Poverty Issues
More than 100,000 Edmontonians live in poverty with about 40% of them being children.
Edmontonians believe in helping and protecting one another, so we must work together to address poverty. For this reason, the Edmonton Social Planning Council has produced many documents with various partners to highlight the issue of Poverty in Greater Edmonton and the Province of Alberta.
Research Update: Understanding Support Barriers for LGBTQ2 People
Note: this is excerpted from the May 2020 edition of our "Research Update" publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with our volunteers, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with up-to-date reviews, prepared by our...
Research Update: Measurement and Evaluation Practices in Canada’s Charitable Sector
Note: this is excerpted from the May 2020 edition of our "Research Update" publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with our volunteers, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with up-to-date reviews, prepared by our...
Blog: Gig economy and the impact of COVID-19
What is it? According to Statistics Canada (2019), gig economy is defined as “unincorporated self-employed workers who enter into various contracts with firms or individuals to complete a specific task or to work for a specific period of time for which they are paid a...
Research Update: Earnings Inequality and the Gender Pay Gap in Canada
Note: this is excerpted from the May 2020 edition of our "Research Update" publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with our volunteers, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with up-to-date reviews, prepared by our...
Research Update: A Basic Income for Alberta
Note: this is excerpted from the May 2020 edition of our "Research Update" publication. The Edmonton Social Planning Council, in collaboration with our volunteers, strives to provide stakeholders and community members with up-to-date reviews, prepared by our...
Blog: Civil society in the age of the UCP government
The University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy recently published a report on the impacts of COVID-19 and the financial relationship between civil society and the provincial government (Alberta’s Civil Society Pre- and Post-COVID-19: What’s Government Got to Do...
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
