Poverty, Unemployment and Income

Poverty, Unemployment and Income: Winter 1999
No. 7
(32 pages)
PDF of Complete Issue (10mb)

Table of Contents

  • Editor's Message (Dena Ellery)
  • Income Supports Really Help People With Mental Health Problems Feel More a Part of Our Communities? [Guest Editorial] (Robin Loxton)
  • Income as a Determinant of Mental Health (Sandy Jakkavanrangsri & BC Division)
  • The Impact of Living on a Low Income on Mental Health (Linda Moreau)
  • How to Become Poor (Linda Moreau)
  • Moving Out of Poverty and Illness Means Work and Good 'Meds' (Bill Baker)
  • BC Benefits: Which Situation Describes You? What Are Your Options?
  • The Facts About CPP (Canada Pension Plan) (Barb Bawlf & Freda McLellan)
  • Ways to Save: Various Benefits, Plans and Other Cost-Saving Avenues Available for
  • Persons With Disabilities (Barb Bawlf, Sandy Jakkavanrangsri & Jill Stainsby)
  • Free Low Cost Stuff in Your Community
  • Disability Benefits: Behind the Times! (Judy Shirley)
  • ARA Researching the Experiences of Mental Health Consumers/ Survivors Living in Poverty (Cindy-Lee Robinson)
  • Advocating in the Income Benefits System: Where Pathology Wins Over Recovery (Lori Gabrielson and Dena Ellery)
  • Financial Aid Worker Says Budget Restraints Put Greater Pressure on People to Prove
  • Eligibility For Income Assistance (Dena Ellery)
  • When a Community Loses its Soul: Unemployment in Single Sector Towns Affects Individual and Community Health (Dena Ellery)
  • Unemployment: Its Impact on Body and Soul (Book Review by Sandy Jakkavanrangsri)
  • United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Reprimands Canada on Economic Injustices
  • No Help Available: When Mental Illness Affects Sponsored Immigrant Families
    (Dena Ellery)
  • Access to Mental Health Services Compromised By Language Barriers and Poverty
  • Where Do We Go From Here? New Directions for Income Advocacy (Jill Stainsby)
  • Provincial Mental Health Advocate Announces Disability Benefits Will be Her Highest Advocacy Priority (Dena Ellery)

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