What's New
March 2, 2011
Housing Action Plan for Whitehorse released
Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition recently released A Home for Everyone: A Housing Action Plan for Whitehorse. The plan, developed through workshops, research and input from community members, focuses information and ideas that will provide more and better housing options for all Whitehorse residents.
Highlights of the action plan include recommended actions to fill identified gaps including the provision of emergency shelter, transitional housing, housing with long-term support, rental accommodation and affordable home ownership.
Download the full report (pdf)
Download the report's appendices (pdf)
February 7, 2011
NEW Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Newsletter
Staff at the Nunavut Anti-Poverty Secretariat and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. recently sent out the first edition of a new e-newsletter which tracks the progress of the Nunavut Poverty Reduction Action Plan.
The Roundtable is a gathering place for the various Nunavut organizations involved with poverty reduction in the territory. Partners include the Nunavut Literacy Council and the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, and municipal governments, businesses, labour unions and ordinary citizens.
For more information or to get on the mailing list for this great newsletter, contact nrpr@makiliqta.ca
January 20, 2011
No Place for Poverty - Anti-Poverty Workshop Report
The No Place for Poverty – Anti-Poverty Workshop was initiated and organized by Alternatives North, a volunteer social justice coalition, and YWCA Yellowknife, a non-profit organization dedicated to the well-being and independence of people, particularly women. The Workshop and resulting Poverty Report was a response to the need for a broad, comprehensive, integrated anti-poverty strategy to address the many issues that influence, and are influenced by poverty. The Workshop Report outlines the key points of workshop presenters the participants' advice on a process and priorities for moving forward on poverty.