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Les enfants, les familles et les jeunes |
Brief
to the Senate on Urban Child Poverty (2008) (PDF - 187K, 14 pages)
In
February 2008, First Call Chair Michael Goldberg presented to the Senate Committee
on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on the topic of urban child poverty.
This briefing is an overview of topics including measuring poverty; child poverty
rates; and the interaction between market income, social security benefits, taxation
and statutory deductions, and income tested social programs.
Source:
First
Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
First Call is a coalition
of individuals and organizations whose purpose is to create greater understanding
of and advocacy for legislation, policy, and practice to ensure that all children
and youth have the opportunities and resources required to achieve their full
potential and to participate in the challenges of creating a better society.
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New from Human Resources and Social Development:
* The
Well-Being of Canada’s Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2006
May
2007 (date on PDF file)
NOTE: Chapter
8 of this report deals with the well-being of Aboriginal children in Canada
Two reports in one:
*
Early Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of
Canada Report 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, and
* Early
Learning and Child Care Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report
2004-2005 and 2005-2006
June 2007 (date on PDF file)
These
reports are co-published by Human Resources and Social Development Canada, the
Public Health Agency of Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
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Ministers
Responsible for Social Services
release the seventh National Child Benefit
Progress Report
News Release
May 30, 2007
Federal, Provincial
and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services are pleased to release
to Canadians the seventh report on the progress of the National Child Benefit
(NCB)1. The National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2005 shows that the NCB is
improving the economic well-being of low-income families with children. “The
National Child Benefit initiative is a major tool in our collective fight against
child poverty,” said the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources
and Social Development and federal co-chair of Federal, Provincial and Territorial
Ministers Responsible for Social Services. “Canada’s New Government
believes that Canadians should have choices and opportunities to participate in
the work force. The National Child Benefit helps low-income families with children
in a number of ways, including by reducing barriers to employment.”
The NCB Progress Report: 2005
HTML
version
PDF
version (4MB, 110 pages)
Pamphlet
(PDF file - 349K, 1 page)
Executive
Summary (HTML)
Table of contents of the report:
Chapter 1: What
is the National Child Benefit Initiative?
Chapter 2: The National Child Benefit
Supplement
Chapter 3: Components of the National Child Benefit Initiative
Chapter
4: First Nations and the National Child Benefit Initiative
Chapter 5: Monitoring
Progress - Societal Level Indicators
Chapter 6: Assessing the Direct Impact
of the National Child Benefit Initiative
Chapter 7: The Way Ahead
Appendices:
1:
Glossary
2: Provincial, Territorial and First Nations
National Child Benefit Reinvestments and Investments (by province/territory)
3:
Results of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) Analysis
4:
Additional Statistical Information
NOTE: in Appendix 2, you'll find, for each province and territory, a detailed account of the new and enhanced initiatives made possible by the National Child Benefit.
Earlier
reports in this series
- annual reports going back to the first full
year (1999) of operation of the NCB; also includes links to historical and contextual
information.
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Supporting
Canadian Children & Families : Addressing the Gap Between
The Supply and
Demand for High Quality Child Care
Report from
the Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Government of Canada’s Child Care
Spaces Initiative
Submitted to the Honourable Monte Solberg, P.C., M.P. Minister
of Human Resources and Social Development
January
2007
(Posted to the HRSDC website April 2007)
"In 2006, the Government
of Canada announced the Universal Child Care Plan. This Plan included two components:
the Universal Child Care Benefit, providing direct financial assistance to parents,
and the Child Care Spaces Initiative, supporting the creation of new child care
spaces. In September 2006, the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development
Canada created a Ministerial Advisory Committee to provide advice on the design
of the Child Care Spaces Initiative."
Source:
Excerpt from the
Executive
Summary
Table
of Contents (selected content)
- incl. links to : Introduction * Child
Care in Canada Involves All Orders of Government * Reasons Families Use Child
Care Vary * Reasons Employers Are Involved or Interested in Child Care Vary *
Addressing the Supply/Demand Imbalance * The Supply/Demand Equation *Recommendations
*Appendices
NOTE: Government report appendices
often contain precious info-nuggets that are not found elsewhere.
For example,
in the appendices to this report, you'll find the following:
*
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Child Care Spaces Initiative * Policy Principles
* EI Maternity and Parental Benefits Compared with the Quebec Program, 2006 *
Employer-supported Child Care Options * Current Federal Government Programs Supporting
Child Care * Women in the Paid Labour Force * Number of supervised day care spaces,
1992 to 2004 * References.
Click the above table of contents link to access
the links to all appendices.
Related link:
Canada's Universal Child Care Plan - "Choice. Support. Spaces."
From the Department of Finance Canada:
Canada's
New Government Establishes
Program Eligibility for the Children's Fitness
Tax Credit
News Release
December 19, 2006
The Honourable
Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today released guidelines on the Children's
Fitness Tax Credit, which is scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2007.The
Minister confirmed that as recommended by the Expert Panel for the Children’s
Fitness Tax Credit, the definition of eligible programs will support children’s
participation in all programs that significantly contribute to their fitness.
In addition, the Minister indicated that substantial additional support would
be provided to children eligible for the disability tax credit to recognize the
unique barriers they face in becoming more active.
- includes a backgrounder
with more detailed info
Canada's
New Government Receives Recommendations
on Savings Measures to Help Children
With Severe Disabilities
News Release
December 12, 2006
"(..)
Government must better enable parents to set aside funds today to financially
support a child with a severe disability, when they are no longer able to provide
support."
Complete report:
A
New Beginning -
The Report of the Minister of Finance's Expert Panel on Financial
Security for Children with Severe Disabilities
December 2006
HTML
version
PDF
version (325K, 82 pages)
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements * Introduction
* The Mandate of the Panel * The Composition of the Panel * The Constitutional
Constraints * The Fiscal Policy Framework * Plan Concepts * Plan Definitions and
Details * Federal-Provincial Issues * Costing the Plan * Future Directions * Recommendations
* Appendices (incl. the July 31/06 news release announcing the appointment of
a "Panel to Help Children with Severe Disabilities" and the Terms of
Reference for the Panel)
Related Link:
Report
recommends tax break for parents of disabled children
December
13, 2006
Parents of severely disabled children should be able to set aside
up to $200,000 tax free for their care, in the same manner that parents can now
create savings plans for the higher education of their children, a panel set up
by the federal Finance Minister to investigate the issue has concluded. In a report
presented yesterday to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the group also calls on
Ottawa to provide parents of children with severe disabilities with cash grants
of at least $1,000 annually over 20 years, and to double those payments to low-income
families.
Source:
The Globe and
Mail
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Canada’s
New Government Receives Report on Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
October
26, 2006
News Release
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance,
today received a report from a panel of health and physical fitness experts recommending
which programs of physical activity should qualify for the Children’s Fitness
Tax Credit proposed in Budget 2006.
Source:
Canada's
New Government (Finance Canada)
Related Link:
Report
of the Expert Panel
for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit
HTML
version
PDF
version (801K, 49 pages)
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Making
Family Child Care Work: Strategies for Improving the Working Conditions of Family
Childcare Providers
HTML
version
By Rachel Cox
January 2005
"This report
examines licensed providers of child daycare services who work from their homes
in three provinces, and provides a legal analysis of their entitlement to benefits
such as employment insurance and pension and labour law protection."
Source:
Status
of Women Canada
The
Social Union Website |
Social
Union Framework Agreement Third-Year Review Website Related Links: |
National
Children's Agenda (NCA)
Speeches,
Papers and News Releases
Note: Check out the
Canadian Social Research Links Unofficial Social Union Links
page to find information that didn't make it to the official website. Also,
see the Provincial/Territorial Social Union Links page
of this site for a large collection of provincial and territorial links to information
about reinvestments under the National Child Benefit initiative. For serious social
union junkies.
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From Human Resources and Social Development Canada:
Incidence
and Persistence of Early Literacy Problems: Evidence from the NLSCY, 1994-2000
May
2006
The analysis of this paper employs data from the first three cycles of
the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to analyze: 1) the factors
associated with early literacy problems and 2) the persistence of early literacy
problems.
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Federal-Provincial-Territorial
Ministers responsible for Social Services
Release of "Supports and Services
for Adults and Children with Disabilities in Canada: An Analysis of Needs and
Gaps"
News Release
December 3, 2004
Complete report:
Supports and Services for Adults and
Children Aged 5 – 14 with Disabilities in Canada:
An Analysis of Data
on Needs and Gaps
Commissioned by Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers
Responsible for Social Services*
December
3, 2004
By Gail Fawcett, Coryse Ciceri, Spyridoula Tsoukalas, and Angela Gibson-Kierstead
PDF
Version (512K, 89 pages)
HTML
version
Table of Contents:
Part One: Supports And Services For
Adults With Disabilities In Canada: An Analysis Of Needs And Gaps
- Aids
And Devices - Help With Daily Activities - School Supports - Housing Features
- Work Supports - Profile Of Unmet Need - Conclusion
Part Two: Disability
Supports In Canada For Children With Disabilities Aged 5 - 14: Needs And Gaps
-
Aids And Devices - School Supports - Home Supports - Gaps
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
Related Link:
Benefits
and Services for Persons with Disabilities
[ Social
Union website ]
*NOTE: the Social Union
website offers more links to information by and about the Federal-Provincial-Territorial
Ministers responsible for Social Services.
| National
Child Benefit
- A unique partnership of the Government of Canada, Provinces and Territories
and First Nations This joint government website offers information about how the NCB works in each jurisdiction and in First Nations communities. - incl. links to : What is the National Child Benefit (NCB)? - The Government of Canada's Contribution to the National Child Benefit Initiative - Programs in your jurisdiction - First Nations Reinvestments - Library - NCB Success Stories The "Programs in your Jurisdiction" link provides information on all NCB initiatives and links to related information on other websites. |
National Child Benefit Supplement Clawback Misconception The
Misconception: The
Fact: The clawback is actually part of the NCB design,
by agreement of the governments of all provinces and territories (except Quebec)
and the federal government. Progress
Report to Premiers - No. 2 (PDF file - 72K, 18 pages) News
Release: See also: "Building
a Better Future for Canadian Children" - click on "Social
Assistance Adjustments" |
Ministers
Responsible for Social Services Release the Sixth National Child Benefit Progress
Report Complete report: The NCB Progress Report: 2004 |
Evaluation
of the National Child Benefit Initiative
Federal,
Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services
Synthesis
Report
February 2005
HTML
version
- incl. links to : Title Page - Introduction - Background -
Description of the NCB Initiative - Evaluation of the NCB Initiative — The
Program Evaluation Approach - Evaluation Findings - Conclusion - Annex One: Report
Summaries - Annex Two: NCB Initiative Logic Model
PDF
version (1.07MB, 64 pages)
Excerpt (p.31):
"In
most jurisdictions, the design of the NCB Initiative has made work financially
more attractive than social assistance for families with children by improving
the difference between minimum wage employment and social assistance. This improvement
was associated with a reduced dependency on social assistance among families with
children. These findings were further supported by the provincial case studies
which indicate that the NCB Initiative reduced social assistance caseload for
families with children. However, there is also evidence that introduction of the
Initiative did not lead to shorter spells on social assistance. Thus, the effect
of the NCB was likely that of reducing the number of families entering
assistance."
Source:
National
Child Benefit website
Report
finds government supports increasing for low income families Source: ------------------------------- Reports
confirm that the National Child Benefit contributes to reducing child poverty Complete report + annexes: Impact
of the National Child Benefit on the Incomes of Families with Children: A Simulation
Analysis Related Links: National
Child Benefit Progress Report: 2003 - April 2005 Source: |
National
Child Benefit Progress Report: 2002
July
4, 2003
National
Child Benefit Reduces Child Poverty
News Release
"The
National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2002 confirms that the incidence
of low-income families with children is steadily declining, dropping from a high
of 15.8 percent in 1996 to a low of 11.4 percent in 2000. This is just one of
the highlights of the report..."
Pamphlet
(PDF file - 63K, 1 page)
Complete
report (HTML version) - table of Contents and individual links to each
of the eight chapters and four appendices
Complete
report (PDF version - 1.6MB, 108 pages) - does not include "Additional
Statistical Information" (see HTML version)
Source : National
Child Benefit Website (Federal-Provincial-Territorial Government website)
NOTA:
Vous trouverez des liens vers la version française de ces documents sur
la page Quoi
de neuf du site
Web de la Prestation nationale pour enfant
| Remarks
by The Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada,
on The 'Why', 'How' and 'What' of Social Policy Development in Canada at The Empire Club Toronto March 27 , 2003 This speech provides an overview of the mandate, themes, programs and clientele of Jane Stewart's Department, including : HRDC budget (Seventy billion dollars) - Canadian pension programs - the marriage of social and economic policy - a children's agenda for Canada - sustainability - social research and development - parental benefits - Canadians with disabilities, Aboriginal people, new immigrants - lifelong learning, active/passive balance in the development of good social policy - partnerships - responsiveness - early learning and childcare - child poverty - National Children's Agenda - National Child Benefit (including a reference to the NCBS clawback) - pulling down the welfare wall - and much more... Source : Social Development Canada [NOTE: At the time Jane Stewart was Minister, the Department was called Human Resources Development Canada.] |
Campaign
2000: Higher child benefits needed to counter persistent poverty
July
8, 2003
"Increased investments in the Canada Child Tax Benefit are needed
in order to substantially reduce child poverty, say researchers and advocates
following the release of the 2002 National Child Benefit Progress Report."
Source
: Canadian Council on Social Development
(Campaign 2000 Partner)
The
National Child Benefit - 2001 Progress Report (HTML version)
-
incl. links to each individual section and all appendices
PDF
version (615K, 102 pages)
May 31, 2002
"This report presents
updated information on government investments and reinvestments in NCB-related
initiatives. For the first time, this report also provides information on the
direct impact the NCB is having on low-income families with children as of 1999."
-
Backgrounder
(PDF file - 114K, 4 pages)
- Pamphlet
(PDF file - 154K, one wide page)
- Appendix
5 :Provincial, Territorial and First Nations NCB Initiatives
-
Appendix
6 - Additional Statistical Information (PDF file - 111K, 13 pages)
-
Internet
Annex: Approaches to Replacing Social Assistance Benefits for Children
(PDF file - 10K, 2 pages)
[NOTE : This annex is compulsory reading (and memorizing!)
by anyone who does welfare rate comparisons for families with children across
Canadian provinces and territories.
- Canada
Child Tax Benefit Beneficiaries by Family Net Income, Family Type and CCTB/NCB
Supplement (NCBS) July 2000 - June 2001 (PDF file - 28K, one page)
Source
: NCB Website
What's New page
NOTA: Vous trouverez des liens à la version française
de ces documents sur la page Quoi
de neuf du site Web
de la Prestation nationale pour enfants
See also :
Is
Child Poverty Declining? (PDF file - 58K, 2 pages) - "The
federal Human Resources Minister has credited the National Child Benefit with
reducing child poverty. Her claim should not be taken seriously."
Source:
July
2002 Fraser Forum
[Fraser
Institute - "Competitive Market Solutions for Public Policy Problems"]
High
Rates of Child Poverty Persist Despite Child Benefits
Campaign
2000 (Non-Governmental Organization)
May 31, 2002
Campaign 2000 and its
partners call for an enhanced child benefit that reaches all lower income families,
saying that it is key to substantially reducing child and family poverty in Canada,
following the release of the federal Progress Report on the National Child Benefit
(NCB 2001).
Source:
Campaign 2000
National
Child Benefit Progress Report 2000 - Full Text
Detailed
info on the federal, provincial and territorial investments
Appendix
1 - Federal
Statistics
Appendix 2 - Provincial,
Territorial and First Nations NCB Initiatives
Appendix
3 -Additional
Statistical Information - LICOs, LIMs, and welfare dependency (*incl.
single-parent VS two-parent families on welfare, 1987-1999)
From The Social Union Website :
Government
of Canada reports focus on early childhood development
News Release
November
20, 2002
"Minister of Human Resources Development Canada Jane Stewart,
Health Minister Anne McLellan and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Robert D. Nault today marked Canada’s National Child Day with the release
of two reports documenting progress in the Government of Canada’s commitment
to helping young Canadian children get a good start in life."
Government
of Canada’s initiatives—Helping to give Canadian children the best possible
start in life
Backgrounder
November 20, 2002
Early
Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report
2001-2002
"...provides information on both new and ongoing federal
activities and expenditures on early childhood development, such as a new folic
acid awareness campaign and improvements to maternity and parental benefits."
HTML
version
PDF
version (1.3MB, 108 pages)
The Well-Being
of Canada’s Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2002
"...provides an overview of the well-being of Canada’s young children
nationally, focusing on such areas as their physical health, safety and security
and early development. In addition, the report provides information on the families
and communities in which these young children are growing up."
HTML
version
PDF
version (735K, 58 pages)
Architecture
for National Child Care (PDF file - 58K, 21 pages)
November 2002
by
Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman
"The case for investing in high quality
child care is compelling and unequivocal."
Source: Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
Related Links:
A
National Child Care Strategy: Getting the Architecture Right Now
A
Report of the National Liberal Caucus Social Policy Committee with the collaboration
of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Chair: John Godfrey MP
November
2002
Time
to Decide on Child Poverty: Laggard or Leader?
The Competitive Requirement
for a Canadian National Child Care* Strategy
A Draft Report of
the Social Policy Committee of the National Liberal Caucus
John Godfrey MP,
Chair
August 2002
Website of John Godfrey, MP, Don Valley West
National Children's Agenda Caucus Committee
Sub-Committee unanimously calls for overhaul of federal government’s First Nations ECD Programming (June 12, 2002)
Building
on Success
"...the Sub-committee heard troubling testimony
on the situation of young children living on reserve, across the country. We could
not escape the conclusion that First Nations children and families face many challenges,
which seem, at times, overpowering and insoluble. We hope the observations and
recommendations in this report will contribute to some extent to the vital process
of finding solutions. "
Key
Federal Government Programs for First Nations Families and Young Children living
on Reserves
(Appendix B of Building on Success)
The
Government of Canada Announces an Early Childhood Development Initiative for Aboriginal
Children
News Release
October 31, 2002
"...a funding
allocation of $320 million over the next five years for a strategy to improve
and expand Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and services for First Nations
and other Aboriginal children."
Source : Health
Canada
|
PM
pledges to monitor children's welfare --------------------------- Great! Campaign
2000 (...as in " national annual report on child poverty") |
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
March
21, 2006
Study:
Parents with adult children living at home, 2001
"The majority
of parents living with at least one adult child at home expressed no sign of frustration
about their living arrangements, according to a new study published today in Canadian
Social Trends. But that does not mean there was perfect harmony in all these households.
The study "Parents with adult children living at home", available free
online, based on data from the 2001 General Social Survey, compared the profile
of parents who are living with at least one of their adult children with parents
whose adult children had left the home. The study found that 32% of parents whose
youngest child was between 20 and 34 years old had at least one child living at
home with them. Of these parents, one-quarter were in fact living with a "boomerang
kid", that is, a child who had returned to live in the parental home after
already leaving once (or more)."
Complete study:
Parents
with adult children living at home (PDF file - 231K, 9 pages)
NOTE:
"Stop cooking with cheese" is not discussed as a parental strategy in
this study...
(;-D
Source:
Free
articles - links to 15 articles
[Canadian
Social Trends]
November 4, 2005
Study:
Socio-economic status and obesity in children, 2000/01
The article
"Neighbourhood socio-economic status and the prevalence of overweight Canadian
children and youth" has been published in the November-December 2005 issue
of the Canadian Journal of Public Health. To obtain a copy of the article, contact
Karen Craven (cjph@cpha.ca), Canadian Journal
of Public Health.
Related Links:
Canadian
Journal of Public Health
[ Canadian Public Health Association ]
Thursday,
July 14, 2005
Family
violence in Canada: A statistical profile - 2005
An estimated 7%
of women and 6% of men in a current or previous spousal relationship encountered
spousal violence during the five years up to and including 2004, according to
a comprehensive new report on family violence. The report, which uses data from
the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS), showed that the overall five-year rate of
spousal violence has remained unchanged at 7% since 1999. This means that an estimated
653,000 women and 546,000 men encountered some form of violence by a current or
previous spouse or common-law partner.
Complete report:
Family
Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile (PDF file - 468K, 89 pages)
April
20, 2005
Children
and youth as victims of violent crime, 2003
Children and youth
are over represented as victims of sexual assaults. Although they represent only
21% of the population, 6 out of every 10 sexual assaults reported to police involved
a child or youth under 18 years of age.
January 19,
2005
Maintenance
Enforcement Survey: Child and Spousal Support, 2003/2004
The report
Child and Spousal Support: Maintenance Enforcement Survey Statistics, 2003/2004
($29), provides data on the collection and enforcement of child and spousal support
payments for cases registered with maintenance enforcement programs.
October
13, 2004
Youth
custody and community services 2002/03
Canada's youth incarceration
rate reached its lowest point in eight years in 2002/03. On any given day in 2002/03,
an average of just under 29,400 young people aged 12 to 17 were either in custody
or under supervised probation. The vast majority (90% or about 26,400 youths)
were on probation.
June 16, 2004
Youth
in Transition Survey: Education and labour market pathways of young adults, 2002
"Canada's
young people are making the transition from school to the workforce through a
complex set of pathways, rather than simply finishing their education and jumping
straight into a full-time job, according to new data from the Youth in Transition
Survey."
Complete report:
Education
and labour market pathways of young
Canadians between age 20 and 22: an Overview
(PDF file - 223K, 41 pages)
by Klarka Zeman, Tamara Knighton, and Patrick Bussière
Culture,
Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division (Statistics Canada)
Related StatCan link:
April 5, 2004
Youth in Transition
Survey, 2002
Study
Highlights
Complete report:
In
and out of high school: First results from the second cycle
of the Youth in
Transition Survey, 2002 (PDF file - 303K, 41 pages)
April 2004
July
9, 2004
Aboriginal
Peoples Survey: Children who live in non-reserve areas, 2001
A
new report paints a portrait of Aboriginal children aged 14 and younger who live
in non-reserve areas in Canada. It describes a group of young people who are,
for the most part, healthy, have more opportunities for Aboriginal education at
the preschool level, and are active in extra-curricular activities.
A
Portrait of Aboriginal Children Living in Non-reserve Areas:
Results from
the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS)
HTML
version
PDF
version (360K, 26 pages)
April 5, 2004
Youth
in Transition Survey, 2002
About 3% of 17-year-old students who were
first interviewed at age 15 had left high school without a diploma. Lower household
incomes, lower scores in reading literacy and lower expectations for high school
completion were among the factors at the age of 15 associated with leaving school
by the age of 17.
- study highlights
Complete
report:
In
and out of high school: First results from the second cycle
of the Youth in
Transition Survey, 2002 (PDF file - 303K, 41 pages)
April 2004
-
factors related to dropping out of school at an early age and what differentiates
dropouts who eventually return to high school from those who do not return
-
based on data from the second cycle of the Youth in Transition Survey, "a
longitudinal survey developed by Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics
Canada in the late 1990s to collect information on major transitions in the lives
of youth, particularly between education, training and work."
Study:
Health and behaviours of youth: Rural-urban comparison - 2001
March
23, 2004
"Teenagers in Canada's northern regions, especially girls, are
more likely to report lower self-rated health than their counterparts in major
metropolitan regions, according to a new study comparing various regions in Canada.
The study, using data from the 2000/01 Canadian Community Health Survey, examined
the health status and behaviours of 13,174 youths aged 12 to 17 in 2000/01. It
also compared results between urban areas and rural and northern regions.
Complete
report:
Health
status and behaviours of Canada’s youth: A rural-urban comparison
(PDF file - 177K, 22 pages)
Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin
- March 2004
Canada's
National Plan of Action (Senator Landon Pearson's website)
- incl.
links to :
Consultations (Introduction - A Dialogue with Canadians
- The process - Consultative activities - Priority areas for the NPA)
Resources
(Documentation - Canadian chronology - International commitments)
Background
(A World Fit for Children - Special Session on Children)
Source:
The
Info-sidewalk - The children's rights website of Hon. Landon Pearson, Canadian
Senator for Children and Youth
NOTE : For links to information about Canada’s National Plan of Action for Children, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the work of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Special Session on the Rights of the Child), and related sites and content, go to the Canadian Social Research Links Children's Rights page.
Participation
and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS): Children with disabilities, 2001
July 29, 2003
"An estimated 155,000 Canadian children between five
and 14 years old, or 4% of all children of this age group, had some form of activity
limitation in 2001, and many of their parents reported that they weren't getting
the help they needed to deal with their child's condition, according to the PALS
data released today."
Highlights
Children
with disabilities and their families - complete report
HTML
version --- use the buttons on the left sidebar of that page to navigate
through the report
PDF
version - 387K, 20 pages
"This article is the third in a series
of data releases from the 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS).
This survey provides the most up-to-date and detailed information on children
with disabilities in Canada, including information on the impact of their condition
or health problem on the family."
Source : The
Daily [Statistics Canada]
Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being Centre
of Excellence for Early Child Development - University of Montreal
Expert
Advisory Committee on children announced Government
of Canada announces five centres of excellence for children's well-being
|
Effective
Programs for Early Child Development: Linking Research to Policy and Practice
XXXV Banff international conference on behavioural science
March
16-19, 2003
Banff, Alberta
"The Banff International Conference on
Behavioural Science and the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
co-hosted this conference presenting the best international research on early
childhood programs."
- incl. links to the program, workshops descriptions
and individual presentations organized under the following headings (a total of
over 20 files, all PDF format): Effective prenatal
to infancy programs - Effective programs for preschool children - Effective comprehensive
programs.
Division
of Childhood and Adolescence - part of the Public
Health Agency of Canada
- incl. links to :
Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being - Aboriginal Head Start.Aboriginal
Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities - Community Action Program for Children
(CAPC) - Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program CPNP) - CAPC/CPNP National Projects
Fund - National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) Initiative
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Centres
of Excellence
The Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being
conduct research on key child health issues, develop policy advice based on solid
evidence and disseminate information to a broad audience
Aboriginal
Head Start
Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities
is a Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada-funded early childhood development
program for First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and their families.
Community
Action Program for Children (CAPC)
CAPC provides long term funding
to community coalitions to deliver programs that address the health and development
of children (0-6 years) who are living in conditions of risk. It recognizes that
communities have the ability to identify and respond to the needs of children
and places a strong emphasis on partnerships and community capacity building.
Canada
Prenatal Nutrition Program.Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)
CPNP
is a comprehensive community-based program designed to meet the needs of pregnant
women facing difficult life circumstances that threaten their health and the development
of their babies.
CAPC/CPNP
National Projects Fund
The CAPC/CPNP National Projects Fund (NPF) provides
financial assistance to initiatives supporting the objectives of CAPC/CPNP projects
and has direct relationships with projects across Canada. The NPF is designed
to support time-limited projects sponsored by voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental
organizations, which will be national in scope and result in the strengthening
of CAPC/CPNP projects.
Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
The goal of the national Fetal Alcohol Syndrome /
Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) Initiative is to develop a broad-based collaborative
effort to prevent FAS/FAE and improve the quality of life of all people affected
by FAS/FAE.
National
Plan of Action
The Canadian government is moving forward in the development
of Canada's national plan of action (NPA) for children
Selected reports:
Young people in Canada: their health
and well-being
October 2004
Summary
(PDF file - 1.1MB, 8 pages)
Summary
- HTML file
Full
Document (PDF file - 2.8MB, 156 pages)
"The
Health Behaviour of School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study is a cross-national study
supported by the World health Organization. In Canada, the HBSC surveys have been
funded by Health Canada. Young people in Canada: their health and well-being,
a 136-page report, presents the findings from the three surveys conducted in Canada
since 1989-90.
Universal
Children's Day |
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and Family Benefits Page Child
and Family Benefits Calculator Your
Canada Child Tax Benefit for the period from July 2005 to June 2006
(PDF file - 192K, 28 pages) Canada Child Tax Benefit FAQs : Calculation and payment information |
Also from the Canada Revenue Agency:
Child
Disability Benefit Comes Into Effect July 2003
July 17, 2003
"The
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency announced today the implementation of the new
Child Disability Benefit (CDB) for children who have a severe and prolonged impairment.
The first payment of the CDB supplement will be issued with the March 2004 Canada
Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) payment and will include a retroactive amount from July
2003 to March 2004 inclusively."
Child
Disability Benefit - Fact Sheet
July 18, 2003
Canadian
Youth Speak Up About Global Poverty
News Release
February
22, 2002
"Butterfly 208 is an art and essay contest for Canadian
youth to step up, speak out and take action against poverty and other major development
issues affecting young people around the globe. The contest runs from February
22nd through June 7th, 2002."
- Go to the Butterfly
208 website
Source : Canadian
International Development Agency
Knowledge
and Research (formerly the Applied Research Branch)
[ Social
Development Canada ]
Poverty, Social Capital,
Parenting and Child Outcomes in Canada
Final
Report
March 2002 (posted to the Applied Research Branch website October 24,
2003)
The experience of long-term poverty affects many child outcomes, in part
through a family stress process in which poverty is considered to be one of the
major factors causing family dysfunction, depression among caregivers and inadequate
parenting. (...) This study reports the construction of measures related to social
capital (Collective Efficacy and Social Support) at the neighbourhood, rather
than the individual level, and the use of these along with a battery of census
characteristics and other explanatory variables in the prediction of outcomes
for longitudinal children aged 4 to 15 in the National Longitudinal Study of Children
and Youth.
Click the above link for an abstract of the study; click below to
read the study
Complete
paper (HTML)
Complete
paper (PDF) (1.3MB, 74 pages)
This study is based on statistical modeling,
of special interest to economists and others who speak/understand economese. Even
if you're not well-versed on "metric partial regression coefficients"
(straight from the report), you might find some interesting tidbits in the literature
review on families, poverty and child outcomes, with a particular focus on three
distinct themes that are relevant to child outcomes: the effect of long-term poverty,
the Family Stress Model, and the role of neighbourhood social capital.
Poverty
and Child Well-Being in Canada and the United States:
Does it Matter How We
Measure Poverty?
Final Report
September 2000
Posted to the Applied
Research website August 2003
"(...) In this paper we examine the possibility
that conclusions about the association between poverty and children's well-being
may be sensitive to choices made about how to measure 'poverty.' In particular,
we focus upon the influence of data set chosen, sample selected and poverty line
used. Throughout, the analysis is conducted for children in both Canada and the
United States, both to emphasize that these issues are not unique to the
Canadian situation and to point out the influence of measurement choices upon
our understanding of Canada/US comparisons of children's poverty and/or well-being.
The principal data sets used are the Survey of Consumer Finance and the National
Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth for Canada and the Current Population
Survey and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth — Mother/Child Supplement
for the United States."
Complete
paper (HTML)
Complete
paper (PDF) (727K, 37 pages)
Social
Development Canada: Understanding the Early Years Understanding the Early Years (UEY) "is a federal government initiative that provides communities with information on the 'readiness to learn' of their children, the family and community factors that influence child development, and the local resources available to support young children and their families. This neighbourhood-specific information is used by communities to design and implement focused policies, programs and investments that enable their young children to thrive in the early years. UEY is currently underway in 12 pilot communities across Canada. Building on the success of the UEY pilot program and its positive impact on the capacity of communities to support early childhood development, the Spring 2004 federal budget committed the Government of Canada to extend UEY to up to 100 communities across Canada over the next seven years. (bolding added) A Brief History of UEY - quite brief, actually... UEY
Pilot Project Reports Source: Related Link: Understanding the Early Years: Government
of Canada announces funding for six new Understanding the Early Years (UEY) communities
in British Columbia Government
of Canada announces funding for Understanding the Early Years North Shore in British
Columbia Related
Links: ----------------------------------------------------- What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]: December
5, 2006 February 21, 2005
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Youthfluence.com
The Institute On Governance (IOG) is continuing its development
of Youthfluence.com – a dynamic web site designed to encourage civic literacy
and participation among Canadian youth. Supported by Citizenship and Immigration
Canada, the project team is currently seeking additional funding partners to build
exciting content and support the Youth Board governing the site. Youthfluence.com
will have its official launch early in 2001. View the prototype at http://www.youthfluence.com
- Go to the Institute On Governance
website
Report
on Public Consultations on The National Children's Agenda Released
Press Release
Provincial/Territorial
Council on Social Policy Renewal
June 21, 2000
What
Canadians are Telling Us about the National Children’s Agenda
Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal
June 21, 2000
Public
Dialogue on the National Children's Agenda
Developing
a Shared Vision
Provincial/Territorial Council on Social
Policy Renewal
June 2000
The
National Children’s Agenda: Health Canada's contribution
Budget
2000 Information
February 28, 2000
Exchanges
Canada
"Exchanges Canada is a Government
of Canada initiative that creates opportunities for young Canadians to connect
with one another and experience the diversity of Canadian communities, languages
and cultures. Exchanges Canada also provides access to information on all sorts
of exchange programs and activities available in Canada and abroad."
Second
National Study Shows Fewer Aboriginal Youth In Custody
November
22, 2004
"OTTAWA – The Department of Justice, with the support of
the provinces and territories, today released the second One Day Snapshot of Aboriginal
Youth in Custodyacross Canada . The report documents the number of Aboriginal
youth in custody on a single day - June 4, 2003 - and is a follow up to the first
Snapshot done in 2000. The 2003 Snapshot shows a 36% reduction in the number of
Aboriginal youth in custody from three years earlier: down from 1,128 in 2000
to 720 in 2003."
Backgrounder
Complete report:
A One-Day Snapshot of Aboriginal
Youth in Custody Across Canada : Phase II
February 2004
HTML
version - table of contents, links to each section (all in HTML)
PDF
version (4.8MB, 45 pages)
Source:
Department
of Justice
Youth
Employment Strategy (Government of Canada)
Canada's
Youth Employment Strategy helps young people get the skills, knowledge and work
experience they need for a successful career.
Department
of Justice Child Support Page
"On May 1, 1997 new laws respecting
child support came into force, including Federal Child Support Guidelines and
additional federal enforcement measures to help the provinces and territories
ensure that family support obligations are respected."
- incl. links
to : About federal child support laws in Canada - Ten things you need to know
- Eight steps to calculating child support - Laws and regulations - Provincial
and territorial Enforcement programs - Links to provincial and territorial child
support programs, custody and access information and the Canada Customs and Revenue
Agency - Publications - Latest news - Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations
on Custody, Access and Child Support in Canada
Child Support Enforcement - incl. links to : Overview of the Canadian system of support enforcement - Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance - Glossary of Canadian reciprocal and support enforcement terms - Interjurisdictional and international support enforcement - Interjurisdictional support orders (ISO) legislation and reciprocity arrangements - Provincial and territorial information on interjurisdictional and international support order enforcement (ISO).
Minister
of Justice Releases Report to Parliament on the Federal Child Support Guidelines
News Release
April 29, 2002
Report
to Parliament on Federal Child Support Guidelines (Backgrounder)
April 2002
Children Come First: A Report to Parliament
on the Provisions and Operation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines
Complete
Report - links to PDF and HTML versions of the report
Childcare
services industry 1999
"This article examines the childcare
services industry in Canada, and is divided into three parts. The first analyses
the demand for childcare services, including the $3.5 billion that households
spent on these services. Part two examines the financial characteristics of the
industry and the roles played by the non-profit sector and government fee-subsidy
and grant programs. The final section looks at characteristics of the childcare
workforce."
Source : The
Daily, Statistics Canada Friday, April 26, 2002
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