Child Poverty in BC

December 2011: Chilliwack

Sixteen.four per cent of BC kids live in poverty...

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	Poverty can mean being teased about the way you're dressed.
	Poverty can mean hiding your feet so the teacher won't get cross when you don't have boots.
	Poverty can mean hearing mom and dad fight over money.
	Poverty can mean pretending that you forgot your lunch.
	Poverty can mean being afraid to tell your mom you need gym shoes.

Explore Library Resources on Child Poverty

Bradbury, Bruce. The dynamics of child poverty in industrialised countries. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Call number: HV 713 D95 2001 (Chilliwack)

Covell, Katherine. A question of commitment: children's rights in Canada. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007. Call number: HQ 789 Q48 2007 (Abbotsford)

Finnie, Ross. Child support: the guideline options. Montréal: Institute for Research on Public Policy = Institut de recherche en politiques publiques, c1994. Call number: HV 745 A6 C547 1994 (Abbotsford, Chilliwack)

Freiler, Christa. Pathways to progress: structural solutions to address child poverty. Toronto: Campaign 2000, 2004. Call number: HV 745 A6 F74 2004 (Abbotsford, Website)

Ismael, Shereen T. Child poverty and the Canadian welfare state: From entitlement to charity. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2006. Call number: HQ 792 C2 I86 2006 (Abbotsford, Chilliwack)

Kufeldt, Kathleen. Child welfare: connecting research, policy and practice. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003. Call number: HV 745 A6 C48 2003 (Abbotsford, Chilliwack)

UNICEF. International Child Development Centre. A league table of child poverty in rich nations. Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, c2000. Call number: HV 713 L458 2000 (Abbotsford)

Vleminckx, Koen. Child well-being, child poverty and child policy in modern nations: what do we know?. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2003. Call number: HV 713 C3955 2003 (Chilliwack)

Sources and Outside links:

"2005 Canada Child Poverty Report Card. Campaign 2000: http://www.campaign2000.ca/reportCards/national/2005EngNationalReportCard.pdf

"2007 Child Poverty Report Card." BC Campaign 2000. Nov. 2007. http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/economicequality/3-2007%20report%20cards.pdf

"2008 Child Poverty Report Card." BC Campaign 2000. Nov. 2008. <http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/economicequality/3-reportcard-b&w.pdf>

"2009 Child Poverty Report Card." BC Campaign 2000. Nov. 2009: http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/EconomicEquality/3-09reportcard.pdf

"2010 Child Poverty Report Card." BC Campaign 2000. Nov. 2010: http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/economicequality/3-reportcard2010.pdf