One-in-seven people who access food banks nationally rely on provincial disability income support. In many provinces, that means living more than $800 below the poverty line each month... it was...
Ableism goes beyond individual fear or prejudice. It influences who we see as having a life worth living and who is seen as a burden. That, in turn, impacts our practices and policies. We all hav...
https://spon.ca/here-are-some-dos-and-donts-to-help-tackle-ableism/2024/01/31/
Although public apologies occurred in the 1980s and 1990s, it wasn’t until 2006 that a class-action lawsuit – the largest in Canadian history – brought about the Indian Residential Schools ...
Refugee Housing Canada's home-sharing platform connects refugees in need of a safe and welcoming home with Canadian hosts who want to help and also earn some income... "It's not unprecedented. Af...
First, avoid gathering any data that might indicate the scope of the problem, as well as how to solve it. Second, don’t put anyone in charge of remedying the problem. Finally, avoid employing a...
The service, which offers a non-police, community-based response to people experiencing mental health crises... will soon cover the entire city... Police are, after all, not trained mental healt...
The squads add a layer of surveillance and harassment that leads unhoused people to leave the spaces they know best and distance themselves from their support network in order to avoid police... ...
Pervasive misconceptions about disabilities, flawed income support systems and inadequate enforcement of regulations are among the systemic challenges... A fully inclusive society could generate ...
https://spon.ca/how-canada-can-make-better-progress-on-disability-inclusion/2023/09/14/
First, it is a measure to prevent poverty that is protected by law. It adds to our system of legal protections, which include laws such as the National Housing Strategy Act (2019) and the Accessi...
https://spon.ca/the-canada-disability-benefit-act-is-progress-worth-celebrating/2023/07/31/
Provincial Nominee Program has diverted economic immigrants from Ontario, B.C. and Quebec to smaller provinces among other changes... first rolled out in Manitoba in 1998 and later expanded to th...