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

Events

Poverty – Why Have It? (Toronto)

[ November 5, 2008; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] INTERFAITH SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REFORM COALITION Presents

Poverty – Why Have It?

When: Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Time: 9 am – 2 pm

Where: Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
Rooms 228 – 230

Space is limited • Preregistration and prepayment necessary by November 1st

Registration desk opens at 8:30 a.m. • Registration cost: $40 (includes lunch)

Brice Balmer, Registrar

ISARC, P. O. Box 43011, 120 Ottawa [...]

ETFO Poverty and Education Symposium (Toronto)

[ November 6, 2008 to November 7, 2008. ] Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario presents
Poverty and Education Symposium
November 6-7, 2008
Sheraton Centre, Toronto

Bringing Knowledge and Action

A provincial symposium with a focus on issues of poverty impacting elementary students, schools, and learning.

This symposium highlights current research, community partnerships, curriculum, and sharing of school-based initiatives from ETFO’s Education and Poverty Projects.

ETFO’s first symposium devoted to K-8 schools, [...]

Blueprint for Poverty Reduction: Legacy for an Inclusive Ontario (Sudbury)

[ November 12, 2008; 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join us to learn more about proposed poverty reduction strategies that can make a difference in Ontario.

Guest Speakers: Marvyn Novick, Peter Clutterbuck

When: Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm

Where: Social Planning Council of Sudbury
30 Ste Anne Road, Sudbury, ON MAP

Blueprint for Poverty Reduction (North Bay)

[ November 13, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] When: November 13, 2008

Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Capitol Centre’s Galaxy Circle Lounge
150 Main Street East, North Bay ON MAP

Sponsored by the North Bay and Area Social Planning Council.

Blueprint for Poverty Reduction (Parry Sound)

[ November 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Date: November 14, 2008

Time: 10 am – 12:00 pm

Where: North Bay-Parry Sound District Health Unit
70 Joseph Street, Parry Sound, ON  MAP