Presentations on guaranteed livable income aka basic income

Speakers from LIFE have made presentations to various groups since 2003, including students, community organizations, labour organizations and at conferences.

Presentation topics:

  1. Poverty, Health and Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI)
  2. History of guaranteed income
  3. Reasons for a GLI
  4. Women, poverty and a GLI
  5. Environment and GLI
  6. Technology and GLI

Length of presentations range from 15 - 30 minutes.


Past Presentations

2007, December 16
Public meeting on environment and economic growth and guaranteed income as a solution.

2007, May 18
A workshop on Guaranteed Livable income to the Unitarian Annual Conference held at UBC, Vancouver.

2007, May 6
Environment, Technology and Guaranteed Livable Income
Secondary Students, Victoria, BC

2006, December 16
Is hard work causing Global Warming?
The work ethic in the age of global warming and automation
Details

2006, November 1
UVIC Critical Research Stratgies Class
Examples of social action in BC, poverty facts and GLI

2006, October 19
Environment, Technology and Guaranteed Livable Income,
Port Alberni, BC, organized by Women for Water

2006, October 3
UVIC Participatory Action Research Class
Perspectives on Poverty and GLI

2006, September 13
Greater Victoria Seniors Society
Health and Guaranteed Livable Income

2006, September 10
Faith Perspectives on Guaranteed Livable Income,
Saanich Penninsula
First Unitarian Church of Victoria

2006, July 8 Workshop - DETAILS
Money, Technology and the Work Ethic and GLI
Victoria - by registration only

2006, June 11
Faith Perspectives on Guaranteed Livable Income,
Capital Unitarian Church, Victoria, BC

2006, June 8
South Island Health Coalition
Presentation on Health, Poverty and GLI

2006, May 17
Secondary school students - Victoria
Presentation on Poverty: Roots and Solutions

2006, March 23
UVIC Critical Research Stratgies Class
Participatory Action Research perspectives on Poverty and GLI

2006, Jan. 30
provided speaker for a showing of the film "Hide and Go Homeless" organized by the UVIC Student Society

2005, December 3
Educational event hosted by the CACE Programme in partnership with the Faculty of Education's Leadership Studies Section and the Graduate Student Society
Presentation and discussion on Guaranteed Livable Income

2005, November 16
Victoria Labour Council meeting
Labour Perspectives on Guaranteed Livable Income

 

 

2005, October 3 - November 1
Visual Display at main entrance to the Victoria Public Library - Broughton St.

 

 

2005, June 18
Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Discussion on GLI and poverty organizing

2005, June 17
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
12th Biennial Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference
Presentation: Time for a Guaranteed Livable Income

2005, May 20
Secondary students - Victoria
Presentation on Poverty: Roots and Solutions

2005, January 20
Partnership Conference - Victoria, BC
Presentation on Poverty, Health and Productive Choice and GLI

2004 May 15
Ripping It Up (a forum on poverty and disability in BC) - Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, BC
Presentation on the roots of poverty and the solution of a GLI

2004, April 29, (Earth Week)
Voices On: Guaranteed Livable Income - Victoria, BC
Sponsored by the Victoria Progressive Electors Association.

2003, May 29
Guaranteed Livable Income Discussion Forum- Victoria, BC
Anti-Poverty Coalition & Victoria Status of Women Action Group

 

Thank you to the Public Service Alliance of Canada for provinding funds for our

Community Education to Make Poverty History
February 2006-October 2006

From Feb. 2006 to October 2006, 11 presentations were made in Victoria, Vancouver and Pt. Alberni on the topics of local and global poverty, the roots of poverty, and the economic and technological rationale for a guaranteed livable income. This initiative was sponsored by a grant of $1150 from the Public Service Alliance of Canada. . Read more...

 

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