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Ted
Hildebrandt
Director of Social Planning
Community Development
Halton
860 Harrington Court
Burlington, Ontario L7N 3N4
Canada
Phone: (905) 632-1975, (905) 878-0955
Fax: (905) 632-0778
Email:
[hidden email]
Web: www.cdhalton.ca
www.volunteerhalton.ca
Building Community
Together
COMMUNITY SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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Issue # 39, June
2006
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the thirty ninth edition of the electronic
newsletter from the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto. At the
beginning of each month, this e-bulletin provides news on the activities of the
CSPC-T and our partners, as well as access to new research and policy products
and networks, in print and web-based forms. We hope it is useful. We
value and welcome your feedback at the email address below.
To subscribe to this bulletin, send an email with
your name, organization, address, and
telephone number to [hidden email] with the
message
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NEWSLETTER
If you wish to stop receiving the bulletin, send the
message UNSUBSCRIBE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
If you do not have regular access to email and you wish
to receive this bulletin, please contact Margaret Hau at (416) 351-0095 x 211,
and she will arrange to send it to you by fax. If you want a printable version
of this newsletter, please go to:
http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/CSPC-T%20Newsletters/Newsletter%202006.htm
Please note the deadline to submit
information for the next e-Newsletter is June 28,
2006.
CONTENTS
1.
News from the Council
2.
Upcoming Events
3.
News from our Partners
4.
Conferences and Calls for Papers
5.
Information Resources
5.1
New Reports and
Publications
5.2
Websites
of Interest
6.
Contact Us
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1. NEWS FROM THE
COUNCIL
CSPC-T Welcomes New Board
Members
Over 100 members and supporters attended the May 16
Annual General Meeting of the Community Social Planning Council, held at the
Ontario Bar Association meeting centre.
In addition to a lively panel discussion on “Social
Planning in the 21st Century,” featuring
Yasmin
Bhatia
Yasmin has over 20 years professional experience in
financial management, accounting, auditing, mediation and management.
Since 1985, Yasmin has been with the Government of Canada’s Revenue Agency,
where she is currently a Large Files Case Tax Auditor. Yasmin also has
over 25 years of volunteer experience both in her workplace and with the
not-for-profit sector. She is a former board member of the Aga Khan
Social Welfare Board, Visible Minorities representative on the Canada Revenue
Agency’s Women’s Committee. She also worked as an ESL teacher in a village
in
Vera
Dodic
Vera is currently the
Coordinator, Emergency Planning at the Toronto Public
Health.
Vera has extensive experience working in the non-profit
sector, including working as Director, Programs for the Canadian Red Cross,
Toronto Region. She recently completed a Non-Profit Management Certificate
Program through Schulich School of Business.
Ali-Bashi
Farah
Ali-Bashi is currently working as a Program Coordinator
at the Somali Community Centre of Etobicoke. Ali-Bashi has a B.A. in
Sociology and worked with Midaynta as part of their Crime Prevention and Youth
support team. He’s currently a member of The Somali
Youth. Ali-Bashi was recently featured in NOW magazine’s Black
History Month February issue as one of six young people making tremendous
contributions in the city of
Andrew
Lalonde
Andrew is a Program Manager with BMO Financial Group
responsible for overseeing Change Management across Personal and Commercial
Product Operations. In his 10 plus years with BMO he has held positions in
Call Centre Management, Marketing, Communications and Change Management.
Andrew sits on the Board of ALDER – Adult Learning Disabilities Employment
Resources and has been Chair of its Fundraising and Event Planning committee
since September 2005. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Mary Elspeth
Milosh
Mary El Milosh worked as a teacher, consultant, and
administrator with the Toronto Board of Education, before her retirement form
her position as Vice-Principal of Ryerson Community School in the Kensington
community in 2004. Mary El is the mother of two children, and lives in
Linda is the immediate past president of the
Before finishing her Labour Studies with honours degree
at
The Council is delighted to welcome these new and
returning members to our Board of Directors.
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CSPC-T Hosts Successful International
Conference
Almost 150 registrants from across
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The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
(CSPC-T) is looking for a full-time summer student to provide research
assistance for a national survey of food banks in
Submission deadline: Monday,
June 5 at 5 PM
For more details on the job posting, visit the CSPC-T’s
website at: http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/Events%20&%20Opportunities/Opportunities/SCP%20Job%20Posting%2006.htm
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2. UPCOMING
EVENTS
Living the Dream with
Mike Lipkin
This is a full-day workshop designed to
support immigrants in the challenge of trying to find employment in their chosen
profession.
Date & Time: Saturday, June
3rd, 9:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Holiday Inn on
Guest speakers will include
Living the Dream will be facilitated by
world-renowned motivational speaker Mike Lipkin.
To register and for further information go
to: http://www.triec.ca/initiatives/livingthedream.htm,
or contact Ivy Shao at
416.944.2627 x 274 or [hidden email] for more
information.
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Pandemic Flu Influenza Information
Sessions
As the lead agency for pandemic influenza
preparedness for the City of
Community
agencies play an important role in the lives of many residents and vulnerable
populations. The purpose of these sessions is to provide up-to-date
information on the City's pandemic influenza plan and help you prepare to manage
any potential impact a pandemic could have on your clients and services
Dates, Time
& Location
June 1
June 6
June 8
June 20 Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The
West Mall 2-4pm
June 29
To register, please phone Access Toronto at
416-338-0338, (TTY 416-338-0889). Please indicate if you require any
special accommodation. General information on pandemic influenza planning
will be available at the sessions, and posted at: www.toronto.ca/health
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Through Our
Eyes
This past winter youth have been engaged in
learning photographic techniques and capturing the spirit of their community.
Join us to recognize and celebrate the achievements of these
youth.
Date & Time: Monday, June
5, 6:00 pm
Location: Elmbank Community
Centre,
For further information, kindly contact
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Count Us In!
Working Group
Community
Forum
Are you a healthcare provider, community worker, social
services provider, policymaker or community member, come hear the findings from
a participatory community research project on homeless women and inclusion in
Downtown East Toronto.
Date & Time: Wednesday,
June 7, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Location: Parliament Library,
2nd
floor, Community Room
For further information, kindly contact Catherine Turl
at: 416-338-7867
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Women's Call to Action
Coalition
Call to ACTION to END WOMEN'S
POVERTY
A Woman Stuck In Poverty......Is A Woman Stuck In
Abuse
Raise the Rates NOW: End Violence Against Women &
Children
Join with other women on to demand that the
government:
Date & Time: June 7, 12:00 – 2:00
pm
Location: Outside Minister Madeleine Meilleur's office
at the Ministry of Community and Social Services, Hepburn Block, 80 Grosvenor
St., Toronto
For further information
contact:
Cindy at: [hidden email] and Karen at: [hidden email]
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50th Anniversary Gala-Dinner
Dance
The West Scarborough
Neighbourhood is calling all former employees, volunteers, participants to their
50th anniversary Gala-Dinner
Dance.
Date & Time:
Saturday, June 10, from 7:00 pm
Tickets:
$25/person
Buffet dinner, cash bar,
live entertainment & silent
auction
Kindly R.S.V.P. to:
416-755-9215
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Nellies Shelter & Programs for
Women
Annual Fund-raising
Event
Nellie’s cordially invites you to their 4th
Annual fundraiser, Jazz it Up 2006.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 10, from 7:00
pm
Location: Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Theatre, 235
Queens Quay W
Featured artist: Jackie
Richardson
Ticket cost: $57 and can be purchased
from:
Harbourfront Box Office at:
416-973-4000
Nellie’s at: 416-461-8903
For further information contact Cindy Cowan at: 416-
461-9849 or E-mail: [hidden email]
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National
Migrant Justice Gathering: Building Solidarity, Taking Action
Migrant
Voices for Migrant Justice
Join us for an evening for
dialogue and solidarity, with personal stories about the struggles and dreams
of:
Live-in Caregivers
Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Undocumented
workers
Moderated by Susan McClelland, Amnesty International Canadian
Media Award 2005 Recipient
Date & Time; Saturday, June 10, 7:00 -
9:00 pm
Location:
For further information contact
Tanya
Chute Molina
at:
416-463-5312 x 252 or email: [hidden email]
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The Macaulay Child Development
Centre
Annual General
Meeting
The Macaulay Child Development Centre invites you to
their Open House and Annual General Meeting at which they will be dedicating
Chris’ Corner (in memory of Christine DeGennaro).
Date & Time: Monday, June 12, 5:00 -7:00
pm
Location:
RSVP by June 5th to
416-789-7441
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Helping Other People Everywhere
(H.O.P.E)
18th Annual Volleyball
Tournament
Join us for some fun in the sun and raise funds for
Date: Saturday, June 17th
Location: Olympic Island (at
Entry fee for a team of 6-10 players is $225.
Raise $1,500 in pledges as a team and H.O.P.E. will refund your entry
fee.
Team registration deadline is June
7th
To sign up your team and for further information log on
to: www.volleyball.com
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Community
Festival
Come out for a day
filled with fun, games food and music for people of all ages. All
activities are free
Date & Time:
Saturday, June 24, starting at 12:00 – 6:00
pm
Community organizations are invited and encouraged to
participate by setting up information booths about the services they
offer.
Artists are also being recruited to perform at this
event.
For further information about this event, to reserve
your booth or to register as a performer please R.S.V.P to Rayon Brown via email
or fax by Friday June 16, 2006 no later than 5:00pm at: [hidden email], 416
745-3113 (Office), 416 558-1838 (Cell), 416 745-9108 (Fax)
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Centre for Health Promotion,
The Centre for Health Promotion at the
Date: Monday, June 26 –
Preschool:
Location: BMO Institute for Learning (courses and
accommodation)
For more information contact: Lisa at (416) 469-4632, or
e-mail: [hidden email]
or
Website: www.utoronto.ca/chp/hpss
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Bereaved Families of
Conference on Grief and Loss Within
the Black Community
This conference is entitled “Reclaiming Our Past to Heal
Our Present.”
Date & Time: Friday, June 30th, 9:30 –
4:30 pm
Location:
Featuring Allan Bernard, Centre for Caribbean Thought,
University of the
Registration is a must. Last day to register is
Friday, June 23rd.
For registration and other information, please contact
Janina Joseph-Walker at:
416- 440-0290 Ext 24 or email [hidden email]
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City of
Nominations for Community
Mayor
Each year, through the Community
Nomination forms, information about eligibility and
criteria for the 2006 Community
Nomination forms will be available at libraries and
civic and community centres throughout the city in limited quantities in early
May.
The deadline to submit nominations is
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3. NEWS FROM OUR
PARTNERS
Annual General Meeting
(AGM)
The Scarborough CAN invites you to their first AGM at
which they will be celebrating their successes and formalizing their plans and
organizational framework.
Guest Speaker: Grace-Edward Galabuzi,
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 13, Noon - 2:00
pm
Location: Mid-Scarborough Community Centre,
RSVP by Thursday, June 8th, to
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Healthy Housing - Call for
Participants
Positive Spaces, Healthy Places, is a community-based
comprehensive research study aimed at improving the overall health and
well-being of people living with AIDS/HIV (PHA’s) across
By participating in the HIV, housing and health study,
you will be helping to shape the way PHA’s live.
Participation is completely confidential. An honorarium
will be provided.
To participate in the study call 1-866-301-2548
(
To find out more about this study visit: www.healthyhousing.ca
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Canadian Urban
Institute
Urban Leadership Awards (ULA)
Recipients
Recipients of the Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban
Leadership Awards (ULA) will be honoured at the 3rd annual ULA
luncheon on June 5, 2006, at the Fairmont Royal
York
Recipients:
Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Michael Harcourt, former BC
Premier and Vancouver Mayor and spinal cord injury
survivor.
Leadership Award Recipients: Benny Farm Task Force
(Montreal); Dr. Peter Simon, Royal Conservatory of Music; Robert Sirman,
Canada’s National Ballet; Steven Peck, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities; 10,000
Trees Project (Waterloo); Michael “Pinball” Clemons and the Toronto Argonauts;
PACT Youth Crime Reduction Program; Jamal Clarke, Friends in Trouble Youth
Initiative; Subria Lapps (Ajax).
Local Heroes: “Mr. Woodstock” Edwin Bennett;
internationally renowned Diane Dupuy; architect Joe Lobko; GTA Faith Alliance’s
Reverend Don Meredith; International Village BIA’s Mary M. Pocius (Hamilton);
youth crime prevention crusader Staff Inspector James Sneep of the Toronto
Police Service’s Community Mobilization Unit.
To purchase tickets go to: www.canurb.com/awards
or call 416-365-0816 x236
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International Development and Relief
Foundation (IDRF)
Help for Indonesian Earthquake
Victims
More than 5,000 people were killed and thousands injured
when a powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian
To make a donation please contact IDRF at 416- 497-0818
or toll-free at 1-866-497-4373. Alternatively, you can donate online by clicking
here. Please enter "Indonesia Earthquake" in the COMMENTS
box.
All Donations to IDRF are Tax
Creditable
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4. CONFERENCES AND CALLS FOR
PAPERS
Access
Research
Report Presentation
You are invited to attend the breakfast presentation of
the research report entitled “Examining Systemic and Individual Barriers
Experienced by Visible Minority Social Workers in Mainstream Social Service
Agencies: A Community Project.”
Date & Time:
Tuesday, June 13th, 8:30 - 11:00
am
Location:
Please RSVP to Dorene Weston at 416.406.3806 or [hidden email] by June 7 and indicate
any dietary restrictions.
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The Canadian
Council for Refugees
International Refugee
Rights Conference
The Canadian Council for
Refugees, in collaboration with the International Association for the Study of
Forced Migration and hosted by the Centre for Refugee Studies, is holding an
international rights conference as their spring consultation. The
Conference goal is to leave the event having agreed on strategies to ensure that
organizations work together more effectively across borders to protect the
rights of refugees. Organizations that are supportive of these issues are also
welcome to attend.
Date & Time: June
17th-19th, 9:00 – 4:00 pm
Location: The Centre for
Refugee Studies,
For more information,
visit:
http://actew.aa.metastrategies.com/actew/actew/eventdetails.shtml?x=49429
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Art for Real
Change Festival (ARCfest) 2006
Call For
Submissions
ARCfest is a Social Justice Arts Festival
that will be held from October 23rd-29th in multiple venues in the Queen West
Art and Design District and Parkdale neighbouroods in
We are
looking for provocative, radical, inspiring, empowering, innovative and/or
enlightening works from across the artistic media (i.e., film, poetry,
performing arts, music, visual arts and anything else you consider art).
Proposals must address local social justice/ activist/human rights issues.
We
encourage projects that are co-created or co-produced by an artist together with
an organization involved in social justice pursuits (though this is not a
requirement)
ARCfest is committed to supporting equity
and embraces submissions from diverse communities.
Send your submissions to:
Face in The Crowd Collective, PO BOX 128. Station E,
ATTN: ARCfest
Submissions Committee
(submissions will
not be accepted by email)
Submission deadline is: Monday, June 12th,
2006
For more
information: email info@...
or visit our website www.arcfest.org
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Images of
Call for
Submission
The Toronto Community Foundation (TCF) in partnership with CONTACT
Toronto Photography
Festival is seeking images that portray quality of life in
Submission deadline
is: Friday, June 30, 2006 (late submissions cannot be accepted).
Further information, criteria and
submission procedures can be obtained by visiting www.tcf.ca and
www.contactphoto.com
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5. INFORMATION
RESOURCES
5.1
New Reports and Publications
The Task Force on
Modernizing Income Security for Working-Age
Adults
Time for a fair
Deal
The Toronto City Summit Alliance (TCSA)
and St. Christopher House (St. Chris) released their report “Time for a Fair
Deal” calling for fundamental reform of
Declaring
the current system in need of a thorough overhaul, The Task Force on Modernizing
Income Security for Working-Age Adults (MISWAA) identified three key issues
plaguing low-income Canadians:
·
Many working people cannot earn enough to
make ends meet even when working full-time for a full year – at least 30% of
low-wage workers fall into this group
·
Employment Insurance (EI) no longer covers
the majority of the temporarily unemployed – in
·
Existing social assistance programs are
punitive, make it difficult to escape poverty, and create a “welfare trap” for
many
The Task Force’s recommendations are aimed at the
federal government, the provincial government, municipal governments, and other
parts of civil society that all must be part of the
solution.
The full
MISSWA report is available on the web at www.torontoalliance.ca
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The Atkinson Charitable
Foundation
A House
Half-Built
Written by Roy Romanow, a former
Premier,
Commissioner on the Future of Health Care in
For online and pdf versions of the article
go to:
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/16/0247214
http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/files/Walrus_RJR_pack_light.pdf
To access the Walrus magazine, visit: http://www.walrusmagazine.ca/
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Hotel Workers
Rising
Creating Luxury, Enduring Pain: How
Hotel Work is Hurting Housekeepers
This new study couples new research with the stories of
hotel housekeepers to paint a dramatic picture of the work of a hotel
housekeeper. Findings show that behind the luxury and comfort that housekeepers
provide for hotel guests is a pattern of persistent pain and
injury.
The report utilizes the first comprehensive analysis of
employer records of worker injuries, including records of the major five hotel
companies. The analysis covers seven years (1999-2005) and 87 hotel
properties with approximately 40,000 hotel employees. The report finds that not
only are housekeepers injured more frequently than other hotel and service
workers, but this problem is only getting worse as hotel companies implement
room changes including heavier beds and linens and room amenities like coffee
makers and more pillows.
The report can be downloaded
at:
http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/pdf/Injury_Paper.pdf
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Canadian Council on Social
Development (CCSD)
The Progress of
The Progress of Canada's Children and Youth 2006 is the
seventh edition of this longstanding CCSD information product. This
magazine-style publication provides information on different factors that
influence the health and well-being of Canadian children and
youth.
Progress now has
its own website with sections covering everything from demographics to economic
security to health.
To download individual chapters and a wealth of
statistical information, visit: http://www.ccsd.ca/pccy/2006/
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Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (CCPA)
Tax Cuts and the Fiscal
Imbalance
This study warns that solving the alleged “fiscal
imbalance” runs the risk of becoming a downsizing exercise for the federal
government. Different definitions of the term “fiscal imbalance,” in a context
of federal-provincial fights over cash and partisan politics, have muddied the
waters of the debate.
According to the study, “The term ‘fiscal
imbalance’ is a loaded one.” “It is a pejorative term that implies that
balance must be restored. But a careful look at Canadian history and other
federations worldwide suggests that
To date, the issue has revolved around
provinces seeking more money from
“Missing from the story is tax cuts and tax
competition,” Lee adds. “Provincial governments undercut their fiscal positions
through tax cuts over the past decade. The decentralization push hinges around
deep federal tax cuts to pay for the elimination of federal transfers for health
care, post-secondary education and social welfare.”
The full report is available from the CCPA web site: http://www.policyalternatives.ca
For more information contact Kerri-Anne Finn, CCPA
Communications Officer, at 613-563-1341 x306.
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Caledon Institute of Social
Policy
More Than a Name Change: The
Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB)
The
federal government’s new Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) - formerly known as the Choice in Child Care Allowance - contains two serious flaws. First, the UCCB will be taxable in
the hands of the lower-earner parent in the case of couples or the parent in
one-parent families. As a result, different types of family with the same
income will pay different amounts of federal and provincial/territorial income
taxes on their $1,200 annual payment and so will receive different after-tax
benefits. Single-parent families typically will end up with the smallest
after-tax benefits from the new program. Second, to help pay for the new
scheme, the Canada Child Tax Benefit’s $249 annual young child care supplement
- used mainly by low-
and modest-income families - will be
axed. The resulting distribution of net benefits (i.e., after the
loss of the young child supplement and income tax increases) will be irrational,
confusing and unfair. No family will end up with $1,200. The largest net
benefit - $971 - will go to upper-income one-earner couples, while those on welfare will
get $20 less. Working poor families will get less than those on welfare,
so the Universal Child Care Benefit will raise the welfare wall. The paper
compares the UCCB with
To read the complete report visit: http://www.caledoninst.org/
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
(CPRN)
Connecting Young People, Policy and
Active Citizenship
This a research report following on the CPRN’s National
Youth Dialogue and Summit Engaging Young Canadian last November. The
event brought together 144 randomly chosen, representative young people, aged 18
to 25 to share their vision for
According to this report,
Connecting Young People, Policy and Active Citizenship
presents the policy implications of this youth vision for
Go to the CPRN’s website for the full report: http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=1439
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
(CPRN)
Commercialism in Schools: Who’s
Calling the Shots
A wide variety of private
fundraising initiatives in
The
report – the first of its kind – documents the nature and extent of commercial
activities in elementary and secondary schools and the degree to which public
funding is being replaced or supplemented by private funding sources, including
school fundraising, advertising, partnerships and sponsorships,
corporate-sponsored educational materials and user fees. Provincial/regional,
language and grade level analysis ensures this is the most comprehensive and
current picture of commercial activities taking place in our public
schools.
To read the complete report visit: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2006/Commercialism_in_Canadian_Schools.pdf
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The Daily, Statistics
Study: Family Income and the
Well-Being of Children
The well-being of children appears to be
almost always associated with the household income of their family, according to a study recently published jointly by Human Resources
and Social Development Canada and the Research Data Centre
program.
The study found that regardless of the
child's age or how household income is measured, higher income tends to be
related to better physical, social/emotional, cognitive and behavioural
well-being among children.
Using data from the National Longitudinal
Survey of Children and Youth, the study examined the relationships between
various measures of household income and a broad range of physical,
social/emotional, cognitive and behavioural characteristics of a child's
well-being.
To read the full report, visit: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060511/d060511c.htm
The associated research paper, “Income and Outcomes of
Children” can be accessed from: http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2006281.pdf
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The Daily, Statistics
Census Family Income,
2004
For the second year in a row, couple families in
To read the full report, visit: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060525/d060525c.htm
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The Daily, Statistics
Labour Force Survey, April
2006
Employment rose by an
estimated 22,000 in April. At the same time, the unemployment rate
edged up to 6.4% (+0.1 percentage points), still hovering around a
30-year low. So far in 2006, employment is
up 124,000 or 0.8%, double the pace of growth observed over the
first four months of last year.
To read the full report, visit: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060505/d060505a.htm
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The Daily, Statistics
Public
Sector Employment 2002 to 2005 (revised) and first
quarter 2006 (preliminary)
Public sector employment (comprising
federal, provincial and territorial, and local governments, and government
business enterprises) reached nearly 3.0 million in 2005, its
highest level in 11 years.
The vast majority of these people,
about 2.7 million, worked in the government portion, the highest level
since the peak in 1992. Government employment has been increasing steadily
since hitting a low of just over 2.5 million
in 1999.
(Preliminary data for the first three
months of 2006 show average government employment hit a record
first-quarter high of 2.8 million, up 2.3% from the first quarter
of 2005).
To read the full report, visit: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060529/d060529d.htm
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Perspectives on Labour and Income,
Statistics
Unemployment Since 1971
Between 1971 and 2005,
HTML version
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-001-XIE/10506/art-2.htm
PDF version
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-001-XIE/10506/art-2.pdf
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Perspectives on Labour and Income,
Statistics
Retirement
Over the past three decades, the age of retirement has
changed dramatically. The median age was close to 65 in the late 1970s and early
1980s, but since the mid-1980s, it has declined
considerably.
To read the full report visit: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75-001-XIE/comm/04.pdf
For the latest issue of Perspectives on Labour and
Income, go to:
http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=75-001-XWE
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5.2 WEBSITES OF
INTEREST
John Howard Society of
The John Howard Society of
For more information, visit: www.johnhowardtor.on.ca
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CivicAccess: Citizens for Open Access
to Civic Information and Data
Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data
(aka: CivicAccess.ca) is a new online space for Canadian civic engagement.
CivicAccess is being founded by librarians, civil servants, academics, lawyers,
free and open-source advocates, geomatics professionals and community planners
from across
The goals of this website
are:
- to encourage all levels of governments to make civic
data and information available to citizens without restrictions, at no cost, and
in useable open formats.
- to encourage the development of citizen projects using
civic data and information
For more information, visit their website at: http://civicaccess.ca/
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Black Woman and Child
Magazine
Black Woman and Child is a new magazine dedicated to
serving the interests of Black women who are or have been pregnant, plan to
become pregnant and/or have a child or children aged seven years and
under.
For more information, visit: www.blackwomenandchild.com
Or http://nubeing.com/bwac/index.htm
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Centre for Equality Rights in
Accommodation (CERA)
CERA is a non-profit human rights organization that
promotes human rights in housing. The Centre works to remove barriers that keep
disadvantaged individuals and families from accessing and retaining the housing
they need.
For more information, visit: http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/
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Advocacy Centre for Tenants
The Advocacy Centre for Tenants
Ontario (ACTO) works to better the housing situation of
For more information, visit: http://www.acto.ca/english/home.php
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Labour
Education Centre (LEC)
The mission of LEC is to build the capacity of unions to
plan, develop and deliver training, adjustment, and labour education programs
that transform the lives of individual members and build the strength,
solidarity and equity of their unions.
For more information visit their website at: www.laboureducation.org
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The Canadian Research Institute on
the Advancement of women (CRIAW)
CRIAW is a research institute which provides tools to
facilitate organizations taking action to advance social justice and equality
for all women. CRIAW recognizes women’s diverse experiences and perspectives;
creates spaces for developing women’s knowledge; bridges regional isolation; and
provides communication links between/among researchers and organizations
actively working to promote social justice and equality for all
women.
For more information visit their website at: http://www.criaw-icref.ca
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Spacing
Spacing was launched in December 2003. It
is a magazine about
For more information, visit: http://spacing.ca/about.htm
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Hotel Workers
Rising
The UNITE HERE Hotel Workers Rising
campaign represents an effort to empower thousands of hotel workers in hundreds
of properties in cities across
For more information, visit: http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/aboutcampaign.asp
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CLEONet
CLEONet is an online clearinghouse for community legal
education in
For more information, visit: http://www.cleonet.ca/about
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The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
(CHRN)
The CHRN is the virtual meeting place for individual and
organizations dedicated to reducing the social, health and economic harms
associated with drugs and drug policies.
Visit the CHRN at: http://www.canadianharmreduction.com/
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6. CONTACT
US
The CSPC-T office is located at
Office hours are
We thank our colleagues involved in the ACTEW electronic
newsletter, the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD), the Canadian
Social Research Newsletter, the Daily, the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice
Newsletter, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the Canadian Policy Research
Networks (CPRN), Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Caledon
Institute of Social Policy, Canadian Institute for Health
Information, Toronto
Training Board, City of Toronto, and the Atkinson E-Bulletin
for some of the information in this bulletin.
The CSPC-T gratefully acknowledges the funding support
of the
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