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Healthcare workers wearing Ebola protective suits hold two young children at a treatment center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

A tent, trash, and personal belongings at a homeless encampment on Notre-Dame Street in East Montreal.

Cities are managing the visible signs of social failure with homelessness

The skyline is filled with glass towers and a couple of cranes.

Condos to co-ops: It makes sense to turn unsold units into social housing

Three children and an adult play a game on a carpet in a child-care centre while another adult looks on.

Child benefits work when they are generous and universal

Six pots of coffee beans.

Canadians aren’t imagining the cost-of-living crisis

Corn on the cob in closeup, with other produce and a store worker in the blurry background.

Slaying myths about income support

A worker in a yellow safety vest wrangles three shopping carts in a driving snowstorm.

A youth employment supplement could rebalance Canada’s generational divide

A shiny new foodbank with food organized on shelves with aisles like a supermarket.

Ten million Canadians live in food-insecure households. The federal budget doesn’t help them

Lessons from the US on reducing child poverty

Why we need to fix Canada’s new measure of poverty

The Poverty Reduction Act toothless but not pointless

How the First Poverty Reduction Strategy can be improved

Build the Indigenous economy to address poverty

Rights-based approach key to alleviating poverty

Poverty strategy a strong start, but there’s more to do

Un pas en avant dans la lutte contre la pauvreté
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Social assistance requires more accountability and federal leadership

Measuring poverty? Let’s get empirical

How do we measure poverty?

How countries achieve economic security and equality

Food waste and food insecurity in Canada

Families and culture matter to reducing poverty

Governments have to start acting on poverty

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