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Dive deeper into a particular issue of economic and social rights.

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Housing as essential social infrastructure

For this special series, Maytree proposes a government-led approach to build tens of thousands of deeply affordable homes annually on public land, treating housing as essential social infrastructure rather than a market commodity.

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A fully housed Toronto

Maytree partnered with local newspaper West End Phoenix to examine Toronto’s housing crisis through a human rights lens.

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Poverty and human rights in Canada

For this special series, we brought together the voices of leading thinkers, activists and political leaders who are working on economic and social rights in Canada.

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Rights-based participation

Nine articles from lived experts and community allies on the dimensions of engaging people with personal experience of poverty.

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Advancing justice

In 2021 and 2022, under the guidance of outside experts, Maytree delved into the relationship between human rights, poverty, racism, and the criminal justice system.

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