SSW136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Multidimensional Poverty Index, Food Security, Nowhere To Go (1958 Film)
Document Summary
Social exclusion: alternate way of conceptualizing poverty related to marginalization. Food insecurity: more canadians relying on food banks and feeding programs, seen an increase in food banks and charity organizations (ngos) in canada. Inequality and poverty: poverty refers to a benchmark standard. High degree of inequality along racial/gender lines when it comes to employment: also known as income distribution, comes from income inequality which group is particularly discriminated against, causing income inequality. Indigenous homelessness in canada: homelessness for indigenous people goes beyond the mere description of the lack of stable, permanent and appropriate housing. Canadian indigenous people & poverty: the federal government"s response to the crisis has been a combination of arrogance and bullying. The prime minister, stephen harper, stood up in parliament to argue that widespread corruption on the part of band leaders was to blame, stating: this government has spent about m since coming to office just on attawapiskat.
