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A number is never just a number -- Security and Insecurity

The Hennessy Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world.

March 2011: Security/Insecurity

• 1.4 million
Number of Canadians officially unemployed in January 2011. (Source) 

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The problem with charity

January 5, 2012
| Every year in December the CBC holds an all-day fundraising event for the Food Bank. This year, poor people showed up in force at the event to share their thoughts on charity.

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Is social assistance a 'poverty pariah'?

By Nick Falvo
| July 25, 2011

An article in the current edition of NOW Magazine looks at social assistance in Ontario. The article is aptly entitled "Poverty pariah," in light of how apparently unpopular Ontario's welfare system has become over the past 20 years.

As can be seen at the National Council of Welfare's Interactive Welfare Incomes Map, a single adult on welfare in Ontario receives $7,501 per year. In real terms, this benefit level is roughly 35% lower now than it was in the mid-1990s.

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#95 - Who are the people in your neighborhood? Food bank volunteers, tibetan buddhist nuns, and Baka Beyond

November 16, 2009
| In this podcast: food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons, and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.

33:10 minutes (15.24 MB)
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Eliminating world hunger

"In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger," says a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) online video. It continues, "For the first time in humanity, over 1 billion people are chronically hungry."

The WFP launched the Billion for a Billion campaign this week, urging the 1 billion people who use the Internet to help the billion who are hungry. But if you think that hunger is far from our shores, here is some food for thought ... and action: The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report Monday stating that in 2008 one in six households in the U.S. was "food insecure," the highest number since the figures were first gathered in 1995.

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Standing up to end poverty

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For four years now, millions of people across this world of ours, come together over three days to "Stand Up and End Poverty." It's inspiring. And it's as if the event is on steroids.

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Fundraising for the hungry -- report from the G8

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I thought the last day of the G8 Summit might be ending on just a slightly brighter note than the first. The buzz all week was that the leaders of the rich world would ante up $15 billion in food aid and development money.

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Why food aid doesn't help the hungry

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Food aid sounds like a good idea -- people in poor countries are hungry, richer nations send them food. Yet the reality on the ground is far different.
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Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

In this podcast: Food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.


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(1:40 - 7:47) Sachin Seth went to the Fort York Food Bank to talk about how the recession was affecting the facility, but found food bank recipients volunteering their time to keep the place running. Here are three of their stories.

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Buddhist nun brings meditation inside prison

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Ann McNeil is a tibetan buddhist nun who serves as a chaplain at several BC prisons. She talks about the work she does to support and guide prisoners in buddhism and meditation.

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#165 ~ Su Hart of 'Baka Beyond'

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Su Hart and Martin Cradick of 'Baka Beyond' share fair trade music from the indigenous Baka community in Africa.

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Outstanding Volunteers: Fort York Food Bank

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Almost one third of Toronto’s entire population visited a food bank last year, an astonishingly large number for a developed North American metropolis.
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Outstanding Volunteers: Fort York Food Bank

November 6, 2009
| The stories of Trudy, Janice and Liz. Just a few of the outstanding volunteers at Fort York Food Bank.

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Empty Bowl soup kitchen

May 23 2009 - 4:00pm

Location

Parksville Civic Centre
100 E Jensen Parks
Vancouver Island, BC
Canada
See map: Google Maps

Buy your very own soup bowl and be entertained! All proceeds go to the local food bank.

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