Poverty

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• From Shared Space - Chapter 3 - Working in the Shared Space: Know-how is information about interventions required for different scenarios (what and why), including diverse solutions for solving problems such as poverty.
• From Shared Space Chapter 2 - Organizing for complexity: Employment has improved since the 1990s, but social programs, in decline since the mid-1970s"mid-1970s" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation., do not address problems brought on by ongoing unemployment and poverty, as well as new problems, such as lack of benefits or adequate pay for more "flexible" work forces (part time, contract, self employed, minimum wage), and working mothers. This lack of support lead to continued cycles of poverty and lost economic opportunities.
• From Shared Space Chapter 1 - Reaching for Resilience: Social health is a !Indicator | Indicators | measuring | metrics | indicator | indicators | Measured | trends | baseline | status | profile of a healthy economy. Healthy communities create stability, create networks of trust, foster learning and networking, and are critical for innovation. They attract skilled workers, who are critical to competitiveness. They are therefore recognised as the "engines of nations," and it is important to develop quality of life factors and provide social infrastructure. This includes addressing issues such as racial tension, poverty, employment and housing issues, social exclusion. drug abuse and domestic violence.
• From MW150121 - Transformed by Community Economic Development.pdf: Southwest Montréal - from an industrial centre to poverty. PEP and RESO successful intervention through citizen engagement: socio-economic partners - organization must be composed of voting | vote | democracy | !democratic | election representatives of different sectors of the community (four from business, four from community based organization | community organization | community based organizations, two union Leader | lead | leading, two associate members known for their influence, board grew to include local institutions, residence and elected municipal officials), committees and forums, AGM; Collaboration: supporting key community projects, economic, employment and recreation tourist plans; employment support and advice to entrepreneur | entrepreneurship, maintain industrial zoning, networking between businesses, workshops for training, secondary school for adults developed with industrial | factory, unions and literacy organizations.
• From Shared Space - Chapter 3 - Working in the Shared Space: Trail Builders use annual half-day reflection sessions including the convenor organization, local governance, key working groups, funders and individuals living in poverty. The Theory of Change is referred to and updated.
• From Shared Space Chapter 2 - Organizing for complexity: Understanding complexity is another challenge, "wicked problems". For example, poverty concentration factors include teenage pregnancy, single-parent families, lack of education and poor literacy, higher levels of chronic and mental illness, housing instability, substance abuse, crime, and disproportionate reliance on government income programs.
• From Shared Space Chapter 2 - Organizing for complexity: Vibrant Communities is an organization that focuses on reducing poverty, using a structured learning circle, the Pan-Canadian Learning Community. Trail Builder communities receive funding to develop inclusive strategies, using local governence boards with diverse members including business,government, volunteer organizations and individuals.
• From MW150113 - CED & Social Economy in Canada - A People's History.pdf: 8000 community based organizations in Québec, in old (resource, factory) and new (social, housing, tourism) services. 120000 people, 7% of provincial income, due to history (eg caisses populaires). Law vs poverty.
• From Shared Space - Chapter 4 - Supporting Sustenance: 3.5 million Canadians have low income and are likely to remain poor for longer periods,in particular groups such as women, Aboriginal Canadians, young single people, recent immigrants and people with disabilities. Canada's income gap has grown to a 30 year high, according to a study comparing the late 1970s to early 2000s"early 2000s" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.. Urban Poverty in Canada, found a disproportionate number of poor live in metropolitan areas, and Poverty by Postal Code, published in 2004 found substantial rises in poverty in the last 20 years in Toronto.
• From Shared Space - Chapter 3 - Working in the Shared Space: Success sequences may not be predictable, placebo effects may be created, and causality may not be clear - for example poverty may cause poor health, and poor health may cause poverty.
• From MW150102 - Editorial - The End of the Beginning.pdf: Emphasis since 2004 on celebrating; communicating (especially to English press/population); educate to senior civil servants, present at important meetings. Need to strengthen dialogue between CCEDNet, networks and movement with shared values goals, members including credit unions, women | Women's groups, Aboriginal and anti-poverty groups, Community Futures Development Corporations, union | unions movement, business | businesses sectors (especially those with social mandates); evaluate (specify strategy | strategies uses, eg capacity building, research not just for academically-led research projects, defining patient capital, is it meeting social economy enterprise needs, organizing for the right !Collaboration | collaboration | Partnership | partnership | synergistic | partner | collaborative - Québecers better prepared because of Foundation | foundation, for human capital, better integration of existing programs - 5-city demonstration project advocate by Learning Enrichment Foundation and CCEDNet, cost-benefit research for integrated, outcomes | Outcome | Outcomes-driven approaches. Looking to allies in Martin government; activate, Innovation | emerging | Emerging | modernization, agitate.
• From Shared Space - Chapter 4 - Supporting Sustenance: The government has committed itself to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, however the 1989 House of Commons resolution to eliminate poverty by 2000 was not largely successful.