About Maytree
At Maytree, we believe that everyone has the right to a life without poverty. Our economic and social systems create poverty when they fail to focus on human dignity. The most enduring way to keep people out of poverty is to reimagine and rebuild our public systems to respect, protect, and fulfill the economic and social rights of every person in Canada.
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Mission and vision
Maytree is committed to advancing systemic solutions to poverty and strengthening civic communities.
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A human rights-based approach to poverty puts people first. Human rights principles and practices can shape our systems to prevent and eliminate poverty.
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Judy and Alan Broadbent established Maytree in 1982 to find and advance solutions to poverty. Our work, alongside that of our many partners, has taken various forms over the past four decades.
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