Collective strengths, connection and collaboration were the focus of VCC’s champion gathering

Systems change: getting to where we need to go

Meaghon Reid discusses how investments in people living on low incomes can save the City money

Calgary city councillors to juggle affordability as budget debate continues

VCC weighs in on how organizations responding to poverty are being pushed to their limits 

Calgary non-profits call for $30M injection from province to keep sector afloat

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

Investing in business, people and community

PODCAST: Shared Prosperity – the Role of Business in Society

Poverty Talks! and VCC talk poverty with CBC News Calgary

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty community conversations were about food as one grocery retailer announces their prize freeze

VCC and Poverty Talks! weigh in on high cost of food

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

News Release: “More than hampers” required to combat alarming level of food insecurity In Calgary

17 community organizations are raising the profile of affordable housing with three policy recommendations as the Alberta election heats up

Now is the time to invest in affordable housing

Five things you should know about Calgary Eats!

Expected growth in Calgary has got us thinking about vibrant, affordable and inclusive communities

Urban sprawl is not the answer to affordable housing

Exploring what’s required to create transformative and sustainable change

PODCAST: Social Innovation, Mapping Systems & Building Trust

It is time to STOP doing what we always do to address household food insecurity

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

VCC and Poverty Talks! are calling on the province to help struggling Albertans with expected surplus

Alberta government called on to share the wealth

The legacy of discrimination against the 2SLGBTQ+ community and ongoing impacts are important to recognize

VCC speaks about transit safety and root causes

Calgary Transit working to make their services safer

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

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

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