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Since 2004, the urban and social revitalisation approach in the St. Michel neighbourhood aimed to change the neighbourhood in order to allow residents to experience a better quality of life, to live in a healthy physical and social environment, to blossom and have a say in their development and their future. After four years of mobilization and achievements, the citizens and partners of the St. Michel neighbourhood undertook a second planning process for the period 2009-2012.
In order to identify the main areas that would be part of the new action plan, work groups were formed. More than two hundred people participated to identify the new challenges that await the neighbourhood. Concerned with continuity, the approach hopes to closely engage citizens in a way that builds on the actions of the previous years, is focused on the fight against poverty and social exclusion and is open to external participation.
For more information on Vivre Saint-Michel en Santé, visit their website here.
Quebec: Looking Back to Go Forward
Quebec led the country by passing a law against poverty and social exclusion in 2002 and was the first to introduce a provincial poverty reduction strategy in 2004. Now the Caledon Institute for Social Policy has reviewed Quebec’s progress in a new report: Poverty Reduction in Québec:The First Five Years. The Caledon report notes that Quebec used a series of linked actions in diverse fields, a long-term time frame, and an associated research and monitoring capacity to move the needle on poverty in the province.
Quebec’s next five year plan to further reduce poverty was recently featured in a Tamarack audio seminar. Read a summary or listen to a recording of the call in English or in French by visiting the seminar webpage.
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