Resources
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An Alberta Guaranteed Basic Income: Issues and Options
For all the job booms and wealth that have benefitted Alberta over the decades, nothing yet has been...
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Alberta’s Civil Society Pre- and Post-COVID-19: What’s Government Got to Do With It?Â
The pandemic is forcing Canadians to re-examine civil society’s place in addressing social problems. This presents a good time to probe where the line between government and civil society ought...
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Housing Partnerships
This paper explores recent work undertaken by BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) and the BC Rental Housing Coalition to quantify the need and demand for affordable housing in communities throughout...
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Bringing it All Together: Integrating Services to Address Homelessness
In Canada, approximately $27 billion is spent annually to fund services that deal with homelessness, including the related issues of poverty, mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, poor health and childhood...
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Alternatives to Criminalizing Public Intoxication: Case Study of a Sobering Centre in Calgary, AB
Sobering centres provide a safe place for those under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol to sober up as a more effective alternative to police responses to public intoxication. Evidence...