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Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2019(University of Regina Library, 2021-04-04) Gingrich, PaulProvincial poverty levels have changed little since 2016. New Statistics Canada data show that 136 thousand of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2019 were poor, up from 123 thousand poor in 2016. After yearly ups and downs, the poverty rate rose from 11.2 per cent in 2018 to 12.4 per cent in 2019...Item Open Access Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - October 2020 update(University of Regina Library, 2020-10-09) Gingrich, PaulRevised poverty statistics show that the number of persons in poverty in Saskatchewan in 2018 was 122 thousand persons, over 25 per cent more than the 96 thousand reported before the revision. In September, Statistics Canada revised the Official Poverty Line (OPL) for Canada, putting the poverty threshold for a family of four in Regina at $44,833; for a person living alone it is one-half that, or $22,416. Those living in households with incomes below these levels are in poverty. The new poverty line is approximately seven thousand dollars greater than earlier, with increased shelter costs accounting for the largest part of the increase.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2018(University of Regina Library, 2020-02-27) Gingrich, PaulPoverty declines. 96,000 of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2018 were poor. While poverty increased in 2017, it declined in 2018, following a long-term downward trend in poverty rates from 2006 to 2016. Most of the 2018 decline was among children, with little change in the number of poor non-elderly adults.Item Open Access $547 Million to Eliminate Poverty in Saskatchewan(University of Regina Library, 2020-01-26) Gingrich, Paul; Rosenbluth, DavidAcross Canada and in Saskatchewan a range of social programs provide financial help for those at low income – child benefits, tax credits, income for the elderly, and social assistance. These provide financial support beyond what individuals and families gain from their employment and other income. They help financially but in many cases are insufficient to prevent poverty.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2016. Using Official Poverty Line(University of Regina Library, 2018-09-20) Gingrich, PaulPoverty continues in Saskatchewan. In 2016, 98,000 of the 1.1 million people who lived in Saskatchewan were poor. While provincial poverty rates have declined over the last fifteen years, the income of many children, adults, and seniors living in the province is not enough to feed, clothe, and house them.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2017(University of Regina Library, 2018-04-23) Gingrich, PaulPoverty increases. 103,000 of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2017 were poor. Following a continued decline in poverty from 2006 to 2016, in 2017 the number of poor in the province increased by 5,000 persons. Most of this increase was among adults, with no change in the number of poor children.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2016(University of Regina Library, 2018-03-28) Gingrich, PaulPoverty continues in Saskatchewan. In 2016, 125,000 of the 1.1 million people who lived in Saskatchewan were poor. While provincial poverty rates have declined since 2000, the income of many children, adults, and seniors in the province is not enough to feed, clothe, and house them in an acceptable manner.Item Open Access Fine Arts and Arts Education Resources at Saskatchewan Universities - 2018 Update(Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, 2018-02-20) Gingrich, PaulThis report provides an update and extension of the December 2015 report Fine Arts and Arts Education Resources at Saskatchewan Universities: An Analysis of Trends – 2015 Update (referred to in this report as FAAER). That report was an update of the February 2014 report Fine Arts Resources at Saskatchewan Universities: An Analysis of Trends 1995-2013 (FARSU).Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty in Saskatchewan(University of Regina Library, 2016-11) Gingrich, Paul; Hunter, Garson; Sanchez, MiguelFrom 2004 to 2014, Saskatchewan experienced ten years of exceptionally strong economic growth. Employment and incomes grew and many people in the province greatly benefited from this strong economic growth.Item Open Access A Living Wage for Regina(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2014-01) Gingrich, Paul; Enoch, Simon; Banks, BrianSince the Great Recession of 2008 the Canadian economy has been sluggish and unemployment has remained at high levels. The growth in Saskatchewan’s resource industries and the continuation of very low interests rates have insulated us from the worst effects of the recession. Those who measure the inflation rate have consistently reported that it has been two percent annually or less. Many families based on their lived experience suggest that real inflation is much higher than this. Apartment and condo rental rates, home purchases, the cost of water, some food products, gasoline and other energy sources have risen more than two percent. This has led us question what is the real cost of living in Regina for the average family. What annual income does a family require to maintain a decent standard of living? What is the Living Wage in Regina?Item Open Access Saskatchewan's Anti-Poverty Plan, From Dependence to Independence: Does It Measure Up?(University of Regina Library, 2013-02) Banks, Brian; Gingrich, PaulIncome inequality, poverty and the social exclusion that follow from lack of opportunity are critical issues facing provincial governments. It is provincial governments after all who are charged with addressing these issues, as well as responsibility for taking a lead role with the federal government to work toward comprehensive long term solutions...Item Open Access After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2011-11) Gingrich, PaulConcern about growing student debt and the cost of university education again becoming less affordable or unaffordable has led the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Saskatchewan (CCPA – SK) to re-examine the issue of university affordability and access.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 Boom and Bust: The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan - September 2009(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2010-01-26) Gingrich, PaulIncome inequality among Saskatchewan families has increased rapidly since 2000. As the Saskatchewan economy has became more prosperous, upper income families have benefited most from economic expansion. The share of aftertax income received by the twenty per cent of families with the highest incomes was over forty per cent in 2006, the largest share in thirty years. In contrast, the share of after-tax income for the twenty per cent of families with the least income declined to just over six per cent (6.2%), their smallest share in thirty years.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 Boom and Bust: The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2009-09) Gingrich, PaulIncome inequality among Saskatchewan families has increased rapidly since 2000. As the Saskatchewan economy has became more prosperous, upper income families have benefited most from economic expansion. The share of aftertax income received by the twenty per cent of families with the highest incomes was over forty per cent in 2006, the largest share in thirty years. In contrast, the share of after-tax income for the twenty per cent of families with the least income declined to just over six per cent (6.2%), their smallest share in thirty years.Item Open Access A Reappraisal of University Access and Affordability 2009(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2009-03) Gingrich, PaulThis report is based on the premise that there should be equal opportunity for all Canadians to obtain access to universities and colleges. While there are many ways that people can participate in post-secondary education — attending a local college or university, relocating to a city with a university, correspondence or distance education — access to these may be blocked by background and experiences, family situation, educational achievement, geographic location, and limited finances. Not all may choose to enrol in a postsecondary educational institution, but it is our position that access to universities and colleges should be provided in a way that parallels the access Canadians have to health care and to primary and secondary education. The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) defines accessibility as “post-secondary education must be open to all qualified persons on uniform terms and conditions” (CAUT, 2002). Financial barriers should be removed for all those willing to participate in post-secondary education.