Edmonton Social Planning Council
#200, 10544 - 106 Street T5K 1C4 Edmonton, AB, Canada

The number of immigrants and refugees who permanently settled in the greater Edmonton area increased by 277% between 2000 and 2019, with 4,304 permanent residents arriving in 2000 to 16,240 in 2019. Get more facts on Edmonton’s social well-being in our latest Tracking the Trends report: https://bit.ly/2UvSake #yeg #yegcc #yegnewcomers

"Universal basic income programs do help people, but as they’ve been traditionally implemented they help people meet their basic needs for a limited time. Even this by itself is better than nothing, but in order for these programs to truly achieve the larger goal of addressing systemic disparities in educational and economic opportunities and to satisfy UBI critics who are skeptical of lasting benefits to the problems of poverty and inequality they must be part of a broader, integrative strategy." https://thehill.com//526558-how-universal-basic-income-can

"Power said it’s the worst possible combination of increased demand and lower availability of food supplies. As well, she said, some people don’t want to use food banks. We’ve had 40 years of food banks trying to address this problem, but we know that only about one in four that are food insecure actually go to a food bank, she said."... https://www.thewhig.com//food-insecurity-even-more-apparen

As of 2019, the population of the City of Edmonton is 1,025,096. This is a 96.7% increase since 1981 and a 9.92% increase since the 2016 Census of Canada. For the greater Edmonton area, the population is 1,447, 143 for 2019. This is a 95% growth since 1981 and a 9.51% increase since the 2016 Census of Canada. Get more facts on Edmonton’s social well-being in our latest Tracking the Trends" report: https://bit.ly/2UvSake

"Sometimes poverty and inequality can really be hidden. What COVID has done is exposed that and I think we just cannot ignore the disadvantages that poverty brings to people and COVID is disproportionately affecting underprivileged people. She added that moving forward, we can use the pandemic as motivation to improve equity in society and avoid going back to the pre-pandemic status quo." https://edmonton.citynews.ca//pandemic-shining-spotlight-/

"In Canada, as a new study shows, the pandemic has created a mental health crisis that is disproportionately affecting racialized and Indigenous children. This year has also seen the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to police violence against Black people and anti-Black racism. Protesters have denounced police violence and racism against Black, Indigenous and racialized communities, bringing greater widespread awareness of the deadly toll of systemic ...racism. Together, these events of 2020 are raising concerns around the world about the present conditions of childhood. They also present urgent questions about what the future may hold if their costs for children are not addressed." https://theconversation.com/world-childrens-day-young-peopl