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Challenge Poverty YYC campaign partners with influential Calgarians to create more empathy towards those in need Calgary, AB, May 16, 2018 – Today, Vibrant Communities Calgary (VVC) is launching [...]

By Lee Stevens A report recently released from the Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership titled “Socio-Spatial Polarization in an Age of Income Inequality: An Exploration of neighbourhoods in [...]

About the Indigenous Gathering Place: The Indigenous Gathering Place committee is a group of like-minded, passionate individuals whose purpose is to create a physical space in Calgary for [...]

By Holly DeSimone I get asked a lot of questions about the work that I do. What is poverty? What does poverty mean to you? How does poverty affect your life? How do people end up in poverty? How [...]

By Hilary Chapple Part 1 I guess nobody wants to be homeless, right? Including me. But you guessed it, it happened to me. I was hidden and forced to couch-surf. Even though I had place to stay [...]

On Monday, March 12, 2018, there is a public hearing at Calgary City Hall about the criteria for permitting secondary suites as a discretionary use in city neighbourhoods in which they are not [...]

By Franco Savoia In a recent article by Metro Calgary it stated the city paid nearly $1 million is water billing adjustments in 2017 after citizens raised concerns. We urge City Council to [...]

By Lee Stevens   Click here to watch the Ted Talk by Ernesto Sirolli: Want to Help Someone?  Shut up and Listen! (Or paste the following into your web browser https://youtu.be/10Su8LUjNsU) [...]

Over the past seven years a new approach has been developing, collective impact. The underlying premise is that to address complex challenges key stakeholders need to come together and work [...]

By Franco Savoia As more Calgarians become aware of Enough for All, Calgary’s poverty reduction strategy, they often ask, “What can I do to help reduce poverty in Calgary?” It is a natural [...]