Publications, Reports and Briefs
Publications, Reports and bRiEfs
CPI Submission to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
This brief provides an assessment and recommendations to the federal government with respect to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. Through this brief, it is our intention to shed light on the intersection of environmental concerns and poverty. While The Government of Canada is working to prioritize and strategize Canada’s plan for addressing environmental issues, the Canadian Poverty Institute asks the federal government to consider strategies that would inform equitable policy, speak to the inter-connected nature of the environment and poverty, and plan for long-term sustainability for all Canadians. June 2022
Protecting Canada’s Vulnerable Workforce in a Digital Age.
The brief provides background and recommendations to The Government of Canada for reforms to protect precarious workers in the gig economy. Fulfilling Canada’s commitments to the progressive realization of economic rights requires new and innovative approaches to employment standards and social protection. April 2021.
This brief provides background and recommendations to The City of Calgary for the development of its Environment Strategy. As poverty and the environment intersect in important ways, it is critical that Calgary’s Environment Strategy embody principles of Environmental Justice where all people, regardless of gender, age, race or socioeconomic status, are entitled to equal protection under environmental laws and to participate in environmental decision making in their community. April 2021.
The Risk and Depth of Poverty in Calgary: A Socio-Demographic Profile. 2016.
Using 2016 custom Census data, this statistical report examines the social and demographic characteristics of Calgary households with incomes marginally above the poverty line, compared with those just below and those far below the poverty line. Published in collaboration with Vibrant Communities Calgary. November 2020.
Poverty and the New Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Ontario.
Final report of the Poverty and the New Economy project examining the impact of shifts in the employment landscape on poverty in Ontario, as well as the potential for new business models to create a more inclusive economy. August 2019 This project was made possible through the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
What does poverty look like in Canada? The Angus Reid Institute’s Study of Poverty in Canada: A Response from the Canadian Poverty Institute, Ambrose University, Calgary. Rita Yembilah, PhD, July 2018
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council On the Occasion of the 3rd Universal Periodic Review of Canada. October 5, 2017. Submitted by Canada Without Poverty, Alternatives North, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, the Canadian Poverty Institute, Downtown Mission of Windsor, Fredericton's Community Action Group on Homelessness, Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS Canada), Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Niagara Poverty Reduction Network, Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, the Temiskaming Native Women's Group, and Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.
Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy: Submission to the Ministry of Families, Children and Social Development. October 2017.
Yembilah, R. and C. Lamb (2017) Rights, Capabilities and Obligations: New Perspectives on Child Poverty in Calgary. Calgary: Canadian Poverty Institute, Ambrose University.
Yembilah, R. and C. Lamb (2016). Planning to Eliminate Child Poverty: Thematic Overview of Child Poverty Policy in Canada. Calgary: Ambrose University, Canadian Poverty Institute.
Bailey-Lynch, D. (2016). The Influence of Policy on Childhood Poverty in Selected Provinces in Canada. Calgary: Ambrose University, Canadian Poverty Institute.
Submission to the Alberta Ministry of Labour of Labour on Proposed Increases to the Provincial Minimum Wage. June, 2016.