What does it cost to live in Grey Bruce, March 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Free Income Tax Clinics, Mar 2023

Poverty Task Force Annual Report 2022, Feb 2023

Bruce County Housing Demographic Study, Jan 2023

PTF Submission to 2023 Ontario Budget, Jan 2023

Grey Bruce Good Food Box, Evaluation, Jan 2020

Giiwe: A Model for Inter-organizational Coordination,
Learning, and Healing_Summary Poster, Nov 2022

Giiwe: A Model for Inter-organizational Coordination,
Learning, and Healing Paper, Nov 2022

Home Takeover Pilot Project Overview, Dec 2022

Home Takeover Response Pathway, 2022

Home Takeover Response Framework, 2022

Bruce Grey Living Wage 2022

Calculating the Ontario Living Wage, Nov 2022

Affordable Housing Task Force Report, Grey County, 19 Sept 2022

The Municipal Role in Housing, Munk Institute, 2022

More Homes for Everyone, AMO, April 2022

An Integrated Approach to Address the Ontario Housing Crisis, AMO, February 2022

Integrated Approach to Mental Health and Addictions, AMO, 2022

Food Security in Grey Bruce, Jennifer Kingsland, 2022

Enough to Thrive On, Infographic, 2022

Basic Income Postcard_Income Solutions

Basic Income Postcard_Poverty is not complex; life is

Basic Income Postcard_The Cost of Poverty

Basic Income Postcard_Impact on Health and Well-Being

Basic Income Postcard_Impact on Indigenous Communities

Basic Income Postcard_Income and time poverty

Basic Income Postcards 2022_powerpoint

United Way Open Letter to Premier of Ontario, July 2022

Bruce County Affordable Housing 101 Toolkit

Vital Focus on Housing, Community Foundation GB, 2022

SOS Mobile Outreach At A Glance_March 2022

Hanover Owen Sound Task Force Poverty Related Recommendations_March 2022

Poverty Task Force Annual Report 2021_February 2022

Period Poverty PTF Submission to Ministry of Finance/Ontario Budget 2022

Community Income Tax Grey Bruce Infographic 2022

Free Income Tax Clinics in Grey Bruce 2022

PTF Submission to Ministry of Seniors/GIS Clawback 2022

Precarious Living Series_Four County Labour Planning Market Board 2022

Precarious Living Study_Four County Labour Planning Market Board 2022

PTF 2 x 2 for 2022 Collective Impact Framework Infographic

PTF 2 x 2 for 2022 Collective Impact Action Infographic

PTF 2 x 2 for 2022 Infographic PDF

PTF Submission to Ministry of Finance/Ontario Budget 2022

Living Wage 2019

Calculating a Living Wage, 2019

Preventing a Lockdown Generation, a plan to support Canada’s youth in post-pandemic recovery, YWCA Canada

PRESS RELEASE: Equitable Recover = A Better Normal, 26 Aug 2021

Equitable Recovery = A Better Normal, Aug 2021

Opioid Situation Report # 1, Grey Bruce Health Unit, July 2021

Good Food Box Sponsored Box Program 2021

Community Safety and Well-Being Planning Grey Bruce Plan, 2021

Harm Reduction Program – General Overview, June 2021

Tax Receipting of In-Kind Donations, June 2021

Indicator Report, Community Safety and Well-Being Planning GB, 2021

How 211 helps Ontario communities

Precarious Employment Report 2021

Precarious Work: Impact of COVID19, Phase 2, Fall 2020

Precarious Work: Impact of COVID19, Phase I, Spring 2020

What does it cost to live in Grey Bruce? Mar 2021

MEDIA RELEASE: Free Income Tax Servies_26 Feb 2021

Bruce Grey Food App_Latest Food Insecurity Numbers

RentSafe: lessons from a rural crisis_Jan 2021

Pandemic Report_United Way Bruce Grey_8 Dec 2020

Connection in the Time of Isolation, 211 COVID19 6 Month Report_2020

PRESS RELEASE: IMPACT Report release_17 Oct 2020

2020 Impact Report

What does it cost to live in Grey Bruce? Aug 2020

PTF Submission to Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy_Apr 2020

Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force_2019 Annual Progress Report

Nutritious Food Basket 2019

We Are All Neighbours_Rentsafe Final Report_Oct 2019

Food-Security-Hub-Project-Report_Final Report_Aug 2019

Follow-up-Report-TOBM-Food-Security-Meeting-2019

Follow-up-Report-Dundalk-Food-Security-Meeting-2019

Follow-up-Report-Kincardine-Food-Security-Meeting-2019

Follow-up-Report-Saugeen-Shores-Food-Security-Meeting-2019

Follow-up-Report-Peninsula-Food-Security-Meeting-2019

Giiwe_Executive summary_April 2019

Indigenous Homelessness_Definition_Jesse Thistle

Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force_2018 Annual Progress Report

10 Engaging People with Lived/Living Experience: A Guide for Including People in Poverty Reduction

Poverty Task Force Newsletter September 2018

HDR-CW-14-18 Results of Homelessness Enumeration (1) Grey County

2018 Homeless Enumeration – Bruce County

Poverty Task Force Newsletter July 2018

Grey County Housing and Homelessness 10 Year Plan_2014-2024

Bruce County Long Term Housing Strategy 2013-2023

2018 Free Income Tax Preparation Assistance List

Movin’GB Highway 10 Schedule

Labour Reform Infographic 2018

Equity and Inclusion for People Living in Poverty_Owen Sound 2017

Canadian Food Policy PTF Response_30 Aug 2017

Living Wage Rate 2017

Poverty Task Force submission on Basic Income Pilot, January 2017

Poverty Task Force submission to Ministry of Energy, Oct 2016

Grey County Housing Report Sept 2016

Poverty Task Force submission to Intercommunity Bus Consultation, August 2016

Food Security in Bruce Grey, July 2016

Bruce County Housing Progress Report June 2016

Bruce Grey Utility Assistance Report 2015-2016

Food Bank Report 2016

Poverty Task Force submission on PayDay Loan Cost of Borrowing Review, May 2016

Nutritious Food Survey Results, Grey Bruce Health Unit, December 2015

What does it cost to live in Grey Bruce? Sept 2015

Precarious Work Report, Peace & Justice Grey Bruce, January 2015

“15 for ’15” Holiday Wish List, December 2014

Nutritious Food Basket Survey Results, Grey Bruce Health Unit, December 2014

Rural Transportation Forum Report, June 2014

UWBG_Low Income Wage Submission_15 Oct 2013

PTF Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy Review_Submission_2 Oct 2013

Utilities Workshop – What We Heard Utility Workshop FINAL October 3, 2013

Poverty Forum 2013 newsletter report


References for Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force Municipal Election Infographics

“From Band-Aids to Bridges: Moving Forward with Community Food Centres”

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“From Housing to Homes: Safe, Healthy Homes and Communities across Bruce County & Grey County”

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“We All Live Here: Toward Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in Municipal Decision-Making”

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Housing Issues? We’re Here to Help_April 2020

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