Policy Research Initiative - Poverty and Exclusion

Poverty and Exclusion - Events

Date	Event
17/10/2005	10th International Metropolis: “Our Diverse Cities: Migration, Diversity and Change”
09/06/2005	Canadians and Their Money: A National Symposium on Financial Capability
08/11/2004	Working Poor and Precarious Work
20/10/2004	Housing and Homeless Issues
28/09/2004	Policy Research Needed to Support the Social Economy
08/12/2003	Exploring the Promise of Asset-Based Social Policies: Reviewing Evidence from Research and Practice
14/11/2003	How Does Poverty Research Translate into Policy?

10th International Metropolis: “Our Diverse Cities: Migration, Diversity and Change”

17/10/2005 - 21/10/2005
Toronto

The 10th International Metropolis Conference featured some of the world's key thinkers who stimulated debate on: increasing diversity's affect on the economic, social, cultural, justice, and political aspects of the world's cities; benefits and challenges of diversity; and, are national migration policies consistent with the interests of the cities?

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Canadians and Their Money: A National Symposium on Financial Capability

09/06/2005 - 10/06/2005
Government Conference Centre, Ottawa

This symposium featured national and international representatives from government, academia, the non-profit sector, and business. Presentations and discussions over the two days of the event focussed on the role financial education and improved financial knowledge can play in reducing socio-economic vulnerability and increasing the effectiveness of programs intended to reduce exclusion.

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Working Poor and Precarious Work

08/11/2004

This roundtable assessed our understanding of the working poor in relation to precarious employment, and identified current and emerging approaches for addressing working poor and precarious work issues that have been used in Canada and elsewhere.
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Housing and Homeless Issues

20/10/2004
IDRC, Ottawa

This workshop explored the role of housing, both as a dimension and a determinant of exclusion, and focused research attention on clarifying the public role in terms of ensuring access to adequate and affordable housing and, by extension, to a quality living environment.

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Policy Research Needed to Support the Social Economy

28/09/2004
Delta Ottawa Hotel

This roundtable explored how research can support the policy development needed to follow up on the Government's recent pronouncements on the social economy as a promising means for meeting the needs of Canadians.

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Exploring the Promise of Asset-Based Social Policies: Reviewing Evidence from Research and Practice

08/12/2003 - 09/12/2003

This conference was part of an interdepartmental research project entitled New Approaches for Adressing Poverty and Exclusion. It provided a unique opportunity for policymakers and experts to examine what we have learned so far from Canadian and international research, policy and practice on the strengths and limitations of asset-based approaches (saving programs for individual development, learning, housing, etc.). The goal was to stimulate debate and reflection on the potential role of these approaches in our poverty prevention and reduction policies. The conference was organized by the Government of Canada's Policy Research Initiative, in partnership with Human Resources Development Canada, the National Secretariat on Homelessness and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

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How Does Poverty Research Translate into Policy?

14/11/2003

The interdepartmental team, working on the PRI project New Approaches to Poverty and Exclusion has developed fresh insights on the subject using new longitudinal data sources. The Roundtable explored the implications of these findings for practical policy making. The emphasis was on possible medium-term implications for federal policy.