{"id":144,"date":"2018-04-18T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:01:15","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cspsc\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n About Us\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Our Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Centre for Studies in Poverty and Social Citizenship is to support the Carleton School of Social Work<\/a> to generate critical and innovative knowledge about inequality and social exclusion that can be used to inform social work education, policy and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We understand that poverty disproportionately impacts marginalized communities including, but not limited to racialized and Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSPSC\u2019s work is aimed at ensuring a basic standard of social justice, community engagement and social citizenship for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Goals and Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The overall goal of CSPSC is to conduct and support high quality research and knowledge mobilization on both policy and practice related to poverty, and social citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main objectives of the CSPSC include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n