General Publications

The Caledon Institute of Social Policy

The Caledon Institute of Social Policy has written the following stories connected to the CHALLENGE:

• The CHALLENGE in BC’s Capital Region: Engaging Business
• The Quality of Life CHALLENGE: Phase Two
• Theory of Change - Quality of Life CHALLENGE: Fostering Engagement, Collaboration and Inclusion
• Community Action Team - Quality of Life CHALLENGE in Victoria Invites Low-income Canadians to Speak for Themselves
• Victoria’s Regional Housing Trust Fund: So Far, So Good

Poverty and Inequality

• BC Government Income Assistance Estimator
• Denied Assistance (pdf) — Closing the front door on welfare in B.C. March 2006
• Depressing Wages: Why welfare cuts hurt both the welfare and working poor (pdf) — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives March 2001.
• Foundations of Three Canadian Campaigns Against Poverty Amid Affluence (pdf) — Marge Reitsma-Street September 2004
• One Million Too Many: Implementing Solutions to Child Poverty in Canada (pdf) 2004 Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada — Campaign 2000
• Resisting the Two Year Limits on Welfare in B.C. (pdf) — Canadian Review of Social Policy Issues, September 2004
• Unattached Individuals in Canada (pdf) — Association for Canadian Studies, March 2004

Employment and Finances

• Closing the Skills Gap — B.C. Chamber of Commerce, April 2002
• Breaking the Long Hours Culture — Institute for Employment Studies 1998
• Current State of Family Finances, 2003 Report — The Vanier Institute of the Family February 2004
• Having a Second Job (pdf) — B.C. Statistics April 2001
• Living Wage Case Studies - Final Report (pdf) — Peterborough Social Planning Council 2004
• Low-income rates among immigrants, 1980 to 2000 — Statistics Canada The Daily, June 19, 2003
• Low-paid Employment and "Moving Up" (pdf) — Statistics Canada, March 2004
• Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium: A Status Report — Health Canada October 2003

Health

• Improving the Health of Canadians — Canadian Institute for Health Information, February 2004
• The Impacts of Diabetes on the Health and Well-being of British Columbians (pdf) — Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report

Housing

• Final research report of the Homeless Needs Survey, released April 19, 2007. Click here to read the report (PDF)
• Workforce Housing resources page, Housing Affordability Partnership

Sustainable Communities

• City of Victoria Sustainability Framework
• Housing and transportation affordability resources
• A Case For Smart Growth (pdf) — Deborah Curran, West Coast Environmental Law, 2003
• Smart Bylaws - Summary (pdf) — Deborah Curran, West Coast Environmental Law, 2003
• Vibrant Communities and its partners:
  • Calgary
  • Cape Breton
  • Edmonton
  • Hamilton
  • Montreal
  • Niagara
  • Saint John
  • Saskatoon
  • Surrey
  • Trois-Rivieres
  • Waterloo
  • Winnipeg
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy
• Tamarack Institute