by Brett Lambert | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog: Housing, Blog: Poverty
Blog: It’s time for an upgrade: Improving emergency shelter standards in Edmonton February 18, 2020 Written by Brett Lambert, Community Engagement Coordinator For more than a decade, ending chronic homelessness has been a high priority for the City of Edmonton. The...
by Sydney Sheloff | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog: Poverty
Blog: Harm Reduction, People Who Use Drugs, and Their Communities February 18, 2020 Introduction In early May, ESPC volunteer Jayme Wong published a blog post on supervised consumption sites in Alberta, detailing the debate surrounding their closures. Since then, the...
by Jenn Rossiter | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog: Poverty
Blog: Poverty in Canada: A Progress Report February 18, 2020 Introduction One in nine Canadians lives in poverty—or 11% of the overall population. That’s according to the latest (and first) report from the National Advisory Council on Poverty. The good news is...
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,...
by Brett Lambert | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog: Miscellaneous, Blog: Poverty, Social Issues: Seniors
Blog: Responding to Edmonton Seniors’ Needs During a Pandemic February 19, 2021 When the first known case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Canada a little over a year ago, not a lot was known about the virus. By the time a global pandemic was declared in March 2020,...
