News Archive: Poverty

TD Bank Group lauds Minister Flaherty’s Designation of November as Financial Literacy Month

University Of Manitoba: Outreach Jazz Program Means Winnipeg’s Inner-City Students Have a Chance to Learn to Play Music like Never Before

The Bridge: Music Learning for Life is an outreach project that brings music instruction into Winnipeg’s under-served neighborhoods, inspiring at-risk students to find positive ways of expressing themselves and helping them feel connected to the community at large. It is a trailblazing program dear to Kirby, who grew up in a tough St. Louis neighbourhood. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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TD Bank Group lauds Minister Flaherty’s Designation of November as Financial Literacy Month

Canada Post announces 2011 Literacy Awards winners

“Four out of ten adult Canadians aged 16 to 65 – 9 million Canadians – struggle with low literacy,” said Liz Farquhar, Director, Corporate Events, Sponsorship Programs and Donations. “This year’s Literacy Awards recipients are representative of the kind of courage and effort it takes to improve their reading and writing skills and, as a result, their quality of life. Their stories are compelling.” [Click on Pic to learn more]

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TD Bank Group lauds Minister Flaherty’s Designation of November as Financial Literacy Month

ONE DROP and RBC Unveil Innovative Water Project in India

This initiative, based on a social arts and popular education program, aims to encourage communities to adopt responsible behaviour and help preserve the vital resource of water,” explained Guy Laliberté, Founder of Cirque du Soleil® and Chair of ONE DROP. [Click on Pic to learn more]

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TD Bank Group lauds Minister Flaherty’s Designation of November as Financial Literacy Month

UWinnipeg Prof Receives Grant for Inner-City Research

“There is no comparable centre in Manitoba or Canada, where both Aboriginal and immigrant and refugee issues in the inner-city are brought together and where the focus is community-based research,” said Dr. Peters. “CIRCLE reflects our mandate to situate the UWinnipeg as a ‘living urban laboratory’ of which it is a part while looking outward to a globalizing world.” [Click on Pic to learn more]

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TD Bank Group lauds Minister Flaherty’s Designation of November as Financial Literacy Month

The Lay’s® Brand Donates a Total of $100,000 to Food Banks across the Country in Support of Local Communities

Canada’s provincial food bank associations are responsible for managing the operations of food banks in each respective province. The individual monetary donations from the Lay’s brand will be put towards such elements as the purchase and transportation of food items, the support of provincial programs, and in raising awareness for their cause. [Click on Logo to learn more]

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