Forchuck, who was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2017, is the Beryl and Richard Ivey research chair in Aging, Mental Health, ...

Canada More than a quarter of Canadians think homelessness, poverty are reasons for assisted suicide Half of respondents said those with disabilities should have access to assisted suicide ...

A London researcher who focuses on poverty and homelessness and a celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia are ...

Canada has been exploring basic income programs amid rising living costs and job losses. They're not quite UBI, but some have ...

Lorraine Matechuck says she and her family in Regina are on the cusp of homelessness. "Either I'm going to pay rent and bills or buy food. It's too cruel a scramble," she said. "It's not getting ...

Toronto had the highest poverty rate of any city or municipality in Canada with a population over 500,000 in 2022, a new report says. The report found Toronto’s child poverty rate jumped from 16 ...

Rent inflation is systematically outpacing wage growth. The average rent in Canada reached $2,100 in January 2025—a 16.4 percent increase over three years.

We see poverty in all the 400 communities in which we serve, whether they’re rural and remote or big urban cities.” He notes that many people are struggling every day to get their basic needs met.

Without deeper policy change to address rising rents, stagnant wages, and inadequate social supports, community supports will ...

Under conditions of exploding income inequality, widespread poverty and inflation-driven real wages cuts, the parties campaigning for the April 28 federal election are offering phony ...

Poverty is often invisible, which is part of why homeless encampments in and around Portland are so contentious. As a community, we need to be more proactive on poverty and homelessness.

Toronto had the highest poverty rate of any city or municipality in Canada with a population over 500,000 in 2022, a new report says. The report found Toronto’s child poverty rate jumped from 16 ...