Nov 25, 2022
Systems change: getting to where we need to go
Collective strengths, connection and collaboration were the focus of VCC’s champion gathering
News and Events
News and Events
- Nov 23, 2022
UCP's cash payouts to Albertans is 'ideal way' to weather inflation: economist
VCC's Meaghon Reid discusses the provincial government announcement with the Calgary Herald and how single people are excluded from the help
- Nov 23, 2022
Calgary city councillors to juggle affordability as budget debate continues
Meaghon Reid discusses how investments in people living on low incomes can save the City money
- Nov 22, 2022
Calgary non-profits call for $30M injection from province to keep sector afloat
VCC weighs in on how organizations responding to poverty are being pushed to their limits
- Nov 17, 2022
Questions about debt?
CBC called on two financial experts for the best advice and we've got their answers here
- Nov 14, 2022
Living wages: one solution to working poverty
The latest living wages for Alberta confirm that affordability measures and higher wages for low income workers are needed now
- Nov 14, 2022
Living wage higher than minimum wage: Alberta Living Wage Network
VCC reflects on how Alberta was the only province not to increase its minimum wage in 2022
- Nov 4, 2022
New report offers policy solutions to food insecurity in Canada
The latest numbers from Food Banks Canada shows how employment and food security are now decoupled
- Oct 26, 2022
PODCAST: Shared Prosperity – the Role of Business in Society
Investing in business, people and community
- Oct 17, 2022
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Poverty Talks! and VCC talk poverty with CBC News Calgary
- Oct 17, 2022
VCC and Poverty Talks! weigh in on high cost of food
On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty community conversations were about food as one grocery retailer announces their prize freeze
- Oct 8, 2022
Affording Thanksgiving: How some Calgarians are stepping up
VCC's Meaghon Reid discusses holiday meals and food insecurity with City News
- Oct 5, 2022
News Release: “More than hampers” required to combat alarming level of food insecurity In Calgary
A new report on emergency food assistance highlights that there is no end in sight for food assistance measures started in response to the pandemic
- Oct 4, 2022
Now is the time to invest in affordable housing
17 community organizations are raising the profile of affordable housing with three policy recommendations as the Alberta election heats up
- Sep 29, 2022
The history behind Orange Shirt Day
VCC's Buddie Dixon discusses Orange Shirt Day 770 CHQR
- Sep 22, 2022
Urban sprawl is not the answer to affordable housing
Expected growth in Calgary has got us thinking about vibrant, affordable and inclusive communities
- Sep 22, 2022
Orange Shirt Day
How can you support and honour healing journeys of survivors and their families this Orange Shirt Day?
- Sep 21, 2022
PODCAST: Social Innovation, Mapping Systems & Building Trust
Exploring what’s required to create transformative and sustainable change
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