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

Event Reports

Poverty Reduction Forum in York Region (July 17)

On Thursday evening, July 17, 25 community members participated in a poverty reduction forum at The Welcome Centre in Vaughan, the first community event sponsored by the new Social Planning Council of York Region (SPCYR). Guest speakers were Avvy Go of the Colour of Poverty, Peter Clutterbuck of the Social Planning Network of Ontario representing [...]

MPP Consultation – Oakville-Halton (June 27)

On Friday, June 27, more than 100 participants gathered at the International Union of Operating Engineers Banquet Hall in Oakville for a consultation sponsored by Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn, Community Development Halton, the Burlington/Halton chapter of Make Poverty History and 15 other local organizations and agencies. The consultation was attended by the Honourable Margarett Best, [...]

Made in Ontario: Ways to Reduce Poverty (Kitchener, July 8)

On Tuesday afternoon, July 8, more than 50 community members attended a session at Lyle S. Hallman Auditorium at Wifrid Laurier University for a presentation by Marvyn Novick and Peter Clutterbuck of the SPNO on a Policy Framework for Poverty Reduction in Ontario.  The event was sponsored by the Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo and opened [...]

MPP Consultation – Ottawa Centre and Ottawa South (June 26)

The Ottawa Child Poverty Action Group Participation in the The Ontario Poverty Reduction Consultation – Ottawa Centre and Ottawa South June 26; 6:30 to 9 pm The event was held in held at the Ottawa Technical High School on Albert Street. Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre was present. The animator was Simone Thibault, Executive [...]

Cambridge Poverty Symposium 2008 (June 12)

The Social Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries (SPC) held its third annual Poverty Symposium as part of DIRECTIONS DAY on June 12, 2008. The importance and purpose of the 2008 symposium was to engage community groups in ideas and solutions around poverty reduction, to raise awareness of local and national poverty initiatives and [...]