SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Subsidized Housing, Meritocracy, Welfare
31 Oct 2013
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Lecture 5: poverty in the canadian context addressing poverty. Bonus assignments: discussion groups can go until end of term. If want to hand in a reflection in person. Go to discussion group and hand in reflection after contributing on ave. How did discussion on ave change your view of the topic. Reading rich in research info: shows lots of data about figuring out who ends up in poverty and why and how long they stay there, show how problems can happen to anyone (illness etc. ), but there are particular pathways that are structured in our soc that make it easier for some people to deal with problems than for others. Illness or injury: can"t work anymore or as well. Having kids (for unattached people: esp for single moms, less time to work, greater expenses. Measuring poverty (reading: low income cut-offs (licos) Measure of the poverty rate in canada. Based on average household spending necessities (plus 20%)
