This special series, first published in The Philanthropist and guest-edited by Maytree’s president, Elizabeth McIsaac, brings together the voices of leading thinkers, activists and political leaders who are working on economic and social rights in Canada. It features articles on how social and economic rights have progressed in Canada; the importance of listening to and engaging people with lived experience in finding solutions to poverty; and how working on poverty and human rights fits under charity law.