The phrase doesn't roll off the tongue like: I have a Dream; or Yes We Can. But it had a stirring impact on a generation of disability right activists, including me. The phrase is: “the utilization of means that are … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
The Homeless Hub, 6th, On Poverty
Research, reflection, data, measurement are not seen as glamorous pursuits when tackling poverty or its accompanying challenge – homelessness. Unless it's in the hands of Stephen Gaetz, Associate Dean of Education and Director of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network, York … Read More
Deanna Kawatski – How People With Disabilities Will Save the World
Clara and Me – The Story of an Unexpected Friendship by Deanna Kawatski is an enchanting story about the mysterious exchange of friendship. Set in remote Northern British Columbia, Deanna longed for a female companion for eleven years. Then Clara … Read More
How People With Disability Will Save the World
In Ian Brown's award winning book, The Boy in the Moon, he highlights the impact John Ralson Saul's brother Anthony had on the internationally acclaimed writer and essayist's life. Saul is currently President of PEN International and Patron of PLAN. … Read More
A Saharan Food Desert – John Stapleton’s Poverty Fighting Research, 5th On Poverty
You have to be rich to be poor. The poorer you are the more things cost. Imagine living where you cannot buy healthy affordable food? Where retail food chains, if they haven't deserted your area, charge you more for fruit, … Read More
Tags: canada, john stapleton
Canadians with Severe Disabilities – A Basic Income Plan, 4th, On Poverty
The Caledon Institute our leading social policy think tank is at it again. They have produced a thoughtful working report on one of the bigger handicaps faced by people with disability – poverty. And their fundamental recommendation is to establish … Read More
Tags: basic income, disabilities, disability, social welfare
TED and Ashoka Together at Last!
Here's a treat for those who enjoy the TED series of inspiring videos and are equally impressed with Ashoka's continued global leadership on social enterprise. They have come together to offer an amazing conference over the web. On Friday February … Read More
A Canadian town where no one was poor, 3rd, On Poverty
"Once upon a time in Canada, there was a town where no one was poor." So begins a 2009 report by Dr. Evelyn Forget who assessed the effects on health of a guaranteed annual income for the town. That might … Read More
Fighting the Crime of Poverty: The Life Work of Dr. Fred MacKinnon, 2nd, On Poverty
“The sad and unfortunate fact is that we continue to view poverty as the fault of the individual and ignore the social and economic systems and mechanisms that are so often responsible for it.” … Read More
Eliminating Poverty – Senator Hugh Segal and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, 1st, On Poverty
In a meeting with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty just before Christmas to discuss the recommendations of the Social Finance Task Force he asked whether we had also spoken with Senator Hugh Segal about them. Hearing we hadn’t, he immediately asked … Read More