Category: ESPC Announcements

Edmonton Social Planning Council's 75th Annual General Meeting Thursday, May 21, 2015
Please RSVP by May 14, 2015 to stephanieh@edmontonsocialplanning.ca

Inside this edition: gender politics and the gay/straight alliances, an anniversary screening of Anne Wheeler’s Bye Bye Blues, using surplus school sites for affordable housing, homelessness and mental illness, tracing ESPC’s 75 years, profiling poverty in Edmonton and an introduction to new board member Erin LaRocque. 

Click here to download 2015 Winter fACTivist: Gay/Straight Alliances

We are Listening – Sparking Public Conversation on GSAswas a public event held in the rehearsal hall of the Winspear Theatre in Edmonton on January 31, 2015.

The event was held in response to the introduction of Bill 10, which would allow Alberta school boards to reject student requests to create peer-support groups known as gay-straight alliances (GSAs).

The event was open to the general public as an opportunity to hear firsthand from individuals as they share their stories around their experiences with or without GSAs in schools.   

This Edmonton Social Planning Council document is a summary of what was said by youth, parents, educators and concerned citizens.  

Click here to download WE ARE LISTENING Sparking Public Conversation on GSAs

Nominations are being sought to determine the next recipient of the ESPC Award of Merit for Advocacy and Social Justice.

The council is seeking forward-looking and courageous individuals and groups who have not turned away from controversy in an effort to seek social justice. The efforts of the individual or group should have had a clear impact on the community and be either ongoing or for a considerable period of time.

“We recognize that many individuals and groups in our community work tirelessly to advocate for programs that parallel the social vision of the Edmonton Social Planning Council,” said board member Rose Marie Tremblay. “From time to time, we provide an award of merit to an individual or group whom we believe has provided a long-term record of dedication and achievement in the pursuit of social policies of benefit to Edmontonians.”

A nominating committee made up of board members will decide whether any nominee sufficiently meets the award criteria. If a nominee is selected, a presentation will be made at the ESPC’s annual general meeting on May 21.

The deadline to submit nominations is midnight on April 14, 2015.

Click this link to download the Award of Merit 2015 Guidelines

Click this link to download the Nomination Application Form

You are invited to our Seasonal Celebration. Join us December 4, 2014 (4:00 – 6:00pm) at the ESPC office (#37, 9912 – 106 Street) paid parking is available on the street or the lot across from the building.

Please RSVP tto Stephanie Haar (stephanieh@edmontonsocialplanning.ca or 780-423-2031 Ext 349) if you are attending.

We look forward to seeing you. 

Vital Signs® Edmonton 2014, produced by the Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) in partnership with the Edmonton Social Planning Council, presents a wide range of statistics on housing, education, health, cultural diversity, voting trends, student debt and more, with a specific focus on youth.

Click on the links to download documents (PDF Format): 

• Vital Signs® Edmonton 2014

Supporting Documents:

• Youth Survey Findings – Attitudes and feelings of Youth in Edmonton in 2014
• Survey of Edmontonians – Leger Report
• Vital Signs Edmonton 2014 Indicators and Sources