Programs and Services

Campaign 2000
A cross-Canada public education movement that has become a vibrant network of national, regional and local partner organizations that actively work on child/family issues from diverse perspectives.

Canada Without Poverty
A not-for-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada

Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
A non-profit social policy and research organization focusing on issues such as poverty, social inclusion, disability, cultural diversity, child well-being, employment and housing

Canadian’s Coalition to End Global Poverty (CCIC)
A coalition of Canadian voluntary sector organizations working globally to achieve sustainable human development. CCIC seeks to end global poverty, and to promote social justice and human dignity for all

Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI)
Bringing together low-income activists and poverty law advocates to ensure that poor people are able to make more effective use of their rights in Canada

Growing Gap – an initiative of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Inequality Project
A national project to increase public awareness about the alarming spread of income and wealth inequality in Canada

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
Works with and on behalf of low income communities in Ontario to address issues of income security and poverty

National Council of Welfare (NCW)
An arm’s length advisory body to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development on matters of concern to low-income Canadians

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
Based in Toronto ON, this direct-action anti-poverty organization mounts campaigns against regressive government policies as they affect poor and working people and provides direct-action advocacy for individuals against wellfare and ODSP, public housing and others who deny poor people what they are entitled to

Pay the Rent AND feed the Kids Campaign
This campaign is an effort to challenge the Ontario provincial government to raise social assistance rates to reflect the actual cost of living

Poverty by Postal Code: Toronto
United Way Toronto Report, April 2004

Poverty Quiz
Test your knowledge on child & family poverty in Canada

PovNet
Resources in British Columbia & Canada for advocates, people on welfare and community groups and individuals involved in anti-poverty work

Share the Warmth
Based in Montreal QC, Share the Warmth collects and distributes warm clothing and food for the homeless, in addition to other programs

Social Assistance Review
Part of the Ontario government’s Poverty Reduction Stratege of December 2008, this website has updates on what the government is doing, what ISAC is doing, and what activists across Ontario are doing

Social Security Reform Centre
A source on the Social Security reform debate in the USA

Teaching Tolerance – A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
An American organization dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation’s children by providing free educational materials to teachers and other school practitioners in the US and abroad

Walking on Eggshells: Abused Women’s Experiences of Ontario’s Welfare System
Final Report of Research FIndings from the Woman and Abuse Welfare Research Project, April 2004