Tag Archives: Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

Radio: A new look at one of Ontario’s most notorious grassroots groups

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Scott

For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Recently, Withers released a new book telling stories of and drawing lessons from four of OCAP’s key … Continue reading →

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John Clarke’s decades of militant anti-poverty organizing in Ontario

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Scott

John Clarke was an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) from its founding in 1990 until his retirement in late January 2019. Though he intends to remain a very active member of the group, this still marks a … Continue reading →

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Radio — Women organizing against poverty in Toronto

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Liisa Schofield talks about her work with the ad hoc Downtown East Women group, which is based in a poor neighbourhood in urban Toronto. Schofield is also an organizer with the … Continue reading →

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