This latest report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that First Nations children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than kids in any other demographic in Canada. The exact percentage calculated is 51 per cent, with that number rising to a startling 60 per cent for children living on … Read more
Minimum wage work is women’s work: that’s what West Coast LEAF and the Single Mothers’ Alliance BC said in an informative opinion piece published last month in the Vancouver Province newspaper. Here’s a snippet from the article: Women make up the majority of minimum-wage workers. Among minimum-wage workers aged 25 to 54, 70 per cent … Read more
The Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) have recently released a report detailing their position on the current state of poverty and inequity, and its relationship with government and big business. A very interesting read.
This story from the CBC illustrates how poverty can have an enormous affect on a child’s mental health and well being. Although the article talks about Hamilton, ON the themes are universal. Read on: Poverty can be a powerful predictor of a child’s mental health. A child who lives in poverty is three times more … Read more
The report, It’s Not Fair! The Face of Child Poverty in Richmond: A Call to Action, was released yesterday by Richmond Children First. It aims to de-mystify poverty, put a face on child poverty and serve as a call to action for the Richmond community.