Public Awareness
Public awareness is a crucial component of all the work done by Pathway to Potential. It is essential that P2P informs the community of the benefits of addressing poverty issues to build support for Windsor-Essex’s Poverty Reduction strategy. The reports, links, and articles highlight the important work that is being done to reduce poverty in Windsor-Essex.
Publications
- National Council of Welfare Report: The Dollars & Sense of Solving Poverty (PDF)
- Speaking of Poverty: Conversations in Southwest Ontario (PDF)
- 25 in 5 Prebudget submission 2011 (PDF)
- Making Poverty Everyone’s Business Group Summaries (PDF)
- Summary of Mark Chamberlain’s Speech (PDF)
- Pathway to Potential – 2010 Community Report (PDF)
- Pathway to Potential- Spring 2010 Newsletter (PDF)
- Brief on Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy (PDF)
- We’re Hungry’ Catalogue – Voices of Benson Ontario Early Years Parents (PDF)
- Ontario’s Social Assistance System: Identifying Problems, Proposing Solutions (PDF)
- 2009 Report to the Community (PDF)
- Pathway to Potential- A Framework for Reducing Poverty in Windsor-EssexCounty (PDF)
- The Windsor-Essex County Community Food Matters Forum (PDF)
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We don’t function as an island though – we work closely with a number of organizations, businesses and political movements to ensure that the work we do echoes throughout the community.
Convening Organizations
- City of Windsor
- County of Essex
- Legal Assistance of Windsor
- School of Social Work, University of Windsor
- United Way/Centraide Windsor Essex County
Community Partners on the Roundtable
- Can-Am Urban Native Homes
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Central Housing Registry
- Centre for Career Education, University of Windsor
- Children and Youth Providers Association Group
- City Centre Health Care
- City of Windsor, Ontario Early Years
- College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario
- Community-University Partnership for Community Development, Research and Training
- Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest
- Discovery School Based Child Care Program
- Drouillard Place
- Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
- Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor
- Family Respite Services
- Family Services Windsor Essex
- Glengarry Neighbourhood Strengthening Committee
- Greater Essex County District School Board
- Green Shield Canada
- Home Away From Home (Youth and Family Resource Network)
- Homeless Coalition of Windsor-Essex County
- Housing Information Services of Windsor and Essex County
- John McGivney Children’s Centre
- La Zingara Trattoria
- Leadership Windsor-Essex
- Multicultural Council
- New Beginnings
- Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
- Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
- Roman Catholic Diocese of London
- Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
- St. Clair College
- St. Mary’s Family Learning Centre
- Sandwich Community Health Centre
- Ska:na Family Learning Centre
- Teen Health Centre
- Tepperman’s Furniture, Electronics and Appliance Store
- Voices Against Poverty
- The Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Turtle Island Aboriginal Education Centre
- United Communities Credit Union
- Windsor and District Labour Council
- Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
- Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society
- WindsorEssex Community Foundation
- Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
- Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation
- Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Windsor Star
- Women’s Enterprise Skills Training
- Workforce Windsor-Essex
Donation of In-Kind Support and Resources
- 211
- 10 Friends Diner
- All Saints Church
- Art Gallery of Windsor
- Aramark Refreshment Services
- Benson Ontario Early Years Centre
- CAW Local 200
- CAW Local 444
- Carrick’s Garden Centre
- Centre for Business Advancement and Research, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor
- Children and Youth Providers Association Group
- Community University Partnership for Community Development Research & Training
- County of Essex
- Downtown Mission
- Family Services Windsor Essex
- Fringe Festival
- Hiram Walker and Sons, Limited
- Home Away From Home (Youth and Family Resource Network)
- Glengarry Neighbourhood Strengthening Committee
- Glengarry Non-Profit
- Immaculate Heart Parish
- Namaste Corner Cafe
- New Song Church
- Ontario Association of Social Workers – Southwestern Branch
- Pro Bono Law Students Association, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
- Roman Catholic Diocese of London
- St. John’s Anglican Church
- St. Marks By-The-Lake
- Tepperman’s Furniture, Electronics and Appliance Store
- Well-Come Centre for Human Potential
- Windfest Productions
- Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Windsor Parade Corporation
- Windsor Public Library
- Windsor Star
Links
There are a number of organizations in Windsor-Essex, Ontario and nationwide that we have either found useful or informative, or have similar goals to P2P. Links to those organizations are below.
Local
- 211WindsorEssex.ca
Homeless Coalition - Home Away From Home
- Smart Community Portal
- United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County
- Tri-County Literacy Network
Provincial
- Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Act
- Campaign 2000
- Income Security Advocacy Centre
- Poverty Watch Ontario
- Housing Network of Ontario
- Social Assistance Review
- Ontario Association of Food Banks
- Wellesley Institute
- Colour of Poverty
- 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
- Ontario Coalition for Social Justice
National
- Tamarack Institute
Caledon Institute - Canada Without Poverty
- Citizens for Public Justice
- National Council of Welfare
- Homeless Hub
International
- Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
- Institute for Research on Poverty
- Harwood Institute for Public Innovation
Testimonials
“Never being able to have a meaningful relationship – something always falls short”
Tim Godfree
“Something that should be a thing of the past.”
Linda Lyons
“Poverty means to me that someone has to struggle in order to get things that they need. Just simple things like food, housing, clothing, taking care of themselves and maybe their family.”
Lillian Gallant
“If we instigate the change, we’re telling our children that there is another way and we don’t have to be so segregated.”
Anon
“We’re not speaking out only for ourselves, but we’re trying to make a change for everybody. Not only ourselves. I believe if we are heard and we make the change that a lot of people will benefit.”
Chantal McEldowney
“Poverty means to me that there’s not enough money to go for everything you need to go for like food and basic shelter. When a person has to pay more for any one of them that means they will not be able to buy the things they need for their family or themselves, like certain things they will go without. They may go without a telephone or email. If they want to try to look for a job, it will be harder for them.”
Donna Labonte
“I was born and raised in poverty. I’m working my way to try and help others to get out of the same situation I was in. I hope in the future to be a leader in our community.”
*Lillian Gallant