More needs to be done for the almost 22% of Albertans struggling to put food on the table 

No Alberta advantage when it comes to food security

It’s challenging to write about this day says VCC’s executive director Meaghon Reid

I tried to write a blog post about International Women’s Day...

VCC discusses how there isn't enough research to track how well kids are doing

Lower-income Calgary students facing additional barriers in recovering from pandemic learning gaps

Calgarians are invested in the wellbeing of their neighbours amid the affordability crisis says a new report on the city’s state of wellbeing

News Release: Beneath the Surface, the layers of poverty in Calgary 

A chat with AI-driven ChatGPT about poverty

Can technology help create a greater understanding of poverty?

Point-in-time counts provide only a part of the information we need to understand the size of the homeless problem, says researcher Dr. Ron Kneebone

The latest Market Basket Measure numbers show Calgary's cost of living is the second highest in Canada

Canada’s poverty measure shows the high cost of necessities in Calgary

Singles, a group often overrepresented in deep poverty, are mostly left out of Alberta's Affordability Action Plan 

Action to improve affordability leaves some out

Food security, affordable housing, allyship and incomes were the focus in advancing the Enough for All strategy

Government actions to tackle inflation are a move in the right direction, but more can be done

New affordability measures will help many Albertans

CBC called on two financial experts for the best advice and we've got their answers here

The latest living wages for Alberta confirm that affordability measures and higher wages for low income workers are needed now

Living wages: one solution to working poverty

VCC reflects on how Alberta was the only province not to increase its minimum wage in 2022  

Living wage higher than minimum wage: Alberta Living Wage Network

VCC's Meaghon Reid discusses new federal government measures to tackle the rising cost of living

A new study on the effects of the catastrophic 2020 hailstorm looks at the broad impacts to northeast Calgary communities 

Systemic inequality in Calgary highlighted by 2020 storm

The overturn of Roe vs. Wade had us asking, should we be concerned about abortion access in Alberta?

The state of reproductive health in Alberta: A Q&A with Dr. Carol Williams

Even as I’m calling to expand transit access, my own husband is choosing to carpool downtown, says Lee Stevens

Get mad at the right things. Why enforcement can't be the only answer for CTrain security

The latest living wage calculations have sparked a discussion about the need to change the National Living Wage Framework

Single people now have higher income needs than a family

Addressing misconceptions with some new resources

Meaghon Reid comments on the health, housing and child care proposals part of the agreement and says the details are what will matter  

The federal Liberals and NDP have signed an agreement to ensure confidence remains in the government through to 2025

Calgary's 2021 Living Wage hourly rate is $18.60

Annual Living Wage Calculation

Calgary's 2021 Living Wage hourly rate is $18.60