1. Resources & Publications

    The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness

    Posted on: November 26, 2018
    Historically, communities and governments in Canada and the United States have relied heavily on emergency services and crisis responses to support young people who are homeless. Communities use a range of crisis supports and interventions, including emergency shelters, day programs, and other services, such as law enforcement, which typically do...
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    Release of the 2018 Cost of Living and Living Wage for Niagara Region Calculations

    Posted on: November 14, 2018
    The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) has recently released the 2018 Cost of Living in Niagara Region and 2018 Living Wage for Niagara Region calculations, updating its 2017 calculations. In 2018, the annual cost of household living expenses for a family of four in the Niagara region of Ontario is conservatively pegged at over $71,000. The hourly...
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  3. Resources & Publications

    Calculating the Living Wage in Niagara Region 2018

    Posted on: November 12, 2018
    In Canada, a living wage is currently a voluntary commitment that can be made by public, private and not-for-profit sector employers to compensate directly-employed and contract-employed full-time and part-time workers. It is a guide for employers who wish to pay fairer wages for work and labour. Fairer wages are wages...
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  4. Resources & Publications

    Calculating the Cost of Living in Niagara Region 2018

    Posted on: November 12, 2018
    Calculating the cost of living in the Niagara region requires a thoughtful process that determines and calculates expenditures necessary to meet basic needs and to participate both economically and socially in the community. In order to maintain calculation consistency with other Canadian communities, but to recognize the unique context of...
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  5. Resources & Publications

    Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services

    Posted on: October 31, 2018
    This literature review provides an overview of the Canadian academic and grey literature outlining the experiences and challenges faced by recent immigrant seniors during their first five years of settlement. Three questions guided this literature review: What settlement experiences and challenges facing recent immigrant seniors are outlined in the Canadian...
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  6. Resources & Publications

    A Different Ontario: Income and Employment – A Decade of Change

    Posted on: October 29, 2018
    Ontario is changing in important ways that matter for public policy. A Different Ontario: What the Census tells us about how Ontario is changing, a new series of reports from the Mowat Centre, takes a close look at data from the 2016 census to chart the most important trends and...
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  7. Resources & Publications

    The Status of Women in the Canadian Arts and Cultural Industries

    Posted on: October 17, 2018
    The majority of existing research on the status of women in the arts in Canada focuses on specific sectors, such as media arts/ screen, or theatre, etc., rather than addressing the arts and cultural industries as a whole. The purpose of this report is to help fill this gap by...
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  8. Resources & Publications

    Advancing Inclusion and Quality of Life for Seniors

    Posted on: July 20, 2018
    The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA or the Committee) agreed on 4 May 2017 to undertake a study of how the federal government can support vulnerable seniors today while preparing for the diverse and growing seniors’ population of...
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  9. Resources & Publications

    CMA submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

    Posted on: July 20, 2018
    The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) submitted this brief as part of its study regarding how the Government can support vulnerable seniors today while preparing for the diverse and growing seniors population of tomorrow. This brief directly addresses the three themes considered by this Committee: How the Government can improve access...
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  10. Resources & Publications

    Race to the Top: Developing an Inclusive Growth Agenda for Canada

    Posted on: May 3, 2018
    This report seeks to provide guidance to policymakers looking to put Canada on a path towards more inclusive growth. It begins by assessing Canada’s record across a range of key metrics related to inclusive growth, ranging from income inequality to household incomes to the gender wage gap. It then explores...
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