Edmonton Social Planning Council

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  • fACT Sheet: Urban Coyotes

    Urban Coyotes: In Conflict or Coexistence?
    A Lunch and Learn Companion fACT Sheet
    Edmonton is famous for its River Valley Park System—the largest urban park in North America. However, this is prime coyote territory. Can we coexist?

    Download the fACT Sheet today!

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.B FACT SHEETS/FactSheetApril-Coyotes.pdf

  • Building Empathy and Conquering Apathy Symposium

    Canadians for a Civil Society, in partnership with MacEwan University, NAIT, and the Indo-Canadian Women’s Association invite you to a symposium on “Building Empathy and Conquering Apathy” that will bring together educators, policymakers, human rights advocates, academics, non-profit and front-line service workers. We will collaborate to prevent human-rights violations in Canada through exploring promising approaches such as empathy-based human-rights education.

    Please enrol for the Symposium through EVENTBRITE.CA.

  • Research Update April 2017

    We do the reading so you don’t have to! Inside this update:

    A Review of October 2016 Point‐in‐Time Homeless Counts in Alberta (7 Cities on Housing and Homelessness, November 2016), Reviewed by Janine Isaac Another Perspective on Alberta’s 7 Cities Homeless Count, Reviewed by Navroop Tehara

    Pilot Lessons: How to design a basic income pilot project for Ontario (Evelyn Forget et. al, Mowat Centre, 2016), Reviewed by Maxwell Harrison

    Why More Education Will Not Solve Rising Inequality (And May Make it Worse) (Kelly Foley and David Green, June 2015), Reviewed by John Kolkman

    Download April’s Research Update today!

  • Research Update April 2017

    We do the reading so you don’t have to! Inside this update:

    A Review of October 2016 Point‐in‐Time Homeless Counts in Alberta (7 Cities on Housing and Homelessness, November 2016), Reviewed by Janine Isaac Another Perspective on Alberta’s 7 Cities Homeless Count, Reviewed by Navroop Tehara

    Pilot Lessons: How to design a basic income pilot project for Ontario (Evelyn Forget et. al, Mowat Centre, 2016), Reviewed by Maxwell Harrison

    Why More Education Will Not Solve Rising Inequality (And May Make it Worse) (Kelly Foley and David Green, June 2015), Reviewed by John Kolkman

    ESPC Documents/RESEARCH UPDATES AND REVIEWS/April 2017 Research Update.pdf

  • Lunch and Learn: More Than Minimum Calculating Edmonton 2017 Living Wage

    Edmonton’s living wage for 2017 is $16.31/hour, which represents the wage that a family of four requires to live in economic stability and to maintain a modest standard of living. The living wage amount allows a family to afford basic necessities, to avoid financial stress, to encourage healthy child development and to fully participate in their communities. Come and hear how the number was calculated. 
     
    Thursday September 21, 2017
    12:00 noon
    Program Room
    Enterprise Square Library
    10212 Jasper Avenue
     
     
  • Lunch and Learn: Urban Coyotes in Conflict or Coexistence?

    Meetings between people and coyotes are common in Edmonton and many other cities. Coyotes are good at adapting to life among people and exploiting the resources they provide. Over time, these interactions determine whether the next person a coyote meets is likely to experience conflict. Learn how you can feel safe around coyotes while supporting their coexistence and share stories of your own in this lunchtime presentation and conversation.

    Join ESPC and Colleen Cassady St. Claire from the University of Alberta’s Biological Sciences department and Supervisor and Principal Investigator of the Edmonton Urban Coyote Project and have a chat about coyotes in Edmonton. Do we live in conflict with them or coexistence? What are you experiences with coyotes?

    See you at noon on April 20 at the Stanley Milner Library in Enterprise Square (10212 Jasper Ave). RSVP via Facebook or Eventbrite to add this event to your calendar!