Recent Resources
Joint Submissions of the Charter Commission on Poverty Issues (CCPI), the National
Anti-Poverty Organization, and the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) to
the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Consideration of Canada's
Fourth Report on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights,
March 1999
($5, English only)
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International
Trade,
March 1999
(Free, English only)
The 50th Anniversary of the UN Declaration: A Human Rights Meltdown
in Canada, Submitted to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
November 1998
($15, English or French)
Response to the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services
Sector,
November 1998
($3, English only)
Inequality in Canada: The Growing Gap (Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance),
September 1998
($4, English only)
Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State: A Report Card,
June 1998
(English or French)
Bill C-36 and the National Child Benefit: NAPO's Presentation to the House of Commons Committee on Finance,
April 1998
(English only)
Government Expenditure Cuts and Other Changes to Health Care and Post-Secondary Education: Impacts on Low-Income Canadians,
January 1998
($15)
NAPO Press Releases: English or French (Free)
Who Will Count the Poor? New Statistics Released on Low-Income Canadians
(April 15, 1999)
U.N. Human Rights Committee Cites Canada for Violating Rights of the Poor
(April 12, 1999)
Federal Budget Widens the Gap Between the Rich and the Poor
(February 17, 1999)
The 50th Anniversary of the U.N. Declaration: A Human Rights Meltdown in Canada
(December 9, 1998)
General Information about Poverty
Income and Child Well-Being: A New Perspective on the Poverty Debate
By David P. Ross and Paul Roberts
Canadian Council on Social Development
441 MacLaren, 4th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3
Quality of Life in Canadian Communities: The FCM Quality of Life Reporting System
From the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
613-241-5221, ext 231 or website: www.fcm.ca
(May 1999)
The War at Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada's Poor
By Pat Capponi
Viking Press, 1999
Available in bookstores
Death on the Streets of Canada: A Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
From the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
On the web: www.tao.ca/~tdrc/ or c/o Cathy Crowe 416-703-8482, ext 117).
(March 1999)
A New Poverty Line: Yes, No or Maybe? A Discussion Paper
From the National Council of Welfare
(2nd Floor, 1010 Somerset St. W., Ottawa, ON K1A 0J9,
Tel (613) 957-2963/ Fax 957-0680/ e-mail: [email protected] )
(March 1999)
Child Poverty Report Card
The 1998 update has been released from Campaign 2000, a national coalition working to end child poverty
Contact NAPO for free copies
(English or French).
The Growing Gap: A report on growing inequality between the rich and poor in Canada
From the Centre for Social Justice
836 Bloor St. W, Toronto, ON M6G 1M2
Still Hungry for Change: Fifteen Years of Daily Bread
From the Daily Bread Food Bank
530 Lake Shore Blvd West, Toronto, ON M5V 1A5, 416-203-0050
Health and Wealth: How Social and Economic Factors Affect Our Well Being
By Monica Townson
Available from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 904-251 Laurier Ave, Ottawa, ON K1P 5J6
Personal Security Index 1999: How confident are Canadians about their economic and physical well-being?
From the Canadian Council on Social Development
441 MacLaren, 4th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3
Feed the Children: A Report on Child Hunger in Calgary -
The final report from Feeding Calgary's Children
A Committee of Social Service, Education, Health and Volunteer Agencies, contact the City of Calgary, Community and Social Development
Department, Social Research Unit
(Spring 1999)
Barriers to A.L.L. (an Acceptable Living Level)
A follow-up to the 1997 report which brings into sharp focus the
reasons and consequences of poverty in Winnipeg.
By Winnipeg Harvest
1085 Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg R3E 0S2, tel: 204-982-3663
A Glimpse of Child Hunger in Canada
By Lynn McIntyre
Available from HRDC Applied Research Branch (Working Paper #W-98-26E)
Tel: 819-994-3304 or website: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/arb/
At Risk: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Health and Literacy Among Seniors --
From Statistics Canada (Catalogue no. 89-552-MPE, no. 5)
Dissemination Division, Circulation Management, 120 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6, or 1-800-770-1033
A Call to End Global Poverty: Renewing Canadian aid policy and practice (A policy background paper) --
From the Canadian Council for International Co-operation
One Nicholas St, Suite 300, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7,
Tel: 613-241-7007, email: [email protected])
(March 1999)
Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know? Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation --
By Laurie DeRose, Ellen Messer, and Sara Millman
United Nations University Press, New York, available at bookstores
(1998)
Trends in Canadian Family Incomes, Expenditures, Savings and Debt
From The Vanier Institute of the Family
94 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean, ON K2G 6B1, 613-228-8500
Our Neighbours' Voices: Will We Listen?
By the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC)
Avail. from Lorimer Publishers, 35 Britain St., Toronto, M5A 1R7
($15)
'Reciting the Symptoms, Ignoring the Cause: The Systematic Dispossession of Aboriginal Peoples in
Canada': A Response to the Government of Canada's Third Periodic Report on the Implementation of
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
From the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec
Website: www.gcc.ca/
(November 1998)
The Progress of Canada's Children 1998 Focus on Youth
The third edition in an annual series which looks at the well-being of children and youth
From the Canadian Council on Social Development
441 MacLaren, 4th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3
($10 + s/h, English or French)
Child Benefits: Kids Are Still Hungry
A sequel to the 1997 report, Child Benefits: A Small Step Forward,
This report contains recommendations for less discriminatory uses of federal money for supporting families with children.
From the National Council of Welfare
(2nd Floor, 1010 Somerset St. W., Ottawa, ON K1A 0J9,
Tel (613) 957-2963/ Fax 957-0680/ e-mail: [email protected] )
(English or French, Free)
Profiles of Welfare: Myths and Realities;
Poverty Profile 1996;
Banking and Poor People: Talk Is Cheap -
All released by the National Council of Welfare
(2nd Floor, 1010 Somerset St. W., Ottawa, ON K1A 0J9,
Tel (613) 957-2963/ Fax 957-0680/ e-mail: [email protected] )
Women and the Equality Deficit: The Impact of Restructuring Canada's Social Programs
Examines the negative consequences of the repeal of the Canada Assistance Plan and
the introduction of the CHST on women's economic rights
By Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky
Available from Status of Women Canada, 360 Albert Street, Ottawa K1A 1C3.
Benefiting Canada's Children: Perspectives on Gender and Social Responsibility
Written by Christa Freiler and Judy Cerny of the Child Poverty Action Group and funded and distributed by Status of
Women Canada (360 Albert Street, Ottawa K1A 1C3)
A comprehensive analysis of family poverty issue and an informed response to some of the arguments put
forward by John Richards and the C. D. Howe Institute in Retooling the Welfare State.
Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice -
Andrew Glyn & David Miliband, eds.
(Institute for Public Policy Research, Rivers Oram Press, 144 Hemingford Road, London, England, N11DE)
Directory of Canadian Educational Poverty Programs
From the Dept. of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta
Contact NAPO to receive sections for non-profit purposes, or see the Department's website: www.education.ualberta.ca/research/poverty/programs.html
(English or French).
Local Action to Fight Poverty: A Strategic Guide for Community Organizations
From the Centre for Community Enterprise
The CED Bookshop, P.O. Box 1161, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 7M1, tel: 1-888-255-6779
'No Car, No Radio, No Liquor Permit': The Moral Regulation of Single Mothers in Ontario, 1920-1997
A study by anti-poverty activist and academic Margaret Jane Hillyard Little
Oxford University Press, available in bookstores)
Examines the ways low-income single mothers have suffered violations of privacy and dignity in their dealings with the welfare state and its representatives.
Critical Choices, Turbulent Times: A Community workbook on social programs (Revised and Expanded)
By Nancy Pollak
Aavail. from Frank Tester, School of Social Work,
University of BC, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, tel: 604-822-2255, email: [email protected])
Power and Resistance: Critical Thinking About Canadian Social Issues (2nd ed.)
By Wayne Antony and Les Samuelson, eds.,
Fernwood Publishing, Box 9409, Station A, Halifax, NS, B3K 5S3, or in bookstores
Where's Home? A Picture of Housing Needs in Ontario --
A joint effort by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
website: www.onpha.on.ca/fnph.html
Shelter, Housing and Homes: A Social Right
Edited by Arnold Bennett,
Available from Black Rose Books, C.P. 1258, Succ. Place du Parc, Montréal, QC, H2W 2R3, or in bookstores
The story of the battle for housing in the 1990s by Quebec's two tenant federations: People's Rights Over Urban
Development (PROUD) and the Regroupement des comités logements et associations des locataires du
Québec (RCLALQ).
A useful guide for groups fighting similar battles in other cities
($20)
Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and South Korea --
From the International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, tel. 613-236-6163)
Left out in the Cold: the End of UI for Canadian Workers
By the Canadian Labour Congress
Available from the Congress or on its website: www.clc-ctc.ca/policy/index.html
A comprehensive look at the declining coverage of workers by the unemployment insurance program, including breakdowns by province, selected cities, and federal
ridings.
Welfare-to-Work Programs: An Inventory
From Canadian Council on Social Development (see above),
A 280-page, province-by-province study of workfare programs
The first part of a larger project to examine the impact of workfare on low-income single-mother families
($20 + s/h, English or French).
Myths at Work: The Real Story Behind Workers' Compensation Reform
A 25 minute video from Toronto Injured Workers Advocacy Group, a coalition of legal clinics and injured workers groups
(Order from Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario, 489 College St. #203, Toronto, ON M6G 1A5 or fax:
416-924-2472)
($15, English only).
The Shelter Shortage: New Directions for Low-Cost Housing Policy in Canada
Published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (see above)
This report makes the case for reinvestment in public housing which places a priority on empowering residents
Labour Markets, Social Institutions, and the Future of Canada's Children
From Statistics Canada (see above)
A 180-page collection of papers on youth and the labour market, and the ways in which families,
communities and public institutions contribute to children's well-being
($35, bilingual)
Youth at Work in Canada: A Research Report -
From the Canadian Council on Social Development (see above)
Gross Income: Disclosing Executive Pay in Canada
By The West Hawk Group
Available from McGilligan Books, P.O. Box 16024, 859 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1W0, or in bookstores
A fact-book on the biggest paycheques in banking, utilities, government, health and other sectors, and a small section on how these earnings relate to the average working person's wages
($23)
Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination -
By Randy Albelda, Robert Drago & Steven Shulman
McGraw-Hill, New York, available in bookstores
On a Variety of Other Subjects
Preschool Children: Promises to Keep --
National Council of Welfare (see above)
(Spring 1999)
Canada's National Child Benefit: Phoenix or Fizzle? --
By Douglas Durst, ed
From Fernwood Publishing (see above)
Getting a Foot in the Door: Women, Civil Legal Aid and Access to Justice --
By Lisa Addario of the National Association of Women and the Law
Aavailable for free from Status of Women Canada (see above)
Going Public about Privatization
From Canadian Union of Public Employees www.cupe.ca/doc/990118-1.html
Building on Strength: Improving Governance and Accountability in Canada's Voluntary Sector
Panel on Accountability and Governance in the Voluntary Sector
One Nicholas St, Suite 532, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B7, tel: 1-800-670-0401, ext 231
Falling through the gender gap: How Ontario Government policy continues to fail abused women and their children
Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1404, Toronto, ON, M5B 1J3, tel: 416-977-6619, email: [email protected])
(Nov. 1998)
Alternatives for the Americas: Building a People's Hemispheric Agreement
Published jointly by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (see above) and Common Frontiers,
This book is the outcome of the April '98 Peoples' Summit in Santiago, Chile
($12).
Caring For Profit: How Corporations are Taking Over Canada's Health Care System
Published jointly by New Star Books and CCPA (see above)
($18, English only).
Discussion Paper on School Fees and School Expenses
The Political Action Group on Poverty documents well a growing problem in many communities
Available from Equal Justice For All
202-806 Appleby Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7M 4N8, tel (306) 653-6260/ fax 655-5895
Unfair $hares: Corporations and Taxation in Canada
The latest report of corporate welfare available from the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice
15 Gervais Dr., Ste. 305, Don Mills, ON M3C 1Y8, tel (416) 441-3714/ fax 441-4073
(March 1998)
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