BIG Resources and Learning

Many people are doing exciting work on basic income and poverty elimination.

Here are some organizations that have informed our work.

Basic Income Canada Network

Basic Income Canada Network promotes informed, constructive public dialogue leading to a basic income guarantee in Canada.

Coalition Canada

Coalition Canada Basic Income is a cross-country alliance of basic income advocacy groups and networks.

Basic Income Canada Youth Network

Established in 2020, the Basic Income Canada Youth Network is a group of engaged young people under 35 who are passionate about basic income. 

Basic Income Earth Network

The mission of the Basic Income Earth Network is to offer education to the wider public about alternative arguments about, proposals for, and problems concerning, basic income as idea, institution, and public policy practice. 

PEI Food Security Network

The above link brings you to “The Impact of Basic Income Guarantee on Household Food Insecurity” on the PEI Food Security Network’s website.

Food Secure Canada

The above link brings you to “WITH MILLIONS OF CANADIANS FACING FOOD INSECURITY, IT’S TIME FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME” on the Food Secure Canada website.

Basic Income Explained:

FAQs: A Basic Income Guarantee for Canada by Coalition Canada: basic income – revenu de base

Renewing the Social Contract: Economic Recovery in Canada from COVID-19 by the Royal Society of Canada

Rethinking Work and Income Security in the 21st Century: The Case for Basic Income and Work by Ontario Basic Income Network

Infographic on Guaranteed Livable Income in Canada by Citizens for Public Justice

The One Minute Case for a Basic Income by Timothy Roscoe Carter

Basic Impact: Examining the Potential Impact of a Basic Income on Social Entrepreneurs by the Mowat Centre and the CSI

B.I.G. and First Nations: Cautions for Implemention by the Northern Policy Institute

Implementing a Basic Income Guarantee Through the Personal Income Tax System by the Northern Policy Institute

The Case for Basic Income for Women by Ontario Basic Income Network

Gender and COVID-19 by the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women

The Case for Basic Income Series by Ontario Basic Income Network

Basic Income Guarantee: The Cornerstone of a Just Recovery by Coalition Canada: basic income – revenu de base

Fact Sheet: Basic Income and Social Assistance by Basic Income Waterloo Region

Basic Income Costing:

Fact Sheet: How to Pay for a Basic Income by Basic income Waterloo Region

Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada IN BRIEF by Basic Income Canada Network

Basic Income: Some Policy Options for Canada by Basic Income Canada Network

Costing a National Guaranteed Basic Income Using the Ontario Basic Income Model by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During the COVID Pandemic by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

A Federal Basic Income Within the Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan by the Royal Society of Canada

Distributional and Fiscal Analysis of a National Guaranteed Basic Income by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer