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Op-Ed: Alberta needs to provide more robust relief for struggling families

by Sydney Sheloff | May 27, 2021 | ESPC in the News, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Poverty, Social Issues: Women

Op-Ed: Alberta needs to provide more robust relief for struggling families February 18, 2020 Note: this op-ed was first published in the Edmonton Journal on May 27, 2021 (p. A6). Written by Sydney Sheloff and Brett Lambert The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly all...

Blog: Low Income Single Adults: How stereotypes can make us forget people

by Sydney Sheloff | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog: Poverty

Blog: Low Income Single Adults: How stereotypes can make us forget people March 29, 2021 Introduction Recent attention has been given to low-income single adults, describing them as the “forgotten poor.” More people are living as singles—as a share of the population,...

Blog: Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbating Gendered Divisions of Labour?

by Sydney Sheloff | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog: Poverty

Blog: Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbating Gendered Divisions of Labour? February 19, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionally negative effect on Canadian women. At the start of the pandemic, women were more likely to lose jobs, and those who continued...

Op-Ed: Hero-pay raises are the least we can do for frontline workers

by Sydney Sheloff | Dec 9, 2020 | ESPC in the News, Labour: Employment, Labour: Programs/Services, Labour: Wage Issues, Social Issues: Income

Op-Ed: Hero-pay raises are the least we can do for frontline workers February 18, 2020 Note: this op-ed originally ran in the Edmonton Journal on December 9, 2020. Written by Sydney Sheloff and Brett Lambert When the COVID-19 pandemic caused lockdowns for much of...

Blog: Special Series — A History of Indigenous Resistance

by Sydney Sheloff | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog: Racism

Blog: Special Series — A History of Indigenous Resistance November 17, 2020 The 2020 resurgence of Black Lives Matter (BLM), while centered on Black communities, has also highlighted racial injustices on a broad scale. In particular, BLM Canada has recognized that...

fACTivist Feature Article: School Resource Officers and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

by Sydney Sheloff | Nov 12, 2020 | ESPC Publications: fACTivist, Social Issues: Racism

fACTivist Feature Article: School Resource Officers and the School-to-Prison Pipeline November 12, 2020 Download the Fall 2020 fACTivist (click here) Note: this is excerpted from the Fall 2020 edition of our fACTivist publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council,...
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