Public Interest Alberta
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Aims and Goals of Public Interest Alberta
› Focus on Living Wage Campaign
Summary of the Activities I performed
Discussion of the role Public Interest
Alberta has in the Canadian Democratic
Process
What is Public Interest Alberta and what
do they do?
Who does PIA strive to help?
Who does PIA work in cooperation with?
What are their main areas of focus, i.e.
what are their task forces about?
What is a Living Wage?
What are the statistics about child and
family poverty in Alberta?
What is PIA’s stance on Living Wages
and poverty reduction, and what do
they plan to do about it?
Background Research and Reading
Attend a Board Meeting
Attend Rallies
Help in Distribution of Annual Report on
Child Poverty
Elitism
Citizenship and Equality
“Power To”
PIA enhances the democratic process
› How does it enhance the process?
› What is PIA’s role in democracy?
www.pialberta.org
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(2008). We Can Do Better: Toward an
Alberta Child Poverty Reduction Strategy
for Children and Families. Edmonton, AB
Public Interest Alberta. (2007). Impacting
our Lives: Advocacy that Matters Annual
Report. Edmonton, AB
Public Interest Alberta. (2005). Working
Poor or Making a Living? The reality of
low wages in Alberta. Edmonton, AB