Resources

High Tuition Fees - Barrier to Education

The Youth in Transition Survey shows that he most common barrier for dropping out or leaving school was financial – about two-thirds of those reporting facing barriers to going as far in school as they would like cited financial barriers.

The percentages citing financial barriers were similar for post-secondary leavers (71.4%), high school graduates with no post secondary education (70.7%), post-secondary graduates (70.4%), and post-secondary continuers (68.9%).

Source: At a Crossroads: First Results for the 18 to 20-Year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey: Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada , January 2002

Factsheets

Working Yet Poor in Ontario: A call for fair wages and working conditions and government action.
Workers Action Centre, Citizens for Public Justice and Ontario Campaign 2000. March 2006. [pdf, 4pp, 192KB]
Defining poverty.
November 2003. [pdf, 1p, 107KB]
See "However you measure it, child poverty is too high", OpEd by Laurel Rothman, December 8, 2004. [pdf, 1p, 100KB]
A healthy start in life is key to long-term well-being.
November 2003. [pdf, 1p, 62KB].
Income Security Programs.
November 2003. [pdf, 1pp, 77KB].
Value of Canada Child Tax Benefit 2002 - 2007.
November 2003. [pdf, 1p, 172KB]
Quality, Affordable Child Care Key to Addressing Child Poverty.
November 2003. [pdf, 1p, 66KB]
The Context: What has happend to child poverty in Ontario? 1989 - 1999. June 2002. [pdf, 2pp, 46KB].
GROWING INEQUALITY BETWEEN RICH AND POOR FAMILIES IN THE 1990s [pdf, 1p, 225KB].