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Voices from the Street was a 12-week leadership program under the umbrella of Working for Change and is now currently running as a speakers bureau with graduates.

Homelessness

News Canada Canadian incomes jump, Ontario residents hit by manufacturing downturn: Statistics Canada

September 16, 2017Dawnmarie Harriott

After growing up in a middle-class home in Edmonton, Patricia Huculak moved to Toronto 11 years ago to escape a violent spouse and has struggled with poverty and homelessness ever since. But things are finally looking up for the 47-year-old… Continue Reading →

Child Poverty, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty Reduction

Shut out of medicare by shame: Goar

April 17, 2016Dawnmarie Harriott

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 →

Health, Homelessness, Poverty Carol Goar, mental illness, Pat Capponi, Toronto Star, Voices from the Street

Escaping the poverty trap

April 16, 2016Dawnmarie Harriott

Laurie Monsebraaten Jul 19 2010 For years, “hope” was just a four-letter word to anti-poverty activist Mike Creek. After working his way up in the hotel industry from dishwasher to head office manager, Creek lost it all in 1993 when… Continue Reading →

Homelessness, Poverty Hodgkin’s lymphoma, homelessness, Laurie Monsebraaten, personal stories, poverty, Toronto Star

A Great Time To Be Heard By All

April 16, 2016Dawnmarie Harriott

Jim Coyle June 14, 2007 If, as the saying goes, God made man because he so loves stories, the next few days in our town ought to win a good deal of heavenly favour for tales heartbreaking, conscience-stirring, rib-tickling, spirit-lifting… Continue Reading →

Homelessness, Mental Heath & Addictions, Poverty Jim Coyle, Pat Capponi, personal stories, poverty, Toronto Star

recent articles on graduates

  • Report reveals alarming — and growing — racialized income divide in GTA
  • This former drug user relies on the food bank to survive
  • Child care called key to ending child poverty
  • Food bank urges Ford government to tackle ‘hunger crisis’
  • Child poverty linked to discrimination and systemic inequality, study suggests

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