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:
Request a Presentation
To request a presentation from FCSS on poverty in St. Albert for your organization or community group please contact:
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Tamarack Institute: Webinar Series on Building Stronger Local Economies that Benefit People and Place.
Communities across Canada are looking for new ways to build resilient local economies, reduce poverty, and strengthen community wellbeing to create more equitable futures. Community Wealth Building offers a practical, place-based approach to achieving these goals.
Community Wealth Building (CWB) explores how communities can retain, recirculate, and generate wealth. CWB helps communities strengthen local ownership, steward community assets, and ensure that local people have a greater stake in the wealth created where they live. By shifting from extractive economic models toward more inclusive and democratic approaches, communities can build local resilience, increase social inclusion, and create lasting community benefit.
This six-part webinar series explores the principles and practice of Community Wealth Building through its five interconnected pillars while highlighting practical examples from communities across Canada and internationally
Webinar 1: What is Community Wealth Building? Why Now? - September 29, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Webinar 2: Inclusive Ownership - November 18, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Webinar 3: Locally Rooted Finance - January 27, 2027 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Webinar 4: Progressive Procurement and Fair Work - March 24, 2027 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Webinar 5: Just Use of Land and Property - May 5, 2027 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Webinar 6: Putting It All Together - July 28, 2027 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
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Last edited: September 22, 2026