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What's New and the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter

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Archived newsletter issues (starting with the latest at the top):

- June 28, 2009
* [British Columbia] Campbell turns back on kids (Victoria Times Colonist) - June 27
* Aboriginal Children’s Health: Leaving No Child Behind (UNICEF Canada) - June 24
* Manitoba’s poverty reduction plan : All Aboard – Destination Unknown (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - June 22
* [Ontario] Social Assistance Rate Restructuring and the Ontario Child Benefit : fact sheet (Income Security Advocacy Centre) - June 2009
* Ontario Social Assistance Review - new website (Income Security Advocacy Centre)
* Fighting Hunger : Who’s Hungry - 2009 Profile of Hunger in the Greater Toronto Area (Daily Bread Food Bank) - June 18
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
--- General Social Survey: How social networks help Canadians deal with major change, 2008 - June 26
--- Canadian Community Health Survey, 2008 - June 26
--- Health Profile - June 25
--- Health Indicators 2009 - June 25
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, April 2009 - June 25
--- Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2009 - June 23
--- International differences in low-paid work - June 23
--- Employment Insurance, April 2009 - June 22
--- National balance sheet accounts, first quarter 2009 - June 22
--- Sub-provincial and demographic overview - June 22
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - June 27
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* The State of the World’s Children, 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health (United Nations Children's Fund) - January 2009
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)
* The Federal Role in Poverty Reduction in Canada (my speaking notes)

- June 21, 2009
* National Aboriginal Day - June 21
* With Our Best Future in Mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario (Government of Ontario) - June 15
* Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada (The Homeless Hub) - June 18
* [BC] Death Lurks in an Empty Cupboard : In Canada's poorest neighbourhood, bad diets hasten illness and death (The Tyee) - June 19
* [BC] Downtown Eastside (DTES) rents through the roof says report (Carnegie Community Action Project) - June 18
* [Ontario] ISAC Update (newsletter) (Income Security Advocacy Centre) - June 2009
* Consolidated government investments in housing up across Canada (Wellesley Institute) - June 16
* New index to the testimony at the 2009 Parliamentary Committee study on the federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada (Feb.- Jun. 2009) - June 15
* Social Planning Toronto : 2009 Research Roundtable Proceedings - June 14
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
--- First Nations people: Selected findings of the 2006 Census - June 19
--- Consumer Price Index, May 2009 - June 18
--- Leading indicators, May 2009 - June 17
--- Government finance: Revenue, expenditure and surplus, fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 - June 16
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - June 21
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Bulletin N°181 - Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (Paris) - June 15, 2009
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- June 14, 2009
* Recession Relief Fund Coalition - June 10
* Statement of G8 Finance Ministers (Finance Canada) - June 13
* Canada’s non-profit maze: A scan of legislation and regulation impacting revenue generation in the non-profit sector (Wellesley Institute) - May 2009
* Summer Reading List 2009:
--- Parliamentary Committee study: The Federal Contribution to Reducing Poverty in Canada (Feb.- Jun. 2009)
--- Making Sense Out Of Dollars, 2007-2008 - Federal Government Revenues, Expenditures, Deficits and Surpluses from 1994-1995 to 2007-2008
* [Ottawa] From Homeless to Home Project (Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa) - June 2009
* Canadian Index of Wellbeing : First Report of the Institute of Wellbeing - June 10
* The Economic Well-Being of Canadians: Is there a Growing Gap? (Chris Sarlo, Fraser Institute) - May 2009
* Nova Scotia voters elect NDP Majority (Election 2009) - June 9
* [ Ontario ] ISAC UPDATE - April 2009 (Income Security Advocacy Centre)
* Canada to UN: We'll decide what rights we will choose to observe... (Wellesley Institute Blog) - June 8
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
--- Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) - June 11
--- Study: A National Accounts perspective on recent financial events, 2008 - June 11
--- Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 - June 8
--- Pension plans in Canada as of January 2008 - June 8
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - June 14
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- June 7, 2009
* Canadian Government to United Nations Human Rights Council: "No national antipoverty strategy for us --- that's a provincial responsibility." - June 5
* A new architecture for social assistance in Ontario? (John Stapleton in the Toronto Star) - June 2
* British Columbia: the Premier, Employment Insurance and welfare - June 5
* Another view of Canada's Social Forum (held in Calgary May 19-22)
* Tax Freedom Day is June 6 this year: The Fraser Institute - June 5
* $30-Million strategy opening doors for Manitobans with Disability (Manitoba Family Services and Housing) - June 4
* First Nations news:
---Tories plan First Nations overhaul - June 3
--- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Fontaine Retiring - June 4
--- Analysis of Bill C-8: Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act
* National Hunger Awareness Day, June 2 (Food Banks Canada)
* A Poverty Reduction Plan for Canada: the role of the federal government in poverty reduction (25-in-5 Network for Poverty Reduction) - June 1
* Saskatchewan - New Disability Income Support Program starting in Fall 2009
* Two reports from Social Assistance in the New Economy (U. of Toronto)
--- Work, Health and Hunger among Current and Former Welfare Recipients in Toronto (2008)
--- Welfare Time Limits: Symbolism and Practice (2008)
* Ontario gets set to launch provincial housing consultation - May 31
* Nova Scotia Provincial Election 2009 : Tuesday, June 9
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, May 2009 - June 5
--- Income of Canadians, 2007 - June 3
--- Low income cut-offs for 2008 and low income measures for 2007 - June 3
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - June 3
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Tackling Inequalities: 10 Years On (U.K. Department of Health) - May 7
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- May 31, 2009
* The Fiscal Monitor for March 2009 (Finance Canada) - May 29
* British Columbia welfare numbers show continued climb in April (Ministry of Housing and Social Services) - May 29
* Finance Ministers Indicate Canada Pension Plan is Financially Sound (Department of Finance Canada) - May 25
* Employment Insurance - selected readings
* Wake Up Call: The National Vision and Voice We Need for Rural Canada (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) - May 26
* [Ontario] A better tool box for poverty reduction (Toronto Star ) - May 25
* Uninsured: Why EI is Failing Working Ontarians (Community Social Planning Council of Toronto) - May 25
* Ending Chronic Homelessness in Ottawa: Our Vision, Our Plan (Leadership Table on Homelessness) - May 22
* International Productivity Monitor - Spring 2009 Issue (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) - May 28
* Old Age Security / Canada Pension Plan Statistics and other gems from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
* Manitobans call for a poverty reduction plan (Manitoba Office - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - May 2009
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours February 2009 - May 29
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, March 2009 - May 28
--- Employment Insurance, March 2009 - May 26
--- Perspectives on Labour and Income (May 2009 issue) - May 26
>>>>> Employment among the disabled, 1999 to 2004
>>>>> Shifting pensions, 1991 to 2006
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - May 27
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- May 24, 2009
Special Canadian Social Forum Issue (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009)
* Dignity for All - the campaign for a poverty-free Canada
* Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs, 2009 (Canadian Council on Social Development)
* The Canadian Social Forum: Some personal observations
* [Ottawa] Leadership Table on Homelessness launches 10-year plan, announces placement of 100 people in first year - May 22
+ an evaluation of Toronto’s Streets to Homes program by Nick Falvo
* AllAboard - Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction Strategy - May 21
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada)
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- May 17, 2009
* Federal Transfers to Provinces and Territories - Updated to January 2009 (Finance Canada)
* British Columbia : Employable welfare cases up 49.8% in one year (Strategic Thoughts.com) - May 15
* International Day of Families (Vanier Institute of the Family) - May 15
* Video presentations from Ontario housing summit in Toronto on May 11, 2009 (Wellesley Institute) - May 14
* Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - May 2009
* Ontario : Social Assistance, Pension and Tax Credit Rates (Apr-Jun 2009) - Ministry of Community & Social Services
* Saskatchewan launches new program for people with disabilities - May 13
* British Columbia General Election: Liberals win their third straight term - May 12
* Employment Insurance and Women: What You Should Know (New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women) - April 2009
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Canadian Economic Observer - May 2009 - May 14
--- Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 2008 - May 13
--- Juristat - May 2009 - May 13:
***** Residents of Canada's shelters for abused women, 2008
***** Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2007
***** Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2007/2008
***** Trends in police-reported drug offences in Canada
--- Canadian Social Trends, May 2009 online edition - May 12:
***** First Nations people: Selected findings of the 2006 Census
***** Going on vacation: Benefits sought from pleasure travel
***** Life in metropolitan areas
***** Who participates in active leisure?
***** Immigrants in Canada who work in a language other than English or French
***** The impact of working in a non-official language on the occupations and earnings of immigrants in Canada
***** Métis in Canada: Selected findings of the 2006 Census
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - May 13
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009) - Final program
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Society at a Glance 2009 - OECD Social Indicators (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) - May 15
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL (May 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- May 10, 2009
* British Columbia General Election - May 12
* Poverty Reduction Becomes Law in Ontario: Amended Bill 152 Gets All-Party Support (25 in 5 Poverty Reduction Network) - May 6
* Our Schools/Our Selves (early childhood programs), Spring 2009 issue (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - April 27
* Nova Scotia government budget tabled, government defeated on a separate bill - May 4
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, April 2009 - May 8
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours January 2009 - May 6
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - May 6
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009) - Registration ends May 11
* Canada, the OECD and the U.N.
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Going Dutch [taxation and social benefits in Holland] (New York Times) - April 29
* Statement on the April U.S. Employment Report (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) - May 8
* AgeSource/AgeStats Worldwide (American Association of Retired Persons)
* Measuring disparities in health status and in access and use of health care in OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) - March 9
* Australian Policy Online
* CRINMAIL (May 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- May 3, 2009
* Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal launched (Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare) - April 30
* BC Provincial election coverage from Straight.com:
--- Child poverty got worse in B.C. under the Liberals - May 1
--- Child-care crisis is a B.C. election issue - April 28
--- B.C. Liberals haven’t delivered on early child development - April 27
* Is Canada’s Employment Insurance Program Adequate? (TD Economics) - April 30
* Understanding the Link Between Welfare Policy and the Use of Food Banks (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - April 30
* Recession packs biggest wallop since 1930s: Study (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - April 28
* N.B. Liberals abandoning promise to raise social assistance rates (CBC New Brunswick) - April 29
* Delayed BC Govt. report shows no real gains in poverty reduction (The Tyee) - April 27
* Exposing the aboriginal industry (Toronto Star) - April 25
* Ola! April 2009 - E-newsletter of Citizens for Public Justice
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada (May 2009 issue) - May 1
--- Gross domestic product by industry, February 2009 - April 30
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, February 2009 - April 29
---Employment Insurance, February 2009 - April 28
--- Provincial and territorial economic accounts, 2008 - April 27
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - April 29
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (April 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- April 26, 2009
* The Fiscal Monitor for February 2009 (Department of Finance Canada) - April 24
* Income Levels of BC Employment and Assistance (BCEA) Clients after They Leave Income Assistance (BC Ministry of Housing and Social Development) - April 24
* New from the Caledon Institute of Social Policy:
--- Canada's Shrinking Safety Net: Employment Insurance in the Great Recession - April 2009
--- Ontario Poverty Conference (June 10-12, 2009, Kitchener)
* Canadian Labour Online Newsletter - April 24 issue (Canadian Labour Congress)
* Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance hearings on Employment Insurance held April 1 (Progressive Economics Forum) - April 23
* Final Report: Canada’s Aging Population: Seizing the Opportunity (Special Senate Committee on Aging) - April 21
* What's new in The Toronto Star:
--- Frayed safety net for unemployed - April 21
--- Strengthen poverty bill - April 20
* BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office) - April 21
* British Columbia Provincial Election May 12
* [Alberta] Small hike in welfare budget criticized (Edmonton Journal) - April 15
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Study: Hours and earnings of dual-earner couples, 1997 to 2008 - April 24
--- National Graduates Survey, 2007 - April 22
--- Leading indicators, March 2009 - April 22
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009)
* 2009 Canadian Administrators of Volunteer Resources (CAVR) Conference (Edmonton), May 31-June 3, 2009
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - April 22
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (April 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- April 19, 2009
* Cost and Affordability of a Nutritious Diet in Nova Scotia : Report of 2007 Food Costing (Nova Scotia Food Security Network) - April 16
* Ontario allocates Aboriginal housing dollars, claims credit for federal funds (Wellesley Institute) - April 16
* Canada's Quiet Bargain: The Benefits of Public Spending (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - April 15
* Prince Edward Island Budget 2009 - April 16, 2009
* Yukon Budget 2009 - March 19, 2009
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Consumer Price Index, March 2009 - April 17
* Asset-Based Social Programs: A Critical Analysis of Current Initiatives (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - May 2007
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009)
* An Update on the Guaranteed Livable Income (Citizens for Public Justice + Citizen's Income Toronto)
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - April 15
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Rich-Poor Gap Tripled Between 1979 and 2006 (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) - April 17
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (April 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- April 13, 2009
* Redesign of Indian Government Support Programs - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (January-May 2009)
* High rent, low income driving homelessness: researcher (The Financial Post) - April 11
* Alberta Budget 2009 : Building On Our Strength - April 7
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, March 2009 - April 9
--- Foreign direct investment, 2008 - April 8
--- 2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities: Ontario - April 7
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - April 8
* Government of Canada Web Archive
* Internet Research Tools (University at Albany Library)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable (New York Times) - April 11
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content:
--- Taking chances: the effect of growing up on welfare on the risky behaviour of young people - Posted 09-04-2009
--- Measuring disparities in health status and in access and use of health care in OECD countries - Posted 08-04-2009
--- She works hard for the money: Australian women and the gender divide - Posted 06-04-2009
--- International human rights law, women's rights and the Intervention - Posted 06-04-2009
--- Homeless people in the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program: National Data Collection annual report 2007-08, Australia - Posted 03-04-2009
* CRINMAIL (April 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- April 5 , 2009
* Nova Scotia Poverty Reduction Strategy (Nova Scotia Government) - April 3
* Child Poverty in British Columbia (CTV British Columbia) - March/April 2009
* Video slideshows from the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - March 27
--- The Time is Now : A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
--- Poverty Amid Plenty : A Slideshow about Welfare in BC
* Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) payment amounts, tax years 1999 to 2008 (Canada Revenue Agency)
* What's new from the Caledon Institute of Social Policy:
--- Newfoundland and Labrador: Innovative Strategies in Government-Community Collaboration - April 2009
--- Paved with Good Intentions: The Failure of Passive Disability Policy in Canada - April 2009
--- Budgets for Bad Times - April 2009
--- Comprehensive Strategies for Deep and Durable Outcomes - April 2009
--- Gender aspects of Employment Insurance - March 2009
--- “Around the Block”: A Citizen-Generated Community Newspaper in Saint John - March 2009
--- Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: Setting the Table for Change - March 2009
--- The federal role in poverty reduction - March 10
* Minister of Finance Tables Annual Reports on Canada's Participation in World Bank, IMF and EBRD (Finance Canada) - March 31
* Fifth Report Card on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa, Jan–Dec 2008 (Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa) - March 31
* National Child Benefit - site re-launched, links changed, content trimmed
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, January 2009 - March 31
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - April 1
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* U.S. to Join U.N. Human Rights Council, Reversing Bush Policy (Washington Post) - March 31
* [U.S.] Final Report of the Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 - January 2009
* [U.S.] Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity : Poor Measurement Series - March 2009
--- Measuring Poverty in New York City
--- A Truly New Approach to Measuring Economic Inclusion
--- Revisiting the Federal Poverty Measure
* [U.S.] Asset Poverty + Policy Proposals to Reduce Poverty (Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity) - February 2009
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (April 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- March 29, 2009
* New from Finance Canada:
--- Government Implements Pension Measures - March 27
--- Release of The Fiscal Monitor- March 27
* Ontario Budget 2009-2010 - March 26
* Letter to Prime Minister Harper re. forthcoming G-20 meeting on the global financial crisis (Halifax Initiative Coalition) - March 26
* Newfoundland and Labrador Budget 2009 - March 26
* learn$ave - Intermediate Impacts of the Individual Development Accounts Project (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) - March 26
* Manitoba Budget 2009-2010 - March 25
* New homeless report cards in Moncton, Halifax (Wellesley Institute) - March 24
* Federal government commits $60 million to improve Employment Insurance - March 24
* Human Resources and Skills Development Calls for Proposals : (a) Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families (b) Enabling Accessibility Fund
* [Ontario] The Role of Legislation in Reducing Poverty in Ontario - workshop (Income Security Advocacy Centre / Mennonite Central Committee) - March 23
* [BC] Last Resort: Improving Fairness and Accountability in British Columbia’s Income Assistance Program (BC Ombudsman) - March 23
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Perspectives on Labour and Income (March 2009) - March 24
******* Earnings of women with and without children
******* The recent labour market in Canada and the United States
******* Work Absence Rates: 2008
--- Leading indicators, February 2009 - March 23
--- Consumer prices: The year 2008 in review, 2008 - March 23
--- Consumer Price Index, February 2009 - March 19
--- National balance sheet accounts, fourth quarter 2008 - March 16
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 25
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] States cope with rising homelessness (Stateline.org) - March 18
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content:
--- A good time for making work pay? Taking stock of in-work benefits and related measures across the OECD - Posted 27-03-2009
--- Child well-being and sole parent family structure in the OECD: an analysis - Posted 26-03-2009
--- Home truths: mental health, housing and homelessness in Australia - Posted 25-03-2009
--- Reforming Australia's hidden welfare state: tax expenditures as welfare for the rich - Posted 25-03-2009
* CRINMAIL (March 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- March 22, 2009
* [Ontario] McGuinty Government To Increase Ontario Child Benefit And Invest In Affordable Housing - March 20
* Alberta announces $3.2b plan to end homelessness - March 16
* What's new in The Toronto Star:
--- Recession's bite swells welfare rolls - March 20
--- What Ontario has to do to fix the hole in welfare - March 18
--- Poverty strategy belongs in budget - March 17
--- Poverty fight must continue - March 17
* Homelessness in Canada: Past, Present, Future (David Hulchanski, University of Toronto)
* Québec Budget 2009-2010 - March 19
* Recent releases from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
--- Income Inequality and the Pursuit of Prosperity - March 10
--- BC's Growing Gap: Family Income Inequality, 1976-2006 - March 2009
--- CCPA-Nova Scotia's Response to the Minimum Wage Review Committee Report - March 9
--- The Lead-Up : BC Election Commentary from the CCPA
--- The Trouble with Housing for Low-Income People - March 5
* Saskatchewan Budget 2009-10 - March 18, 2009
* Province of New Brunswick 2009-2010 Budget - March 17, 2009
* [Ontario] Economic crisis could stall poverty plan, minister says (Toronto Star) - March 13
* What's new in The Daily (Statistics Canada)
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 18
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (March 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- March 15, 2009
* [Ontario] Fighting Poverty: The Best Way to Beat the Recession (Ontario Association of Food Banks) - March 12
* [Ontario / Ottawa] Welfare woes highlighted by economic slowdown: Drummond (Ottawa Business Journal) - March 12
* ActionPlan.gc.ca and Canada's Economic Action Plan Quarterly Reports + International Monetary Fund Supports Canada's Economic Action Plan (Finance Canada) - March 11
* New Brunswick Poverty Reduction Initiative Update (New Brunswick Social Development) - March 5
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, February 2009 - March 13
--- Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds), Third quarter 2008 - March 12
--- Child and Spousal Support: Maintenance Enforcement Survey Statistics, 2007/2008 - March 12
--- University enrolment, 2006/2007 - March 11
--- University degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded, 2006 - March 11
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, December 2008 - March 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 11
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2008 (Department of Health and Human Services) - December 2008
* [U.S.] Update on state budget cuts (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) - March 13
* PovertyNet Newsletter #123, February 2009 (World Bank) - March 13
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
--- Child care: where we came from and where we’re going - Posted:12-03-2009
--- Measuring the 'real' cost of children: A net wealth approach - Posted 12-03-2009
--- Did Australia's baby bonus increase the fertility rate? - Posted 10-03-2009
--- Integration and social housing in Australia: theory and practice - Posted 10-03-2009
--- Caring for families caring for a person with a disability - Posted 06-03-2009
* CRINMAIL (March 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- March 8, 2009
* Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22, 2009) - Forum program updated to March 4
* BC auditor confirms that province's homeless programs "not successful" (Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia) - March 6
* Public pension consultations, March/April 2009 : Is this the beginning of the end of the "Cadillac" (indexed) pension for federal civil servants?
* Ontario : Put Food in the Budget, says the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (Wellesley Institute) - March 3
* International Women's Day (March 8)
* Ontario needs to step up and tackle social deficit (The Toronto Star) - March 4
* Where’s Home? A Picture of Housing Needs in Ontario, 2008 (Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association & Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada) - March 3
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Earnings differences between immigrants and the Canadian-born – The role of literacy skills - March 4
--- Self-reported delinquency of immigrant youth, Toronto 2006 - March 4
--- Foreign control in the Canadian economy, 2006 - March 4
--- Canadian economic accounts, fourth quarter 2008 and December 2008 - March 2
--- Financial flow accounts, fourth quarter 2008 - March 2
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 4
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* One in 31 U.S. Adults are Behind Bars, on Parole or Probation (Pew Center on the States) - March 2
* [U.S.] Annual Update of the Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines for 2009 (Department of Health and Human Services) - January 23
* Remembering Mollie Orshansky—The Developer of the [U.S.] Poverty Thresholds (Social Security Online) - December 2008
* Reports from the United Nations Human Rights Council (10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council - March 2-27, 2009) - March 5
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (March 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- March 1 , 2009
* Ontario Government tables The Poverty Reduction Act, 2009 - February 25
* The Fiscal Monitor - December 2008 (Department of Finance Canada) - February 27
* The World Social Forum, is it a Model for Political Change? (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 2009
* A strategy for eliminating poverty in Prince Edward Island? (The Charlottetown Guardian) - February 24
* Minister of Finance Launches National Consultations on Private Pensions (Department of Finance Canada) - February 23
* [BC] A Home for All : Solutions-oriented series on affordable housing for working people (The Tyee) - February 2009
* Jobless? Why You Might Not Get Employment Insurance (The Tyee) - February 19
* Social housing in Canada
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Canada's balance of international payments, fourth quarter 2008 - February 27
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, December 2008 - February 26
--- Private and public investment, 2009 - February 25
--- Employment Insurance, December 2008 - February 24
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 25
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* U.S. Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview - February 26
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC, Paris) Bulletin - selected recent content:
--- Ending child poverty within the EU ? : A review of the 2008-2010 national strategy reports on social protection and social inclusion - February 2009
--- Health care reform in the United States - February 2009
--- Micro-simulating child poverty in 2010 and 2020 - February 2009
* CRINMAIL (February 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- February 22, 2009
* Barbarism Lite: The Political Attack on Social Rights (Ed Broadbent in the Toronto Star) - February 21
* Giving credit where earnings are due (Vanier Institute of the Family) - February 2009
* Recent columns by Carol Goar (Toronto Star):
--- Hard times call for Ontarians to pull together - February 20
--- Putting healthy food within reach - February 18
--- Size of your food bill depends on where you live - February 16
* Daily conference blogs by Michael Shapcott (Growing Home: Housing and Homelessness in Canada, Calgary, February 18-20)
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Consumer Price Index, January 2009 - February 20
--- Study: Obesity on the job, 2005 - February 20
--- The labour market in 2008 - February 20
--- Aboriginal Peoples Survey: Health of the Métis population, 2006 - February 19
* British Columbia Budget 2009 - February 17
* 2009-2010 Budget - Government of the Northwest Territories - February 5
* Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories exempt Registered Disability Savings Plans from financial eligibility rules for income assistance - February 2009
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 18
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Newly Poor Swell Lines at Food Banks (The New York Times) - February 19
* Funding for states in economic recovery package will close less than half of state deficits (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) - February 20
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content:
--- South Australia's Social Inclusion Initiative Global education digest 2008: Comparing education statistics across the world - Posted 16-02-2009
--- Global education digest 2008: Comparing education statistics across the world - Posted 16-02-2009
* CRINMAIL (February 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- February 15, 2009
* [Ontario] The Silence of the Lines: Poverty reduction strategies and the crash of 2008 (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - February 12
* [Ontario] A Blueprint for Economic Stimulus and Poverty Reduction in Ontario (25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction) - February 12
* [Ontario] 2009 Emergency Social Services Conference, Toronto (Ontario Municipal Social Services Association) - February 26-27
* Housing bill of rights introduced in Canadian Parliament (Wellesley Institute) - February 11
* [Manitoba] “We got evicted...did I leave that out?” : Stories of Housing and Mental Health (Manitoba Office - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - February 10
* Learning What Works (Newsletter of the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) - February 2009
* Employment links updated (Canadian Social Research Links) - February 10
* Time for a Poverty Reduction Plan for BC (BC Poverty Reduction Committee) - February 5
* Increase welfare payments, Ontario urged (Toronto Community Social Planning Council and others) - February 9
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Study: Persistence in postsecondary education in Atlantic Canada, 2001/2002 to 2004/2005 - February 12
--- Canadian Economic Observer - February 2009 - February 12
--- Households and the Environment Survey, 2007 - February 10
--- Legal Aid in Canada: Resource and Caseload Statistics, 2007/2008 - February 10
--- Provincial and territorial government assets and liabilities, fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 - February 9
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 11
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - President Obama's economic stimulus plan
* [U.S.] Target Practice: Lessons for Poverty Reduction (Center for Law and Social Policy) - January 2009
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (February 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- February 8, 2009
* Federal Government websites: "HTTP Error 404. Please update ALL your links"
* Jobless rate shows EI reform needed (Toronto Star) - February 7
* First Peoples Child & Family Review - Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 (First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada) - February 6
* December 2008 Report of the Auditor General of Canada - February 5
* United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva) : Universal Periodic Review of Canada - February 3
* National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO) re-named Canada Without Poverty, new website - February 3
What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, January 2009 - February 6
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, November 2008 - February 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 4
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (February 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- February 1 2009
* Budget 2009: Canada’s Economic Action Plan (January 27) + Budget media coverage & analysis from various sources - updated to Jan. 29 (CBC - CTV - Globe and Mail - Toronto Star - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Canadian Union of Public Employees - Canadian Labour Congress)
* The Fiscal Monitor - November 2008 (Department of Finance Canada) - January 27
* Canadians could face 'several difficult years': throne speech (CBC.ca) - January 26
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- The Canadian Labour Market at a Glance, 2007 - January 30
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2008 - January 28
--- Employment Insurance, November 2008 - January 27
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 28
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* World Economic Forum / World Social Forum - January 30 to February 1
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (January 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- January 25, 2009
* Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium (Health Canada) - last of six reports released January 21
* Annuaire de statistiques sur l’inégalité de revenu et le faible revenu, édition 2008 (Institut de la statistique du Québec) - December 2008
* What's new from the Vanier Institute of the Family:
--- The Current State of Canadian Family Finances : 2008 Report - January 2009
--- Work/Family Balance: What do we Really Know? - January 15
--- Family Life and Work Life: An Uneasy Balance - January 15
--- Fascinating Families (issue #14) - January 15
* 2008 Vancouver Homeless Count (Metro Vancouver) - September 2008
* Federal Budget 2009:
--- Alternative Federal Budget 2009: Beyond the Crisis (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 23
--- Need and stimulus in harmony (Globe and Mail) - January 20
* Ola! January 2009 (online magazine) - Citizens for Public Justice
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Age and Earnings - January 23
--- Minimum Wage- January 23
--- Income and psychological distress: The role of the social environment - January 21
--- Métis in Canada: Selected findings of the 2006 Census
--- Immigrants in Canada who work in a language other than English or French
--- The impact of working in a non-official language on the occupations and earnings of immigrants in Canada
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 21
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (January 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- January 18, 2009
* Flaherty faces five choices on Employment Insurance (Carol Goar, in the Toronto Star) - January 12
* Données sociales du Québec. Édition 2009 (Institut de la statistique du Québec) - January 13
* Economy best served by reducing government spending and permanently cutting taxes (The Fraser Institute) - January 12
* Submissions to the Federal Pre-Budget Consultation (from Ontario 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction) - January 2009
* Abilities Canada launches its new website (Disability-related resources)
* [Federal] Young offender laws a success: study (Vancouver Sun) - January 12
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Aboriginal Peoples Survey: School experiences of First Nations children aged 6 to 14 living off reserve, 2006 - January 16
--- Canada's population by age and sex, as of July 1, 2008 (correction) - January 15
--- Canadian Economic Observer January 2009 - January 15
--- Study: Impact of public infrastructure on productivity, 1962 to 2006 - January 14
* What's new from The Socialist Project (Toronto):
--- Breaking the Cycle or Going Around in Circles? The Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy - January 3
--- Economic Crisis and the Poor: Probable Impacts, Prospects for Resistance - December 8
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 14
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* What's new from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (U.S.) - Updated January 14
--- Facing deficits, two-thirds of states are imposing cuts that hurt vulnerable residents
--- Most states are cutting education
--- States budget troubles worsen
--- Current and projected state deficits
--- Policy Points: Overview of States and the Weak Economy
* Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty? (New York Times) - April 13, 2008
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* Human Rights Watch World Report 2009 (Human Rights Watch) - January 14
* CRINMAIL (January 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- January 11, 2009
* United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review - Canada (Rob Rainer, National Anti-Poverty Organization) - February 3
* Is a cellphone a basic human right? (Toronto Star) - January 10
* British Columbia in Recession? (StrategicThoughts.com) - January 10
* PovNet : Anti-Poverty Resources in British Columbia and the Rest of Canada
* Federal consultation on private pensions (Department of Finance Canada) ===> January 9 - March 16
* Perception Magazine, Fall 2008 issue (Canadian Council on Social Development) - January 9
* Employment Insurance in desperate need of repair (Toronto Star) - January 9
* Conference updates:
--- Canadian Social Forum (Calgary, May 19-22) - deadline for call for abstracts extended
--- Canadian Symposium For Parental Alienation Syndrome (Toronto, March 27-29) - new promotional video
* 2009 Alternative Federal Budget stimulus package injects 2% of GDP into economy and creates 407,000 jobs (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 6
* When 'poorhouse' wasn't only an expression (The Toronto Star) - January 3
* Income Assistance Program for Members of First Nations - from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, December 2008 - January 9
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, October 2008 - January 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 7
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (January 2009) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)

- January 4, 2009
* Welfare won't be much help [Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy] (John Stapleton, Toronto Star) - December 24
* Obituary (Ontario) : Dorothea Crittenden, Canada's first woman deputy minister reformed welfare and social assistance - December 24
* What's New from the Department of Finance Canada:
--- Tax Expenditures and Evaluations 2008 - December 2008
--- Government helps Canadians maximize their savings with the new Tax-Free Savings Account - January 2
--- Canada’s Government Provides Individuals, Families and Businesses Important New Tax Relief for 2009 - December 31
* Banner year for Canada's CEOs: Record High Pay Increase (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 2009
* Minimum Wage Rates For Workers in Canada - Minimum Wage Database (Labour Program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada)
* Lost and Found : Historical Statistics of Canada (1983) (Statistics Canada)
* What's New in The Daily (Statistics Canada)
* Social Assistance in OECD Countries [in 1996] (An Oldie Goldie!) - United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions
* Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (December 2008) - (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN)