Income and Social Status
- Advocates Call for Increase to Alberta’s Minimum Wage - March 2007
- Europeans approve anti-obesity charter CBC News Nov 16, 2006
- Canada’s Child Poverty Levels not Budging - New report shows child poverty “entrenched” in Canada over 25 Years (November 24, 2006)
- Incomes, childhood well-being linked: Statscan- The Globe & Mail, May 2006 No ceiling found on association between family earnings and how well a child does, study says.
- Study: Socio-economic status and obesity in children 2000/01 (pdf) Children living in neighbourhoods with a lower socio-economic status have a greater likelihood of being overweight or obese, according to an article published recently in the Canadian Journal of Public Health
- World Food Day* finds healthy eating is out of reach for many Albertans (MS WORD) Full Report (pdf)
- Health Workers Hold Massive Hunger Clinic on the Province's Doorstep
- Low income British Columbians can't afford to buy healthy food Posted: Oct 21/03
- Women need safe, stable, affordable housing, new study finds Researchers call on government to address women's specific housing needs
