Education

A tour of Calgary's richest school and poorest school, published by Operation Maple. [VIDEO]

"As Progressive Conservatives from across Alberta talked policy inside a south Edmonton hotel Saturday, Tim Kabarchuk willingly faced off outside against a large, inflatable mallet. As one of about 500 protesters who came to the “Block the Party” event organized by Public Interest Alberta, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employee and other groups, Kabarchuk volunteered for a human version of Whack-A-Mole under a painted Whack-A-Broken Promise banner."

"Cathy’s story reveals another sobering aspect of poverty in our province: one in three (33.2 per cent) of female lone-parent families are below the LIM. Cathy's son is also an example of the more than 50 per cent of children in poor families that have at least one parent working full-time year round. In fact, one in four employed Albertans makes less than $15/hour, and 63 per cent of low-wage workers are women. Given this stark reality for so many families, we should not be shocked that more than 53,000 people rely on the food bank each month."

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has selected the Global Café at Jasper Place High School to receive this year’s Public Interest Award for Northern Alberta.

By Josh Marcellin, Vue WeeklyIf corporations are people, as some would say, then they're not the kind of people you'd want to fight; a corporation is big, faceless and prohibitively powerful.

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has selected Evelyn Schuler from Medicine Hat to receive this year’s Public Interest Award for Southern Alberta.

Please join us for a celebration of the achievements of two phenomenal advocates.The award ceremonies will take place on April 10th and 12th as part of PIA’s 7th annual advocacy conference. We hope to see you there.

We hope you enjoy the first issue of our new publication, the Advocate. This newsletter is intended to be space to share stories and tools for advocacy and will be published three times a year.

Here is a collection of articles and upcoming actions in response to the Provincial Budget 2013.

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta says that the Redford government's budget cuts to public services are going to have a serious impact on our families and the economy.“This budget is full of bad decisions”, says Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta.The budget released today will have the following impacts:Culture