Peg Sharing Circle - Exploring the Lived Experience of Poverty - Claudine Campbell

This case study documents the lived experience of Claudine Campbell, who describes poverty as having no income. It details her history of childhood abuse and its impact on her education, her experience as a single mother on welfare, and her current struggle to secure housing due to a decade-old debt with Manitoba Housing.

• Claudine Campbell describes poverty as a state of having no income at all and reports that the five years preceding the interview were the hardest of her life, during which she resided at the Salvation Army Booth Centre.
• Claudine's educational difficulties and status as a slow learner, which led her to drop out of school at 17 with a grade 9 completion level, were later attributed to childhood abuse by her father that injured the left side of her brain.
• Claudine faces barriers to obtaining housing through Manitoba Housing due to a debt from 10 years prior. This debt originated from missing three months of rent while living there with her children, which she attributes to taking her son out too often. The total debt was increased by a $300 charge for the condition of the apartment upon her departure.

APA

Producer),, C. C. R. (. E. M. (. (2011). Peg Sharing Circle - Exploring the Lived Experience of Poverty - Claudine Campbell. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/articles/insight/peg-sharing-circle-exploring-lived-experience-poverty-claudine-campbell

Chicago

Producer),, Claudine Campbell,Christa Rust (Interviewer),Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical. Peg Sharing Circle - Exploring the Lived Experience of Poverty - Claudine Campbell. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2011. https://www.iisd.org/articles/insight/peg-sharing-circle-exploring-lived-experience-poverty-claudine-campbell.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{producer2011peg, author = {Producer),, Claudine Campbell,Christa Rust (Interviewer),Jason E.J. Manaigre (Technical}, title = {{Peg Sharing Circle - Exploring the Lived Experience of Poverty - Claudine Campbell}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2011}, month = feb, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/insight/peg-sharing-circle-exploring-lived-experience-poverty-claudine-campbell}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }