In 2006, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador released Reducing Poverty: An Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador. This Action Plan was developed with input from community-based organizations, business, labour and people living in and vulnerable to poverty. The Poverty Reduction Strategy outlines Government’s plan to transform Newfoundland and Labrador from a province with the most poverty to one with the least, within 10 years.

Between March and June, 2007, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Homelessness / Transitional Housing Working Group coordinated research into homelessness and housing issues in the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. With supports from the National Housing Initiative / Regional Homelessness Fund, the St John’s Advisory Committee on Homelessness and many local partners, the Working Group contracted the Lichen Group to conduct local research on these issues. The result is a Community Plan for initiating work on these issues in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The Plan describes how the research was conducted, the results, and some experiences of others working to alleviate homelessness. The main purpose of the Plan is to identify housing and homelessness issues facing people in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and to identify key strategic directions for future initiatives.

This paper describes a school-based violence prevention program at Woorabinda, an aboriginal community in central Queensland which draws on community development principles and has been established through a partnership between the Woorabinda Women’s Shelter, “Gumbi Gunya”; Central Queensland University’s “Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research” (CDFVR); and the Woorabinda State Primary School.

The Purple Heart Campaign (PHC)started in reaction to what many women perceived to be an extremely light sentence for a violent assault on a woman in Labrador. The Mokami Status of Women Council (MSWC) wanted the justice system to be more accountable to women. We also needed to learn more about how the system works and wanted to observe cases of violence against women in our courts.

A program developed by the Coalition Against Violence- Avalon East. The underlying purpose of this guide is to provide a step-by-step process to assist in engaging men and women, boys and girls in community efforts toward creating safer, harassment-free relationships and communities. We need to explore and discuss the connection between gender and violence.