John Stapleton

John Stapleton is a writer, instructor and former innovation fellow with the Metcalf Foundation. He worked for the Ontario government for 28 years in social assistance policy and operations. He was also the research director for the Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working-Age Adults in Toronto.

Articles by this author

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Loans and other financial products need detailed labelling like food and prescriptions

by Brenda Spotton Visano, John Stapleton October 1, 2024

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What’s the true cost of food when you’re poor?

by John Stapleton, Yvonne Yuan April 15, 2019

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Ontario’s “welfare diet” in 2018

by John Stapleton, Yvonne Yuan August 2, 2018