by Web Administrator | March 3, 2021
Social Well-Being Indicator Tracker A: Demographics A1 Population A2 Annual Entry of Permanent Residents A3 Temporary Residents A4 Lone-Parent to Couple Family Proportion B. Income BA. Income and Income Gaps BA1 Number of Tax-filers, Edmonton CMA BA2 Percent female...
by Web Administrator | March 3, 2021
Social Well-Being Indicator Tracker A: Demographics A1 Population A2 Annual Entry of Permanent Residents A3 Temporary Residents A4 Lone-Parent to Couple Family Proportion B. Income BA. Income and Income Gaps BA1 Number of Tax-filers, Edmonton CMA BA2 Percent female...
by Brett Lambert | December 8, 2020 | ESPC Press Releases, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Poverty
Media Release: COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on child and family poverty in Alberta, says new report February 18, 2020 EDMONTON – The Alberta College of Social Workers, the Edmonton Social Planning Council, and Public Interest Alberta have jointly released a...
by Brett Lambert | August 4, 2020 | ESPC Publications: Fact Sheets, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Poverty
fACT Sheet — Child Benefits in Alberta and Canada August 4, 2020 Download the Child Benefit fACT Sheet Introduction Child benefits have been demonstrated to be an important tool for alleviating and reducing child poverty. A recent report from UNICEF highlighted...
by Justine Basilan | July 23, 2020 | ESPC Publications: Community Matters, Social Issues: Poverty
fACTivist Feature Article: A Lesson from COVID-19 about Early Learning and Care July 23, 2020 Note: this is excerpted from Summer 2020 edition of our fACTivist publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with volunteers and colleagues within...
by Brett Lambert | July 6, 2020 | Blog: Poverty
Blog: Universalizing child benefits as a means of promoting social cohesion July 6, 2020 Child poverty continues to be a persistent global problem. While the rates of people living in extreme poverty observed worldwide have declined significantly—the United Nations...
by Sandra Ngo | February 10, 2020 | ESPC in the News, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Poverty
Alberta Child Poverty Report – Edmonton Journal Op-Ed February 10, 2020 https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-ending-child-poverty-in-alberta-is-our-moral-obligation Alberta Child Poverty Report Edmonton Journal Op-Ed By Joel French, Sandra Ngo,...
by Web Administrator | January 14, 2020 | ESPC Press Releases
Report shows investing in families is key to ending child poverty EDMONTON – The Alberta College of Social Workers, Edmonton Social Planning Council, and Public Interest Alberta have jointly released a report on the state of child and family poverty in Alberta...
by Web Administrator | November 19, 2018 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Social Issues: Child Care, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Poverty
The annual Alberta Poverty Report is an annual report created by the Edmonton Social Planning Council, in partnership with Public Interest Alberta and the Alberta College of Social Workers. This report finds that Alberta remains to have the largest gap between the...
by | June 1, 2016 | Social Issues: Children
 Title:What a difference a decade makes: counting the benefits of investment in early childhood development in Quebec. Author(s):Japel, Christa Citation:Paediatrics & Child, Vol. 14 No. 10, December 2009 Subject:Children – services, planning|split|Child...
by Web Administrator | April 26, 2016 | ESPC in the News
Helping out impoverished children Kevin Hampson The Alberta government should raise more dollars in taxes in order to support impoverished children, argues Joel French, keynote speaker at the Alberta Teachers' Association's Well-Being of Children and Youth...
by Web Administrator | April 12, 2016 | ESPC Press Releases
For Immediate Release New Report Highlights the Path Forward to Ending Child Poverty The Edmonton Social Planning Council, the Alberta College of Social Workers, and Public Interest Alberta released a new report, “The Path Forward: Opportunities to End...
