In preparation for and throughout the term of the Social Assistance Review, we wanted to share a number of important reports and studies produced by others. We were hoping that these materials would be helpful for people who were thinking about what the problems are in Ontario’s social assistance and income security systems, and what kind of new systems Ontario should seek to create.
- “From Welfare to Work in Ontario: Still the road less travelled” – TD Economics Special Report, 2005.
- “What Next in Welfare Reform? A preliminary review of promising programs and practices” – Dean Herd for Toronto Social Services, 2006.
- “Towards a New Architecture for Canada’s Adult Benefits” – Ken Battle, Michael Mendelson, and Sherri Torjman for the Caledon Institute, 2006.
- “Why Is It So Tough to Get Ahead? How our tangled social programs pathologize the transition to self-reliance” – John Stapleton for the Metcalf Foundation, 2007.
- “If it’s Still Broke, Fix It: Reducing poverty by improving the Ontario Disability Support Program” – ODSP Action Coalition, 2008.
- “A Housing Benefit for Ontario: One Housing Solution for a Poverty Reduction Strategy” – Steve Pomeroy, Marion Steele, Joshua Hoy and John Stapleton, for a coalition of industry and community organizations, 2008.
- “Disability Should Not be a Life Sentence to Poverty” – ODSP Action Coalition, 2008.
- “A Blueprint for Economic Stimulus and Poverty Reduction in Ontario” – Sheila Block for the 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction, 2009.
- “The Ball or the Bridge: The stark choice for social assistance reform in Ontario” – John Stapleton for the Ontario Alternative Budget, 2009.
- “Why Don’t We Want the Poor to Own Anything?” – John Stapleton for the Metcalf Foundation, 2009
- “Working Better: Creating a High-Performing Labour Market in Ontario” – Tom Zizys for the Metcalf Foundation, 2011.
- "Overview of International Welfare to Work Models" – Jennefer Laidley for ISAC, 2011.
- “What Stops Us from Working? New ways to make work pay, by fixing the treatment of earnings under the Ontario Disability Support Program” – John Stapleton, Stephanie Procyk and Lindsay Kochen for The Dream Team, Houselink and CAMH, 2011.
- “Racialized Communities Consultations Report” – Colour of Poverty Colour of Change, 2011.