Today is International Human Rights Day 2015! To celebrate, we are continuing our blog series on #WhyRights matter – today we have a reflection from CWP Board Member Kate Mechan on why human rights are fundamental to changing the conversation about…
Happy Human Rights Day 2015! This week, we asked the question #WhyRights in the pursuit to end poverty? We heard answers from people across the country and put them all together in the word cloud below! To get a closer…
Tomorrow marks International Human Rights Day, a chance for those passionate about rights to celebrate their work in the pursuit to end poverty in Canada. To celebrate, CWP has created our #WhyRights blog series where guest authors explore the reasons…
This week, to celebrate Human Rights Day 2015, we’re hearing from people across the country on #WhyRights matter to them. In today’s piece, James Armbruster, CWP’s Communications and Development Coordinator, explores what rights should mean to our federal government.
#WhyRights in the pursuit to end poverty in Canada? CWP board member, Laura Cattari, continues our blog series with her perspective on rights as a person with lived experience of poverty. Check it out here.
Next Thursday, on Human Rights Day 2015, communities across the world will launch a year-long international campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Almost 1.4 million children (approximately 1 in 5) are living in poverty in Canada. Last week, as our colleagues at Campaign 2000 released their 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, people across the country were struck…
What does the arrival of 25,000 Syrian refugees mean for those already experiencing poverty in Canada? We think that it means a real opportunity for long term social policy change for those living in poverty.
Over the past week CWP has been celebrating the news from Prime Minister Trudeau – after years of pushing the government to take action, Canada will have a national anti-poverty plan. This news is very encouraging, although there is a…
Today, Food Banks Canada released the 2015 Hunger Count report. For the anti-poverty community this report is critical to our understanding of the experience of poverty, particularly as it relates to reliance on food banks throughout each province and territory.
For immediate release OTTAWA (13 November 2015) – Canada Without Poverty (CWP) is encouraged to see that Prime Minister Trudeau has instructed the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, to commit to the relief of poverty…
“When we begin to realize that ‘the poor’ are not a different species, but really just ‘us’, we will have come a long way toward ending the discrimination that is associated with poverty.” – Derek Cook, CWP Board Member for…