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By Lee Stevens Our team is pleased to hear that all levels of government are quickly responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety and welfare of everyone.  Here is a summary of those [...]

When Calgary’s poverty reduction strategy – Enough for All – was developed, it would have been hard to imagine a city where we are quite seriously considering that phrase as it [...]

By Holly DeSimone March is Nutrition Month in Canada, a time to acknowledge the importance of healthy eating for our overall health and well-being. This year’s theme, “More than Food,” focuses on [...]

By Lee Stevens Canada’s official measure of income poverty is the Market Basket Measure or the MBM.  This measure is based on the cost of a basket of goods and services that a family or [...]

By Calgary Reads Most of us can’t imagine a home without any books—certainly not in Canada. And if we did, we might assume it’s because the residents of that home don’t care about reading. As it [...]

Starting March 2020, the monthly payment date for Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) and Income Support (IS) is changing to the first of the month. This change is causing a lot of [...]

By Lee Stevens This year, Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) had a revised Enough for All strategy to guide, steward, and establish with stakeholders how implementation would look different going [...]

October 1, 2019, Calgary, AB – The month of October is “End Poverty Month”. It was initiated to raise awareness for the serious social issue of poverty. It is centered around the United Nation’s [...]

Mayor Naheed Nenshi and City Council has proclaimed October to be “End Poverty Month”. Proclamation End Poverty Month was initiated to raise awareness for the serious social issue of poverty and [...]

Media Release  Calgary, AB, August 15, 2019 – In a new report by Vibrant Communities Calgary (“VCC”), A snapshot of poverty in Calgary 2019, states that there has been a reduction in the [...]