Child poverty is seven times higher in Israel and Turkey than in lowest-placed Denmark. Since 2007, child poverty has risen in over two-thirds of OECD countries with considerable increases seen in ...

This year, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, was named Canada's Best Employer in 2017. The public research university topped the ranking, scoring 9.18 points out of 10. It has almost 24,000 ...

Rates of child and family poverty in Canada are on the rise, according to a new report. From 2021 to 2022, the child poverty rate in Canada rose by 2.5 percentage points, or a total of 195,170 ...

A new report finds that Canada lags many industrialized countries when it comes to the number of children living in poverty. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press) Canadians should be doing much more for ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn’t the whole story. Enjoy the latest local ...

In this issue’s infographic, we highlight the places that so moved Robert Kennedy and sparked his determination to act. Much has changed in 50 years, but extreme poverty is still entrenched in ...

The results also showed that Canada's overall poverty rate was 7.4% in 2021, following the end of temporary emergency pandemic benefits that were provided in 2020. This is below the 2019 pre-pandemic ...

According to recently released data, between 2015 and 2017, Canada reduced its official poverty rate by at least 20 percent. Roughly 825,000 Canadians were lifted out of poverty in those years ...

Food Banks Canada used the Material Deprivation Index (MDI), which calculates the proportion of Canadians living in poverty because they can't afford two or more essential items. This affects 30% ...

Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Nicole Racine receives funding from ...