Knowledge Exchange

Topic: Poverty, increasing our awareness, developing a common understanding – learning about plans for a Provincial Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Where: PA Arts Centre, 1010 Central Avenue – 2nd floor studio

When: Tuesday, May 26 – 12:00 noon – 2:30 pm (brown bag lunch – refreshment break will be provided at 1:30 pm)

Who: You are invited – Sponsored by the Prince Albert Community Networking Coalition, with guests Julie Kryzanowski from the Saskatoon Health Region presenting an overview of the Poverty Costs movement; Keri Okanik, presenting a summary of the Prince Albert Homelessness Count, and Prudence McKenzie, Regional Intersectoral Committee presenting an overview of the work of the Provincial Advisory Group on Poverty Reduction Strategy and the round table discussions held recently in Saskatoon.

Why: Poverty affects everyone in every community – Lost potential and hopelessness poses an enormous cost to our communities in so many ways – learning about this movement to affect change is a good first step that each of us can take.

What? The objectives for the day are:

To provide the community with an opportunity to increase awareness about POVERTY in Saskatchewan, an overview of the Provincial Poverty Reduction Strategy currently unfolding and some facts and factors here in Prince Albert.
To map events and key factors impacting poverty on our community.
To develop a summary of the discussions and information shared at the Knowledge Exchange
To disseminate this summary to the participants and all CNC Members as well as the Saskatchewan Advisory Group on Poverty Reduction

We look forward to your participation in this important event. Contact me to register or for more information:

Delphine Melchert – CNC Coordinator

Phone: 306-764-3389

Fax: 306-922-0093

Wdmelchert@shaw.ca

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