A large number of studies have focused on the neoliberal political and economic
restructuring of non-profit immigrant settlement agencies (ISAs) through a policy analysis …

We examine the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) launched in Ontario, Canada's most
populous province. Using corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis, we explore the …

Beginning in the mid-1990s, the Canadian welfare state's devolutionary transformation
ushered in an era which potentially increased the importance of social capital and human …

Social assistance benefits are the last resort in national social protection systems, and
decentralizing reforms leading to increasing local discretion over implementation of national …

Food insecurity is an urgent public health problem in Canada, affecting 4 million Canadians
in 2012, including 1.15 million children, and associated with significant health concerns …

Objective This study assessed the affordability of a basic nutritious diet for selected
household types relying on Income Assistance (IA) by comparing potential incomes to the …

This thesis develops a Values-Based Data Governance (VBDG) theory by understanding the
political, cultural, ideological, and historical contexts for governance of data in social …

Social capital is receiving attention from the scholarly community as a potential mechanism
for reducing poverty and promoting economic well-being. In this study, data are analyzed …

This paper examines how a discourse around those living in poverty has been created, and
its implications on effective poverty reduction policies. We focus on this change through an …

This article presents the results of a comparative study on the effects of social welfare
programs in selected developed countries. Using a fully comparable longitudinal data file …