Archive for February, 2009
Community and Public Health Leaders Call on Province to Put Food in the Budget
February 19, 2009
Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, today joined with community agencies to call on the government of Ontario to introduce a $100 Healthy Food Supplement for all adults on social assistance in the upcoming provincial budget.
Dr. McKeown reported on the cost of nutritious food in Toronto and said people on social [...]
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Loading ...Blueprint Could Help Cut Child Poverty by 19%
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February 12, 2009
TORONTO – A report by the 25 in 5 Poverty Reduction Network shows how the Ontario government could get three-quarters of the way towards its goal to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent.
A Blueprint for Economic Stimulus and Poverty Reduction in Ontario – the result of consultations in 30 Ontario [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Value Of Home-grown Solutions In Attacking Poverty (Northumberland)
[ February 12, 2009; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] When: Thursday, February 12, 2009
Time: 9:30 am
Where: Victoria Hall’s Concert Hall
55 King St. W. Cobourg, Ontario MAP
The session is presented through the Northumberland Poverty Reduction Action Committee and its partners.
Gina Browne, the founder and director of System-Linked Research Unit (SLRU) on Health and Social Service Utilization, which focuses on improving low-income people’s situations through better [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oxford Next Steps in Poverty Reduction
[ February 12, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Please join members of the Oxford Social Planning Committee for a facilitated discussion on the next steps to develop a poverty reduction plan for Oxford County.
When: Thursday, February 12, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 12 Noon
Where: Sacred Heart Church
131 Thames St., North, Ingersoll
(Meeting in Henderson Hall, behind Church)
RSVP to United Way of Oxford
(519) 539-3851 1-877-280-1391 kelly@unitedwayoxford.ca
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Poverty Symposium (Guelph)
[ February 12, 2009; 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] When: Thursday, February 12, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: St. George’s Church
99 Woolwich St., Guelph MAP
Join fellow community members to:
learn more about provincial strategies on poverty reduction from a
representative from the Minister of Children and Youth Services’
office;
hear from other regions who are working to reduce poverty in their
communities;
discuss current and future initiatives for reducing [...]
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