Canadian Social Research Newsletter
July 4, 2010
Welcome to the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter,
a listing of the new links added to the Canadian Social Research
Links website in the past week.
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issue of the newsletter is going out to 2,290 subscribers.
Scroll to the bottom of this
newsletter to see some notes, a disclaimer
and other stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with social policy...
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE
CANADIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NEWSLETTER:
Canadian content
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1. 2009
Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report - April 2010 |
EI
Monitoring and Assessment Report 2009
Posted to the HRSDC website in April 2010
The 2009 Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report focuses
on the period April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009. The Honourable Diane
Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, tabled the
report in Parliament on April 29, 2010. The report, prepared by the
Canada Employment Insurance Commission, monitors and assesses the
impacts of the Employment Insurance program on the economy, communities
and individuals.
Table of contents:
* Chapter 1 of this report
provides an overview of the Canadian labour market in 2007/08.
* Chapter 2 is an overview of EI benefits (income benefits)
under Part I of the Employment Insurance Act for the same period.
* Chapter 3 gives information about the support provided to
unemployed workers through active re-employment measures, known as
Employment Benefits and Support Measures
* Chapter 4 presents information on EI program administration
and service delivery.
* Chapter 5 analyzes the impacts and effectiveness of the EI
program based on administrative data, internal and external research,
and evaluative studies.
Highlights
* Lowest employment growth in 15 years, due to the global recession in
2008/09
* Access to benefits was high among those who contributed to the
program.
* Regular EI claims increased in 2008/09, in the midst of the first
recession since 1991/92
* Total regular and special benefits paid increased for both men and
women
* Maternity and parental claims increased
* Fishing claims continued to decrease
* There was a significant increase in the number of Work Sharing
agreements
* Active employment measures helped Canadians prepare for, obtain and
maintain employment
Source:
Employment
Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Reports
NOTE: this page of the HRSDC website contains direct links to the
reports for 2009, 2008 and 2007 *only*, along with the following
friendly rejoinder:
"If you would like to request copies of the previous Monitoring and
Assessment Reports, please contact the Publications/Distribution Unit."
That's not accountability, that's obstruction. People should never have
to divulge their identity to access a public report.
Shame on you, HRSDC.
Related links:
* Canada Employment Insurance Commission
* Employment Insurance Regulations
* Canada Gazette: Canada Employment Insurance Commission
Source:
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
HRSDC is responsible for the
administration of EI in Canada.
- Go to the Employment Insurance Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ei.htm
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2.
British Columbia coalition launches legal aid commission - June 28 |
British Columbia coalition launches legal aid commission
June 28, 2010
Concerns over cuts to legal aid services in B.C. have prompted a
coalition of justice groups to launch a public examination of the
system. The Public Commission on Legal Aid will visit 10 B.C.
communities this fall to gather input from British Columbians in order
to make recommendations to the provincial government. The commission is
a joint project of several groups, including the Law Society of B.C.,
the Vancouver Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association's B.C.
branch.
Source:
CBC British Columbia
The Public Commission on Legal Aid has been
established and is supported by the following six funding partners:
* Canadian Bar
Association - BC Branch
* Law Society of British
Columbia
* Law Foundation of
British Columbia
* British
Columbia Crown Counsel Association
* Vancouver Bar Association
* Victoria Bar Association
Related links:
June 24, 2010
The
New Public Commission on Legal Aid Wants to Hear From You
A
timeline of cuts to BC legal aid (from 2002 to April 2010)
Posted January 25, 2010
Source:
PovNet.org
- Go to the Non-Governmental
Sites in British Columbia (A-C) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk2.htm
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3. Canada's
Poverty Hole - Troubling Poverty Trends
- June 21 |
Canada’s
Poverty Hole
New income data suggests troubling poverty trends are unfolding in
Canada
By Armine Yalnizyan
June 21, 2010
Every recession ushers in a rising tide of poverty. As jobless and
underemployed people struggle to make ends meet, the nouveau poor swell
the ranks of the déjà poor. The most recent statistical
update on incomes in Canada was released last week, telling us that in
2008, as the nation headed into a brutal recession, there were just
over 3 million Canadians living in poverty using the standard measure,
Statistic Canada’s after-tax low-income cut-off (LICO). Statistics on
income data come in two years after the fact and much has happened
since 2008. But if past recessions are any guide, between 750,000 and
1.8 million more Canadians will be counted as poor before recovery is
complete. More than one in seven Canadians may have tumbled into
poverty before this is over. Many of them will be working.
( ...)
It is not possible to predict how rapidly poverty will increase, but
without question it will rise. Despite the relatively short span of the
current recession, brutal job losses, tattered safety nets and the
tentative nature of the job recovery suggest a rise in poverty may be
unfolding that is closer to the pattern of the 1990s than the 1980s.
That would mean the body count of Canadians finding themselves in
straightened circumstances might be pushing five million – more than
one in seven Canadians trying to get by. That’s no way to run a
recovery.
Source:
Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
Related link:
June 17, 2010
Income
of Canadians, 2008
Source:
Statistics
Canada
- Go to the Social Research Organizations (I)
in Canada page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/research.htm
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4. The G-20 Toronto Summit - June 26-27, 2010 |
The Official
Final Statement from G-20 Leaders:
The G-20 Toronto Summit Declaration
June 26-27, 2010
HTML
version
PDF
version (494K, 27 pages)
"(...)
5. Recognizing the importance of achieving strong job growth and
providing social protection to our citizens, particularly our most
vulnerable, we welcome the recommendations of our Labour and Employment
Ministers, who met in April 2010, and the training strategy [see
Related Links below] prepared by the International Labour Organization
in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development.
6. We are determined to be accountable for the commitments we have made, and have instructed our Ministers and officials to take all necessary steps to implement them fully within agreed timelines. (...)"
Related links:
* International
Labour Organization (ILO)
* Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)
* The ILO/OECD training strategy:
A
Skilled Workforce for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth:
Proposals to G20 Leaders for a Training Strategy
as per their request in Pittsburgh in September 2009 (MS
Word file - 432K, 46 pages)
Geneva, June 2010
Article by Carol Goar of the Toronto Star
concerning the ILO/OECD Training Strategy:
Skills
training, good jobs and growth
By Carol Goar
June 28 2010
Recognizing they faced the prospect of a jobless recovery, world
leaders pledged nine months ago in Pittsburgh to “support robust
training efforts in our growth strategies and investments.” They asked
the International Labour Organization (ILO), a Geneva-based United
Nations agency, to develop a training strategy for consideration at
their June 27 G20 summit in Toronto. The document, entitled A
Skilled Workforce for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth, was
presented at yesterday’s meeting. It was far-sighted, intelligent and
practical. It gave G20 leaders a way to put decent jobs at the heart of
the post-recession economy. It would be profoundly disappointing if
they ignored the ILO report. It offers the hope of a better future to
the 4.5 billion people they represent. But there appears to be little
political will — at least in Canada — to look beyond the stabilization
of financial markets, the shift from stimulus to restraint and the
provision of targeted assistance to poor countries.
Source:
The Toronto Star
G20/G8 Links
* G20
Toronto Summit (official Govt. of Canada website)
* City of Toronto G20 website
* Integrated Security
Unit website
* Muskoka 2010 G8 Summit (official
Govt. of Canada website)
* G20
coverage on thestar.com
* G20 Toronto star Blog
* PM's G8
representative's blog
* Toronto Community
Mobilization Network
* U of T G8 Information Centre
* 2010 People's Summit
[Thanks to thestar.com (Toronto Star) for posting
this list of G20/G8 links on its website.]
- Go to the G8 / G20 / Globalization Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/global.htm
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5. Safety Net
Frays in Spain, as Elsewhere in Europe - June 27 |
Safety
Net Frays in Spain, as Elsewhere in Europe
By Suzanne Daley
June 27, 2010
(...) For millions of Europeans, modest
salaries and high taxes have been offset by the benefits of their
cherished social model — a cradle-to-grave safety net which, in the
recent boom years, seemed to grow more generous all the time. Now, governments across Europe say they have little choice
but to pull back on social benefits, at least for now. Tax revenues are
falling; populations are aging and rising deficits are everywhere,
threatening the euro. Cutbacks and higher taxes have been announced in
Ireland, Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal. Even France, until recently
a holdout, has now proposed to raise the legal retirement age to 62
from 60.
Source:
New York Times
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other
Countries (Non-Government) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
| 6. What's New in The Daily
[Statistics Canada]: --- Employment, earnings and hours, April 2010 - July 2 --- Study: Police-reported dating violence, 2008 - June 29 --- Study: Where and when youth commit police-reported crimes, 2008 - June 29 --- Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2010 - June 28 |
Selected content from
The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
July 2, 2010
Employment,
Earnings and Hours, April 2010
1. Highlights
2. Note to users
3. Tables
4. Data quality, concepts and methodology
5. User information
6. Related products
7. PDF
version (2.5MB, 385 pages)
[ earlier
editions of this report ]
Related link:
June 25, 2010
Payroll
employment, earnings and hours, April 2010
Non-farm payroll employment rose for the third consecutive
month in April, increasing by 35,600. This brings total gains since the
start of the upward trend in August 2009 to 166,900 (+1.2%).
- includes two tables:
* Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
* Number of employees
Related subjects:
* Labour
* Employment
and unemployment
* Hours
of work and work arrangements
* Industries
* Wages,
salaries and other earnings
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June 29, 2010
Study:
Police-reported dating violence, 2008
In 2008, nearly 23,000 incidents of "dating
violence" were reported to police. These incidents accounted for more
than one-quarter (28%) of police-reported violent incidents perpetrated
by intimate partners. Dating violence represented 7% of total violent
crimes in Canada in 2008.
June 29, 2010
Study:
Where and when youth commit police-reported crimes, 2008
Police-reported data from 2008 indicate that, overall, private
residences were the most common sites for youth crime, more than for
commercial establishments and outdoor public spaces. Nearly one-third
(32%) of young people aged 12 to 17 accused of an offense were involved
in incidents that occurred at a private residence, which includes homes
and surrounding property and structures.
- includes a table:
Percentage of youth accused of a criminal affiance, by affiance
location and type, Canada, 2008
Source:
Summer
2010 issue of Juristat
[ Juristat
main page ]
[ All
Juristat issues in 2010 ]
Related subjects:
* Children
and youth
* Crime
and justice (youth)
* Crime
and justice
* Crimes
and offences
* Victims
and victimization
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June 28, 2010
Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2010
Canada's population has surpassed the 34-million mark. As of
April 1, 2010, the population was estimated at 34,019,000, an increase
of 88,100 (+0.26%) from January 1, 2010. All four western provinces had
growth rates stronger than the national average.
Related subjects:
*
Ethnic diversity and immigration
* Immigrants
and non-permanent residents
* Population
and demography
---
The
Daily Archives
- select a month and click on a date for that day's Daily
Source:
The Daily
[Statistics
Canada]
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- Go to the Federal Government Department
Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
- Go to the Poverty Measures -
Canadian Resources page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty.htm
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7. Jennefer
Laidley's Daily Media Scan
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The Social Researcher's
Daily Media Scan
By Jennefer Laidley
Jennefer Laidley is with the Income Security
Advocacy Centre (ISAC) in Toronto.
Jennefer scans the electronic media for links to items of interest for
social researchers and advocates in Toronto, and she also covers (to a
lesser extent) the provincial, national and international scenes. She
shares her findings in a daily email to her mailing list, and she's
given me permission to reproduce her links on my site and newsletter.
Thanks for agreeing to share your work, Jennefer!
NOTE: Jennefer does her media scan each day she's in the office (below is two days' worth of links from Jennefer), and I'll collate most of those links into a weekly digest of social research issues from the Daily Scan page. I'll be including some of Jennefer's links in my weekly newsletter, as I've already started doing in recent months.
Recent links from Jennefer Laidley:
Wednesday, June 30
...
From:
Jennefer Laidley (ISAC) <laidleyj@lao.on.ca>
Hey there – I’m away now until Monday. Talk to you then.
Stories on the HST:
Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/hst/article/829843--businesses-divided-on-the-arrival-of-the-hst
Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/hst/article/830336--why-ottawa-and-queen-s-park-embraced-the-hst
Star:
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/830105--does-the-hst-have-consumers-running-for-cover
What’s up in BC:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/830269--anti-hst-campaign-reaches-critical-mass-in-b-c
Around the Province:
Al Gosling’s Revenge:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/830246--fiorito-al-gosling-s-revenge
Economy:
Economy stalls in April:
Post:
http://www.nationalpost.com/unchanged+April+StatsCan/3220067/story.html
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/06/30/april-gdp-canada.html
Erin Weir commentary:
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2010/06/30/gdp-stalls/
Canadians feeling less confident:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/canadians-less-confident-in-the-economy-poll/article1622828/
Same thing around the world:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/world-recovery-under-threat-as-growth-slows-stimulus-wanes/article1623760/
Double-dip recession coming to the US , analyst
warns:
http://business.financialpost.com/2010/06/29/u-s-double-dip-recession-is-officially-coming-analyst-warns
Carney joining the Basel Committee:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carney-to-chair-international-financial-forum/article1622884/
Jim Stanford on foxes and hens:
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2010/06/30/fox-guarding-the-henhouse/
The G20 news keeps getting more interesting:
First, is it a new economic model?:
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2010/06/24/the-g20-towards-a-new-economic-model/
And what the G20 meant for people who are
homeless:
http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/829255--fiorito-g20-s-positive-discussion-for-the-homeless
BIG NEWS:
Apparently, the police were just telling a fib about that little
regulation change that curtailed civil liberties in Toronto during the
Summit :
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/29/g20-chief-fence571.html
Post:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/29/police-given-no-special-powers-during-g20-province
Stories of people who experienced its fallout:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/829854--outraged-protesters-rally-against-police
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/830323--g20-detainees-gather-to-heal
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/830109--confusion-rife-at-g20-bail-court
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/29/g20-oiprd-reporters-complaint.html
Largest mass arrests in Canadian history:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/news/g20-related-mass-arrests-unique-in-canadian-history/article1621198/
Adam Radwanski says there’s a whole lot of
‘splaining to do :
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/mcguinty-washes-his-hands-of-police-mistreatment-allegations/article1623731/
Sid Ryan, on what the protests were all about:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/829904--thousands-stood-up-for-humanity
Star calls for public inquiry:
Once:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/829878--mass-arrests-not-justified
Twice:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/830230--why-inquiry-is-needed
Three times:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/830298--excessive-arbitrary-policing
More calls:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/830057--calls-for-g20-inquiry-ratchet-up
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Happy Monday
June 28, 2010
...
From:
Jennefer Laidley (ISAC)
...
Hi all – I’m not going to include a post-mortem on the G20 protests, just a few stories on what the summiteers decided on (see below).
Some international news first:
UK targets people on disability and housing benefits:
Guardian:
http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/skysepQunFNTe3RtcOrYA_w/view.m?id=485499&tid=120787&cat=News
Yahoo:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100628/tuk-welfare-cuts-loom-as-chancellor-eyes-45dbed5.html
Belfast:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/osbornes-warning-over-welfare-bill-14857372.html
Study finds welfare cuts can cost lives:
Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65N6PS20100624?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=76
BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/10403797.stm
Ekklesia:
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/12476
Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624214312.htm
Other Things Going On in Ontario :
Sarnia-Lambton programs help people get off OW –
touted as “best practice”:
http://theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2643563
Henderson says, get the lead out on AODA:
http://www.thestar.com/living/disabilities/article/828644--henderson-enough-with-the-talk-it-s-time-for-action
Now to the G20 Summiteers:
Carol Goar highlights ILO’s training document [ http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ilo_training_strategy.doc
(MS Word file - 431K, 46 pages) ] , presented to G20 leaders this
weekend – this should be a must-read in preparation for the Ontario
Social Assistance Review:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/828920--goar-skills-training-good-jobs-and-growth
Um…. Wasn’t the G20 supposed to be about maternal health? Appears it ended up being about neo-con economic policy….
Summit ends with decision to reduce deficits by half within three years, then reduce debt by 2016 – all voluntary, of course, but very reminiscent of the 1990s:
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/27/g20-economics.html
Post:
http://www.nationalpost.com/Canada+scores+solid+experts/3209232/story.html
Post:
http://www.financialpost.com/news/deals+deficit+debt+stabilization+strong+Canada/3208422/story.html
Argentina’s President doesn’t agree with deficit
fighting:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/economy/europes-focus-on-cutting-deficits-absolutely-wrong-argentine-president/article1620028/
$1 billion spent on riot police to keep regular
folks out, but hand-picked business leaders get to speak to the G20 and
tell them what THEY want??:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/economy/for-business-leaders-debt-reduction-not-stimulus-spending-is-top-priority/article1620804/
No bank tax. What a surprise:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/economy/canada-beats-back-bank-tax-at-g20/article1620278/
Globe thinks deficit cutting is great news:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/deficit-reduction-agreement-clear-welcome/article1620927/
Star thinks the summit was great:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/829514--summit-proves-worth
Simpson thinks it’s all for show:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/the-g20-summits-bottom-line-good-intentions/article1620694/
Walkom has a good take:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/829484--walkom-g20-flounders-on-economy-after-promising-start
Naomi Klein, on what the G20 did and did not
achieve:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/sticking-the-public-with-the-bill-for-the-bankers-crisis/article1620729/
Across the Country:
Still can’t believe Vander Zalm has returned
(makes me all shuddery), but here he is launching recall campaigns in
BC:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/06/24/bc-recall-campaign-hst.html
By Jennefer Laidley
Interim Research and Policy Analyst
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
425 Adelaide Street West, 5th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3C1
Phone: 416-597-5820 x 5155
Fax: 416-597-5821
ISAC website:
www.incomesecurity.org
Social Assistance Review website:
www.sareview.ca
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- Go to The Social
Researcher's Daily Media Scan -
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/jennefer_media_scan.htm
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8. What's
new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - July 4
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What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
July 4, 2010
What's new online:
[This section archives documents that
have been featured on the CRRU homepage..]
Child
care is a right
30 Jun 10
- Project by the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC will explore
Canada's international treaty obligations to women, children and
families as they pertain to child care.
What
is your image of the child?
30 Jun 10
- UNESCO Policy Brief by Peter Moss discusses how social constructions
of the child shape policies, provisions and practices; uses Reggio
Emilia as an example.
Occupational
standards for early childhood educators: Companion documents
30 Jun 10
- Child Care Human Resources Sector Council has released a task profile
chart and how-to guide to accompany their recent occupational standards
document.
Children,
pupils and staff: National level
30 Jun 10
- Report from the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket)
presents Sweden's official statistics on pre-school activities,
school-age child care and schools.
child care in the news:
[This section features interesting and noteworthy news
about ECEC and related issues in Canada and internationally.]
· Did
'tough love' cut poverty rate?
[CA] 30 Jun 10
· Japan
urges more dads to swap desk for diapers
[JP] 29 Jun 10
· Revelstoke
neighborhood learning center breaks ground
[CA-BC] 29 Jun 10
· School
boards add more full-day classes
[CA-ON] 28 Jun 10
· Families
face barriers to Vancouver childcare
[CA-BC] 21 Jun 10
· More new dads take parental leave [CA] 16 Jun 10
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Links to child
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9. Wiktionary |
Wiktionary, the free dictionary (English-language version)
Wiktionary is a collaborative project to produce a free-content
multilingual dictionary.
- includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language
statistics and extensive appendices
- includes not only the definition of a word, but also enough
information to really understand it --- etymologies, pronunciations,
sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations.
- Go to the Reference Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/reference.htm
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10. 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 several times a week
- scan of 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 Poverty Dispatch:
July 2:
June 2010 US Unemployment Rate
Summer Meal Programs for Children
Voter ID Law - Indiana
July 1:
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
State Minimum Wage - Illinois
State Budgets and Medicaid
Section 8 Housing - New York City
Jobless Benefits Extension
Poverty and Academic Achievement - Tennessee
June 30:
Recession and Loss of Employment
Electronic Benefit Transfers and Casinos - California
Health Care Reform and Part-Time Workers
Right to Information Law - India
June 29:
State Budgets and Federal Stimulus
Report: Cost of Living - California
Delivery of Food Stamp Benefits - Texas
June 28:
State Budgets and Medicaid
Gulf Oil Spill and Low-Wage Workers
Cities and Tax-Increment Financing (TIF)
---
Past
Poverty Dispatches
- links to dispatches back to June 2006
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Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty
(IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]
- 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
- Go to the Poverty Measures -
International Resources page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty2.htm
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11.
World Social Science Report 2010 - June 25 |
World Social Science Report 2010
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/reports/world-social-science-report/
Where are people most likely to study the social sciences? Where are
most of the academic publications in social sciences based? These are
but a few of the questions asked (and answered) within the pages of the
World Social Sciences Report 2010. The report was compiled by a
blue-ribbon panel of social science experts. Interestingly, this report
was a follow-up to the World Social Science Report published in 1999.
The report has a number of positive findings, including the observation
that the social sciences are "taught almost everywhere and their
research results are widely disseminated, increasingly by new
information technologies." The full report is 444-pages, and it
includes chapters on the fragmentation of knowledge, the divide between
academic disciplines, and the "sometimes tense relations between
academics and society." For those who might be pressed for time, there
is also a 28-page
executive summary (PDF - 1.6MB)
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report, Copyright
Internet Scout Project 1994-2010
Source:
UNESCO (United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
"Building peace in the minds of people"
- Go to the United Nations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/un.htm
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12.
Australian Policy Online - recent content
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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.
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Week ending July 3, 2010
Most viewed this week on APO:
1. Who will benefit from the 1 July 2010 tax cuts?
2. Our future world: an analysis of global trends, shocks and scenarios
3. The future of cloud computing
4. Campaigning to Christians
5. Victory over bad urban planning
[You'll find these links on the APO home page.]
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New Research : Social
Policy | Poverty
- topics include:
* Community * Cultural diversity * Families & households * Gender
& sexuality * Immigration & refugees * Population * Poverty *
Religion & faith * Social Inclusion * Social problems * Welfare *
Youth
Week ending July 3, 2010
Most viewed this week:
1. Who will benefit from the 1 July
2010 tax cuts?
2. Our future world: an analysis of global trends, shocks and scenarios
3. Campaigning to Christians
4. The hidden toll: suicide in Australia
5. Promoting social inclusion in adaptation to climate change
[You'll find these links on the APO Social Policy page.]
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
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13. CRINMAIL
(Child Rights Information Network - CRIN) |
Child Rights Information Network
http://www.crin.org/
Established in 1995 and based in London, the Children's Rights
Information Network (CRIN) uses the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) as their inspiration. Visitors unfamiliar
with the reasons for the need for a group that advocates for the rights
of children should check out the "Issues" tab. The CRIN Quiz section is
a good place for visitors to learn about some of the specifics of
children's rights in various countries, such as the "African Committee
on the Rights and the Welfare of the Child" from 15/03/2010 and "Child
Rights and the United States" from 05/11/2008. There are also quizzes
on some specific issues that involve children, such as "Child Slavery"
from 28/03/2007 and "Quiz on Children Affected by Armed Conflict" from
24/11/2006. The "Information By Country", which can be accessed on the
left hand side of the homepage, features International Law, National
Law, and Regional Law related to the country, as well as the "Latest
Resources", which include such valuable guides as the "Human Rights
Watch: Global Report 2010"
Reviewed by:
The Scout Report, Copyright
Internet Scout Project 1994-2010
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From the
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN):
Latest issue of CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter):
30
June 2010, issue 1181
In this issue:
Editorial: Children and drug use
Latest news and reports:
- Urging reform (justice systems, Human Rights Council)
- End impunity for torture (International Day in Support of Torture
Victims, Argentina)
- New guidelines mooted on business and children's rights
- Update: Elections to the African Committee
- Follow-up: Banning the veil / Children and sexuality
- Also includes:
* World news * Reports * Events * Laws * Issues * Advocacy *
Challenging breaches * Take action * Campaigns * Toolkits
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Links
to Issues of CRINMAIL
- links to hundreds of 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, the Convention on the Rights of
the Child and the launch of the EURONET Website.
NOTE: see http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
for the table of contents for, and links to, several months' worth of
issues of CRINMAIL.
Source:
CRINMAIL(incl. subscription
info)
[ Child Rights Information
Network (CRIN) ]
I am solely accountable for the choice of links
presented therein and for the occasional editorial comment - it's my
time, my home computer, my experience, my biases, my Rogers Internet
account and my web hosting service.
I administer the mailing list and distribute the weekly newsletter
using software on the web server of the Canadian
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Thanks, CUPE!
If you wish to subscribe to the e-mail version of newsletter, go to the
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You can unsubscribe by going to the same page or by sending me an
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