Research and Resources

Affordable Child Care	$10 a Day Child Care Coalition of Childcare Advocates of BC (CCCABC) Report (2015) – Built to Last: Strengthening the Foundations of Housing in Canada Report (2012) – Commercial Child Care in Canada: Can Childcare Thrive in a Speculative Investment Environment?
Health Support	Report (2006) – Community-Based Mental Health Services in BC: Changes to Income, Employment and Housing Supports Report (2004) – Reducing Health Disparities – Roles of the Health Sector: Recommended Policy Directions and Activities
Seniors / Older Adults Support	Report (2015) – Seniors and Housing: The Challenge Ahead Report (2009) – An Uncertain Future for Seniors: BC's Restructuring of Home and Community Care, 2001-2008 Report (2009) – Towards an Enhanced and More Accessible Home Support System for BC's Seniors When I’m 64: Benefits for Seniors
Food Security	Discussion Paper (2010) – Healthy Eating and Food Security: Promising Strategies for BC Report (2015) – HUNGERCOUNT 2015: A Comprehensive Report on Hunger and Food Bank Use in Canada, and Recommendations for Change Report (2014) – Food Costing in BC 2013 Report (2012) – Cost of Eating in British Columbia 2011 Report (2012) – Household Food Insecurity in Canada, 2012 Report (2005) – Individual and Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Position of Dietitians of Canada Report (2010) – Every Bite Counts: Climate Justice and BC’s Food System
Immigrant and Refugee Focus	Report (2014) – Profiting from the Precarious: How Recruitment Practices Exploit Migrant Workers
Employment Standards	Employment Standards Branch of BC
Indigenous Focus	Report (2015) – Review of Best Practices in Labour Market Forecasting with an Application to the Canadian Aboriginal Population
Tenancy	BC Residential Tenancy Act BC Residential Tenancy Regulation Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) A Guide for Landlords & Tenants in British Columbia TRAC Tenant Survival Guide BC Privacy Guidelines for Landlords and Tenants Community Legal Assistance Society – Housing
Access to Justice	BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre Community Legal Assistance Society Report (2014) – Annual Report: The Law Foundation of British Columbia Report (2011) – Foundation for Change: Report of the Public Commission on Legal Aid in British Columbia
Poverty - BC	BC Poverty Reduction Coalition Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) Economic Security Project Report (2015) – 2015 Child Poverty BC Report Card Report (2011) – The Cost of Poverty in BC Report (2008) – A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
General Research	Guide (2000) - Volunteers and the Law: A Guide for Volunteers, Organizations and Boards
Poverty - Canada	Campaign 2000 Canada Without Poverty Canada Without Poverty’s Guide on Human Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies Centre for the Study of Living Standards Dignity for All Make Poverty History PovNet Report (2015) – Campaign 2000 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada Report (2010) – Cutting Through the Fog: Why is it So Hard to Make Sense of Poverty Measures? Vibrant Canada
Poverty - Victoria	CAPP (Community Action Plan on Poverty) Report (2012) – Out of Sight: Policing Poverty in Victoria, Coast and Straits Salish Territories
Affordable Housing - BC	BC’s Affordable Housing Conference – Planning for Affordable, Equitable, Walkable Housing Report (2010) – Unpacking the Housing Numbers: How Much New Social Housing is BC Building? Report (2004) – Home Insecurity: The State of Social Housing Funding in BC Victoria Mayor’s Housing Affordability Task Force Report (2015) – Victoria Mayor’s Housing Affordability Task Force Recommendations
Homelessness - Canada	The Homeless Hub Report (2008) – Poverty, Housing and Homelessness: Issues and Options
Homelessness - Victoria	Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness The Homeless Hub – Victoria Report (2014-2015) – Homelessness in Greater Victoria (Report on Housing and Supports 2014/15) Report (2014-2015) – Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness Annual Report, 2014/15 Report (n.d.) – Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness: Patterns of Homelessness in Greater Victoria Report (n.d.) – The Cycle of Impossibility: Pathways into and out of Family Homelessness
Income and Wealth Inequality	Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) Growing Gap Project Living Wage for Families Campaign Report (2015) – OECD, In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All …in Canada Report (2015) – The Wealth Advantage: The Growing Wealth Gap Between Canada’s Affluent and the Middle Class Report (2012) – Towards a More Equal Canada: A Report on Canada’s Economic and Social Inequality Report (2009) – Possibilities and Prospects: The Debate Over a Guaranteed Income Report (2008) – Income Security for Working-Age Adults in Canada: Let’s Consider the Model Under our Nose
Income Assistance and Disability (PWD)	BC Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act BC Employment and Assistance Regulation BC Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation Report (2015) – Meaningful Training Programs for BC Welfare Recipients with Multiple Barriers: Help First, Not Work First Report (2014) – Diversity Profile of British Columbia Report (2014) – Canada Social Report: Social Assistance Combined Summaries Report (2014) – Time Matters: An Investigation into the BC Employment and Assistance Reconsideration Process Report (2012) – The RDSP and People Receiving Social Assistance Report (2009) – Understanding the Link Between Welfare Policy and the Use of Food Banks Report (2008) – Living on Welfare in BC: Experiences of Longer-Term “Expected to Work” Recipients Report (2008) – Still Left Behind: A Comparison of Living Costs and Income Assistance in British Columbia Report (2007) – Who Benefits? How Disability Benefits are Failing British Columbians Report (2006) – Denied Assistance: Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC When I’m 64: Benefits for Seniors Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation BC Employment and Assistance Rate Tables
Employment Law	BC Employment Standards Act Canadian Association of Labour Media Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) Labour Matters Project Canadian Labour Congress Confederation of Canadian Unions Fairness Works Public Service Alliance of Canada Report (2015) – Aboriginal Labour Market Information in Canada: An Overview Report (2015) – Review of Best Practices in Labour Market Forecasting with an Application to the Canadian Aboriginal Population Report (2015) – The Union Card: A Ticket Into Middle Class Stability Report (2014) – Better Work: The Path to Good Jobs is Through Employers Report (2014) – Haves and Have-Nots: Deep and Persistent Wealth Inequality in Canada Report (2014) – Profiting from the Precarious: How Recruitment Practices Exploit Migrant Workers Report (2014) – The Wealth Gap: Perceptions and Misconceptions in Canada Report (2014) – Understanding Union Security and its Effects Report (2014) – Unions and Democracy Report (2013) – Union Communities, Healthy Communities: The New Attack on Unions and Its Threat to Shared Prosperity in Canada Report (2011) – Making it Work: The Final Recommendations of the Mowat Centre Employment Insurance Task Force Report (2011) – OECD, Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising (Country Note: Canada) Report (2006) – [British Columbia's] Ombudsman Investigation of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Complaints... Report (n.d.) – The Big Split: Income Splitting's Unequal Distribution of Benefits Across Canada Victoria Labour Council When I’m 64: Benefits for Seniors