Poverty Issues
fACT Sheet — 2021 Alberta Provincial Budget
fACT Sheet — 2021 Alberta Provincial Budget February 19, 2020 Download the Budget 2021 fACT...
Tracking the Trends 2020
Tracking the Trends provides a comprehensive overview of Edmonton’s social well-being. The Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) is pleased to present this 15th edition of Tracking the Trends. Thirty one years after the release of the first edition in 1989, we...
Blog: Social Determinants of Health
Canada has long been considered one of the healthiest countries in the world. However, within Canada certain groups tend to be healthier than others. These health inequalities can be partially explained by the Social Determinants of Health (SDH). SDH are...
Blog: How the pandemic affected the mental health of communities made vulnerable
With the COVID-19 response still focused on mitigating the spread of infection, treating severe cases, and ensuring the health care system does not collapse, people in Canada have coped very differently on how the virus could potentially impact their lives. Even with...
Blog: Poverty and Women’s Incarceration in Alberta
Few may know of ESPC’s history supporting the formation of non-profits in the criminal justice sector. Although not typically an area of focus for our organization—we defer to the expertise of these partners—the social issues for which we do advocate, such as poverty,...
Blog: The Renewed Push for a Basic Income During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Basic income is an old idea that is getting renewed and fresh attention as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the pandemic occurred, the idea was starting to gain traction. This was observed through the candidacy of Andrew Yang seeking the Democratic...
Blog: The UCP’s economic “he-covery” plan doesn’t look like Alberta
Written by: Tom Ndekezi, Summer Student Research Assistant When Jason Kenney took to the stage in early July to announce the UCP government’s $10 billion injection into Alberta’s infrastructure in the wake of COVID-19 and falling oil prices, he did it with a video....
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