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  • Vital Signs : a report on food security in Edmonton

    Title: Vital Signs : a report on food security in Edmonton.
    Call Number: 2013 October
    Collection: Alberta
    Corporate Author: Edmonton Community Foundation
    Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Subject:Food security – hunger, health | Food security – local food systems | Food security – statistics, studies | Health issues – social determinants of health
    Publisher:Edmonton Community Foundation
    Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2013
    Abstract:
    Vital Signs- A Report on Food Security in Edmonton contains statistics on a variety of topics related to local food security and the health of Edmontonians. Topics dicussed in this report include the cost of nutritious food, food bank use, diabetes and youth obesity, soil quality, local farming and community gardens, and related topics. It also contains information about recent demographic trends in Edmonton.

    Language:English

    N. FOOD SECURITY/Vital_Signs_Final_2013.pdf

  • the fACTivist Winter 2014: Growing Pains

    This edition of the fACTivist discusses children and youth who live in poverty, and the effect government policy has on their well-being.

    Articles in this edition include:

    Foreword: From Band-aids to Breakthroughs
    The Current State of Child Poverty in Canada: Statistics and Responses
    Investing in Tomorrow: Alberta’s Plan to Abolish Child Poverty
    The Politics of Poverty Reduction in Alberta
    Sheltering Homeless Youth
    Aboriginal Children and Poverty in Canada

    ESPC Documents/FACTIVIST/fACTivist_2014_Winter.pdf

  • Doing it Right! A Needs Assessment Workbook

    To get your copy of the Doing it Right! A Needs Assessment Workbook (Price: $7.00/copy shipping included), click here Publication Mail In Order Form or use the PayPal option below.

     

     

    The workbook is easy-to-use and provides a clear understanding of what a needs assessment is, why one should be done and how to get started. Includes five worksheets and additional references

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/Mail_in_2013_Publication_Order_frm_PDF.pdf

  • Publication Mail In Order Form

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/Publication Order Form 2015.pdf

  • ESPC Award of Merit for Advocacy of Social Justice

    The Edmonton Social Planning Council is an organization committed to the development of social policies that will benefit the entire community. We recognize that many individuals and groups in our community also work tirelessly to advocate for programs that parallel the social vision of the Edmonton Social Planning Council. From time to time, the ESPC will provide an award of merit to an individual or group whom we believe has provided a long-term record of dedication and achievement in the pursuit of social policies of benefit to Edmontonians.

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  • Award of Merit Nomination Form

    2018 Award of Merit for Advocacy of Social Justice

    The Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) is an organization committed to undertaking social research for the benefit of the entire community.  We recognize many individuals and groups in our community also work tirelessly to advocate for programs in parallel to the ESPC vision of a just and inclusive community.  The ESPC’s annual Award of Merit recognizes an individual, or group, we believe has demonstrated a dedication and achievement in the pursuit of social policies for the benefit of Edmontonians, particularly those who are the most vulnerable.

    Criteria

    The ESPC’s Award of Merit for Advocacy of Social Justice honours forward-looking and courageous individuals and groups who have not turned away from controversy in an effort to seek social justice for either a defined community group or for the community as a whole. The following broad criteria must be met:

    1. There is a clear impact on the community directly attributed to the work of the nominated individual or group.

    2. The work of this individual or group is either ongoing, or was conducted for a considerable period of time (not a one-time event or short term volunteer activity).

    Nominations

    Notice of this award will be on the ESPC website annually, and will be advertised on social media, at least one month prior to the deadline.  Members of ESPC will receive individual notices calling for nominations.  ESPC members, ESPC Board members, and the general public are all eligible to make nominations.

    A nominating committee made up of ESPC Board members will adjudicate nominations. If multiple nominees meet the criteria, the committee will decide which nominee(s) will receive the Award.

    Deadline

    Nominations will be received until Friday, April 6, 2018 for consideration by the committee.

    Award

    The Award of Merit for Advocacy of Social Justice is presented at the ESPC Annual General Meeting each year.  This year the meeting will be on May 24th, 2018.

    ESPC Documents/AWARDS/Nomination Application 2018.docx