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Blueprint Project: Increasing Women's Involvement as Decision-Makers in Community Based Organizations - Gender Based Analysis Report. By Louise Griep, Alberta Network of Immigrant Women. 2012

This report was completed as Phase I of the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women (ANIW) Blueprint Project, funded by the Status of Women Canada. It examines the involvement of immigrant and/or racialized women (IRW) in volunteer and decision-making positions with community-based organizations. Overall, the GBA concluded that while many IRW participate in volunteer roles in community-based organizations, this diversity is not represented in organizations' decision-making board membership. 

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This report is a summary of  progress that has been made in implementing Edmonton's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness.

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Poverty trends scorecard : fact sheet series : income, wealth, and inequality. Published by Citizens for Public Justice. 2013 

This series of fact sheets, which were published by the Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ), describe income inequality and factors that influence this growing trend in Canada. Specifically, the CPJ compares the changes in individual incomes, debts and household financial situations of the recessionary and recovery periods between 1981 and 2011. 

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