App: inEQUALITY: Reduce Income Inequalities
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Mission statement
Indicated by the UN, Sustainable Development Goals Target 10.1 is to “progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average by 2030” [1], in another word, to reduce income inequality and share prosperity. However, Canadians are facing challenges since the outbreak of COVID-19. Uneven recovery is amplifying economic disparities that existed pre-pandemic and widening the income gap, as working-class Canadians going deeper into debt while some remaining at the top prosper. Therefore, reducing income inequality is one of the top priorities for Canada in 2021.
Community and social services that support people to recover from hardship are essential at this moment. However, within Toronto - the largest and most populated city of Canada, some offices or programs are closed or impacted, and visits to residential programs are restricted to help protect residents and staff from the pandemic [2]. In order to help adjust strategies and allocate resource effectively, we would like to build an app reflecting which communities may have more people dealing with job losses, debt, eviction and food insecurity, and helping people to locate the nearest available programs and services.
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Team Members
Tianqi Qu: Tianqi is a 2nd year undergraduate student at McMaster University studying Earth and Environmental Sciences and GIS. Currently working as a junior environmental scientist at CEPro Energy and Environmental Services Inc. with sound experience of field work and project management. Her interest in GIS was sparked by Patrick DeLuca in her first year at Mac, and she is pursuing a certificate in GIS. She loves to spend her spare time on road trips, hiking and baking.
Yuran Jin: Yuran is a 4th year student at McMaster University studying Biology and Geographic Information System. Yuran is also interested in ecology and hoping to contribute to habitat conservation in the future. She loves listening to music and snowboarding.
Farbod Tabaei: Farbod is a 4th year undergraduate student of Environmental studies at McMaster University while pursuing a degree in GIS. Farbod is also interested in sustainable practices and looks forward to specializing in climate change studies with a focus on sustainability and impact adaptations. His favourite hobbies are skiing and video games.