Tag: yvonne kelly

You’re Invited: Equity Literacy Forum- Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario Oct.29, 2014

This video presents Classism in Canada. Classism and poverty in British Columbia and Canada. The Put Food in the Budget (PFIB) – a non-profit organization – invites you to an Equity Literacy Forum on Towards a Classism Reduction Strategy for Ontario, October 29, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at College Street United Church, 452…

October 15, 2014
Canadian Campaign for a $14 Minimum Wage in Ontario: On the 14th of Every Month-Starting Today 2013

This is an update to the following previous blog Your Input: Canadian Poverty Consultation for Ontario Until October 2013. The Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage is coordinated by: ACORN, Freedom 90, Mennonite New Life Centre, OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty), Ontario Campaign 2000, Parkdale Community Legal Services, Put Food in the Budget, Social Planning…

August 14, 2013
You’re Invited: Public Consultation & Review of Canadian Social Assistance in Ontario March 7, 2012

This is an update to my previous blogs: 2012! Happy New Year! Please Give the Gift of Dignity to Canadians This Holiday Season! Here is a letter from Yvonne Kelly of The PUT FOOD IN THE BUDGET CAMPAIGN inviting you to attend a public consultation re: the Options Paper just released from the Commissioners reviewing…

February 29, 2012
Launch of Poverty Free Ontario Campaign in Newmarket September 15

Here is a letter to Canadians in Ontario from the York Region Do the Math Working Group: “Friends and Colleagues – Join us for the Launch of the Poverty Free Ontario Campaign in Newmarket at 510 Penrose on Thursday September 15th at 10:30 am

September 13, 2011
National Volunteer Week and PUT FOOD IN THE BUDGET’s Plea

National Volunteer Week, April 10 to 16, is Canada’s largest celebration of volunteers, volunteerism, and civic participation. To Canadian volunteers everywhere, Thank you! The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations. As an agency of the Government of Ontario, the mission of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is building healthy and vibrant…

April 16, 2011
York Region ISARC Social Audit Presentation at the Community And Health Services Committee Meeting

The 2010 Social Audit was a faith community assessment of the status of poverty in Ontario, Canada. ISARC (Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition) provided community hearings for the most vulnerable across Ontario to tell their stories of living in poverty and give us their ideas for change at the political level. The 2010 “Social Audit…

January 17, 2011
First Ever York Region (Ontario, Canada) Social Audit Report Released

For Immediate Release – Thursday September 23, 2010 Re: The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) – Social Audit – York Region Report Release Contact for interviews: 289-221-0928 Date: September 23, 2010 Media contact: 289-221-0928 First Ever York Region Social Audit Report Released “Behind The Masks” ….testimonials from those marginalized by income “When anyone is…

September 23, 2010