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EndPovertyEdmonton is looking for a Research and Evaluation Specialist!
We are currently recruiting for the temporary position of Research and Evaluation Specialist, EndPovertyEdmonton (EPE). This position contributes to ending poverty in our community by developing, coordinating and implementing an evaluation plan and providing shared and strategic leadership ...
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We are currently recruiting for the temporary position of Research and Evaluation Specialist, EndPovertyEdmonton (EPE). This position contributes to ending poverty in our community by developing, coordinating and implementing an evaluation plan and providing shared and strategic leadership ...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Disabling the Abled
A guest post from the John Humphrey Centre and the Self Advocacy Federation.In response to the Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty, the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) brought together young Edmontonians to provide direct input into EndPovertyEdmonton strategy. With three out of t...
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A guest post from the John Humphrey Centre and the Self Advocacy Federation.In response to the Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty, the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) brought together young Edmontonians to provide direct input into EndPovertyEdmonton strategy. With three out of t...
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EndPovertyEdmonton is looking for an Engagement Assistant!
Are you looking to help lead change to end poverty in Edmonton? EndPovertyEdmonton is building a Secretariat to support Executive Director Andrea Burkhart with our next position: Engagement Assistant. The successful candidate will play a key role to support the strategy to end poverty i...
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Are you looking to help lead change to end poverty in Edmonton? EndPovertyEdmonton is building a Secretariat to support Executive Director Andrea Burkhart with our next position: Engagement Assistant. The successful candidate will play a key role to support the strategy to end poverty i...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
EPE Game Changer: Eliminate Racism
BY VANESSA DE KONINCK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR RACE & CULTUREThe EndPovertyEdmonton (EPE) Strategy identifies eliminating racism as one of its six game changers that will make a substantial difference to those living in poverty in our city. The bold move to name racism speaks to EPE’s ...
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BY VANESSA DE KONINCK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR RACE & CULTUREThe EndPovertyEdmonton (EPE) Strategy identifies eliminating racism as one of its six game changers that will make a substantial difference to those living in poverty in our city. The bold move to name racism speaks to EPE’s ...
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We are all Treaty People: Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day, Aug 18
2016 Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day included EPE Stewardship Roundtable Member MP Randy Boissonnault Friday is Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day! It was established by the City of Edmonton and the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations in ...
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2016 Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day included EPE Stewardship Roundtable Member MP Randy Boissonnault Friday is Treaty No. 6 Recognition Day! It was established by the City of Edmonton and the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations in ...
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EndPovertyEdmonton is looking for a Manager of Community Engagement!
Are you looking to help lead change to end poverty in Edmonton? EndPovertyEdmonton is building a Secretariat to support Executive Director Andrea Burkhart with our next position: Manager of Community Engagement. The successful candidate will play a key management role in reaching out to...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Are you looking to help lead change to end poverty in Edmonton? EndPovertyEdmonton is building a Secretariat to support Executive Director Andrea Burkhart with our next position: Manager of Community Engagement. The successful candidate will play a key management role in reaching out to...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Treaty 6 and Edmonton welcomed the World Indigenous Nations Games!
The first week of July 2017 was a thrilling one for me as I was seconded to the 2nd World Indigenous Nations (WIN) Games as the International Coordinator. I split my time between Canada Place, the Enoch Cree First Nation and Mascwacis to welcome indigenous athletes from across Canada and around t...
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The first week of July 2017 was a thrilling one for me as I was seconded to the 2nd World Indigenous Nations (WIN) Games as the International Coordinator. I split my time between Canada Place, the Enoch Cree First Nation and Mascwacis to welcome indigenous athletes from across Canada and around t...
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Collective Impact Explained
Since its inception, EndPovertyEdmonton has been grounded in a Collective Impact (CI) approach that brings together unlikely partners to affect large scale, long lasting change. While CI has provided EPE with the hope of addressing poverty as a systemic issue, questions remain about what CI...
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Since its inception, EndPovertyEdmonton has been grounded in a Collective Impact (CI) approach that brings together unlikely partners to affect large scale, long lasting change. While CI has provided EPE with the hope of addressing poverty as a systemic issue, questions remain about what CI...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Meet EndPovertyEdmonton's Executive Director Andrea Burkhart!
From its inception, collaboration has been a key element of EndPovertyEdmonton, an approach that EPE’s new executive director Andrea Burkhart appreciates. “I have seen first-hand the impact that occurs when people work together towards a common goal” says Burkhart, who comes to EPE after founding...
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From its inception, collaboration has been a key element of EndPovertyEdmonton, an approach that EPE’s new executive director Andrea Burkhart appreciates. “I have seen first-hand the impact that occurs when people work together towards a common goal” says Burkhart, who comes to EPE after founding...
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Using Design Thinking to improve parental involvement with early childhood development programs
Can design improve early childhood development in a community and help lower poverty levels? That’s the question that e4c, Panorama Innovation and Barnraise participants set out to answer during their two day design challenge at the BarnRaise Edmonton event that took place from March 17-19, 2017 ...
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Can design improve early childhood development in a community and help lower poverty levels? That’s the question that e4c, Panorama Innovation and Barnraise participants set out to answer during their two day design challenge at the BarnRaise Edmonton event that took place from March 17-19, 2017 ...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Andrea Burkhart becomes first Executive Director of EndPovertyEdmonton!
EndPovertyEdmonton Co Chairs Dr. Jeff Bisanz and Bishop Jane Alexander are pleased to announce that Ms. Andrea Burkhart will join EndPovertyEdmonton in June 2017 as its inaugural Executive Director.Ms Burkhart has spent the last six years as founding Executive Director of ACTAlberta, the Action C...
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EndPovertyEdmonton Co Chairs Dr. Jeff Bisanz and Bishop Jane Alexander are pleased to announce that Ms. Andrea Burkhart will join EndPovertyEdmonton in June 2017 as its inaugural Executive Director.Ms Burkhart has spent the last six years as founding Executive Director of ACTAlberta, the Action C...
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EndPovertyEdmonton visits Hamilton for the Cities Reducing Poverty Conference
The EndPovertyEdmonton team visited Hamilton recently for the “Cities Reducing Poverty: When Business is Engaged” summit, hosted by the Tamarack Institute’s Vibrant Communities Canada.We were joined by over 300 colleagues tackling poverty at the municipal, provincial, federal and non-governmental...
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The EndPovertyEdmonton team visited Hamilton recently for the “Cities Reducing Poverty: When Business is Engaged” summit, hosted by the Tamarack Institute’s Vibrant Communities Canada.We were joined by over 300 colleagues tackling poverty at the municipal, provincial, federal and non-governmental...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
End Poverty Community Publications Launch
On February 9th, EndPovertyEdmonton kicked off its first year as a community driven collective for change! more than 100 members of the public, including members of the Task Force, the 5 Community Tables and others who helped shape a progressive, inclusive and visionary Strategy to end poverty in...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
On February 9th, EndPovertyEdmonton kicked off its first year as a community driven collective for change! more than 100 members of the public, including members of the Task Force, the 5 Community Tables and others who helped shape a progressive, inclusive and visionary Strategy to end poverty in...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
Design Thinking to Help Edmonton Community Organizations End Poverty
Barnraise is coming to Edmonton! BarnRaise is a two-day “maker” conference pioneered by the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design in Chicago. It brings together community organizations, design firms, and participants to tackle social issues embedded in the local community: this y...
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Barnraise is coming to Edmonton! BarnRaise is a two-day “maker” conference pioneered by the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design in Chicago. It brings together community organizations, design firms, and participants to tackle social issues embedded in the local community: this y...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
EndPovertyEdmonton is hiring!
We are hiring! One of the most important EndPovertyEdmonton steps for this inaugural year is to find someone to head up the EPE Secretariat as the Executive Director. With significant funding committed by Edmonton City Council to the Road Map and EndPovertyEdmonton in December, the move to implem...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
We are hiring! One of the most important EndPovertyEdmonton steps for this inaugural year is to find someone to head up the EPE Secretariat as the Executive Director. With significant funding committed by Edmonton City Council to the Road Map and EndPovertyEdmonton in December, the move to implem...
Published at EndPoverty Edmonton
