Alternative North has been a leading activist in efforts to reduce poverty in the Northwest Territories. Following the organization of a coalition of 30 social justice groups calling for territorial government action, Alternatives North has participated in the development an implementation of an Anti Poverty Strategy, and has lead recent efforts to introduce a living wage in Yellowknife.
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- Community Summary – Foundations for Action March 28th, 2023 By Alternatives North Basic Income Guarantee for the NWT Report
- Summary for Policy-Makers – Foundations for Action March 28th, 2023 By Alternatives North Basic Income Guarantee for the NWT Report
2023 04 10 Media Advisory Six Recommendations for a Basic Income Guarantee in the NWT
2023 04 13 NWT BIG Community Summary Report
2023 04 13 NWT BIG Summary for Policy-Makers Report
2023 04 13 NWT BIG Project Full Report
2023 01 31 Register – NWT Basic Income Guarantee Online Forum
2022 Alternatives North Living Wage Media Release
NWT Living Wage 2022 Plain Language Report
NWT Living Wage 2022 Infographic
NWT Living Wage 2022 Yellowknife Infographic
NWT Living Wage 2022 Hay River Infographic
NWT Living Wage 2022 Ft Smith Infographic
NWT Living Wage 2022 Inuvik Infographic
2019 03 06 Media Release Living Wage Released for Yellowknife, Hay River and Inuvik
2019 Living Wage Report
2019 03 06 Combined Living Wage Infographic
2019 03 06 Hay River Living Wage Infographic
2019 03 06 Inuvik Living Wage Infographic
2019 03 06 Yellowknife Living Wage Infographic
2019 03 06 Living Wage Presentation
2019 01 23 Market Basket Measure Presentation
2018 10 22 Poverty Update
2018 04 24 Employers and the Living Wage Presentation
2017 11 27 Media Release Living Wage Update Released
2017 11 27 Yellowknife Living Wage Report
2017 11 27 Yellowknife Living Wage Infographic
2017 05 19 Submission to Federal Anti Poverty Strategy Consultations
2017 03 01 Decals Proclaim Employers Paying Living Wage
2017 03 01 List of Living Wage Employers
2017 01 25 Living Wage Pamphlet
2015 09 10 Yellowknife Living Wage Report
2015 09 10 Yellowknife Living Wage Infographic
2015 09 10 Living Wage Media Release
2015 05 08 National Poverty Reduction Summit Report
2015 02 11 2015 GNWT Budget Poverty Analysis media release
2014 08 07 Anti Poverty Strategy Supporters
2104 02 26 Anti Poverty Advisory Committee Terms of Reference
2014 02 26 Anti Poverty Priorities Synthesis
2014 01 28 Anti Poverty Priorities Compilation
2014 01 08 No Place for Poverty Update
2013 11 08 Targeting Poverty Final Report
2013 10 10 Media Release Delegates Gather to Create Action Plan
2013 06 06 Media Release Response to Anti Poverty Strategy Framework
2013 06 06 Building on the Strengths of Northerners, Framework for Action on Poverty
2013 05 27 Comments on Final Draft Anti Poverty Strategy
2013 01 11 Comments on Draft Anti Poverty Strategy
2012 11 29 Draft NWT Anti-Poverty_Strategy for Comment
2012 06 01 Early Childhood and Poverty Research Summary
2012 09 04 Addressing Poverty – An Appreciative Inquiry of Program Successes
2012 03 14 Anti-Poverty Supporters Offer Partnership for Plan Development Media Release
2012 02 08 Premier McLeod Anti Poverty Statement
2012 02 08 Anti-Poverty Petition response
2012 02 08 What We Heard from Northerners about Poverty Report
2011 08 16 Anti Poverty Election Tool Kit
2011 13 01 Response to Anti Poverty Survey
2011 02 08 Anti-Povertry Strategy Debates NWT Legislative Assembly
2010 11 15 No Place for Poverty Workshop Report
2010 10 12 NPFP Workshop Closing Communique
2010 09 14 NPFP Announcement Release
2010 02 11 NWT Assembly Anti Poverty Motion
2009 12 16 Provincial Anti Poverty Strategies
2009 12 16 Anti Poverty Statistics
2009 12 16 Anti Poverty Gift Media Release
2009 05 28 Poverty Report Media Release
2009 05 28 NWT Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs Report
2006 08 01 Poverty A Whispered Word
2006 06 01 Child Care Report