A Future Without Poverty: National Dialogue 2025
October 9, 2025
October 17, 2025 | 12:00 – 2:00 PM EST
Online Webinar
Join us on the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty for a national conversation on poverty and inequality in Canada. This virtual event will bring together organizations, advocates, and individuals from across the country to spotlight solutions, amplify voices, and build momentum for lasting change.
This year, 45 organizations have endorsed a national briefing note, highlighting the collective call to action on poverty in Canada. The French version of the national briefing note is now available in the link above!
Together, we’ll examine the systemic drivers of poverty, share innovative strategies, and strengthen connections among communities working toward a future where everyone can thrive. Make sure to stay until the end of the webinar for an inspiring call to action and collective reflection on how we can build a Canada free from poverty.
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Meet the Speakers, Host, and Moderator
The speakers, host, and moderator of A Future Without Poverty: National Dialogue 2025 represent a powerful lineup of leaders, advocates, and changemakers advancing equity and poverty eradication across Canada.
Speakers include Jack Bogaard, Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, Rabia Khedr, Dr. Melanie Doucet, Amanda Therrien, Stacia Stewart, and Scott MacAfee, each bringing deep expertise in community development, social policy, disability justice, youth advocacy, and gender equity.
The event will be hosted by Leila Sarangi, Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation at Family Service Toronto and National Director of Campaign 2000, and moderated by Michael Redhead Champagne, a celebrated community leader, speaker, and author.
Click here and learn more about the individuals shaping this national conversation toward a future without poverty.
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| A Future Without Poverty: National Dialogue 2025 Recorded on the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty This year’s National Dialogue brought together organizations, advocates, and community leaders from across Canada for a powerful and deeply human conversation on poverty, inequality, and the urgent need for collective action. Hosted by Leila Sarangi, Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation at Family Service Toronto and National Director of Campaign 2000, the event highlighted the importance of advancing equity through rights-based, community-led approaches that centre lived experience and systemic change. The discussion featured Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, Director of Policy and Community Action at Right To Food; Dr. Mélanie Doucet, Executive Director of the National Council of Youth in Care Advocates and Adjunct Professor at McGill University and Université Laval; Rabia Khedr, National Director of Disability Without Poverty; Amanda Therrien, Feminist Lawyer and Researcher with the National Association of Women and the Law; Scott McAfee, Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty; Natalie Appleyard, Socio-Economic Policy Analyst at Citizens for Public Justice; Stacia Stewart, Director of Research, Policy & Communications at Social Planning Toronto; and Jack Bogaard, community leader from Skeetchestn Shuswap and founder of Voices Influencing Change. Together, these speakers explored the systemic drivers of poverty and the intersections between policy and lived experience, offering strategies, stories, and hope for building a Canada rooted in dignity, equity, and inclusion. Their insights underscored that poverty is not inevitable, but a policy choice, and that ending it requires coordinated, collective action. Now it’s your turn! Join 40+ organizations across Canada and sign the national Call to Action to push for lasting, coordinated change that tackles poverty at its roots. Send the briefing note to your local MP (https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en). Download the template letter to accompany the briefing note to edit. Together, we can shape a future grounded in justice and opportunity for all. Briefing Note/ Template. Watch the full webinar on our YouTube. To make change, sign onto the Call to Action! |