Building on research by Smith-Carrier et al. (2019), this workshop will immerse participants in a poverty simulation simulating a month walking in the shoes of a real Canadian family living with low income today. Following each “weekly” prompts participants must budget, pay bills, search for food and essentials, and access health or community services, while contending with emerging challenges (like caring for a sick child, dealing with an eviction). The 1.5-hour workshop will involve a one-hour simulation, and a 30-minute reflection and debriefing session. Harnessing the tool’s experiential design, participants will learn about the systemic and structural barriers persons living in poverty in Canada face today, and the solutions that could potentially remedy them.