Tag Archives: anti-poverty

Learning from Organizers — Lorraine Lam

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Scott

As part of Toronto’s Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN), Lorraine Lam is active in struggles related to housing, homelessness, and poverty. She connects her commitment to social justice to growing up in a church setting, saying, “It was there … Continue reading →

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Radio: The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Scott

Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo, which is an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the impact of poverty on their lives … Continue reading →

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Radio: Against poverty in Calgary

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Scott

Lisa Hari and Rosemary Brown are active in We’re Together Ending Poverty (WTEP), a grassroots anti-poverty group in Calgary. Scott Neigh interviews them about what poverty looks like in their city, about the group’s evolution over the years, and about … Continue reading →

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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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Radio: Fifty years of faith-based anti-poverty work in Saskatchewan

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Scott

Peter Gilmer is a minister and an anti-poverty advocate. He is one of two staff at the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, a social justice ministry of the United Church of Canada in Saskatchewan. Scott Neigh interviews Gilmer about the ministry’s work … 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 — Fighting homelessness in Ontario’s past and in its Doug Ford future

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Scott

Cathy Crowe has been a street nurse in Toronto for more than three decades. She has not only delivered community-based primary health care to homeless and poor people over that time, but has also been involved in a wide range … Continue reading →

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