Social economy institutions and organizations play an important role in promoting livelihoods and job creation in the fight against poverty. Social economy enterprises offer an important source of employment in the face of global unemployment and underemployment problem. Cherub highlights academic research on poverty reduction and, helps facilitate learning about this critical subject.

(Please visit the individual research nodes for more information about their poverty reduction projects: Atlantic, Quebec, Southern Ontario, Northern Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Northern, British Columbia and Alberta)

CSERP RESOURCES:

• CSEHub Telelearning Session # 15: Poverty Reduction.
  

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Canada's Growing Gap Explained: VIDEO from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
• CCEDNET: Place-Based Poverty Reduction
• Counting Women In – A Toolkit for Rural Action on Poverty
• Make Poverty History
• The Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives: The View From Here: Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, Poverty and Social Exclusion: Solving Complex Issues Through Comprehensive Approaches (PDF),Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Plan:  All Aboard — Destination un known.  (CCPA Fast Facts June 22, 2009) 
• Tamarack
• The Quality of Life Challenge
• PovNet
  
• Alternatives North
  
• Public Interest Alberta
• Statistics Canada. Income Inequality and Reddistribution Canada: 1976-2004.