Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: **ESPC Documents: Publications

  • 2008 September Not Just a Roof Over our Heads – Exploring the State of Rental Housing in Edmonton One Year Later

    Title:Not just a roof over our heads: exploring the state of rental housing in Edmonton one year later.
    Author(s):Kinley, Anette
    Citation:A follow up to the report “A Roof Over their Heads” and the 2007 Renters’ Listening Forums
    Subject:Housing – affordable, social housing|split|Housing – temporary, emergency, homelessness 
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2008
    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.D OTHER HISTORICAL/2008 September Not Just a Roof Over our Heads – Exploring the State of Rental Housing in Edmonton One Year Later .pdf

  • 2008 November We Can Do Better – Toward An Alberta Child Poverty Reduction Strategy for Children and Families

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    Title:We can do better: toward an Alberta child poverty reduction strategy for children and families.
    Author(s):Kolkman, John
    Corporate Author: Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Subject:Poverty – child poverty
    Publisher:Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2008
    Abstract:

    A new provincial report on Child and Family poverty released today by the Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) reveals that 77,595 children are living in families below Statistics Canadas Low Income Cut Off (LICO). This means one in ten children in Alberta live below the poverty line.The report, We Can Do Better, also shows that low income children in Alberta live deeper in poverty than children in other parts of Canada, and four out of five live in families where their parent or parents are working. 35,585 of these children live in a family with at least one parent working part-time or full-time part of the year, a further 20,855 had one parent working full time, full year and a further 3,840 had both parents working full time, full year

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    Download: We can do better: toward an Alberta child poverty reduction strategy for children and families

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  • fACT Sheet – Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, Review (29th Legislature)

    Request for Input

    The Legislative Standing Committee on Families and Communities has requested input on the changes to the Mental Health Act from 2007. These changes are known as the Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007.

    The two main changes under review are “criteria for involuntary admission of persons with mental disorders to health care facilities” and “the use of community treatment orders for persons requiring ongoing mental health services” (Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007).

    This fACT sheet will provide you with information about these changes, as well as the state of mental health in Alberta.

    To share your comments about the act, send a written submission by February 29, 2016, to the Standing Committee on Families and Communities:

    FamiliesCommunities.Committee@assembly.ab.ca

    3rd Floor, 9820 – 107 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 1E7

    Click here to download: fACT Sheet 2016 – Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, Review (29th Legislature)

  • 2016 February fACT Sheet Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, Review (29th Legislature)

    Request for Input

    The Legislative Standing Committee on Families and Communities has requested input on the changes to the Mental Health Act from 2007. These changes are known as the Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007.

    The two main changes under review are “criteria for involuntary admission of persons with mental disorders to health care facilities” and “the use of community treatment orders for persons requiring ongoing mental health services” (Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007).

    This fACT sheet will provide you with information about these changes, as well as the state of mental health in Alberta.

    To share your comments about the act, send a written submission by February 29, 2016, to the Standing Committee on Families and Communities:

    FamiliesCommunities.Committee@assembly.ab.ca

    3rd Floor, 9820 – 107 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 1E7

    ESPC Documents/Fact Sheets/FactSheetMentalHealth_2016.pdf

  • 2005 February Open Letter on Child Care

    Title:Open letter on child care
    Author(s):Sandilands, Bryan|split|Fairbrother, Nicola
    Subject:Child care – Alberta
    Publisher:Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2005
    Language:English
     
    Material Type:Other

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.D OTHER HISTORICAL/2005 February Open Letter on Child Care.pdf

  • Research Review December 2015 —Issues in Canadian Public Policy

    Research Review December 2015 —Issues in Canadian Public Policy

    Inside The Cover:

    1. City of Edmonton. (2015). Ending Poverty in a Generation. EndPoverty Task-force.
    2. Office of the Auditor General of Canada. (2015). Access to Health Services for Remote First Nation Communities. House of Commons Canada
    3. Noble, A. (2015). Beyond Housing First: A Holistic Response to Family Home-lessness in Canada. Raising the Roof.
    4. Johal, S., & Granofsky, T. (2015). Growing Pains: Childcare in Canada. Mowat Centre
    5. McIntruff, K., & Lockhart, C. (2015). The Best and Worst Places to be a Women in Canada 2015. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
    6. Teeluck, K. (2015). The Invisible Victims: Examining the Impacts of a Minimum Residency Requirement for Social Assistance on Refugee Claimants. Citizens for Public Justice.
    7. Allan, B., & Smylie, J. (2015). First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The Role of Racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Discussion Paper) (Non-Governmental Organization). Wellesley Institute.

    ESPC Documents/RESEARCH UPDATES AND REVIEWS/December 2015 – Issues in Canadian Public Policy.pdf