Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: ESPC Announcements

  • October 26, 2017 Lunch and Learn: Vital Signs

    Join us October 26, 2018 as Elizabeth Bonkink (Edmonton Community Foundation) and Heather Curtis (ESPC Research Coordinator) review this year's Vital Signs – Belonging and Social Isolation.

  • 2017 Vital Signs Report: Belonging

    Edmonton Vital Signs is an annual check-up conducted by Edmonton Community Foundation, in partnership with the Edmonton Social Planning Council, to measure how our community is doing with a focus on a specific topic. This year we are looking at belonging and social isolation and the communities that are at risk.

    Community foundations across Canada and internationally are reporting on how their communities are doing and how Canada is doing overall.

    Click Here to Download: 2017 Vital Signs Report: Belonging

  • Election 2017 Candidate Survey Responses

    Part of the work of the Edmonton Social Planning Council is to provide opportunities for citizens to engage in their community.  Through understanding the various positions candidates hold on issues, voter can make informed decisions.   Earlier this month we asked the candidate for the upcoming 2017 municipal election to answer one question related to poverty elimination. Candidates were advised that their answers would be shared verbatim. 

    Candidates were asked the following question, “Can you please identify what the City of Edmonton’s top priorities should be to reduce poverty in our community?”  Here are the responses that we received.

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  • 2017 National Vital Signs Report: Community systems and belonging

    The 2017 national Vital Signs report looks at the many ways that community-level systems affect people’s sense of inclusion. Drawing on a wealth of community knowledge, the publication unpacks the impact of rising housing costs, wage gaps, wealth inequality, and a lack of faith in public institutions on belonging, most notably for newcomers, visible minorities and Indigenous Peoples

    Click link to view report: https://issuu.com/communityfoundationsofcanada/docs/cfc026_vitalsignsreport_en_single_s

    Click here to view webpage: http://communityfoundations.ca/vitalsigns/belonging

    The Edmonton Vital Signs report will be launched Friday, October 6, 2017. 

  • 2016 Annual Report

    ESPC's 2016 annual report will fill you in on the best parts of our work in 2016. Highlights of our work include the publication of Needs and Gaps in Services of Edmonton's LGBTQ Population, VitalSignsTM, and our two living wage reports: More than Minimum: Calculating Edmonton's Living Wage 2016 and Calculating Edmonton's Living Wage: Other Family Types 2016 Update.

    ESPC staff have also been involved in numerous committees and coalitions, and have volunteered their time at two Homeless Connect events as well as the October 2016 point-in-time Homeless Count.

    Building our success on our new strategic framework, ESPC is proud to continue its work informing social justice work in Edmonton as it fulfills its mission of A community in which all people are full and valued participants.

    Download Edmonton Social Planning Council's 2016 Annual Report today!

  • ESPC 77th Annual AGM

    Please join the board and staff of the Edmonton Social Planning Council to celebrate our accomplishments of the past year and to hear about upcoming activities of the Council.
    At this event, EPSC will be conducting an election to replace non-returning board members and potentially filling our board complement to a maximum of 12. This year we have four open positions for new board members to be elected to their first 2-year term.

    Also featuring a keynote presentation by Cheryl Whiskeyjack of the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society:

    "This is not new"

    The executive director of Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society is engaged in finding ways of tracking the progress of their programmes to determine how their traditional approach to healing in one area has influenced practices in other programmes. Through traditional ways of being and knowing they help children, youth, and families. These healing practices are not new. They provide insight for other agencies, and government services, to better understand the people they are dealing with by becoming a participant in these healing practices. Cheryl has been a strong voice for change in the ways we all deal with cultural traditions. Bent Arrow's new focus on documenting how these practices have changed the effectiveness of other programmes is revealing new opportunities to expand the scope of their efforts through traditional ways of knowing and doing.

    If you are interested in board service, please go to the ESPC website and fill out the application form.

    Although it is possible to be nominated to the ESPC Board from the floor at the AGM, candidates who fill out the application form by May 11th, 2017, can ask questions of the ESPC Membership and Board Development Committee and will have a short biography included in the AGM hand out. We look forward to hearing from you.

    Please RSVP by May 17th by emailing stephanieh@edmontonsocialplanning.ca or calling 780-423-2031 ext 349.

    25 May at 17:30–19:00

    University of Alberta, Education South Room 158

    Parking is available in the Education Car Park. Transit options are available via bus or LRT.