ESPC Publications: Reports

Feature Report — Confronting Racism with Data: Why Canada Needs Disaggregated Race-Based Data

by | February 24, 2021 | ESPC Announcements, ESPC Publications: Reports, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Racism, Statistical Information: Canada

Feature Report — Confronting Racism with Data: Why Canada Needs Disaggregated Race-Based Data February 24, 2021 Download Confronting Racism with Data: Why Canada Needs Disaggregated Race-Based Data (PDF) History has shown that race-based data can be used to uphold...

Public Engagement on Affordable Housing in Edmonton Report

by | October 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...

A Profile of Poverty in Edmonton – May 2019 Update

by | August 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...