Anti-poverty Groups |
Low Income Families Together (LIFT) |
Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) |
Ontario Coalition for Social Justice |
Ontario Social Safety Network |
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) |
Front commun des personnes assistées sociales du Québec |
Collectif pour un Quebec sans pauvrete |
The Anti-Poverty Committee |
Justice with Dignity |
End Legislated Poverty |
Working Group on Poverty |
New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice |
ODSP Action Coalition |
Fredericton Anti-Poverty Coalition |
Women and a Fair Income |
ATD 4th World |
Halifax Coalition Against Poverty |
Poverty - general information |
National Council of Welfare |
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Canadian Council on Social Development |
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Centre for Social Justice |
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PovNet |
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Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) |
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KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives |
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End Canadian Poverty |
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Minimum Wage & Living Wage |
Just Income Coalition (Manitoba) |
Saskatchewan Living Wage Coalition |
Walk, Wheel & Ride for Dignity (Ontario) |
Ontario Needs a Raise campaign (Ontario Coalition for Social Justice) |
New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice |
Public Interest Alberta |
Au bas de l'échelle (Quebec) |
The Case for a Living Wage by Nancy Langdon in Briarpatch, 2005 |
From Poverty Wages to a Living Wage by Christopher Schenk, Centre for Social Justice, |
Raising the Floor, The Social and Economic Benefits of Minimum Wages in Canada by Michael Goldberg and David Green, CCPA, 1999 |
Left Behind: Low-Paid Workers in Canada by Ron Saunders, CPRN, 2005 |
Child poverty |
Campaign 2000 |
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National Children's Alliance |
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Housing & homelessness |
National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness |
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Canadian Housing and Renewal Association |
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Toronto Disaster Relief Committee |
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Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation |
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Housing Again |
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Homelessness Action Group |
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Slum Tourism - Parkdale Tennants Association (Toronto) |
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Health and Poverty |
Canadian Health Coalition |
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Canadian AIDS Society - HIV and Poverty in Canada web site |
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Social Determinants of Health |
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Improving the Health of Canadians Report |
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Human Rights and Poverty |
Charter Committee on Poverty Issues |
Poverty and Human Rights Centre |
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) |
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
La Ligue des droits et libertés |
Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights - Promises to Keep: Implementing Canada's Human Rights Obligations, Dec. 2001
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Fourth Report by Canada to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Testimony of Bruce Porter on behalf of the NAPO, the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation and the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the right to adequate housing in Canada |
"Freedom from Want: From Charity to Entitlement" by Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the 6th Annual
LaFontaine-Baldwin lecture, March 2005 |
Hunger and food security |
Canadian Association of Food Banks |
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Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Growing Food Security in Alberta |
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Cost of Living in BC by Dietitians of Canada |
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Labour and unemployment |
Canadian Labour Congress |
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Women and Poverty |
National Network on Environments and Women's Health |
National Association of Women and the Law |
World March of Women |
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) |
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) |
Womennet.ca -
Canadian Women's Virtual Information Centre |
National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOIVMWC) |
Women and a Fair Income |
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Justice issues |
National Association of Women and the Law |
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Income Security Advocacy Advocacy Centre |
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Court Challenges Program |
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Law Commission of Canada |
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Charter Committee on Poverty Issues |
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Community Legal Education Ontario |
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies |
Education |
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada |
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Canadian Federation of Students |
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Disability issues |
DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
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Council of Canadians with Disabilities |
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ARCH - legal resource centre for persons with disabilities |
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Disability WebLinks |
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Tools and Resources |
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Media and advocacy toolkits |
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Consumer rights and privacy |
Public Interest Advocacy Centre |
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Social policy and research |
Canadian Social Research Newsletter |
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Tristat Resources (Richard Shillington) |
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives |
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Laidlaw Foundation
(under Children's Agenda programme : series of reports on social inclusion) |
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy |
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Canadian Policy Research Networks |
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Institute for Research on Public Policy |
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Social Development Canada (for info on social programs) |
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Guaranteed Adequate Income |
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Livable Incomes for Everyone |
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Youth poverty |
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National Children's Alliance |
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