Speaker Gwenda Yuzicappi, mother of missing woman Amber Redman
The Regina Amnesty International Human Rights Day Write-A-Thon, held Dec. 9, was
a great success, thanks to so many people, including our special guest speakers
and many volunteers who all contributed, once again "to lighting a candle of
hope ... where there is darkness." Over 110 letters were written. Some
people took their letters home with them so the total count is likely much
higher. The sharing and inspiration we all felt was incredible.
Guaranteed annual income - Wolf in sheep's clothing?
Contributed by Kathleen Donovan and Garson Hunter
Monday, 11 June 2007
The concept of a Guaranteed Income (GI), or Guaranteed Annual Income, is being debated again in Canada. Last week there was a conference with much content related to GI here at the University of Regina.
The concept is greatly influencing the anti-poverty movement (with the
support of Department of Community Resources (DCR) here, we might add)
and many others to see it as a fantastic thing. Yet, most people don't
seem to realize its background, or understand why they should look at the idea more critically.
Belgium's Yannick Vanderborght brought the GI idea to the U of R last week - but will low income Canadians benefit? Universite Catholique de
Louvain photo.
Make Media, Make Real Trouble: What's Wrong (and Right) with Indymedia
Contributed by Jennifer Whitney
Saturday, 19 August 2006
Written by Jennifer Whitney
This article appeared in the Summer 2005 "Constructively Negative" Sacred Cows issue of LiP Magazine. Despite the critical tone of this piece, it is ultimately a call for a better Indymedia.
“PROSPERITY DOTH BEST DISCOVER vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.” So said Francis Bacon. If his maxim holds true, then residents of Saskatoon’s west-side core communities should be deemed virtuous indeed, organizing to meet community needs in the face of tremendous adversity. While poverty rates in Saskatoon have remained relatively constant over the past twenty years, residents living in poverty have become increasingly concentrated in the core neighbourhoods on the west side. Annual income in these neighbourhoods is roughly half the city average of $62,451. More than forty percent of families living on the west side survive on less than $20,000 a year.
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The concept of a Guaranteed Income (GI), or Guaranteed Annual Income, is being debated again in Canada. Last week there was a conference with much content related to GI here at the University of Regina.
The concept is greatly influencing the anti-poverty movement (with the
support of Department of Community Resources (DCR) here, we might add)
and many others to see it as a fantastic thing. Yet, most people don't
seem to realize its background, or understand why they should look at the idea more critically.