RESOURCES
Racialized Inequity - Ontario Aboriginal and People of Colour (PDF 2 pages, 551KB)- Fact Sheet #1 - Understanding the Racialization of Poverty in Ontario (PDF 2 pages, 40KB)
- Edible Wild Food - Karen Stephenson teaches people about wild plants as an alternative food source. Not only are many of the plants (ie; weeds) a great source of food, most wild plants are more nutritious than grocery store purchased food. People who incorporate wild plants into their diet feel better and even better - this is free food.
- Put Food in the Budget
- Peel Data Centre
- Portraits of Peel 2011 - A comprehensive look at the social and economic challenges within the Peel population.
- Position Statement on Poverty (June 2010)
- Poverty: A Tale of Hardship (June 2008) Presentation to the Ontario Cabinet Committee on Poverty in Ontario. (PDF 8 pages, 204 KB)
- Peel Counts
- Tough Times, Peel Poverty Action Group publication
- Cities Reducing Poverty – Vibrant Communities Canada
- It’s More Than Poverty gives us the first-ever profile of precarious employment in our region and details how today’s job market is impacting individuals, families and our community. It shows that: precarious employment is on the rise, with 40% of residents working in jobs with some degree of precarity; for the first time we are seeing these trends affecting people across income levels; and all of this has a profound impact on individuals, families and the overall community.
- Breaking the Cycle – Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 2012 report
- Release of the 2012 Campaign 2000 Report Card on Poverty