Advocates taking Canada’s housing policy to UN Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star Order this photo Mike Creek, right, a formerly homeless Toronto man, and lawyer Kenneth Hale, of the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario. Laurie Monsebraaten Feb 20 2016… Continue Reading
High hopes for federal action to end child poverty Laurie Monsebraaten Nov 24 2015 Canadians have elected a government that appears ready to tackle child poverty with a list of progressive measures, including a new national benefit that could lift… Continue Reading
Child poverty widespread in Toronto-area ridings High numbers of poor children live in 30 GTA ridings, a new report shows. Laurie Monsebraaten Oct 07 2015 A whopping 30 federal ridings in the GTA have child poverty rates above the national… Continue Reading
Pat Capponi’s Order of Canada recognizes advocacy for mentally ill Pat Capponi is a psychiatric survivor who lived in poverty for years. Now she’s an outspoken advocate for those living in poverty and with mental illness. She has been awarded… Continue Reading
Welfare recipients treated like guinea pigs: Goar Stacy Bowen is among the working Ontario Disability Support Plan recipients who oppose planned changes to the program. (Tony Bock / Toronto Star) Carol Goar Mar 31 2015 If everything had gone according… Continue Reading
CAMH loses a shining light: Diana Capponi ‘helped me be brave’ Diana Capponi, right, with Linda Chamberlain and her sister Pat Capponi at the unveiling of the Linda Chamberlain plaque for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Diana, now… Continue Reading
Ontario’s Trillium Benefit: A new way to help the poor Ontario’s new monthly Trillium Benefit for low-income people brings the province one step closer to a guaranteed annual income, advocates say. Laurie Monsebraaten Jul 12 2012 About 3.5 million low-… Continue Reading
Shut out of medicare by shame: Goar Carol Goar Sep 02 2014 Life on the streets takes a punishing toll. It’s not just the elements, the hit-and-miss meals or the nights spent on park benches and heating grates. It’s the… Continue Reading
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health fashion show celebrates resilience and recovery Bronwen Sims gets her makeup done Thursday afternoon before the “Suits Me Fine” fashion show at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). (May 29, 2014) –… Continue Reading
Province urged to allow women on welfare to keep child support Laurie Monsebraaten April 16 2014 When she couldn’t find work after completing a social work diploma last spring, Jennifer Gray and her 7-year-old daughter reluctantly moved into a homeless… Continue Reading