Habitat for Humanity Canada and The MasterCard Foundation partner to expand ...
Through collaboration with committed partners in over 48 developing countries, it is helping people living in poverty to access opportunities to learn and prosper.www.sacbee.com
Child poverty in London doubled in two-year period: Vital Signs report
In 2010, the incidence of child poverty in the London census area was 12.1 per cent compared to eight per cent in Ontario and 8.2 per cent in Canada. There are areas, Powell said, where London is fairing better. The city's senior population "isn't ...www.londoncommunitynews.com
Neil Young expected to draw sixty thousand at Global Citizen Festival
According to an article posted today (9/29/12) at www.690new.com, the charity concert, mounted to bring awareness and raise funds to help end global poverty, drew 71,000 applications for free tickets, which were free and distributed via lottery to ...www.examiner.com
Vital Signs reports poverty, youth issues
The Vital Signs report was based on information gathered from a variety of sources, including roundtables with community agencies and organizations, interviews with community leaders, visits to local organizations, review and analysis of Statistics ...www.insidehalton.com
Wealth tied to health
There he spoke about social inequality and relative poverty in Canada and how it affects health. He said it's a fact that poor people get sick more often and die younger than wealthy people.www.wellandtribune.ca
Shortlist for Canada's Big Fiction Prize Announced
Will Ferguson's novel 419 (Viking Canada) was praised as a global novel, "at home in the poverty of Lagos and in the day-to-day of North America…[that] tells us the ways in which we are now bound together and reminds us of the things that will always ...www.publishersweekly.com
Poverty stalks Canada's single parents
A 2008 University of Toronto study of Statistics Canada data found poverty levels among single mothers following a downward trend between 1980 and 2000, with average earnings rising by 39 per cent and their low-income rate declining by 11 percentage ...metronews.ca
Hard, Hard Times (by design)
I work to end poverty in Alberta, and, while it may seem (from an east coast perspective) that Alberta is the place to go to escape from poverty, for nearly 400,000 Albertans that is not the case. Alberta is sadly lagging far behind the rest of Canada ...theindependent.ca
More Canadian single dads head rise in lone-parent families
A 2008 University of Toronto study of Statistics Canada data found poverty levels among single mothers following a downward trend between 1980 and 2000, with average earnings rising by 39 per cent and their low-income rate declining by 11 percentage ...www.cbc.ca
UN says world will be grayer by 2050
More than 60 other countries, from China to Canada to Albania, will be in the same boat. The report urges governments to summon the political will to protect the elderly and ensure they can age with good health and dignity.www.startribune.com
Canada's Food Insecure Find Help, Community Through Facebook
A mural in the isolated city of Iqaluit, in Canada, where food insecurity is tied up with native culture, poverty, and high food prices.www.vpr.net
Substance abuse is 'problem No. 1' in aboriginal North
Stanley Vollant knows more than most people about the pain that lies behind the gas-sniffing tragedy in Natuashish, Labrador. Quebec's first aboriginal surgeon, Vollant grew up in poverty on a reserve near Baie Comeau, didn't speak English or French ...www.cbc.ca
The Canadian master of the Polo mallet
British-born financier Lyndon Lea, who holds Canadian citizenship, is the only other higher-ranked Canadian (No. 17).www.theglobeandmail.com
Minister Fantino Champions Canada's Leadership at the United Nations General ...
"If managed sustainably and transparently, natural resources offer one of the most effective ways for an economy to grow, reduce poverty, and achieve sustainable development." In addition, Minister Fantino reinforced Canada's global leadership on ...uspolitics.einnews.com
Census figures alarm family groups
Andrea Mrozek of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada says the IMFC research has shown that family breakdown is linked to poverty. Sxc.hu. The 2011 Census figures showing a continued decline in married couple families, and a hefty rise in lone ...bcc.rcav.org
Child poverty plan takes shape
It's now well documented that Saskatoon has the worst overall health, social, justice and educational outcomes among Canadian cities. The common cause for these poor outcomes is an unusually high rate of poverty in our city. Despite Parliament in 1989 ...www.thestarphoenix.com
SPECIAL REPORT: How to transform Hamilton
Make it easier for foreign-trained immigrant professionals to have their credentials recognized in Canada. "My cousin was my family doctor.www.thespec.com
Canada's 'anchor babies': Journey 'home' is tough for children deported with ...
At age 2, Hillary Booker was taken to Grenada with her parents, who were deported to the island after they were caught overstaying their welcome - and visitor's visa - in Canada. Growing up in poverty and despair, Booker always fantasized what life ...www.thestar.com
Neil Young caps Global Citizen Festival with all-star jam
Hugh Evans, CEO and co-founder of the Global Poverty Project Evans, said the project achieved its goals of getting more than 100,000 people to take action related to extreme poverty while telling a new story about the challenges. For more details ...www.examiner.com
The reality of poverty
The Canadian Diabetes Foundation's Faith Rowland checks out the contents of her food basket on Wednesday. Rowland, who has Type 2 diabetes, is a participant in the weeklong food basket challenge run by the Saskatoon Food Bank, and will be blogging ...www.thestarphoenix.com
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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