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Item Open Access Access and Affordability: Saskatchewan Food Banks Explore the Cost of Healthy Eating(Regina Food Bank, 2010-12-07) Bernard, Travis; Novik, Nuelle; Douglas, Fiona; Hansen, Yolanda; Dunsmore, Lorne; Compton, Steve; Folkerson, DanaThe Regina Food Bank serves food insecure clients on a daily basis and an increase in demand over the past year prompted the question "Why are so many people requiring assistance at our food bank?". This research compared the cost of healthy eating to income available to food bank clients and discovered a large gap in income that results in food insecurity.Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty in Saskatchewan: November 2010(University of Regina Library, 2010-11) Douglas, Fiona; Gingrich, PaulNew data1 from Statistics Canada for the year 2008 show that Saskatchewan has an overall poverty rate of 12.1%. This represents 115, 000 people — equivalent to more than half the population of Regina — living below the poverty line. Of those, 33,000 are children under the age of 18...Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty: Saskatchewan Report, November 2009(University of Regina Library, 2009-11) Douglas, Fiona; Gingrich, PaulHighlights: In 2007, there were 35,000 (16.7%) children under age 18 living beneath the poverty line (before-tax Low Income Cut-off) in Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan has the third highest provincial child poverty rate; 45% of Aboriginal children live in low-income families; More than one in three immigrant children are poor; 41% of children in female headed lone-parent families live in poverty...Item Open Access A Question of Prosperity: Poverty in Saskatchewan(Social Policy Research Unit, University of Regina, 2008-06) Hunter, Garson; Douglas, Fiona; Pedersen, SarahThis report is the first in a series of poverty papers published by the Social Policy Research Unit (SPR), Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina. The purpose of the papers is to analyze an aspect of poverty in society and offer various perspectives for change. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the University of Regina. A central theme of this report is that economic recovery from the recessions of the early 1980s and 1990s, balanced budgets and debt reduction have not challenged poverty; an expanding economy and an emphasis on neo-liberal economics have in fact failed the poor and the working poor. As data becomes available, future reports will provide in-depth analyses of child poverty in Saskatchewan, further tables examining Saskatchewan poverty using both “persons in low income” and “economic families in low income” data measures, income inequality and First Nations poverty.