Advocacy Hamilton

05/30/2013

If you work full time, you should be able to live.

There are 1.8 million people working in Canada but not earning enough to pull themselves and their families out of poverty. This includes 540,000 people working full-time, year-round but still living on incomes below Statistic Canada's low-income cut-off. They are known as the working poor.

05/27/2013

Who's listening?

Adding to patients' incomes works to decrease the health effects of poverty, Canadian doctors are finding.

05/22/2013

“Glass Half Full” celebrates the success and progress we’ve seen recently on issues of poverty and ecological justice in Canada.

05/22/2013

Brave girl.

Niagara Poverty Reduction Network issues a call for actionPoverty is young girl’s way of life 0 By Dave Johnson, The Tribune Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:14:00 EDT PM Chonie Anger, 13, gives a first-hand account of living in poverty in Niagara at Niagara Poverty Reduction Network's Wipe Out Poverty in…

11/22/2012

I'll be on TVO's The Agenda tonight at 8 & 11pm, talking about the concept of "the deserving poor". This is part of a global media series called "Why Poverty?" http://ww3.tvo.org/whypoverty/main

http://theagenda.tvo.org/episode/185040/who-deserves

The Agenda asks: Is the care of impoverished Canadians everyone's responsibility?

09/20/2012

An article I just posted for the Take Back the Night Event today.

http://takebackthenighthamilton.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/why-we-need-to-take-back-more-than-the-night/

Last spring a budget was announced that stirred media frenzy, especially amongst anti-poverty advocates. There would be no increase in social assistance rates for 2013. And while debates raged ov...

09/04/2012

Kudos to Clr McHattie and Clr Farr. Please write in for your support! http://raisethehammer.org/article/1655

Councillor McHattie's motion would establish a committee to plan and implement two-way conversions across Wards 1 and 2, starting with Cannon and Queen Street.

06/14/2012

What would Hamilton look like if all policy followed universal human rights?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiORUTpCnU&feature=player_embedded

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

05/10/2012

Hamiltonians more worried about food than most Canadians

http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2012/05/10/hamilton-food-insecurity.html

An estimated 35,000 Hamiltonians say they are concerned that they have limited or uncertain access to healthy food. That's higher than the national or provincial average.

04/18/2012

This may show up a few times. My apologies if it does:

http://www.advocacyhamilton.com/2012/04/18/ward-boundary-reform-petition-for-hamilton/

Just a small follow-up to Andrew Dreschel's article today. As Advocacy Hamilton, I strive to ensure all voices in this city are heard. This begins with a form of equal representation but not exclusively. Communities of interest need to be respected; thought given to future growth as well. This

04/13/2012

Come down to Art Crawl tonight and sign a petition for ward boundary reform. We'll be at James & Cannon starting 6pm. Don't forget to bring a non-perishable food item as well!