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"Come Back When You're Dying:" the Commodification of AID...
...on Drugs" and welfare reform. These policies have contributed to the creation of an economy of poverty in which the sick, needy, and addicted must compete against each other for scarce resources....
Authors: Crane, J.; Quirk, K.; van der Straten, A.;
Tags: hiv seropositivity; heterosexuals; poverty; qua...
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"No cherries grow on our trees:" Social Policy Research P...
...It is a project that speaks to the realities of women’s lives, in particular the harsh realities of poverty and violence. It is also a project about you. Given the high rates of both poverty and viole...
Authors: METRAC; WACT;
Tags: women; poverty; gender; violence;
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2005 Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference
Asset-building is an emerging area of social policy and practice. Its core idea is that to overcome poverty, opportunities to save and invest in a better future are as critical as income. Savings and ...
Authors: Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference;
Tags: policy;poverty;income;asset-building;mental hea...
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25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
A program from the Social Planning Toronto organization aimed at reducing poverty in Ontario. "...it just takes leadership, commitment and a plan. Good ideas, good intentions—they’re a good start...
Authors: http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/25in5/new....
Tags: poverty reduction;non profit organization;homel...
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A Choice Between Investing in Canada's Cities Or Disinvesting in Ca...
As part of the national discussion on the future of Canadian cities, TD Economics undertook a special study resulting in this sizeable report. While not specifically dealing with homelessness, it anal...
Authors: TD Economics;TD Bank Financial Group;
Tags: cities;disparity;economics;Asset-based approach...
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A Community Growing Apart: Income Gaps and Changing Needs in the Ci...
...migrants, family violence, education, youth, children, substance abuse, housing, social assistance, poverty, depth of poverty -Problems: Region specific: Toronto -Conclusions: Good analysis of the myr...
Authors: Jackson, Andrew;Schetagne, Sylvain;Smith, Peter;
Tags: income;enequalities;disparities;single parents;...
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A Community Growing Apart: Income Gaps and Changing Needs. Appendix...
Rental housing affordability has become a major issue in the 1990s, particularly in very large cities such as Toronto. A major gap - indeed a chasm – has developed between market rents and the incomes...
Authors: Golden, Anne;Canadian Council on Social Develop...
Tags: housing ;income;housing affordability;affordabl...
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A Dream Come True - No More Residential Care. a Corrective Note
This note is about the attempt by the Australian State and Territory child care and protection systems to do without residential programmes. It traces the process of moving to this position and the hi...
Authors: Ainsworth, F.;Hansen, P.;
Tags: residential care;education;treatment;homelessne...
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A Gender Based Analysis on Poverty Reduction in Saint John: Moving On
This paper reflects the feedback given by men and women in poverty to provide community agencies and policy makers with key information about the challenges facing these individuals in poverty, and ...
Authors: Wright, Cathy;
Tags: gender based analysis;poverty;saint john;new br...
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