Everyone has the right to a life without poverty.

To keep people out of poverty, we need to fix the systems that create it.

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Why we need a human rights-based approach to poverty

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Court ruling on homelessness is a big step forward

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It’s hard to overstate how important this decision is. For the first time, it establishes in law that homelessness is similar to other conditions protected under the Charter and therefore has the same equality protections as we have for race, sex, disability, or national origin.

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First-voice expertise and social change

In this series, Ingrid Palmer explores how we get better at moving from talking to doing. She discusses practical examples of how organizations and institutions are working together with first-voice (lived) experts and leaders to change systems, as well as common mistakes and how to avoid them.

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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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Implementing human rights

Our work on human rights aims to understand and strengthen the government mechanisms that implement our international human rights obligations here at home.

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Five Good Ideas

Five Good Ideas is a lunch-and-learn program where subject-matter experts discuss powerful and practical ideas about key issues facing non-profit organizations. The sessions are most useful for management staff and board members at small and mid-sized non-profits.

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Five Good Ideas on how to think responsibly about generative AI

Date: May 5, 2026
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Five Good Ideas to attract and keep volunteers

Date: March 30, 2026
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Five Good Ideas for building fearless organizations

Date: March 13, 2026
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