Poverty Issues
Tracking the Trends 2020
Tracking the Trends 2020 November 16, 2020 Tracking the Trends provides a comprehensive overview...
Blog: Youth Homelessness in the Face of COVID-19: Challenges and Innovations.
The COVID-19 outbreak has disproportionately impacted people experiencing homelessness. While  Canadians  were told to isolate at home, physically distance, and regularly wash their hands to prevent the spread of the virus and to protect their own health, youth who...
fACTivist Feature Article: Economic Insecurity Concerns During COVID-19
 Note: this is excerpted from Summer 2020 edition of our fACTivist publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with volunteers and colleagues within the sector, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with updates on ESPC’s...
fACT Sheet — Child Benefits in Alberta and Canada
Introduction Child benefits have been demonstrated to be an important tool for alleviating and reducing child poverty. A recent report from UNICEF highlighted that in 15 high-income countries, delivering universal child benefits alone led to a five percentage point...
fACTivist Feature Article: Family Class Sponsored Immigrant Seniors in Canada: Income Dependency Challenges
Note: this is excerpted from Summer 2020 edition of our fACTivist publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with volunteers and colleagues within the sector, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with updates on ESPC’s...
Blog: Literacy and Poverty Reduction: Exploring Barriers to Success
It’s worth noting that the information we have on adult literacy rates is limited. The federal government only started tracking this in 2012, and has scheduled data collection on a ten-year cycle. This means that the data we currently rely on is nearly a decade old,...
fACTivist Feature Article: A Lesson from COVID-19 about Early Learning and Care
Note: this is excerpted from Summer 2020 edition of our fACTivist publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with volunteers and colleagues within the sector, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with updates on ESPC’s...
Food Bank 2019
Global TV Edmonton features the start to the Edmonton Food Bank 2019 Campaign and Sandra Ngo, from the Edmonton Social Planning Council provides some valuable insight