CHILDREN AND POVERTY IN CANADA The purpose of this project is to discuss child poverty and child welfare practice. There is a need to critically examine the issue and situate the causes of poverty at the societal level. In our society children poverty is a major concern. There are emotional and physical side effects of children growing up in poverty. It is stated that there is a decline in the level of child poverty in …showed first 75 words of 309 total…

…showed last 75 words of 309 total…in the past as a child. Main purpose is to see if growing up in poverty has a strong effect of their life in the present. I will gather information on public opinion about the poor within Canada and a survey to see if Canadian citizens are aware of the poverty around them. I will examine the results of focus group studies on child poverty and research on anything relating to child poverty within Canada.