About the PTF
Learn about what we do and how we do it.
Here you will find our mission, vision, priorities, organizational framework, and membership.
Nutritious Food Basket
A Nutritious Food Basket (NFB) is a survey tool that is a measure of the cost of basic healthy eating. In May 2011, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health surveyed seven grocery stores […]
STEPS – January 2012 Calendar
The STEPS 2 year program is a vehicle toward the path of opportunity, providing ongoing ability for intervention at critical moments in a youth’s life and acting as a vehicle […]
The Poverty Task Force is hiring!
The Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination (PTF) is a community initiative working to move poverty reduction issues forward. We are looking for an assistant coordinator to support […]
Research Report: Living Wage Community Profiles
The living wage is defined as an hourly wage that is high enough to allow a family to pay for the basic necessities of life. These necessities include food, clothing, […]
Campaign 2000: 2011 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
More than two decades have passed since the House of Commons’ unanimous resolution “to seek to achieve the goal of eliminating poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000” and […]
Research Report: Emergency Food Services in Guelph-Wellington
The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship/The Research Shop has recently published a report that presents the results of research on the emergency food service system in Guelph-Wellington. The report covers […]
Photovoice: Living healthy, well, and strong in our neighbourhoods
The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship thrilled to invite you to view the results of a Photovoice research project by members from six Guelph neighbourhood groups who used photos as […]
Social Assistance Rates up by 1%
The 2011-12 provincial budget increased OW and ODSP rates by 1%. The Income Security Advocacy Centre has prepared a new rate sheet that shows the new basic needs and maxium […]
New Report: Hunger Count 2011
The Hunger Count 2011 report provides a snapshot of food bank use, characteristics of individuals and households assisted, and housing and food bank use. The report also provides constructive recommendations […]
Synopsis: Report on the State of Public Health in Canada: Youth & Young Adults
This is the Chief Public Health Officer’s fourth annual report on the state of public health in Canada, with a focus on the health and well-being of youth and young […]