by Web Administrator | Feb 11, 2020 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing
THE HIGH COST OF WAITING – Tenant-Focused Solutions to Enhance Housing Affordability The High Cost of Waiting: Tenant-Focused Solutions to Enhance Housing Affordability sets out to document the impacts on quality of life for households who have to wait for...
by Web Administrator | Jan 14, 2020 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Poverty
Invest in Families: Ending Child Poverty Is Good For All Every night, hundreds of thousands of Alberta children suffer the all-encompassing effects of poverty. Every night, hundreds of thousands of Alberta children suffer the all-encompassing effects of poverty....
by Web Administrator | Oct 17, 2019 | ESPC Announcements, ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Poverty, Statistical Information: Engagement, Urban Issues: Planning
Access to stable and quality housing can produce positive outcomes to community health and education, and ultimately improve neighbourhood conditions and perceptions. Families that are in unstable housing are more likely to face intergenerational poverty. Living in...
by Web Administrator | Aug 6, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Child Care, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Hunger, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Poverty, Social Issues: Women, Urban Issues: Trends
Poverty affects people from all walks of life — young, old, employed, unemployed, those who are new to Canada and those whose ancestors have lived here for hundreds of years. The structure of the economy traps people in bad situations and forces some into...
by Web Administrator | Jul 17, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Labour: Employment, Labour: Policy, Labour: Programs/Services, Labour: Wage Issues, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Poverty
A living wage is rooted in the belief that individuals and families should not just survive, but live in dignity, and participate in the community. The living wage is defined as the hourly wage that a primary income earner must make to provide for themselves, their...
by Web Administrator | Apr 26, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Seniors
The Indigenous Seniors Social Isolation report is the culmination of nearly two years of work engaging Indigenous seniors, family members and care providers in a research project to understand the issues and concerns of isolated Indigenous seniors. Guided by an...
