It
Takes a Nation to Raise a Generation (2008)
PowerPoint presentation on First Call featuring child poverty data.
Brief
to the Senate on Urban Child Poverty (2008)
In February 2008, First Call Chair Michael
Goldberg presentated to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science
and Technology on the topic of urban child poverty. This
briefing is an overview of topics including measuring poverty; child poverty
rates; and the interaction between market income, social security benefits,
taxation and statutory deductions, and income tested social programs.
BC
Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Card (2007)
Every November through our partnership with Campaign 2000, First Call releases
a series of report cards profiling child poverty in BC.
• Campaign
2000 National Report Card for 2007
• 2006
BC Report Card
• 2005
BC Report Card
Leveling
the Playing Field for Children: A Community Action Toolkit (2007)
(coming soon)
This Community Action Toolkit provides information and resources on how
to level the economic playing field for children and youth, including advocacy
work around issues such as early learning and child care, child benefits,
affordable housing, and parental leave.
Summoned
to Stewardship: Make Poverty Reduction a Collective Legacy (2007)
This report from Campaign 2000 addresses child poverty and indicates that
all political parties should commit to a comprehensive poverty reduction
strategy.
Raising
the Falling Fortunes of Young Families with Children (2007)
This report from Campaign 2000 argues that young families should have a
living wage - a just wage that keeps workers and their families out of poverty.
Child
and Youth Development and Income Inequality: A Review of Selected Literature
(2007)
As part of our Leveling the Playing Field Project we have compiled a review
of the relationship between income poverty, inequality and child outcomes
in Canada, with a particular focus on studies completed since 1998.
Child
Poverty Status Report (2006)
This report is the most detailed report on child and family poverty in British
Columbia ever published by First Call. It includes not only province-wide
data on poverty, but also data for 25 of the larger population centres in
all regions of the province.
Economic
Security Project Research on Economic Equality (2006)
First Call is a partner in the Economic Security Project, a join initiative
of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Simon Fraser University.
The document provides an overview of the findings from the Economic Security
Project that focus on public policy affecting the economic equality of children
and families in BC.
A
Review of Policy Options for Increasing Food Security & Income Security
in British Columbia (2007)
This report by Steve Kerstetter and Michael Goldberg includes direct and
indirect measures of food insecurity in BC and an analysis of the impact
of various policy options on seven family types which are most likely to
face food insecurity.
The
Cost of Eating in BC (2007)
Each year First Call coalition partner the Dietitians of Canada, BC region
release a report to demonstrate that some groups within our population are
denied the right to safe and nutritious food due to limited financial resources.
Individuals and families receiving income assistance and those working in
low paying jobs are at high risk for food insecurity.
Jean
Swanson Speaks about Making Poverty History (2005)
At a public forum on April 28th organized by the Make Poverty History campaign,
Jean Swanson of the Carnegie Community Action Project and the Raise the
Rates Coalition gave a thought-provoking speech on government decisions
and how they impact poverty and homelessness.
Path
to Poverty: A Review of Child and Family Poverty Conditions in British Columbia
(2003)
Another report from SPARC BC prepared for the BC Federation of Labour. Path
to Poverty demonstrates that rates of poverty among families and individuals
in BC remain unacceptably high, regardless of sporadic attempts by governments
to increase the income supports available to low-income families. The report
recommends a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy for the province.
A
Bad Time to be Poor: An Analysis of British Columbia’s New Welfare
Policies (2003)
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns that the province’s
new welfare rules will create unacceptable hardship and upheaval in communities
across BC.
Everyone
Counts Campaign - Welfare
Everyone Counts is a public awareness campaign and poster series launched
in 2004. The general theme of all the posters is “everyone counts,”
a not-so-subtle reminder that democratically elected governments are supposed
to serve all their constituents – not just a chosen few.
• Welfare
backgrounder and press release