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Vibrant Communities Canada – Cities Reducing Poverty

IMAGINE...100 Canadian Cities Reducing Poverty Together! Each vibrant community has a poverty reduction strategy that is being led by a multi-sector roundtable of engaged citizens and civic leaders. This learning community is a place where Canadians can learn, share expertise, advance common goals, and connect with one another about reducing poverty in their cities. Together let's end poverty! Join us!

Community Engagement

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Cities

Communities are the places where poverty lives. Community innovation is one of the best solutions to poverty. Engage with 100 Vibrant Communities across Canada who are creating innovative solutions and reducing poverty together. More>>

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Reducing Poverty

In communities across Canada, business leaders, all levels of government, voluntary agencies, and people living in poverty are forming multi sector roundtables to seek solutions to poverty. Our vision is that these communities, all provinces and the federal government will develop aligned poverty reduction strategies that will see 1 million people less poor. More>>

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Together

Collaborating together to solve complex problems like poverty has far reaching impact. This learning community brings people working collaboratively on poverty reduction efforts together to learn, share and connect in ways that extends that impact and creates lasting change for people living in poverty. Join us here!

Featured Blogs

Five Questions and Five Answers about the Working Poor
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John Stapleton
Who are the working poor and what does policy change look like when it makes a real difference!
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4 Things We Know About Poverty
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Calgary
This speech was written and presented by Alexa Briggs, Associate Director of Strategy and Research with Vibrant Communities Calgary
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Value for Money: Changing the way we measure results
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Measuring social and economic impacts is vital to the growth of innovative community solutions Mike Toye
How do you measure the benefits of multi-faceted poverty reduction initiatives? Social Return on Investment (SROI) is an emerging field of expertise that is helping better articulate the value of complex outcomes.
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We need to change this...
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A useful tool for communities wanting to change Liz Weaver
How many times have you sat around a collaborative planning table and said...we need to change this. You meet and meet but little changes. Use a Theory of Change approach to drive your change forward.
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The Working Poor and the Costs of Poverty
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Income inequality is costing us all Liz Weaver
Over the past two weeks Tamarack has hosted 2 tele-learning sessions focusing on the impact of poverty on citizens and communities.
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Medicine Hat Poverty Reduction
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Medicine Hat News Article April Varley Weisman
Work continues to reduce the cost of poverty in Medicine Hat
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Can Cities Reduce Poverty? What's the Business Case?
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Framing the Discussion for developing the Business Case Liz Weaver
Guess what happens when you bring together 14 really committed leaders to discuss how to frame the business case for Cities Reducing Poverty - you get creative ideas, connections and a great think tank.
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Pool, Cap, and CUT
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reflections on the government of Ontario's recent budget cutting John Stapleton
Who among us would have thought it would require a 57% rate increase to raise single welfare rates to their purchasing power of 1993? And other reflections.
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Cities Reducing Poverty Blogs

4 Things We Know About Poverty
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Calgary
This speech was written and presented by Alexa Briggs, Associate Director of Strategy and Research with Vibrant Communities Calgary
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Crafting Poverty Reduction Strategy in Calgary
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Vibrant Communities Calgary
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A blog to follow about Calgary's Poverty Reduction Initiative and what it could be!
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Saint John Transit Survey Launch
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Anit-Poverty group seeks input on how to improve service
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Good public transportation reduces poverty. Explore how Saint John is working to improve transportation in our city.
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January Updates from Alberta
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From Action to End Poverty in Alberta
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An update that includes, roundtables launching in Alberta, the high costs of poverty and a summary of the dream no little dreams conference
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A celebration of Saint John
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Success in tackling poverty reduction and involving business
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A article from the Telegraph Journal about an event toasting the innovative success of Saint John, New Brunswick poverty reduction strategies.
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