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What's
new from Human Resources and Social Development Canada (June 2009): |
What's
new in June 2009 from
Human
Resources and Social Development Canada:
* The
Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,
is leading consultations with Canadians on the ratification of the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. To participate in the online
consultation, please visit the
Public Consultations page.
This consultation ends July 31.
* A national Elder Abuse Awareness campaign and a federal Elder Abuse Initiative Call for Proposals under the New Horizons for Seniors program launched on June 15, 2009.
*
The Office
of Literacy and Essential Skills has developed a number of tools to help
employers, learners and practitioners address Literacy and Essential Skills challenges.
Visit the Literacy
and Essential Skills Toolkit to access 17 new tools and much more.
*
New
Horizons for Seniors Program — The calls for proposals for Community
Participation and Leadership Funding and Capital Assistance Funding are now open
in Quebec until September 11, 2009.
NOTE: this last item was actually in the
May What's New update for HRSDC.
- Go to the
Disability Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/disbkmrk.htm
- Go to the Human Resources
and Skills Development Canada Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/hrsdc.htm
- Go to the Seniors (Social Research) Links
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/seniors.htm
Canada’s
Declining Social Safety Net: The Case for Employment Insurance Reform
- June 2009 |
Canada’s
EI benefits well below OECD average: study
Press Release
June
30, 2009
OTTAWA—Employment Insurance benefits in Canada are well below
the OECD average, says a new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (CCPA). The study, by economist Lars Osberg, finds that in terms
of access, benefit duration, and income replacement levels, EI in Canada falls
far below most other OECD countries and below the levels of Canadian unemployment
insurance in past recessions.
Complete report:
Canada’s
Declining Social Safety Net:
The Case for EI Reform (PDF - 592K,
28 pages)
June 2009
By Lars Osberg
"(...) Between October 2008 and
May 2009, 363,000 Canadians lost their jobs — and the OECD projects unemployment
to rise to 9.8% in 2010. In this global recession, the weakness of Canada’s
Employment Insurance (EI) system has become a glaring federal policy omission.
This study looks at income protection for the unemployed, federally and elsewhere,
and makes a strong case for EI reforms." (Excerpt from the Executive Summary)
Source:
Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social
and economic justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading
progressive voices in public policy debates.
[ more
CCPA reports and studies ]
[ all
CCPA publications ]
- Go to the Employment Insurance Links page : http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ei.htm
[BC]
Pathways to Health and Healing
: Second Report on the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia
(2007) - Released June 25 |
Pathways
to Health and Healing (PDF - 8.9MB)
Second Report on the Health
and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia
Provincial Health
Officer's Annual Report 2007
Release date June 25, 2009
This report
contains eight chapters encompassing discussions on determinants of health, pregnancy,
infants and children, diseases and injuries, physical environment, and health
services, with a chapter devoted to recommendations on improving the health of
the Aboriginal population in BC. In addition, with the availability of the 2006
Métis Nation BC Survey, a chapter is also provided on the health and wellbeing
of the Métis population in the province. The report also includes examples
of best practices, programs, and success stories in various Aboriginal communities
in the province.
Appendix
(PDF 1MB, 211 pages)
- extensive collection of vital statistics and demographic
tables, including some comparisons of mortality and morbidity between status Indians
and non-Aboriginal people.
Source:
Office
of the Provincial Health Officer
[ Ministry
of Healthy Living and Sport ]
[ Government
of British Columbia ]
- Go to the First
Nations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm
- Go to the BC Government
Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk.htm
Winning
and Losing at Welfare : Saskatchewan and Canada, 1981-1989 - September 1989 |
Found - An Oldie Goldie:
WINNING
AND LOSING AT WELFARE:
SASKATCHEWAN AND CANADA, 1981-1989 (PDF
- 13.5MB, 57 pages)
By Graham Riches and Gordon Ternowetsky
September 1989
-
includes three complete papers:
* Child Hunger and Family Poverty in Saskatchewan
: Broadening the Debate
* Who are the Real Welfare Bums?
* Welfare Reform
in Saskatchewan : Implications for the Poor, Labour and Social Work
Source:
Working
paper series (browse 21 reports by title)
Social
Policy Research Unit (formerly Social Administration Research Unit)
* 19
links to occasional papers
* Child
poverty report cards for Saskatchewan - 2000 to 2006
[ Faculty
of Social Work ]
[ University
of Regina ]
- Go to the Saskatchewan Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/skbkmrk.htm
What's
New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]: |
What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
July
3
Canada at a Glance 2009
HTML
PDF
(3.4MB, 27 pages)
Canada at a Glance 2009 presents the current Canadian demographic,
education, health and aging, justice, housing, income, labour market household,
economic, travel, financial, agricultural, foreign trade and environmental statistics.
This booklet also includes important international comparisons, so that readers
can see how Canada stacks up against its neighbours. Updated yearly, Canada at
a Glance is a very useful reference for those who want quick access to current
Canadian statistics.
[ earlier
editions of this report ]
Source:
Canada
at a Glance - main product page
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The Daily Archives
- select a year and month from the drop-down menu to view releases in chronological
order
[ Statistics Canada ]
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Go to the Social Statistics Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/stats.htm
- Go to the
Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs)
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - June 27 |
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
June 27, 2009
About
Canada: Childcare
24 Jun 09
- Just published – a new
book co-authored by CRRU director Martha Friendly and University of Manitoba Sociologist
Susan Prentice.
Atkinson
Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development: Engaging families and community
in early years programs
24 Jun 09
- Presentations from the
6th annual Summer Institute hosted by George Brown and the Atkinson Centre for
Society and Child Development.
Special
review: Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut
24 Jun 09
- Book
review by Steven Barnett on Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut describing the inaccuracy
of the book and giving evidence why preschool for all benefits all.
Foundations
of inclusion birth to five
24 Jun 09
- Video from CONNECT
focusing on inclusion and effective practices to help providers develop evidence-based
decision making skills.
Parents
and the high price of child care: 2009 update
24 Jun 09
-
Report from NACCRRA presenting 2008 data on child care costs in the United States.
Child care costs are increasing and often exceed other household expenses.
With
our best future in mind: Implementing early learning in Ontario
17
Jun 09
- Report to the Premier of Ontario from Charles Pascal, the Premier's
Special Advisor on Early Learning.
child care in the news
· The
payback on early learning makes it a dollars and sense proposition
[CA-ON]
23 Jun 09
·
Letters to the editor regarding the Early Learning Advisor’s report
[CA-ON]
22 Jun 09
· Alberta
minister ignites furor over ‘raising kids right'
[CA-AB]
22 Jun 09
· Early
learning makes business sense
[CA] 22 Jun 09
·
What's
best for children?
[CA] 20 Jun 09
·
Iris,
eyes are rolling over parenting views
[CA-AB] 18 Jun 09
·
Parents
shouldn't have to settle
[CA-ON] 18 Jun 09
·
The Agenda
with Steve Paikin: Interview with Charles Pascal
[CA-ON] 16 Jun
09
Related Links:
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Sign up to receive email notices
of updates and new postings on the CRRU website which will inform you of policy
developments in early childhood care and education, new research and resources
for policy, newly released CRRU publications, and upcoming events of interest
to the child care and broader community.
Links to child care sites in Canada and elsewhere
CRRU
Publications - briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other
publications
ISSUE
files - theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links
to further info
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
The
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) is a policy and research oriented
facility that focuses on early childhood education and child care (ECEC) and family
policy in Canada and internationally.
- Go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm
| Poverty Dispatch:
U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
Poverty Dispatch (U.S.)
------------ (the content of this link changes continuously
- provides links
to U.S. web-based news items dealing with topics such as poverty, welfare reform,
child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.
Latest issues of the Poverty Dispatch:
June
25, 2009
* Joblessness and Unemployment
* TANF Programs - Massachusetts,
Florida
* Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program - Sacramento, CA
* Homelessness
Programs - New York City
* Cellular Technology and Banking for the Poor
* Microlending and Business Training Programs
* States and Health Care Coverage
* Economic Stimulus Spending - Michigan, Kansas
* Report: Zero-tolerance and
School Expulsions - Michigan
* Family and Sick Leave
June
22, 2009
* Joblessness and Unemployment
* State Medicaid Cuts
* Medicaid Reform - Illinois, Florida
* Increasing Need for Assistance Programs
* Debt and Poverty Measurement
* Homelessness and Housing Programs
* State
Budget Cuts
* Utility Bills and Shut-offs - Michigan
* UN Report: World
Hunger
* State Minimum Wage - Illinois
* Job Losses and Child Support
Payments
* Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren - United Kingdom
Past
Poverty Dispatches
- links to two dispatches a week back to June 2006
Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]
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Go to the Links to American Government Social Research page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (A-J) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us2.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (M-Z) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm
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Go to the Poverty Measures - International Resources page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty2.htm
| Australian Policy Online |
Australian
Policy Online (APO)
APO is a news service and library specialising
in Australian public policy reports and articles from academic research centres,
think tanks, government and non-government organisations. The site features opinion
and commentary pieces, video, audio and web resources focussed on the policy issues
facing Australia. [ About APO
]
NOTE : includes links to the latest APO research; the five most popular downloads
of the week
appear in a dark box in the top right-hand corner of each page,
and the downloads vary depending on the topic you select.
New
Research : Social Policy | Poverty
- topics include:
* Community
* Cultural diversity * Families & households * Gender & sexuality * Immigration
& refugees * Population * Poverty * Religion & faith * Social problems
* Welfare * Youth
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
CRINMAIL -
June 2009 |
Child
Rights Information Network (CRIN)
CRIN is a global network coordinating
and promoting information and action on child rights. More than 2,000 member organisations
and tens of thousands more activists from across the world rely on CRIN for research
and information. CRIN presses for rights, not charity, for children and is guided
by a passion for putting children’s rights at the top of the global agenda
by addressing root causes and promoting systematic change. Its guiding framework
is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Latest
issue
of CRINMAIL
(email newsletter on child rights):
16
June 2009 - CRINMAIL 1093
* REPORT: Easier said than done: 20 years
of children's rights [conference report]
* CRC: Committee adopts concluding
observations for the 51st session [news]
* EDUCATION: Right to education survey
*
PERU: First World Congress on Restorative Juvenile Justice [event]
* TANZANIA:
Influencing Policy for Children in Tanzania: Lessons from Education, Legislation
and Social Protection [publication]
* CHILD LABOUR: Give Girls a Chance: Tackling
child labour, a key to the future [publication]
* EXPLOITATION: Travelling
Child-Sex Offenders in South East Asia: A Regional Review [publication]
**NEWS
IN BRIEF**
Links
to all issues of CRINMAIL
- links to 300+ weekly issues, many of which
are special editions focusing on special themes, such as the 45th Session of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Source:
CRINMAIL(incl.
subscription info)
[ Child Rights Information
Network (CRIN) ]
- Go to the Children's Rights Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
Bing
Formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search, Bing is a web search
engine (advertised as a "decision" engine), Microsoft's current incarnation
of its search technology. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009,
Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009. Notable
changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are
entered, and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane" on the
left side of search results), based on semantic technology from PowerSet, which
Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share
search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook, and email. Most
of the new features in Bing currently are only available in the United States
version.
Reviewed by:
Wikipedia
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click the Wikipedia link for the complete article about Bing
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Our
Art Art Hour (video)
http://funnyvideos.todaysbigthing.com/2009/06/29
The
punch line is the first item up on the show, at the end of the video.
ROFL.
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Things I hated when I was a kid:
(#37) Mom dragging
me to the Husky Boys section at Freiman's (Ottawa dept. store) for my annual back-to-school
clothing ordeal.
...like #12 in this collection of creepy vintage ads:
http://www.retrocomedy.com/2009/07/15-creepiest-vintage-ads-of-all-time.html
What
was new before that?
- This is a link to the online version of the
June 21 issue of the Canadian
Social Research Newsletter.
[ See Earlier issues of the newsletter - incl. the table of contents for each issue right back to January 2005....]
What's New and the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter:
Whenever I add a link to any page on the Canadian Social Research Links site, I copy it to this What's New page. At the beginning of each week, usually on Sunday, I copy the content directly from this page into the Canadian Social Research Newsletter and send it by e-mail to subscribers. I also create an HTML version of the newsletter (see the links immediately below), which I post to my site. The HTML version of the newsletter also serves as an archive for "old" content from this What's New page.
NOTES:
1.
I don't update the links in the newsletter, so you'll definitely find some broken
ones in there, especially in the older issues.
2. If you plan to link from
your website to any of the newsletters below, or to add one or more issues of
this newsletter to your Internet Explorer Favorites or your Netscape/Firefox Bookmarks,
please note that I clean up server space for my site from time to time by deleting
older newsletters. Feel free to download any of the newsletters below to your
own computer before they disappear...
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Archive*
*NOTE: On the Canadian
Social Research Newsletter page,
you'll find the table of contents
for each issue along with the links that you see below.
You
can read older issues of this newsletter back to September 2003
by going to
the "csrl-news archive" of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) web site.
[In the list below,
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