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News Release For immediate release December 15, 2020, Calgary, AB – 2020 has been a challenging year that has brought inequity in Calgary sharply into focus. COVID-19, the recession and the [...]

Holly DeSimone is VCC’s Social Media Coordinator. Holly has been with VCC since 2016. She also volunteers with Poverty Talks! and the National Framework for Engagement and Dialogue with [...]

News Release For immediate release October 1, 2020, Calgary, AB – Here are the numbers: according to updated data on the national poverty line (the Market Basket Measure) there are currently more [...]

Steacy Pinney is the CEO of Calgary Reads. Calgary Reads is a Champion of the Enough for All strategy. They provide children with the essentials to become thriving readers. Since March, the [...]

In his book How To Be An Antiracist, author Ibram X. Kendi talks about “denial as the heartbeat of racism” and says, “the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it—and [...]

By VCC and the Disability Action Hall Members of the disability community, including those in the social service sector, have expressed concern over perceived changes made to the Assured Income [...]

Language is at the core of how we understand each other, which is why words matter. Words can make the difference between seeing each other and dehumanizing each other. Words that seem unassuming [...]

New Survey Data shows two-thirds of Albertans support a basic income Lee Stevens, VCC Policy & Research Specialist The public health crisis has in many ways worsened and accelerated many gaps [...]

Janice Pasay is a Barrister and Solicitor and is a Co-Chair of the Justice Sector Constellation. The Constellation is a Champion of the Enough for All strategy. The mission of the Constellation [...]

As we look forward and celebrate Indigenous culture throughout the month of June I also want to reflect back. Growing up Indigenous in the Traditional Territory of Treaty 7, it was Indigenous [...]