To monitor and inform on cross-Ontario activity on the poverty reduction agenda

Archive for April, 2008

Poverty Symposium (Cambridge, June 12)

Poverty Symposium sponsored by the Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries and including representatives of Newfoundland and Labrador Government on Thursday, June 12 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Contact: Jana Papke, SPCC&ND, (519) 623-1713 jana@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org

AGM Lakehead Social Planning Council (Thunder Bay)

Peter Clutterbuck, SPNO Coordinator, will be the guest speaker on SPNO on the policy framework for a poverty reduction strategy at the Annual General Meeting of the Lakehead Social Planning Council on May 28. Contact: Marie Klassen, Lakehead SPC, 807-624-2330 lspc@tbaytel.net

SPNO Poverty Reduction Strategy (Ottawa)

The SPNO’s regular Spring Conference will be held in Ottawa this year and will focus on a poverty reduction strategy for Ontario on May 7 and 8. Minister Deb Matthews has accepted an invitation to attend a roundtable discussion on poverty reduction on the second day of the conference. Contact: Dianne Urquhart, Social Planning Council [...]

Poverty Reduction Working Group (Cornwall)

The Cornwall Poverty Reduction Working Group will meet informally with Minister Matthews on Friday, April 25 as arranged through local Liberal MPP Rick Brownell. Contact: Mehroon Kassam, Cornwall Social Planning Committee, 613-930-2787 ext. 2355 mkassam@cornwall.ca

Dialogue with Canadian Association of Community Living (Toronto)

Peter Clutterbuck, SPNO Coordinator, representing the SPNO in a launch by the Canadian Association of Community Living of a series of dialogues on the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the poverty reduction agenda. Dialogue will be held from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday, April 24 at a location to be announced. [...]