Get Involved

Ending poverty requires evidence. Poverty reduction policies and practices are most effective when informed by sound evidence that is connected to practice.

Ending poverty requires leaders. Effective poverty reduction requires trained leaders, workers and community members who understand poverty and those struggling with it.

Ending poverty requires new ideas. Albert Einstein said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."

Recommendations

A Time for Urgent Action: the 2024 report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty made six recommendations under three main themes:

Meeting vital needs to thrive: this includes measures to address the higher costs of living, decrease core housing needs and increase food security.
Improving access to benefits and service delivery: this includes the need for low-barrier and equitable measures to facilitate access to benefits and services and additional supports to systems navigation initiatives and the non-profit sector.
Building strong communities and enabling equity: this includes a plan to address poverty inequality to decrease the poverty rate in marginalized groups.

Taking Action

You can take action to prevent and alleviate poverty by:

Supporting social organizations with your time and/or resources.
Joining a local awareness and advocacy coalition/group in your area.
Becoming a living wage employer.
Journeying in someone else's shoes with the Make the Month Activity.
Supporting affordable, non-market and transitional housing projects in your community.
- Learn about demystifying community housing by listening to this podcast series
- Read about affordable housing myth-busting by visiting rightathomehousing.ca
Learning more about poverty in St. Albert by downloading the following information:
- St. Albert Poverty Fact Sheet (2024)
- Poverty Snapshot (2024)