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Campaign
2000 Releases New Report on Child Poverty in Ontario
Media release
April 2, 2008
Toronto - A new report from the anti-poverty coalition Ontario
Campaign 2000 finds that 1 in every 8 children in Ontario is living in poverty,
according to Statistics Canada data. In a time of low unemployment, the 2007 Report
Card on Child & Family Poverty in Ontario confirms that the solution to family
poverty is not as simple as getting a job. Seventy per cent of all low-income
children in Ontario live in families where at least one parent is working part-time
or full-time, yet they are not able to earn enough to lift family income above
the poverty line.
Full report:
It
Takes a Nation to Raise a Generation:
Time for a National Poverty Reduction
Strategy
2007
report card on child and family poverty in Canada (PDF - 542K, 8 pages)
Source:
Campaign
2000
Related link:
Working
poor still losing ground:
Report shows Ontario child poverty rate still rising;
system penalizes working poor
April
2, 2008
By Laurie Monsebraaten
When Andrea Duffield's youngest child started
Grade 1 last fall, the single mother of three got a part-time job in the hope
of pulling her family out of poverty. But the extra income caused her subsidized
rent to double. And after taxes and work-related expenses, her Toronto family
wasn't any further ahead.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
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NGO Links |
IMPORTANT
NOTE: |
From the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU): What's
New? - Links to 100+ Canadian, U.S. and international resources from Jan
2000 to the present. |
Kids
Canada Policy Inventories Source: |
Symposium
on Early Child Development - A Priority For Sustained Economic Growth & Equity The
three links below are to Canadian presentations dealing with Canadian issues. Science
of ECD: Biological Embeddings of ECD Measuring
ECD Longitudinal Research in Canada Investment
in Early Childhood Development : The Economic Argument |
|
Autism, Ontario Ontario
Court Ruling Strikes Down Lower Court's ---------------------------- Call
for a National Autism Strategy Senator
Munson Launches an Inquiry into the Treatment of Autism Senate Debates of May 11, 2006 - Autism! Source: ---------------------------- AUTISM:
the Latest Prevalence Rates in USA - Now 1 in 175 As a mother of a child living with autism, I am asking all parents, family and friends of children with autism to send this to their MPs, and the Health Minister, with the request that the government recognize the problem and monitor the situation in Canada. " - includes links to contact info for the federal Minister of Health, MPs and Senators, plus a selection of articles from American media. Barbara Anello Related Links: Autism
resources US
survey shows autism very common Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Says 300,000 Children Have Autism Google.ca
News Search Results: NDP
MP tables private bill on autism care |
Canadian
Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect - 2003
October
4, 2005
"The rate of substantiated maltreatment in Canada, excluding of
Quebec, has increased 125%, from 9.64 substantiated cases per thousand children
in 1998 to 21.71 in 2003. This increase in documented maltreatment may be explained
by improved and expanded reporting and investigation procedures such as: 1. changes
in case substantiation practices; 2. more systematic identification of victimized
siblings; and 3. greater awareness of emotional maltreatment and exposure to domestic
violence."
- incl. links to : major findings, related CECW Information
Sheets on CIS-2003 (Physical abuse of children in Canada - Sexual abuse of children
in Canada - Child abuse and neglect investigations in Canada: Comparing 1998 and
2003 data - Child Neglect in Canada) + "Information Sheets Coming Soon"
(Child Neglect In Canada - Domestic Violence - Emotional Maltreatment), plus Introduction
to CIS Cycle II
Canadian Incidence Study of
Reported Child Abuse and Neglect - Major Findings - 2003
HTML
version
PDF
version (2.9MB, 162 pages)
Source:
Centre
of Excellence for Child Welfare
Google Web
Search Results : "Canadian Incidence
Study of Reported Child Abuse, October
2005"
Google News search Results : "Canadian
Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse,
October 2005"
Source:
Google.ca
Related Link:
Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: Final Report (2001)
Protecting
children, helping adults: Bringing two worlds closer together
6th National
Child Welfare Symposium
May 26 - 27, 2005
Mont
Royal Centre, Montreal, Québec
[The Call for Abstracts closed December
3, 2004.]
Conference Themes: domestic violence * mental health * child protection
* drug abuse * intellectual disabilities
"The Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) is proud to present the detailed program, including a registration form, for the 6th National Child Welfare Symposium (www.cecw-cepb.ca) , to be held at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 26 - 27, 2005. Protecting Children, Helping Adults: Bringing Two Worlds Closer Together, is bringing together researchers and practitioners with managers and decision makers who wish to build bridges between services for adults (specifically in the areas of domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health problems, and intellectual disability) and child welfare services. A forum on social policy is taking place at the end of the second day of the symposium. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for co-ordinating services for adults and services for children, with the aim of responding better to the respective needs of the members of families in difficulty. Taking the risk of intervening, togethershould this be the starting point for concerted action?"
Program (PDF file - 1.4MB, 14 pages)
Source:
Centre
of Excellence for Child Welfare
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CANADA:
Researching Resilience in Children and Youth [conference]
15-17 June
2005
University of Kings College
Halifax, Nova Scotia
"The International
Resilience Project (IRP) is a research project that is using different types of
research methods to examine what helps children and youth cope with the many challenges
they face in life. The project is working with children, youth, and elders in
12 countries and on 5 continents around the world. It is a 3-year pilot study
funded by the government of Canada through Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova
Scotia Canada. The Project is hosting an international conference to present leading
edge innovations in building, sustaining and researching resilience in children
and youth, globally.(...) Researchers, policy makers, child advocates, clinicians,
and community workers globally are being invited to share their work. "
-
Key note speakers include: James Garbarino * Hamilton McCubbin
* Laura McCubbin * Cindy Blackstock * Zahava Solomon
- The
following sub-themes will be explored at the conference: (A) Theories of resilience
in children and youth across cultures (B) Research methods in the study of resilience
across cultures and contexts (C) Interventions to build resilience in children
and youth, including prevention and treatment.
Source:
"The
International Resilience Project (IRP) is an international research project
that is using different types of research methods to examine what helps children
and youth cope with the many challenges that they face in life. It looks at this
from the perspective of youth, elders and others in each community that participates.
The project is working with children, youth, and elders in twelve countries and
on five continents around the world. It is a 3-year pilot study funded by the
government of Canada through Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada."
Ability
Online
"A computer network designed to enhance the lives of children
and youth with disabilities or illness by providing an online community of friendship
and support."
Graphic
version of this site
Text
version of this site
En
ligne directe (French version of this site)
"Ability OnLine is
a free internet community where children/youth with disabilities/illness and their
parents can meet others like them, make friends from all over the world, share
their hopes and fears, find role-models and mentors, and feel like they belong.
Ability OnLine began in 1991 and has grown from a small Bulletin Board Service
(BBS) to a web based network with members from around the world."
- Ability
Online recently recorded the three millionth visit to its website (in 10 yrs.)...
About
Us - read why Ability Online was created and how it's evolved since then.
Adoption
Council of Canada
"The Adoption Council of Canada (ACC) is the
umbrella organization for adoption in Canada. Based in Ottawa, the ACC raises
public awareness of adoption, promotes placement of waiting children and stresses
the importance of post-adoption services. Our services include a quarterly newsletter,
a resource library, referrals, and conference planning."
- incl. links
to : About the ACC | Organizations | News | Viewpoints | Legislation | Events
| Publications | Research | Glossary | Newsletters | Canada's Waiting Children
| Links | Statistics | Principles
Related Links:
Web Sites with Information on Adoption (ACC) - almost 30 links to Canadian (incl. provincial/territorial) government and non-government resources, and five American online resources
Canada's
Waiting Kids (CWK)
"Canada's Waiting Kids is an online resource
for the Canada's Waiting Children Program of the Adoption Council of Canada (ACC).
The Web site lists photos and background information about Canadian children waiting
for permanent adoptive families. It also provides information about domestic adoption
in Canada of children in the care of Canadian child welfare agencies. Canada's
Waiting Kids is a service of the ACC. The ACC is not an adoption agency but an
information and referral service. This program is made possible by grants from
the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the ongoing support of Wendy's Restaurants
of Canada."
- incl. links to : Adoption Process | Older/Special Needs
Kids | Resources | Info and Support Groups | Photo Album | Social Workers' Corner
| Terms and Conditions | Overview | Adoption Myths | Find Out More | FAQs
Alberta
Adoption profile web site Albertans
can view children at website |
Alliance
of Five Research Centres on Violence - Challenging violence against
women and children, and family violence through academically-linked community-based
research. Mission Statement: The Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence
exists to build community and academic partnerships to carry out research and
public education to eliminate violence against women and children, and family
violence.
The Five Centres:
The
FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children - British
Columbia/Yukon
RESOLVE: Research
and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta
Centre for Research on
Violence Against Women and Children - Ontario
Le
Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Violence Familiale et la Violence
Faite aux Femmes (CRI-VIFF) - Québec
Muriel
McQueen Fergusson Family Violence Research Centre - New Brunswick
Check each of these for a multitude of resources and links to detailed information
on family violence.
World
Conference on Prevention of Family Violence 2005
October 23-26, 2005
Banff,
Alberta
"The World Conference on Prevention of Family Violence 2005 will
bring together a diverse group of international leaders, researchers and policy
and program experts to share promising practice in family violence prevention,
intervention, support and follow-up. The goals of the conference are to heighten
global awareness of family violence, strengthen leadership networks and collaborative
partnerships, and point the way for a generation free of family violence."
Source:
National
Children's Alliance
Alliance
nationale pour les enfants
Beverley
Smith's Page
In May 1997 a Canadian homemaker, Beverley Smith, laid
an official complaint at the United Nations that Canada discriminates against
homemakers in its tax, divorce and childcare laws and in Statistics Canada studies.
"Beverley Smith is a long-time researcher and activist promoting equality
for all roles for men and women, paid and unpaid, and for the state to value the
family side of the career family balance. (...) working to get a fairer tax climate
to all kids, and all ways to raise them, addressing child poverty in a way that
shows no favoritism for lifestyle or career choice"
Kids
First Parent Association of Canada
"We are a communications
network of people working to better the lives of children. Through our efforts
we endeavour to raise the social status of time devoted to caregiving and the
anchor it provides, though unpaid, to a healthy society."
- incl.
links to : About Us | History/Background | Caregiving Research | Health of Children
and Parents | Finances of Families and Nations | Career Trends and Feminism |
Unpaid but Meaningful Labor | Contact Us | Laws and Politics
Recent
Developments in Caregiving
- free weekly newsletter by Beverley
Smith of Calgary, available via e-mail by subscription [ bevgsmith@hotmail.com
]
Each issue includes recent news and information on a wide range of topics,
such as the positive effects of good care, the negative effects of bad care, caregiving
research, the characteristics of caregivers, child and parent health, career trends,
family finances, legal and political, and much more...
Related
Links:
(these links appear in each issue of the newsletter)
http://members.tripod.com/beverley_smith__1
http://unitednatcomplaint.tripod.com
http://vuthruotherseyes.tripod.com
http://worldkidquilt.tripod.com
NOTE:
For a counterpoint to Ms Smith's viewpoint, see Fact
and fantasy: Eight myths about early childhood education and care
(July 2003) by the Childcare Resource
and Research Unit (CRRU)
I don't normally include links to opposing
viewpoints unless I have some ideological differences with an author or an organization.
In this specific case, I don't have Ms Smith's extensive experience in caregiving
situations, and I respect all of the hard work that she and her supporters do
to promote a cause in which they believe so fervently. However, I feel that the
kind of support that she advocates for families with children is the same as the
support that's demanded by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the National
Citizens' Coalition - tax cuts - and I don't support tax cuts on that scale. The
federal government's ability to influence national well-being is undermined with
each tax cut and with each tax transfer to the provincial governments, and the
provision of support on the level that Ms Smith advocates would, in my view, eliminate
any possibility of ever seeing a national system of affordable, accountable, quality
day care in Canada.
Beyond
Rhetoric: Canadas Second Conference on Bullying
Ottawa Congress
Centre
March 21-23, 2005
"The conference will bring together academic
and community-based researchers, service providers youth, policy makers, and key
stakeholders in order to better understand issues relating to bullying and victimization;
and move towards finding effective solutions."
Conference
at a Glance + daily rates, presentations, speakers, etc.
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
A
Bigger and Better Child Benefit:
A $5,000 Canada Child Tax Benefit
(PDF file - 324K, 63 pages)
Ken Battle, January 2008
The federal child benefits
system has undergone far-reaching changes over the past two years, with the addition
of the Universal Child Care Benefit and non-refundable child tax credit to the
existing Canada Child Tax Benefit. While these two so-called "new" programs
(they are actually worn retreads from the past) have infused substantial new monies
into the child benefits system, they also have made it complex, inequitable and
virtually incomprehensible to Canadian families.
NOTE: includes a detailed section entitled "Evolution of child benefits 1918-2007."
A
$5,000 Canada Child Tax Benefit:
Questions and Answers (PDF file
- 56K, 11 pages)
by
Ken Battle
January 2008
Architecture
for National Child Care (PDF file - 58K, 21 pages) Related Links: A
National Child Care Strategy: Getting the Architecture Right Now Time
to Decide on Child Poverty: Laggard or Leader? Website of John Godfrey, MP, Don Valley West |
Campaign
2000
Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to
build Canadian awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution
to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Campaign 2000 began in 1991 out
of concern about the lack of government progress in addressing child poverty.
Campaign 2000 is non-partisan in urging all Canadian elected officials to keep
their promise to Canada's children. There are over 85 national, community and
provincial partners actively involved in the work of Campaign 2000. Hundreds of
other groups across the country work on the issue of child poverty every day,
such as children's aid societies, faith organizations, community agencies, health
organizations, school boards, and low-income people's groups.
Follow these
links from Campaign 2000's Home Page : What's New - Take Action - Report Cards
- Resources - About Campaign 2000
Campaign 2000 Partners - Complete list of all Campaign 2000 national, provincial and community partners - including links to 60+ websites of these NGOs and other groups from across Canada.
Campaign 2000 Report Cards - Links to the most recent report cards on child poverty at the national level as well as for the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario. You'll even find a link to the child poverty report card for the City of Toronto on the report card page. (Click on the links down the left side of the page)
2007 Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada - Campaign 2000
No
Change 18 Years Later New Report Shows Child Poverty at 1989 Levels
Media
release
November 26, 2007
Eighteen years after the 1989 all-party resolution
of the House of Commons to end child poverty in Canada the rate is exactly the
same, says a new report from Campaign 2000. Despite a growing economy, a soaring
dollar and low unemployment, Statistics Canada data shows the after-tax child
poverty rate is 11.7%, exactly where it was when all federal parties decided action
was urgently needed.
Complete report card:
It
Takes a Nation to Raise a Generation:
Time for a National Poverty Reduction
Strategy (PDF file - 542K, 8 pages)
November 2007
Version française:
Il
faut une nation pour éduquer une génération :
Le temps
est venu pour une stratégie nationale de réduction de la pauvreté
(fichier PDF - 565Ko, 8 pages)
Rapport 2007 sur la pauvreté des enfants
et des familles au Canada
Source:
Campaign
2000 Report on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
Main page - includes
links to both the French and English media releases and reports, as well as links
to national report cards for previous years and for selected Canadian provinces.
[
Campaign 2000 ]
Related links:
Campaign
2000 Provincial report cards on child poverty
-
incl. links to child poverty reports for BC - AB - SK - MB- ON - NB - NS
NOTE:
(Nov. 26/07) As at this date, not all provinces have posted a child poverty report
card for 2007. However, if you click the link above you can access reports for
those jurisdictions for earlier years. The links below are to those jurisdictions
that have a 2007 report online on Nov. 26.
British
Columbia:
2007
Child Poverty Report Card (PDF file - 196K, 19 pages)
November 2007
Source:
First
Call BC
Alberta:
Child
and Family Poverty Too High in Wealthy Alberta
November 26, 2007
Related
link:
Wages
and Child and Family Poverty in Alberta: Fact Sheet
Source:
Public
Interest Alberta
Manitoba:
A
Province Left Behind.... Where's our poverty eradication plan,
Prime Minister
Harper, Premier Doer and Mayor Katz? (PDF file - 971K, 38 pages)
November
2007
Source:
Social Planning Council of
Winnipeg
New Brunswick:
Child
and Family Poverty report card 2007 (PDF file - 780K, 6 pages)
November
2007
Source:
New Brunswick
Human Development Council
Nova Scotia:
Child
poverty in Nova Scotia: The facts (PDF file - 370K, 9 pages)
November
24, 2007
By Pauline Raven, Lesley Frank and Renee Ross
Related links:
BC's
Child Poverty Rate Tops Again
Or is this headline just trying to manipulate
you?
By Rob Annandale
November 26, 2007
"(...)To say
a Vancouverite who earns $20,000 per year is living in poverty would indeed seem
preposterous to many of the more than one billion people worldwide who survive
on less than a dollar a day."
Source:
The
Tyee
<begin Leap of Logic rant:>
EH? Comparing the incomes of
someone living in Vancouver with someone in Africa or Asia?
Reality check:
It's the cost of living, Stupid. I would have expected this kind of distorted
comparison from minions of the Fraser Institute, but from the Tyee?? Yech.
(Read
the Comments section immediately below the article for similar helpful advice
to Mr. Annandale.)
</end Leap of Logic rant.>
From the Edmonton Social Planning Council:
Standing
Still in a Booming Economy:
Finding Solutions for Low Income Working Households
(PDF file - 672K, 51 pages)
October 2007
Table of contents:
* Introduction
* Methodology * Reporting the Trends (Profile of Edmontons Economy - Employment
- Employment Earnings and Benefits - Market Income - After-Tax Income - Economic
Growth and Family Incomes - Income Distribution - Job Market - Unionization -
Low Income - Workers in Low Income Households) * Recommendations (Labour Market
- Transfer Programs - Tax Measures) * Conclusion
[NOTE: this isn't part of
campaign 2000's provincial child poverty reports, but it's recent and it's about
poverty in Alberta, so it's included here for information purposes.]
From CBC:
* B.C.'s
child poverty rate worst in Canada: First Call report (November 26)
*
Child
poverty rate in Manitoba remains too high: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
(November 26)
From the Halifax Chronicle Herald:
Survey:
Poor kids lot gets worse
November 27, 2007
The national
child poverty rate may be the same as it was in 1989, but life for poor Nova Scotia
families isnt, says a new report on child poverty.
Poverty Quiz - Test your knowledge of child and family poverty in Canada.
Addressing
the Falling Fortunes of Young Children and their Families: A Community Building
Approach
This is a two-year national project
(January 2006 through March 2008) which aims to identify strategies to improve
the income and wages, including the living wage, of young families and their children.
Regional
Partner Organizations
(Click the link above to access the websites
of the organizations listed below)
* Community Services Council, Newfoundland
and Labrador
* Family Service Association of Toronto
* Women's Habitat (Toronto)
*
North End Women's Centre (Winnipeg)
* Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
*
First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
Canadas
Child Poverty Levels not Budging -
New report shows child poverty entrenched
in Canada over 25 Years
Campaign 2000
23 November 2006
The rate of child and family poverty in Canada has been stalled at 17-18% over
the past 5 years despite strong economic growth and low unemployment, according
to a new report by Campaign 2000.
Oh
Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long [pdf, 6pp, 311KB]
2006
report card on child poverty in Canada
Version
française:
Oh
Canada! Trop d'enfants pauvres et depuis trop longtemps [pdf, 6pp,
331KB]
Earlier
editions of the
report card on child poverty in Canada - reports in English
and French going back to 2002
TIP: if you scroll to the bottom of the
earlier editions page, you'll also find links to a 2002 report to the UN Special
Session on Children entitled A report on a decade of child and family poverty
in Canada and a November 2001 Campaign 2000 Bulletin entitled Family Security
in Insecure Times: Tackling Canada's Social Deficit.
Related Links:
Aboriginal
children are poorest in country: report
B.C. and Newfoundland have highest
rates; Alberta and P.E.I. have lowest rates
November 24, 2006
A
national network of advocacy groups released a report on Friday that paints a
bleak picture of poverty facing First Nations children in Canada. In its report,
called Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long, the advocacy group
Campaign 2000 says First Nations children are suffering the greatest levels of
poverty of all children in the country.
Source:
CBC
News
Google Web Search Results:
"Campaign
2000, child poverty reports, 2006, Canada"
Google News Search Results:
"Campaign 2000, child poverty reports,
2006, Canada"
Source:
Google.ca
Campaign
2000 Calls for an Ontario Action Plan to Address Child Poverty
News
alert
March 2, 2006
"A new report by Ontario Campaign 2000 finds that
443,000 children in Ontario are living in poverty and the child poverty rate is
stalled at 16%, despite strong economic growth."
Complete report:
Putting
Children First:
2005 Report Card on Child Poverty in Ontario (PDF
file - 346K, 8 pages)
Version française:
Les
enfants dabord : Rapport 2005 sur la pauvreté des enfants en Ontario
(fichier PDF - 278Ko., 8 pages)
Le 2 mars 2006
Source:
Campaign
2000
Campagne 2000 (version
française du site)
Poverty
hits one in six kids in Ontario
Study blames increase in part-time, contract
work
Report urges hike in minimum wage, quality child care
March
2, 2006
One in six children in Ontario lives in poverty, a study being released
today found. That's 443,000 people under 18 across the province.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Google Web Search Results : "2005
Report Card on Child Poverty in Ontario"
Google News search Results
: "2005 Report Card on Child Poverty in
Ontario"
Source:
Google.ca
Provincial Child Poverty Report Cards were also released in BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia (see below). Complete report: Decision
Time for Canada: Let’s Make Poverty History Version française: Une
décision s’impose au Canada : Abolissons la pauvreté -------------------------------------- Provincial reports British Columbia Saskatchewan Manitoba Nova Scotia |
Reducing
Child Poverty to Increase Productivity: A Human Capital Strategy
Brief to the
Standing Committee on Finance (PDF file - 89K,
8 pages)
Pre-Budget Consultation
September, 2005
By Laurel
Rothman
National Coordinator, Campaign 2000
"The fact that 15% of our
youngest citizens are growing up in poverty does not bode well for Canadas
future productivity performance, which is the focus of the 2005 Pre-Budget Consultations.
Broad based investment in our human capital is essential for a productivity agenda.
"Canadas Fiscal Outlook projects surpluses of almost $30 billion over
the next five years. With consecutive multi-billion dollar budget surpluses, Canada
has the resources to make substantial progress. We call on the federal government
to commit a portion of these surpluses to invest in children, as they have committed
portions for healthcare and equalization payments."
Submission
to the Federal Labour Standards Review - Excerpts
September
26, 2005
Campaign 2000
"Campaign 2000 maintains that federal labour
standards should be modernized to reflect leading standards and 'best practices'in
other advanced economies. They need to be updated to reflect changes in the labour
market and workforce over the past 40 years, with a particular emphasis on ensuring
protection for vulnerable workers."
Complete brief:
Submission
to the Federal Labour Standards Review Commission
Re: Part III of the Canada
Labour Code (PDF file - 57K, 7 pages)
August
15, 2005
From: Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator
Related Link:
Federal Labour Standards Review Commission
Fifteenth
Anniversary Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada - 2004 Complete report: English
version: Version
française: Provincial
Child Poverty Report Cards: Ontario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia Related Links: FirstCall
BC (Vancouver) Child
poverty: setting new goals Google
News search Results : "Campaign
2000, child poverty report 2004" |
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Editorial:
Renew pledge on child poverty
May 10, 2004
"(...)Nearly
half a century ago this nation decided that none of its citizens should have to
forgo needed health care just because his or her family didn't have enough money
to pay for it. So how can it be that we still expose more than 1 million children
to the risks of poor health and lost opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment
just because they were born into families that happened to be poor? Because they
couldn't answer that question in 1989, MPs promised to make every effort to rid
the country of child poverty by 2000. And because they still cannot answer that
question, they need to renew their pledge, and this time to follow through on
it."
Source:
The Toronto Star
NOTE:
this article is about the Campaign 2000 report Pathways to Progress (see the next
link below)
Low
wages condemn families to poverty
News Alert
May 5, 2004
---------------------------------------------
Pathways
to progress:
Structural solutions to address child poverty
By Christa
Freiler, Laurel Rothman and Pedro Barata
May 2004
Executive
Summary [PDF -14pp 95KB]
Full
paper [PDF - 82pp 360KB]
Version française:
Les
voies du progrès : solutions structurelles pour s'attaquer à la
pauvreté infantile
Résumé
[16pp 105KB]
Rapport
[83pp 390KB]
"Child poverty remains firmly entrenched in Canada. Pathways to Progress: Structural Solutions to Address Child Poverty challenges governments to work together on a social investment strategy that will forge pathways out of poverty for one million children today, and will secure pathways to the future for generations to come."
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Jobs
alone not a pathway out of poverty, study shows
News Alert
November
23, 2003
"More than half of all children living in poverty have parents
who are in the paid labour force, says a report released today by Campaign 2000."
Complete report:
Honouring
Our Promises
Meeting the Challenge to End Child and Family Poverty
2003
Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada (PDF file - 183K, 12 pages)
"Fourteen
years ago, the House of Commons unanimously resolved to "seek to achieve
the goal of eliminating poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000".
Despite consecutive years of economic growth more than one million children, or
almost one child in six, still live in poverty in Canada."
[ version
française - format PDF - 190Ko., 12 pages]
Earlier Campaign 2000 child poverty reports - links to 2002 child poverty report, A Report on a Decade of Child and Family Poverty in Canada (May 2002), The UNSSC: Putting Promises Into Action, Family Security in Insecure Times: Tackling Canada's Social Deficit (November 2001)
Provincial
child poverty report cards : incl. British Columbia - Manitoba - Nova
Scotia - Ontario - Saskatchewan
............................................
Diversity
or Disparity?
Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada (ECEC)
Second
Report, Community Indicators Project
October 2003
For
the first time, the number of child care spaces declines in Canada
News
Alert
October 28, 2003
Release of Diversity or Disparity? Early Childhood
Education and Care in Canada (ECEC), Second Report, Community Indicators
Project
"...cuts to child care budgets in the three richest provinces
- British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario - resulted in an overall loss of spaces"
Media
Kit: contains media release, Q&A. (PDF file - 178K, 3 pages)
Full
Report - HTML (NOTE: the table of contents is in the left-hand margin
of the report page)
Full
Report - PDF - 288K, 16 pages
Related Links:
About
the Community Indicators project
Project
reports - links to HTML and PDF versions of this year's report and last
year's (released in October 2002), as well as French versions of reports for both
years.
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Poverty
Amidst Prosperity - Building a Canada for All Children
Report
Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, November 2002
Campaign
2000
"For the first time in a decade the number of children living
in low-income families has dropped from one in five, to one in six, says a new
report released by Campaign 2000. The change follows four consecutive years of
falling child poverty rates. But that figure is still higher than in 1989, when
one in seven children were poor, prompting the House of Commons to pass a unanimous
resolution to eliminate child poverty."
News
Alert - November 21, 2002
Complete
report online (HTML)
[NOTE: If you're using Netscape 4.7, the "HTML"
link above may not work - use Opera or Internet Explorer, or else download the
pdf version of the report]
Complete
report (PDF file - 107K, 4 pages)
Version française:
La
pauvreté en période de prospérité bâtir
un Canada pour tous les enfants (fichier PDF - 11Ko., 4 pages)
Source:
Campaign
2000
Related Links: Children,
an overlooked investment - (PDF file - 72K, 2 pages) Saskatchewan
Child Poverty Report (PDF file - 307K, 10 pages) BC
Campaign 2000 (First Call BC) Report Card on Child Poverty in 2002
Provincial
report cards - Campaign 2000 links to reports cards for previous years
and other jurisdictions (NS, ON) |
Campaign
2000 Media Conference: Failing Grades for Canadian Child Care
October 24, 2002
"Whatever the indicator - availability of spaces,
affordable fees for parents, helping low income families or meeting quality standards
Canadian child care services receive a failing grade, says a new study sponsored
by Campaign 2000."
Early Childhood
and Care Community Indicators Project - description of the initiative
Project
reports
Back
Up Child Poverty Promises with Real Money, PM Urged
News Alert
October
1, 2002
"The real test of the government's commitment to fight child
poverty will be in the investment priorities of the next budget, said child poverty
advocates following the Speech from the Throne."
[For other links
to analysis of the federal government's Speech from the Throne (Sept. 30/02),
go to the Canadian Social Research Links General Federal Government
Links page]
Putting
promises into action: Campaign 2000 Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance
Pre-budget consultation
by Laurel Rothman
Campaign 2000
September
9, 2002
"Substantive action is required in this federal budget to address
child and family poverty and meet the government's stated objectives of improving
the lives of all children."
Complete report online:
Putting
Promises into Action (PDF file - 546K, 12pages)
Campaign
2000 UN Special Session on Children website
The UN Special Session
on Children: A Promise to Act
- incl. links to : Introduction - Resolution
- Letter to the PM - 6 steps you can take - Status report - Related links - Contacts
End
Child/Family Poverty: Meeting with Your MP National Campaign
July 17, 2002
"Campaign 2000 is currently engaged in an intensive all-party
national awareness campaign to ensure that child and family poverty becomes a
key component of the upcoming federal budget."
Putting
Promises Into Action : A Report on a Decade of Child and Family Poverty in Canada,
May 2002 (PDF file - 297K, 16 pages)
May 2002
[version
française]
"A comprehensive plan of social investments
for children will promote an inclusive society and contribute to an enriched economic
and social environment. These investments are essential to providing Canada's,
and the world's children, with the best start and an equal opportunity to succeed."
Note: on the Campaign 2000 Home page, you'll also find these two related
links:
- Canada's
PM develops stage fright for UN Childrens Session (April 30)
- Letter
to Prime Minister Chretien on the occasion of the UN Special Session on Children
(April 16)
Family Security in Insecure
Times: Tackling Canada's Social Deficit
Almost one in five children
still lives in poverty in Canada -an increase of 39%since 1989
November 2001
Bulletin
Press
Release
Complete
Report (PDF file - 4 pages, 666KB]
Related
Press Releases
Report on Child Poverty
in Canada - Promises Not Kept
Special focus on Manitoba
November
2001
Cover (PDF file - 1.4MB, 1 page)
Report
(PDF file - 268K, 1 page)
Source : Campaign
2000 and the Social Planning Council
of Winnipeg
Child Poverty - A National
Disgrace
November Initiative 2001
On November 26th Campaign
2000 opened a photo exhibit at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and in nine
other locations.
Photo
Exhibit Online
Stacking
the Deck: The Relationship between Reliable Child Care and Lone Mothers' Attachment
to the Labour Force
PDF file - 1,182K, 20pp
Summary Report
from the Interviews, May 2001
The
Early Childhood Development Initiative: A Vision for Early Childhood Development
Services in Ontario
Ontario Campaign 2000 Consultation Paper
PDF
file - 10pages, 229KB
April 9, 2001
Developed in consultation with representatives
from: Campaign 2000, Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Ontario Association
of Family Resource Programs, Toronto Public Health, Metro Association of Family
Resource Programs and Toronto Coalition for Better Child Care.
Campaign
Against Child Poverty
Campagne
contre la pauvreté des enfants
"The Campaign
Against Child Poverty is a national, non-partisan coalition of citizens from faith-groups,
social justice groups, charities, child welfare organizations and others concerned
about the unacceptably high levels of child and family poverty in Canada. We are
also concerned about the hazards to the future educational, social, physical,
developmental and employment success of those children presently living in poor
families. (...) We are affiliated with no political party, and our only special
interest is to reduce the numbers of poor children in Canada. We are funded by
private citizens across Canada, by foundations, faith communities and NGO's, all
of whom share our vision of a poverty-free country."
- incl. links
to : Who we are - What we do - Why we do it - Public education messages - Links
to sponsors
Maybe
its time we had a commission investigating child poverty...
April 23, 2005
The Campaign Against Child Poverty ran this full-page ad in
the Toronto Star on April 23. It talks about the 15% of our children - more than
1,000,000 kids who live below the poverty line, about how, more than 15
years ago, Canadian Parliament voted unanimously to end child poverty, and how
Europe and Scandinavia have proven conclusively that child poverty rates can be
dramatically reduced with no risk to national economies. It talks about the need
for a national early childhood education and care plan, affordable housing, a
livable minimum wage, and support for the National Child Tax Benefit.
Source:
Campaign
Against Child Poverty
CanChild
"CanChild
is a centre for childhood disability research that seeks to maximize the life
quality of children and youth with disabilities and their families. CanChild is
comprised of a multi-disciplinary team working in the field of childhood disability.
The aims of this research centre are to:
take a leadership role in identifying
emerging issues for research, practice, policy and education
conduct
high-quality research
effectively transfer knowledge into practice
at clinical and health system levels
provide education for consumers,
service providers, policy makers and students"
- incl. links to: What's
New - Our Research - Online Publications - List of Articles & Books - Measures
& Multimedia - Browse by Theme - External Links - Order Form - Contact Us
Source:
McMaster
University Faculty of Health Science
Canadian Association for Young Children
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Slow
progress wins Nova Scotia a failing grade in the fight against child poverty among
Canadian provinces
Press Release
November 24, 2003
"HALIFAX:
A report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that
Canada and Nova Scotia have lost ground in efforts to reduce child poverty. 'Promises
to Keep: The Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Card 2003' finds that child poverty
today is worse than it was in 1989 when Canadian parliamentarians determined that
child poverty should end by the year 2000."
Complete report (PDF file - 132K, 18 pages)
Offord
Centre for Child Studies (formerly the Canadian Centre for Studies of Children
at Risk)
- The mission of the Canadian Centre for Studies of Children
at Risk is to improve life quality of children in Canada by reducing the suffering
and disadvantage associated with children's emotional and behavioural problems.
The
Effects of Breakfast on Children's Mood, Behaviour and Ability to Learn
Prepared By Aurelia T. Shaw, Yvonne Racine and David R. Offord
-
see Appendix C - How
is the Problem of School Hunger Addressed in Canada?
-
see also Appendix D - Identifying
Populations for Breakfast Programs : Undernourished children and children
from low-income families
Canadian
Coalition for the Rights of Children - " ...for the promotion and protection
of children's rights in Canada and abroad"
"The mandate of the Coalition
is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned
with the rights of children as described in the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration. Formed in 1989
after the unanimous adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the
United Nations General Assembly, the Coalition has grown to include over 50 national
and provincial non-government organizations (NGOs) committed to promoting and
protecting the rights of children in Canada and abroad."
- incl. links
to : More About the Coalition - Our members, and links to their sites - UN Special
Session on Children - How Does Canada Measure Up? Say it Right - Quiz
Canadian Council on Social Development
Child
Health and Safety
June 4, 2007
In conjunction
with our partners in Mexico and the United States, the Canadian Council on Social
Development has released Child Health and Safety, a new report in the Children
in North America series. It provides indicator data on the physical, mental and
environmental health of children.
- incl. links to Growing Up in North
America (May 2006) and other related material
Complete report:
* Child
Health and Safety in Canada, the United States and Mexico
(PDF
file - 1 MB, 64 pages)
* Executive
summary: Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United States and Mexico
(PDF format, 241 kb)
Français:
* Le bien-être
des enfants au Canada, aux États-Unis et au Mexique (format
PDF, 1 Mo)
* Sommaire
executif: Le bien-être des enfants au Canada, aux États-Unis et au
Mexique (format PDF, 244 kb)
Related Links:
Children
in North America Project website
The Children in North America Project
aims to highlight the conditions and well-being of children and youth in Canada,
Mexico, and the United States. Through a series of indicator reports, the project
hopes to build a better understanding of how our children are faring and the opportunities
and challenges they face looking to the future.
Partners in the project:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
The
Annie E. Casey Foundation (U.S.)
Population
Reference Bureau (U.S.)
Red
por los Derechos de la Infancia (Mexico)
First-of-its-Kind
Report Examines Child Well-Being in Canada, United States and Mexico:
Economic
and Social Integration Have Profound Effect On 120 Million Children in North America
(PDF file - 36K, 2 pages)
Press Release - May 2, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C.
A new report that examines the state of child well-being in North America
Growing Up in North America: Child Well-Being in Canada, the United States
& Mexico reveals that gains in human development across the continent
have not kept pace with the last decades dramatic advances in technology,
trade, and investment. In this first-of-its-kind report issued today, the three
project partners the Canadian Council on Social Development, the Annie
E. Casey Foundation, and Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México
call for attention to child well-being against a backdrop of economic and
social change in North America.
Growing
Up in North America:
Child Well-being in Canada, the United States and Mexico
May
2006
- includes links to:
* Complete
report (PDF file - 1MB, 50 pages)
* Executive
Summary (PDF file - 92K, 2 pages)
* Fact
Sheet (PDF file - 35K, 2 pages)
* Press Release: Economic and Social Integration
Have Profound Effect On 120 Million Children in North America (see above)
* From canada.com (May 1): Well-being
of children may be overlooked as Canada, U.S., Mexico grow closer
* CCSD Op Ed [March 2006]: Message
to Harper, Bush and Fox: Shortsighted to ignore 120 million kids
* Grandir en
Amérique du Nord [French] (PDF file - 1.2MB., 56 pages)
* Creciendo
en América del Norte [Spanish] (PDF)
* Children
in North America Project website
Project partners:
Annie
E. Casey Foundation
Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families
in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public
policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively
meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México (site available only in Spanish)
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Some
families losing ground
in effort to provide stable family incomes
Media
Release
April 26, 2006
OTTAWA One-third of Canadian children living
in poverty have a parent who works at a full-time job, according to a new report
by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD). The Progress of Canada's
Children and Youth 2006 also shows that this situation is deteriorating.
In 1993, one-quarter of poor children had a parent who worked full time. "Family
income is recognized as one of the keys to healthy child development," says
Dr. Peter Bleyer, CCSD President. "Yet job security eludes many Canadian
parents, and that has an enormous impact on what their kids eat, how they learn,
and where they play." Temporary, part-time, contract, and seasonal employment
now make up 37% of Canadian jobs, compared to 25% in the mid-1970s. The CCSD report
also shows that investing in children through government transfers brought the
child poverty rate down from 27% to 18% in 2003.
Complete report:
The Progress of Canada's Children &
Youth
HTML version
- incl. links to : Portrait - Family Life - Economic Security - Physical Safety
- Community Resources - Civic Vitality - Health Status - Social Engagement - Learning
- Labour Force Profile of Youth - Data Sources - Web-Only Supplementary Data -
Tools - Contact Us - Français
PDF
version (2.5MB, 84 pages)
Tools
- links to individual PDF files for each chapter of the report, plus fact sheets,
press release, etc.
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development (CCSD)
Child
Care for a Change!Shaping the 21st Century
Childcare
& Early Learning Conference
November 12-14, 2004
Winnipeg
Convention Centre
"The
Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) is the host of the conference Child
Care For A Change! Shaping the 21st Century." The conference will take place
at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, in Winnipeg, from November 12th to 14th, 2004.
This exciting pan-Canadian conference will feature inspiring
speakers such as UN Special Envoy Stephen Lewis and Quebec Education Critic
Pauline Marois. It will provide ample time for a rich dialogue and debate
during sessions like the special Town Hall Meeting on Child Care. It is expected
that the ideas generated from the conference will influence public policy and
public perception about early learning and child care and help set the agenda
for the next decade."
General
Info - Program
(incl. list of 15 workshops)- Speakers
- Papers - Registration
- Accommodation
The
Progress of Canada's Children 2002 The Progress of Canada's Children
2001 |
The
Incidence and Depth of Child Poverty in Recession and Recovery: Some Preliminary
Lessons on Child Benefits
Background Notes for a Presentation
to the House of Commons Subcommittee on Children and Youth at Risk
June 6,
2001
Andrew Jackson
"While the NCB itself appears to be working
as intended, higher provincial social assistance benefits are clearly needed to
reduce the depth of child poverty."
Income
and Child Well-being: A new perspective on the poverty debate
by David P. Ross and Paul Roberts
May 1999
Rethinking Child Poverty - David Ross,summer 1999
Child
Poverty in Canada: Recasting the Issue - David Ross, Toronto
April 1998
"According to the Fraser [Institute] analysis, child poverty
is really only a problem among those who live in families where incomes are so
low that the parents cannot even afford adequate food and shelter (...) let me
remind them that Canada is not a Third World country."
Overview:
Children in Canada in the 1990s
David P. Ross, Katherine Scott
and Mark A. Kelly
November 1996
(53 pages, PDF file, 775K)
- Data for 1994-95
National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth (first Internet edition 1998)
Canadian
Child Care Federation
"The overall mission of the Canadian
Child Care Federation is to improve the quality of child care services for Canadian
families."
- incl. links to : Affiliates -About Us - Membership -
Networks - Press Room - Projects - Publications - Search - Links
Links to Affiliates - links to the websites of 14 affiliates of the CCF
Canadian
Children's Rights Council
"The Canadian
Children's Rights Council was formed in the early 1990's to monitor compliance
of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada. (...) We
are a non-profit, non governmental educational and advocacy organization dedicated
to supporting the rights and responsibilities of Canadian children. (...) We are
a member of the Child Rights Information Network
(CRIN), an international, world-wide organization which is comprised of over
2000 member children's rights organizations."
- highly recommended site
- tons of content!
- covers many aspects of children's rights, including child
poverty, child and youth justice, children's identity rights, child protection,
parental alienation syndrome and much more...
- large section devoted to education
about the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child + analysis of the Government
of Canada's actions and reports to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Canadian
Children's Rights Council Links
- 200+ links in the following areas:
* United Nations * Human Rights Commissions in Canada * Human Rights Commissions
in countries other than Canada * Child Genital Mutilation * Child Abuse * The
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN ) * Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS)
* Youth Suicide * Children's Identity Rights / Children's Identity Fraud / Paternity
Fraud * Child Poverty * ADHD - Ritlan * National Child Day * Canadian Family Law
/ Parent support Groups * Canadian University Human Rights Related Sites * International
Children's Rights Links * Non-Canadian University / College Human Rights Related
Sites * Canadian University Law Schools * Other Links of Interest
Table of Contents - large collection of online resources, mostly news articles
Canadian
Education on the Web - Everything from soup to nuts about education in
Canada, including: Boards of Education, Canada-Wide Organizations, Commercial
Education Sites, Community Colleges, including Cégeps in Quebec Databases,
Clearinghouses and Directories, Distance Education, Education Journals,Education
Libraries, Educational Networks, Educators and Education Resources, Elementary
and Secondary Schools, Faculties of Education, Independent Institutions, Jobs
in Education, Ministries of Education, Private School Organizations, Provincial
Organizations, School Board Organizations, Student Newspapers, Student Organizations,
Teachers' Organizations, Universities and Colleges, and Other Canadian Education
Internet Lists.
Canadian
Foster Parent Home Page
Canadian
Policy Research Networks - CPRN
Réseaux canadiens de recherche en politiques
publiques - RCRPP
"We are one of Canada's leading think-tanks, specializing
in social and economic policy research and public engagement. We are a private,
non-partisan, non-profit organization. Our mission is to help make Canada a more
just, prosperous and caring society."
Research
Networks
"CPRN's
research is organized under four Networks - Family, Work, Health and Public Involvement.
We emphasize projects that bridge economic and social policy issues. Projects
are selected on the basis of their social importance and availability of funding.
We seek the widest possible range of funding sources to ensure no single voice
dominates the research process."
For each of the four networks, you'll
find links to the following content: People - Research Themes - Publications -
Events - Partners - Links - What's New
Research
Themes
18 themes in all (only the main themes dealing with kids appear
below),incl. links to the following content for each theme: Sub-Themes - Publications
- Partners - Events - Links
Research themes focusing on families and children:
Cities
and Communities
Citizenship and Diversity
Governance and Social Policy
Kids Canada Policy Digest [coming soon!]
Social Cohesion Nexus Family Network
The Best Policy Mix for Canadians Family Network
Urban Nexus Family Network
Publications : Links to 300+ CPRNreports
Newsroom
-
incl. links to News Releases - CPRN in the News - e-network - NetworkNews - Policy
Direct
Site
Map --- links to all major pages in the website; good way to get around...
Canadian Union of Public Employees
From
patchwork to excellence in child care
November 2, 2004
"OTTAWA
Canada will go from patchwork to excellence if all levels of government
work together to create the public, not-for-profit child care system that Canadians
deserve and need, said Paul Moist, CUPE national president. Moist made the remarks
as he joined with child care workers, parents and children to greet Minister Dryden
Tuesday morning as Dryden began his day-long meeting with provincial social development
ministers to discuss the child care program."
- incl. links to the following
related articles:
* Wages for child care workers: the link with quality
* URGENT: Tell Ken Dryden to make child care history
* CUPEs analysis
of the federal speech from the throne
* CUPE blasts throne speech as blueprint
for weak federalism
* Rapid response wins reprieve for BC college child care
centre
For more on the current (late 2004) round
of federal-provincial-territorial negotiations concerning child care,
go to
the Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm
CanLearn
Interactive
"Welcome to CanLearn Interactive,
the one-stop online source for information on post-secondary education in Canada.
Whether you're a student, a teacher, a counsellor, or a parent, CanLearn Interactive
has everything you need to help plan and finance education and learning. You will
find information about Canadian universities and colleges, scholarships, and much
more. CanLearn Interactive also includes the National Student Loans Service Centre,
where you will find all the information you need to apply for, maintain and repay
your student loans."
More
time for family : Its Everybodys Business! |
Expert
Advisory Committee on children announced Government
of Canada announces five centres of excellence for children's well-being
|
Centre
for Families, Work & Well-Being
The Centre for Families, Work and
Well-Being at the University of Guelph conducts research and outreach to workplaces
on work-family conflict, workplace policies, and community supports. The Centre
website includes a large selection of resources and links related to work and
family.
Father Involvement
Research Alliance (FIRA)
FIRA is a pan-Canadian alliance of
individuals, organizations and institutions dedicated to the development and sharing
of knowledge focusing on father involvement, and the building of a community-university
research alliance supporting this work.
- incl. links to the following Research
Clusters:
* Immigrant Fathers * Gay/Bi/Queer Fathers
* Separated and Divorced Fathers * New Fathers * Indigenous Fathers * Young Fathers
* Fathers of Children with Special Needs
FIRA
online resources - papers, books, articles, reports, and
and excellent
collection of links to
parenting resources and father resources.
Inventory
of Policies and
Policy Areas Influencing Father Involvement
(PDF file - 2.4MB, 160 pages)
By Donna S. Lero, Lynda M. Ashbourne and Denise
L. Whitehead
May 2006
The purpose of this inventory is "to begin to
identify the various ways current policies and institutional practices may affect
fathers in diverse subpopulations and social circumstances across Canada, and
to encourage discussion, analysis and debate about how policies and practices
might better serve to support fathers."
Child
& Family Canada
...a unique Canadian public education website.
Fifty Canadian non-profit organizations have come together under the banner of
Child & Family Canada to provide quality, credible resources on children and
families on an easy-to-navigate website. The managing partner of the consortium
is the Canadian Child Care Federation
Child
Care Advocacy Association of Canada
"The Child Care Advocacy Association
of Canada (CCAAC) arose from the second Canadian conference on Child Care held
in Winnipeg in 1982. Over 700 delegates from all Provinces and Territories called
for an effective voice to pursue child care issues at the federal level and
to promote a broad consensus of support within all regions of Canada. We are
an incorporated, non-profit, bilingual Association."
Patchwork
to Framework: A Child Care Strategy for Canada - Report Complete
Report (PDF file - 260K, 27 pages) --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Related Links: Open
Letter to Honourable Ken Dryden and the Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible
for Child Care / |