by SPRC Hamilton | Apr 27, 2023 | All Publication, Community Data, Healthy Development of Children and Families, Poverty Reduction and Elimination, Social Landscape
Introduction Over the course of several months in 2014 community partners in Hamilton collaborated to arrange and host a series of community events that would invite and assist eligible families with young children to register for the Canada Learning Bond (CLB).... by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 9, 2017 | All Publication, Poverty Reduction and Elimination
Published: February 2017 In April 2016, the SPRC supported Hamilton Organizing for Poverty Elimination (HOPE) and Hamilton Faith Communities in Action to organize a Social Audit, a process of examining the social assistance system through the stories of people who... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Dec 14, 2011 | All Publication, Poverty Reduction and Elimination
Published: December 2011 In Hamilton, 30,000 people are working and still living in poverty. How is this possible? It used to be that if someone was having a tough time making ends meet, the simple answer was “get a job”. However, it has become increasingly difficult... by SPRC Hamilton | Dec 6, 2011 | All Publication, Poverty Reduction and Elimination
Published: December 2011 Consultations about what a living wage should include were conducted in public forums and workshops across Hamilton, since the launch of the living wage campaign in 2006. Over 600 Hamiltonians participated in these events, and many completed... by SPRC Hamilton | Apr 15, 2010 | All Publication, Poverty Reduction and Elimination, Research and Policy
Published: April 2010 This report is the result of a day spent listening deeply to and reflecting upon the stories told by remarkable people with lived experience of poverty who came forward to be a part of the Hamilton Social Audit on April 22, 2010. Click here to...