{"id":97,"date":"2025-02-13T17:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:29:57","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evidence-based policy recommendations have been a mainstay of Roundtable work from its inception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Income<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labourstudies.mcmaster.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/southern-ontarios-basic-income-experience.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SouthernON-BI-Experience-SM-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SouthernON-BI-Experience-SM-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SouthernON-BI-Experience-SM.png 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labourstudies.mcmaster.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/southern-ontarios-basic-income-experience.pdf\">Southern Ontario&#8217;s Basic Income Experience<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Life-on-Basic-Income-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Life-on-Basic-Income-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Life-on-Basic-Income-790x1024.png 790w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Life-on-Basic-Income-768x995.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Life-on-Basic-Income.png 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Life-on-Basic-Income.-Final-report.pdf\">Life on Basic Income:<br>Stories from Southern Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Redefining-Futures-231x300.png\" alt=\"Redefining Futures\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Redefining-Futures-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Redefining-Futures-788x1024.png 788w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Redefining-Futures-768x998.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Redefining-Futures.png 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontomu.ca\/content\/dam\/arts\/school-of-public-policy\/reports\/Report-Redefining-Futures-The-Role-of-Basic-Income-in-Ontario.pdf\">Redefining Futures: The Role of Basic Income<br>in Career and Educational Development in Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Assistance<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HRPR-Policy-Brief-The-Financial-Cost-of-Disability.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs-768x1165.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs-1013x1536.png 1013w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Beyond-Basic-Needs.png 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HRPR-Policy-Brief-The-Financial-Cost-of-Disability.pdf\">Beyond Basic Needs:<br>The Financial Cost of Disability<\/a><\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>CERES <\/strong>is a collaboration between the School of Labour Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, and is supported by funding from MITACS and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/labourstudies.mcmaster.ca\/research\/impact-of-covid-on-ontario-workers-workplaces-and-families\/\"><strong>Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Ontario Workers, Workplaces and Families<\/strong><\/a>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">and the 2024 follow up:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/labourstudies.mcmaster.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Not-Back-to-Normal-Report-September-2023-FINAL.pdf\">Not Back to Normal: Social Assistance in Post-Pandemic Ontario<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/strong><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM-1186x1536.png 1186w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-1.05.22-PM.png 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/income_security_-_a_roadmap_for_change-english-accessible_0.pdf\">Income Security: A Roadmap for Change <\/a><\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM-790x1024.png 790w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM-768x995.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM-1186x1536.png 1186w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-2.37.09-PM.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Survey-Analysis-of-Ontarios-Integrated-Employment-Services-2025-ELECTRONIC.pdf\"><strong>Survey Analysis of Ontario\u2019s Integrated Employment Services<\/strong><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief-970x1536.png 970w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OPRS-Policy-Brief.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HRPR-Policy-Brief-OPRS-November-2025-FINAL.pdf\">People Not Pillars &#8211; A New Poverty Reduction Strategy 2025<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Research Papers and Policy Briefs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now-Policy-Brief.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Future-is-Now-Policy-Brief.pdf\">The Future is Now:<br>A Case for Punctuated EI Change <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"19\" class=\"wp-image-212\" style=\"width: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink.png 380w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rusty-hyperlink-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 15px) 100vw, 15px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-3.27.11-PM-257x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-3.27.11-PM-257x300.png 257w, https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-3.27.11-PM.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpoverty.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HRPR-Policy-Brief-Autofiling-for-Benefits-FINAL.pdf\">Low-Income Autofile: <br>Addressing the Elephant in the Room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence-based policy recommendations have been a mainstay of Roundtable work from its inception. 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