Canada's Vulnerable Workforce in a Digital Age
Just Released: Submission by the Canadian Poverty Institute to the Government of Canada providing background and recommendations for reforms to protect precarious workers in the gig economy. Fulfilling Canada’s commitments to the progressive realization of economic rights requires new and innovative approaches to employment standards and social protection. Read the Submission.
Achieving Environmental Justice Through Calgary's Environment Strategy.
JUST RELEASED: In response to The City of Calgary’s request for input for the development of its Environment Strategy, the Canadian Poverty Institute prepared a brief submission. This brief provides background and recommendations to The City of Calgary as it develops its Environment Strategy. As poverty and the environment intersect in important ways, it is critical that Calgary’s Environment Strategy embody principles of Environmental Justice where all people, regardless of gender, age, race or socioeconomic status, are entitled to equal protection under environmental laws and to participate in environmental decision making in their community. Read the Submission.
New Report on Poverty and the Church in Canada
To better understand the preferred role of faith‐based organizations in secular society, the Canadian Council of Churches partnered with researchers from the Canadian Poverty Institute to explore current systems of poverty reduction. Read the latest publication from this research published in the March edition of the Journal of Community Psychology.
Cresswell, J., H. Tamlin and A. Hoppe, (2021). “Experiencing visions of Canadian church workers: Exploring the mentality fueling systems involved in poverty reduction.” Journal of Community Psychology. March, 2021.
This publication is part of the ongoing project The Role of the Church in Poverty Reduction led by Dr. J. Cresswell.
We Want Your Input
The Canadian Poverty Institute is renewing its strategic plan to chart a path for the next five years. In order to plan where we need to go, we are also looking back at where we have been and what we have accomplished. To help us steer in the right direction, we’re seeking your input on the work of the Institute and your ideas for our goals and priorities for the coming years. Help shape the future direction of the Poverty Institute by completing our short survey. Thanks for joining our shared mission to heal poverty in Canada.