Food insecurity and unmet health care needs have both been identified as key indicators in Opportunity for All – Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy. These indicators continue to be monitored through a range of sources and techniques. Differences across the surveys used to estimate food insecurity and unmet health care needs add some complexity to direct comparisons, but also allow each survey to offer their own unique perspective on the Canadian landscape.

Source: Canadian Income Survey: Food insecurity and unmet health care needs, 2018 and 2019

Immigrants and Visible Minorities indicated that inappropriate jokes, derogatory language, verbal abuse and verbal threat were the four most common and most prominent ways they have experienced discrimination. Indigenous Peoples expressed similar patterns with derogatory language, inappropriate jokes and verbal abuse being the top three ways in which discrimination has been shown towards them. However, for Indigenous Peoples physical threat was indicated as the fourth most common type of discrimination.

Source: Presumed Bases and Types of Discrimination in London & Middlesex

Allyship in support of members of marginalized groups is portrayed as universally helpful, but acts of intended allyship are not always seen as sufficient and effective by recipients. Further, efforts can be viewed as insincere and performative. In this talk, I will discuss a series of studies on individual and organizational missteps in displaying support for or advocating for those in marginalized groups. Implications for allyship development for individuals as well as for organizational efforts to signal inclusive environments will be addressed.

Event Details: The meaning and measure of an ally

…the agreements are for now non-binding, and important discussions still need to occur in 2022. Success must be measured by the actual impact on the lives of First Nations children.

…In the next year, public support will be needed more than ever to ensure that the spirit of the agreement is respected and translated into meaningful change for First Nations children.

Source: As a lawyer who’s helped fight for the rights of First Nations children, here’s what you need to know about the $40B child welfare agreements

We highlight some resources we produced in 2021! We look forward to continuing to share evidence-informed resources on the spectrum of gender-based violence in the new year.

Source: Year in Review: 2021