Canadian Social Research Newsletter
February 7, 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.
The e-mail version of this week's
issue of the newsletter is going out to 2,216 subscribers.
Haiti Earthquake
(Canadian Red Cross)
The Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations to
support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
Please give what you can.
* Donate
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* Other
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Source:
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian content
1. Canadian Canadian/Ontario
media websites
2. [British Columbia] Welfare caseloads rise by 27%, appeals by 46%
(Strategic Thoughts) - February 2
3. [Vancouver] ‘Downtown Eastside Connect’ Opens at Woodward's,
panned by social advocates (The Tyee) - February 1
4. Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights (Canadian Feminist
Alliance for International Action) - February 2
5. Armine Yalnizyan on TV Ontario : "Job Creation in a Recession"
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 25
6. What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, January 2010 - February 5
7. What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
International content
8. Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social
issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of
Wisconsin-Madison)
9. [United States] The President's 2011 Budget Proposal - February 1
10. Australian Policy Online - recent content
11. CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)
Have a great week!
Gilles
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Gilles Séguin
Canadian Social Research Links
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net
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1. Top Canadian/Ontario media websites |
Top Canadian/Ontario media websites
* Canadian
Daily Digest * Bourque Newswatch
Canada * Google Canada News *
Yahoo! Canada National News * Canada.Com * AOL Canada News * Canada NewsWire* Canadian Press News Service
* CBC * CTV * Canada.com * Globe and Mail * Ottawa Citizen * Toronto Star * CANOE * CNN
* CPAC Online * BlogsCanada * Canadian Blog Directory
* Blogging Canadians * Progressive
Bloggers* rabble.ca
* Straight Goods
- Go to the Media Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/mediabkmrk.htm
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2. [British Columbia]
Welfare caseloads rise by 27%, appeals by 46% - February 2 |
British Columbia
February 2, 2010
Income
Assistance Caseloads Up - Yet Again
The latest welfare statistics are more bad news for the Campbell
government, and for those who hope for mercy in the March 3rd budget.
Relative to December 2008, the caseload in December 2009 increased by
45.4% for those categorized as "expected to work", and by 15.6% for all
recipients of assistance. That's not the half of it since relative to
December 2006 the "expected to work" caseload was was up 118%, and the
total caseload was up 27%. This is bad news for the 130,341 income
assistance "cases" and bad news for the provincial budget. (...) In his
story in The Tyee about cutbacks to the income assistance appeal
process [see the link below], Andrew MacLeod may have hit on why the
government feels confident that disability caseloads won't takeoff.
MacLeod noted that while the annual report on the appeal process was
released in December, it escaped notice in the media. Income assistance
caseload statistics are reported monthly, but unlike monthly estimates
of employment and unemployment from Statistics Canada, these reliable
administrative data are usually ignored by the media.
Source:
StrategicThoughts.com
Personal website of David Schreck - political pundit, former MLA and
former Special Advisor to the (NDP) Premier
The
latest BC welfare statistics
- December 2009 data, posted January 29, 2010
Related link:
Complaints of
Unfairness Shoot up from Welfare, Disability Recipients
Independent government tribunal had budget cut as appeals rose 46
per cent
By Andrew MacLeod
February 1, 2010
The Employment and Assistance Appeals Tribunal is an independent
government body that listens and rules when people feel they've been
treated unfairly by the ministries that administer disability
assistance, welfare and childcare subsidies. Last year the number of
appeals to the tribunal jumped by 46 per cent. At the same time the
office dealt with a 17 per cent budget cut by shrinking the size of
panels that hear appeals and by using a computer program to train new
tribunal members. The details are included in the
tribunal's 2008-2009 annual report (PDF file - 1.9MB, 32 pages)
Source:
TheTyee.ca
"...your independent alternative daily
newspaper reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond"
- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British Columbia (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk3.htm
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3.
Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights - February 2 |
Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights
February 2, 2010
(Ottawa) Canada is ignoring the basic human rights of the poorest and
most vulnerable Canadian women, says the Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action (FAFIA) in a new report issued today. No
Action: No Progress assesses Canada’s response to priority
recommendations that were made by the United Nations Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women after its review of Canada
in 2008.
Report:
No
Action: No Progress (PDF - 1MB, 27 pages)
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations
made by
the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women in 2008
Source:
Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action
- Go to the the Canadian Non-Governmental Sites about Women's Social Issues page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womencanngo.htm
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4. [Vancouver] ‘Downtown
Eastside Connect’ Opens at Woodward's, panned by social advocates -
February 1 |
‘Downtown Eastside Connect’ Opens at Woodward's
February 1, 2010
VANCOUVER – British Columbians, media and visitors to the 2010 Olympic
Winter Games can learn about the partnerships and investments improving
the quality of life for people in the Downtown Eastside at an
information centre opened today by Housing and Social Development
Minister Rich Coleman and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. “The
Province subsidizes over 7,000 social and supportive housing units
annually and is protecting another 1,280 affordable apartments in this
Vancouver neighbourhood,” said Coleman. “The Connect centre shows how
these investments have made a positive difference both socially and
economically for Downtown Eastside residents because of the strong
partnerships between the Province, City of Vancouver, non-profit groups
and the private sector.” The centre, Downtown Eastside Connect at
Woodward’s, features a wide range of information available in a variety
of formats, showcasing innovative housing, social and economic
development programs. The centre will assist international media to
produce stories about the neighbourhood by connecting them with
non-profit organizations that create positive changes in the community.
Source:
BC Housing
Related links:
Downtown
Eastside info centre a "whitewash" say residents
By Colleen Kimmett February 1, 2010
(...) Wendy Pederson of the Carnegie Community Action Project called
the centre a "whitewash."
"We're offended that BC Housing is trying to manage the messaging of
homelessness and poverty and the Downtown Eastside. They say that
homelessness is about addiction and mental illness; it's not true,"
Pederson said. "We have a housing supply problem. We don't have
low-income housing in this city. We have an income problem. We need to
raise welfare."
Source:
The Tyee
The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is a project of the board of the Carnegie Community Centre Association. CCAP works mostly on housing, income, and land use issues in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver so the DTES can remain a low income friendly community.
Also from The Tyee:
Sun,
Province to Promote Governments' Homeless Message
CanWest newspapers co-sponsor government-run
public relations centre in Downtown Eastside during Olympics
By Sean Holman, 27 Jan 2010
Vancouver's two major newspapers are sponsoring a government-run centre
that will tell international media covering the 2010 Winter Olympics
about how the province is dealing with homelessness issues in the
city's troubled Downtown Eastside. Media observers say The Vancouver
Sun and The Province should investigate the veracity of the information
that will be presented by the centre, not sponsor it. But The
Province's editor-in-chief has said that sponsorship deal would only
create a conflict of interest if it had been arranged by the paper's
newsroom -- which it wasn't.
- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British Columbia (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk3.htm
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5. Armine Yalnizyan
on TV Ontario : "Job Creation in a Recession" - January 25 |
Watch Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan of the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
discuss'Job creation in a recession'
(The Agenda, TV Ontario)
January 28, 2010
On January 25th, 2010, the CCPA's Armine Yalnizyan appeared on
Television Ontario's 'The Agenda' to discuss 'Job creation in a
recession', part one of the show's look at the state of employment
today. Armine warns that the 'triple threat' of household debt, growing
inequality, and poor job/social security is still a big challenge for
Canadians.
Panelists:
Karl Moore, associate professor with the
Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University
Carmi Levy, independent technology analyst and journalist based
in London, Ontario
Don Drummond, senior VP and chief economist with TD Bank
Financial Group
Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist at the Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives
Steve Maich, editor of Canadian Business magazine
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.
Related link:
The Agenda with
Steve Paikin
[ TV Ontario ]
- Go to the Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/research.htm
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6. The British
Columbia Atlas of Wellness (2007) :
recent supplements - January 2010 |
From the
University of Victoria Department of
Geography:
Recent supplements to
The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness:
The original report:
The
British Columbia Atlas of Wellness (2007)
The BC Atlas of Wellness was created in partnership with the University
of Victoria Geography Department, and it uses the ActNow BC initiative
(2005) as a framework to present its findings. It consists of more than
270 maps and supporting tables that provide data related to
approximately 120 wellness-related indicators for B.C. communities,
where positive and negative indicators are offset against each other to
give an overall wellness score.
What's new?
Supplements to The BC Atlas of Wellness,
(organized in reverse chronological order)
based on data from the Canadian Community Health Survey:
* The
Geography of Wellness and Well-being Across BC (2010)
This Supplement examines geographic patterns of wellness and wellbeing
among the province's 16 Health Service Delivery Areas.
* The
Geography of Wellness and Well-being Across Canada (2009)
This Supplement examines geographic patterns of wellness and wellbeing
among Canadian provinces and territories, and it examines differences
between genders and among differing age cohorts at the national and
individual provincial and territorial levels.
* The
Seniors Supplement (2008)
This supplement focuses on seniors’ wellness, and it provided maps of
39 separate indicators at the 16 Health Service Delivery Areas level
for the province based on the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Critical
Synthesis of Wellness Literature (PDF - 412K, 45 pages)
By Gord Miller and Leslie T. Foster
May 2009
< Begin first lament of February. >
1. A cautionary tale for
would-be Flash site designers: DON'T!
Except for the bottom link above, which is a PDF file, the rest of the
Atlas of Wellness pages are designed in Flash.
ARGH. Good luck bookmarking these reports or finding your way back to
them later.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
See Flash Sucks .org
2. Pleeeeeeze date your reports!
3. FILESIZES!!! The complete original Atlas is a 145MB PDF file.
C'mon --- this is ridiculous even for someone with a high-end broadband
connection.
The individual chapter downloads for all of the reports are all way too
large.
The "Critical Synthesis" file above is the only one that appears
reasonable in size.
If your web design team can't optimize PDF files, try contracting out
to an outfit that does.
< /End first lament of February. >
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Related links:
ActNow BC
initiative (BC Govt.)
ActNow BC was introduced in early 2005 to encourage British Columbians
to make healthy lifestyle choices to improve their quality of life,
reduce the incidence of preventable chronic disease, and reduce the
burden on the health care system. ActNow BC is an integrated,
government-wide approach that engages the contributions of partners in
other levels of government (e.g., municipalities), non-government
organizations, schools, communities, and the private sector to develop
and deliver programs and services to assist individuals to quit or
never start smoking, to be more physically active, eat healthier foods,
achieve and maintain a healthy weight, and make healthy choices in
pregnancy.
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From BC Stats:
An interactive version of the Canadian Community
Health Survey
(2005, 2007 and 2008) wellness indicators and socio-economic census
variables (2006):
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From the
Vancouver Sun:
Wellness
atlas looks into what makes a healthy life in B.C.
By Craig McInnes
January 10, 2008
(...) Now geographers at the University of Victoria have published an
atlas of the province that looks at more than 100 indicators they
relate to wellness. The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness by Leslie
Foster, a former senior public servant with the provincial government
and an adjunct professor at UVic, Peter Keller, the dean of social
sciences, and a baker's dozen of other contributors includes obvious
topics such as smoking, healthy eating and exercise. But it also
includes dozens of other factors that speak to a more sophisticated
definition of what goes into supporting a healthy life. They look at
family structure, employment rates, the availability of emotional
support, graduation rates and whether students feel safe at school.They
look at access to playing fields, whether babies are breast fed,
weight, the ephemeral question of whether people are satisfied with
their lives and even hours of sunshine..."
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From the
Atlas of Canada (Govt. of
Canada):
Health
List of Topics:
* Health Behaviours * Non-medical Determinants of Health * Health
Resources * Rural Health * Health Services Utilization * Health Status
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- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British
Columbia (D-W) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk3.htm
- Go to the Poverty Measures -
Canadian Resources page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty.htm
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7. What's New in The
Daily [Statistics Canada]: |
Selected content from
The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
February 5, 2010
Labour
Force Survey, January 2010
Employment increased by 43,000 in
January, all in part time, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.1
percentage points to 8.3%. January marks the fourth employment gain in
six months.
- scroll to the bottom of the page for the
following tables:
* Labour force characteristics by age and sex
* Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS)
* Labour force characteristics by province
[ See also : Tables by subject: Labour ]
Hmmmm - slow week on the social policy side at
StatCan...
NOTE: The publications links on the Statistics Canada website were not
working on Feb. 7
("A database error occurred")
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The
Daily Archives
- select a month and click on a date for that day's Daily
Source:
The Daily
[Statistics
Canada]
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
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8. What's
new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 7
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What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
February 7, 2010
What's new online
This section archives documents that have been featured on the CRRU
homepage. Items are in chronological order by posting date from the most
recent to the least recent. Follow the title link for details.
Early
learning impact analysis of subsidy removal
3 Feb 10
- Report from the Centre for Spatial Economics estimates the short-term
impacts on the Ontario economy of the ending of $63.5 million in child
care funding.
Cost savings analysis of school readiness in Michigan 3 Feb 10 - Report from Wilder Research (US) estimates the current savings to Michigan from past investments in early childhood, the costs of not investing, and the additional benefits of expansion.
Administration
reverses a decade of indifference: Budget proposal expands quality
child care and early education opportunities
3 Feb 10
- Press release from the Centre for Law and Social Policy summarizes
significance to US child care of the Obama government's latest budget
proposals.
Families
and communities engagement in education
3 Feb 10
- Working paper from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research
reports findings from a 2008/09 study of what parents and teachers
think about parent engagement.
child care in the news
· Ignatieff
champions just cause of our kids
[CA] 3 Feb 10
· Liberals'
daycare pledge
[CA] 3 Feb 10
· Child-care
cuts a risk to economy
[CA-ON] 3 Feb 10
· Child
care, education worth it- Ignatieff
[CA] 2 Feb 10
· Windsor
council votes to get out of the daycare business
[CA-ON] 2 Feb 10
· No
place for 'big box' child care
[CA-ON] 2 Feb 10
· Schools
face fall overload
[CA-BC] 2 Feb 10
· Ontario
eyes lower child care standards
[CA-ON] 27 Jan 10
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9. 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:
February 5:
January 2010 Unemployment Rate
Stimulus Money for State Jobs Programs
Home Energy Assistance and Utility Shutoffs
Child Support Collections - Tennessee
February 4:
2009 Health Care Spending in the US
Extreme Recruitment Foster Care Program
Temporary Housing in Haiti
High School Graduation Rate - Colorado
Abstinence-only Education
Medicaid Reform - Florida
February 3:
2009 Earned Income Tax Credit
Need for Emergency Food Assistance in the US
Jobless Rates in the US
February 2:
Food Stamp Application Process - Colorado
States and Funding for Health Care Plans
Proposed Changes to No Child Left Behind
February 1:
State Budget Cuts to Social Services - California, Missouri
Drug Testing and TANF - Missouri
State Jobless Funds - Utah
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Past
Poverty Dispatches
- links to dispatches back to June 2006
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(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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10. [United States] The President's 2011 Budget Proposal - February 1 |
United States
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2011
February 1, 2010
Each year, the President of the United States
submits his budget request to Congress for the following fiscal year
(beginning October 1), as required by the Budget and Accounting Act
of 1921. Current law (31 U.S.C. § 1105(a)) requires the
President to submit a budget no earlier than the first Monday in
January, and no later than the first Monday in February. Typically,
presidents submit budgets on the first Monday in February.
Source:
Excerpt from
United States federal budget
From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
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Fiscal Year 2011 Budget of the United States
Government
- contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the
President’s priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and
summary tables.
HTML
version - table of contents and links to PDF files for
individual sections of the report
PDF
version (7.3MB, 192 pages)
[ Past budgets - back to 1996 ]
Source:
Budget
of the United States Government: Main Page
[ GPO Access ]
[ U.S. Government Printing Office ]
See also:
The
President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2011
- includes links to:
* President's Message * The Budget * Terminations, Reductions, and
Savings * Analytical Perspectives
* Historical Tables * Supplemental Materials * Appendix *
Supplementals, Amendments, and Releases * OMB Contributors to the Budget
* The President's Budget and Your State * Department Fact Sheets * Fact
Sheets on Key Issues * State Fact Sheets
Source:
Office of Management and Budget
[ The White House ]
___________
Related links:
___________
Statement by Robert Greenstein,
Executive Director, on the President's 2011 Budget Proposal
February 1, 2010
"The President’s budget reflects both the short-term
priority of boosting the economy and creating jobs and the longer-term
priority of bringing deficits under control while meeting important
national needs. There is a strong case for more medium- and long-term
deficit reduction than the budget contains. But the budget likely goes
as far in this area as today’s toxic political environment will allow,
even if the President pushes forcefully for his policies years. Indeed,
many of his proposals that provide fiscal restraint, from closing
unproductive tax loopholes to scaling back agricultural subsidies for
wealthy farm operators, may prove to be beyond what a polarized
Congress, facing continuous roadblocks and with one eye on the fall
election, will produce this year...
View the full statement:
HTML:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3073
PDF (4 pages):
http://www.cbpp.org/files/2-1-10bud.pdf
Source:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org/
CBPP is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working
at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs
that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.
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Obama
budget calls for new spending to lower unemployment, help middle class
Obama unveils deficit-increasing $3.83 trillion budget
By Lori Montgomery and Michael A. Fletcher
February 2, 2010
President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan,
pledging an intensified effort to combat unemployment and asking
Congress to approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the
deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.As President Obama
announced his $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday, Republicans
savaged it as a recipe for fiscal disaster, while Democrats defended
the call to drive record deficits even higher to finance measures aimed
at putting people back to work.
Source:
Washington
Post
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In
$3.8 Trillion Budget, Obama Pivots to Trim Future Deficits
By Jackie Calmes
February 1, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Obama declared in presenting his new 10-year
budget proposal on Monday that “our fiscal situation remains
unacceptable,” but he insisted that the country pursue his ambitious
domestic agenda despite facing swollen budget deficits for the
foreseeable future.
Source:
New York Times
---
Obama’s budget includes record deficit:
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/01/obama-budget.html
---
Obama’s “jobs budget”:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/758894--obama-s-wary-jobs-budget
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The Post on the politics behind Obama’s State
of the Union address – “poverty stalks the middle class”:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2501851
- Go to the Links to American Government Social Research Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
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11.
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, and the
downloads vary depending on the topic you select.
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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 problems * Welfare * Youth
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
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12. CRINMAIL
(Child Rights Information Network - CRIN) |
From the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Latest issue of CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter):
4
February 2010 - CRINMAIL 1145
* DISABILITY: Council of Europe calls
for deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities [news]
* NEPAL: Nepal should suspend adoptions [news]
* URUGUAY: Report of the Special Rapporteur on
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
[publication]
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Rapporteurships
assigned [news]
* EMPLOYMENT: The Campaign for U.S. Ratification
of the CRC
* EVENTS
* CRIN NOTICEBOARD
**NEWS**
2
February 2010 - CRINMAIL 1144
* CRC: Committee adopts Concluding Observations
for 53rd session [news]
* UN: EU politician tapped for UN post against
sexual violence [news]
* COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE: Report of the UN
Working Group [news]
* HAITI: Americans accused of child trafficking
[news]
* INDIA: Protests over Kashmir boy's death [news]
* MAURITANIA: Fatwa alone will not stop female
genital mutilation [news]
* EUROPE: 2010 European Drug Prevention Prize -
call for applications
* EMPLOYMENT: ECLT Foundation
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
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