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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 [...]

Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Meaghon Reid as the Executive Director of the organization as of September 11, 2019. This appointment follows the [...]

Vibrant Communities Calgary is inviting you to contribute to the #KeepCalgaryStrong campaign (www.keepcalgarystrong.ca). This campaign expresses concerns about the $60M cut the city is planning, [...]

By Holly DeSimone Many years ago, when I was a single mom, my children and I lived in poverty. I worked two and sometimes three jobs, took care of my parents, when my father had open heart [...]

(To view a pdf copy, click here.) May 22, 2019, Calgary, AB – A three-year memorandum of agreement (MOA) between The City of Calgary, the United Way of Calgary and Area, Momentum, and Vibrant [...]

May 15, 2018, Calgary, AB – Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) is pleased to be releasing the latest living wage rate for Calgary. Calgary’s Living Wage Initiative adheres to the National Living [...]

Click here to read the online article from The Calgary Herald. May 14, 2019 Alberta is a prosperous province, but our poverty rate has hovered around 10 per cent for decades, costing the [...]

Media Release May 2, 2019, Calgary, AB – New research from the University of Calgary-School of Public Policy, An Alberta Guarantee Basic Income: Issues and options by Wayne Simpson and [...]

April 12, 2019, Calgary, AB – Poverty in Alberta has decreased in the past five years, the most in a generation. Since 2013, when VCC released Poverty Costs 2.0, many positive changes have been [...]

In the previous blog series, we identified policies that have already been introduced by the provincial government, and how they are contributing to poverty reduction.  In this final blog post, [...]