Area Council Holds Successful Anti-Poverty Workshop
On March 22nd, 2006 the NWT Area Council hosted a successful anti-poverty workshop at Thebacha College in Ft. Smith. The workshop consisted of playing the Poverty Game in the morning. This is a simulation game that provides participants with an opportunity to experience some of the challenges that are routinely faced by Canadians living in poverty.
A protest march was held over the noon hour and marchers carried picket signs that read