Advocacy Resource Centre

Advocacy Tools and Resources

Contact information

• Provincial and federal government website links: Includes direct links to help you find members of provincial and territorial legislative assemblies.

• Campaign 2000: Publishes an Annual Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada

• Make Poverty History: Has launched a poverty reduction strategy campaign.

• Innocenti Research Center: Strengthens the capacity of UNICEF and its cooperating institutions to respond to the needs of children and to develop a new global ethic for children. Promotes the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Communications

• E-mail a link to the status report: A quick and easy way to let people know about the new CPS status report, Are We Doing Enough?

• Letters to the editor: Calling for a national strategy on child poverty
  • From a health professional (pdf format)
  • From a parent/caregiver/child advocate (pdf format)

Advocacy basics

• Tip Sheet: Do’s and don’ts of child advocacy
• Tips on taking a positive approach

Last updated: December 2009