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Basic Income Guarantee and Health: BIG Promise or a BIG Problem?

…Institute and Special Advisor to the Ontario Basic Income Pilot Dr. John Millar, Member of the Minister’s Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction Jenna van Draanen, Board Member, Basic Income Canada…

Advocacy for income as a social determinant of health: Lessons learned from the Basic Income and Decent Work movements

Basic Income and Decent Work can improve population health through economic security. This webinar will reflect on lessons public health can apply when advocating to decrease income inequity as a…

NCCDH Webinar: Can a guaranteed annual income help level the playing field?

  Guaranteed annual income (also called basic income guarantee) is experiencing a resurgence as a public policy approach to improving economic and social wellbeing. Analysis of data from the MINCOME

Basic Income and Youth — Webinar

Income advocates, researchers and observers together to discuss Basic Income as a potential national social policy for Canada; including the unique challenges of the gig economy and recommendations for how…

BC Election Blog: Increasing Income Inequality, a Major Public Health and Societal Problem

Increasing Income Inequality, a Major Public Health and Societal Problem: What are the trends, why is this happening and what can be done? By: John Miller   Income inequality is…

Webinar: Taking action on the root cause: Inadequate income and food security

…food insecurity can look like. We will learn about the role public health can play in calculating a basic income rate and advocating for income-based policy change. We will also…