The City of Hamilton and the Hamilton Community Foundation first convened the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction in 2005 to focus community attention on growing problems with income distribution and economic opportunity in Hamilton. The growing level of individual poverty was a concern for how it was impacting on the entire community. The Roundtable brought together business and government leaders, not-for-profit community groups, service providers and advocates.
Joint Statement on Canada Disability Benefit
and the Disability Tax Credit
We’re failing people with disabilities. A new approach could fix that.
Canadians with disabilities are fifty per cent more likely to experience poverty and twice as likely to experience food insecurity, yet hundreds of thousands of them are today denied access to government supports for which they are entitled, and that would improve their lives.
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150+ organizations are calling for a system that works for everyone with a disability.
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For more information on the statement and recommendations, see our post here 
New Policy Brief
People Not Pillars:
A New Poverty Reduction Strategy 2025 has been submitted to the Province in response to their consultation.
From Tamarack
Two Decades of Systems Change, Collaborative Leadership, and National Impact in Hamilton
A 20 year retrospective study on the work of HRPR.
A Tribute to Lance Dingman
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