Canadian Social Research Newsletter
November 9, 2008
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 1916 subscribers.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Canadian content
1.
Veterans' Week 2008 - November 5-11 (Veterans Affairs Canada)
2. New U.S. leader has vowed to cut poverty. Now it's time to see what Canada
can do (Toronto Star) - November 8
3. Canadian Symposium For Parental
Alienation Syndrome (Toronto) - March 27-29, 2009
4. Down But Not Out - the
homeless and their environment in Toronto - Ronzig
5. What's New in The Daily
(Statistics Canada):
--- Labour Force Survey, October 2008 - November
7
--- Provincial and territorial economic accounts, 2007 - November
6
--- Savers, investors and investment income, 2007 - November 6
--- Registered retirement savings plan contributions, 2007 - November 5
--- Study: Canada's rural demography, 1851 to 2006 - November 4
---
Charitable donors, 2007 - November 4
--- Employment, Earnings and
Hours, August 2008 - November 4
--- Study: Leaving a postsecondary
education without graduation, December 2005 - November 3
6. Québec
: general election scheduled for December 8, 2008 - November 5
7. What's new
from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - November 5
International content
8. Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage
of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University
of Wisconsin-Madison)
9. U.S. - President-Elect Barack Obama and Poverty in
the U.S. - November 5
10. Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected
recent content:
11. CRINMAIL (November 2008) - (Child Rights Information Network
- CRIN)
Have a great week!
|
1. Veterans' Week 2008 - November 5-11 |
Veterans'
Week 2008 - November 5-11
- Canada Remembers
November 2008
Canada's
Veterans have a proud heritage, history and tradition. Our Veterans were ordinary
men and women who did extraordinary things. They were there when we needed them
most. Each year, Canada marks Veterans' Week from November 5 to 11. It is a time
to honour and remember all those who served Canada in times of war, military conflict
and peace.
Source:
Veterans
Affairs Canada
--------------------------------
The
Poppy Campaign
Each November, Poppies blossom on the lapels and collars
of over half of Canada’s entire population. Since 1921, the Poppy has stood
as a symbol of Remembrance, our visual pledge to never forget all those Canadians
who have fallen in war and military operations. The Poppy also stands internationally
as a “symbol of collective reminiscence”, as other countries have
also adopted its image to honour those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
- incl. links to : * History * Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae * The Flower of
Remembrance * A Symbol of Unity * The Lapel Poppy
Source:
Royal
Canadian Legion
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
| 2.
New U.S. leader has vowed to cut poverty. Now it's time to see what Canada can
do - November 8 |
Obama puts poor back on agenda
Social policy expert John Stapleton believes new federal tax programs for working-age
adults may one day be as important as today's pensions and child tax benefits.
New U.S. Leader has vowed to cut poverty. Now it's time to see what Canada can
do.
November 8, 2008
Laurie Monsebraaten
As part of his compelling
"Yes We Can" campaign to make meaningful change in the lives of average Americans,
President-elect Barack Obama promised to cut poverty in half within a decade.
Canada has no plan to fight poverty. And Stephen Harper's Conservatives didn't
offer one during our recent federal election. But with Obama's historic win this
week, many anti-poverty activists here believe new pressure is on Ottawa to address
social and economic inequality. However, social policy expert John Stapleton argues
in a new report that the foundation of a Canadian plan is already in place.
Source:
The Toronto Star
[
NOTE: scroll down the page you're now reading for a large collection
of links
to info about President-Elect Barack Obama and Poverty in the U.S. ]
Income
Security for Working-Age Adults in Canada:
Let’s consider the model
under our nose (PDF - 220K, 18 pages)
John Stapleton
November
2008
- incl.: * A Short History of Income Security Programs in Canada * The
Evolution of Income Security for Seniors * The Evolution of Child Benefits * What
Do Seniors' and Children's Programs Have in Common * Do We Have Similar Programs
for Working-Age Adults? * A Note About CPP and EI * A New Model for Income Security
for Working-Age Adults * Building a Strategy to Reduce Poverty Among Working-Age
Adults * How Would the Account-Based Model Work? * Making the New System Transparent
for Canadians * What If We Took Poor Working-Age Adults Off Welfare?
"The paper builds upon the recommendations outlined in John’s 2007 Metcalf report, Why is it so tough to get ahead? How our tangled social programs pathologize the transition to self-reliance [PDF file - 1MB, 62 pages]. It also expands upon a framework for income security reform put forward to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Subcommittee on Cities investigating urban poverty (see June 2008 Senate report entitled Poverty, Housing and Homelessness: Issues and Options [PDF - 696K, 96 pages])."
Source:
Metcalf Foundation
The Metcalf
Foundation helps Canadians imagine and build a just, healthy, and creative society
by supporting dynamic leaders who are strengthening their communities, nurturing
innovative approaches to persistent problems, and
encouraging dialogue and
learning to inform action.
- Go to the Anti-poverty
Strategies and Campaigns page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
| 3. Canadian
Symposium For Parental Alienation Syndrome - March 27-29, 2009 |
Canadian Symposium
For Parental Alienation Syndrome
March 27-29,
2009
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
The Canadian Symposium For
Parental Alienation Syndrome (CS - PAS), is an educational conference for Canadian
and international mental health professionals, family law attorney's (sic) and
other professionals dedicated to the prevention and treatment of Parental Alienation
and Parental Alienation Syndrome.
- incl. links to:
* About CS-PAS * Registration
* Even and Hotel Information * Speaker Profiles * Directory
of Endorsed Vendors * Referral Services (Attorney / Mental Health / Mediator)
* Continuing Education Credits * Sponsorship Affiliation * Contact
Parental
alienation syndrome
"...a disturbance in which children are obsessively
preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent. In other words, denigration
that is unjustified and or exaggerated."
Source:
Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
COMMENT:
When the
link to the above event was first suggested to me, I felt that the theme of the
symposium was somewhat distant from the focus of my site, and I considered passing
up the opportunity to promote the event. However, the request to link to that
event made me think back to how my own marital split in the early 1980s was largely
unacrimonious and unalienating, and how I've always thought that my/our child
from that marriage is a better person for it. According to the organizer of this
event, "...hundreds of thousands of children in Canada suffer from this form of
child abuse." If this symposium can help reduce those numbers, I'm honoured to
be able to help spread the word about the event. [Gilles]
- Go to the Children, Families and Youth Links (NGO) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnngo.htm
| 4. Down But
Not Out - the homeless and their environment in Toronto |
Down But Not Out
Reflections and digital photo art by Ronzig depicting homeless people and their
environment.
Ronzig was homeless in Toronto for ten years ending in 2005.
- incl. links to:
* What it means to be homeless * Poverty is the Primary
Cause of Homelessness * The Political Scene * War * Death and Disease * Drugs
Addiction * Society * Chat with Ronzig * Public Speaking * Videos * Contact-and-links
* Our Best Hope * Events * Media
NOTE: The images that appear on the pages of the above site are, in the words of the artist, "...a multimedia merging of photography, computer manipulation and acrylic painting producing unique artwork". If you're impressed as I was with the originality and beauty of Ronzig's photographic art, the link below will take you to a whole collection of similar work by the same artist.
Ronzig's
Photographic Art Portfolio - incl. links if you wish to order prints
["My Best
Work" - samples of Ronzig's photos]
- Go
to the Homelessness and Housing Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/homeless.htm
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
| 5. What's
New in The Daily (Statistics Canada): |
What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
November
7, 2008
Labour
Force Survey, October 2008
Following a large gain the month before,
employment was little changed in October as an increase in full-time work was
mostly offset by losses in part time. The unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage
points to 6.2%, driven by an increase in the number of people looking for work.
[ Detailed
labour force information - October 12 to 18, 2008 ]
November
6, 2008
Provincial
and territorial economic accounts, 2007
This release of provincial
and territorial economic accounts is an update of the estimates released on April
28, 2008.
Provincial and Territorial
Economic
Accounts Review: 2007 Estimates
November 6, 2008
* Highlights
* Note
to readers
* Data
tables
* Full
content in PDF (133K, 24 pages)
- overview of recent economic developments
for all Canadian provinces and territories. The overview covers several broad
areas:1) gross domestic product (GDP) by income and by expenditure, 2) GDP by
industry, 3) labour productivity and other related variables. Number-crunchers'
delight!
November 6, 2008
Savers,
investors and investment income, 2007
The number of taxfilers
reporting investment income, as well as the amount of investment income they reported,
both increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2007. Nationally, over 8.9 million
people reported $46.9 billion of income from investments, according to income
tax returns for 2007. (Investment income refers to the sum of dividend income
from taxable Canadian corporations and interest income from investments in non-tax-sheltered
vehicles.)
November 5, 2008
Registered
retirement savings plan contributions, 2007
Just under 6.3 million
taxfilers contributed to registered retirement savings plans (RRSP) in 2007, up
1.6% from 2006. Their contributions rose by 5.3% to $34.1 billion. These data
are based on tax returns filed for 2007.
November
4, 2008
Study:
Canada's rural demography, 1851 to 2006
Canada's rural population,
namely people who live outside the commuting zone of larger urban centres, has
remained fairly stable at about 6 million since 1981. However, stronger growth
among the population of larger urban centres has meant that these 6 million people
represent a smaller share of Canada's total population. In 2006, their share had
declined to about 19% of Canada's population, compared with 20% in 2001.
[
Structure and Change in Canada’s Rural Demography: An Update to 2006
(PDF - 199K, 29 pages) - November 2008 ]
[ earlier
issues of Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin ]
November
4, 2008
Charitable
donors, 2007
Canadian taxfilers reported making charitable donations
surpassing $8.6 billion in 2007, up 1.4% from 2006. At the same time, the number
of donors fell 0.9% to just under 5.7 million. Data are based on income tax returns
filed for 2007. Nationally, 24% of all taxfilers claimed charitable donations,
slightly lower than in previous years. Manitoba had the highest percentage who
declared a donation, at 27%, followed by Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan,
all at 26%. Manitoba and Ontario have had the highest and second highest proportions,
respectively, for more than a decade.
- incl. a table showing charitable donations
in 2006 and in 2007 by province and territory.
November
4, 2008 (New Products)
Employment,
Earnings and Hours, August 2008 (PDF - 2.2MB, 468 pages)
- major variables are employment, average weekly and hourly earnings, average
weekly hours, and more, for over 300 industries; data are provided at the national
and provincial/territorial levels. Also included are quarterly and annual estimates
by enterprise size of employment. The data by size of employment are available
for employment, average weekly earnings and average weekly hours. A survey overview
of the program is also included.
November 3, 2008
Study:
Leaving a postsecondary education without graduation, December 2005
The
proportion of students who left their postsecondary studies without graduating
for whatever reason, between 1999 and 2005, varied by type of educational institution.
A group of Canadian students, who were between the ages of 18 and 20 in 1999,
were interviewed about where they stood in their education and labour market pathways
in December 2005 when they were between 24 and 26. Within the whole group, about
21% of these young adults who pursued postsecondary education had left their studies
without graduating, as of December 2005.
Complete study:
Postsecondary
education: Participation and dropping out:
Differences across university,
college and other types of postsecondary institutions", January 2004 to December
2005 (PDF - 313K, 39 pages)
November 2008
The purpose of this
paper is to capture and profile postsecondary education dropouts from three different
types of postsecondary education – university, college and other types of
institutions. It compares them with graduates from these three types of institutions.
-
Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans
Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
- Go to the Education Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/education.htm
- Go to the Social Statistics Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/stats.htm
- Go to the Canadian Universities and Colleges Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/univbkmrk.htm
| 6. Québec General Election Scheduled for December 8, 2008 - November 5 |
Des élections générales seront tenues au Québec
le 8 décembre 2008
Québec,
le 5 novembre 2008 – En vertu d’un décret du gouvernement du
Québec pris aujourd’hui, le directeur général des élections,
Me Marcel Blanchet, doit tenir des élections générales au
Québec, le 8 décembre prochain.
Source:
Directeur
général des élections du Québec
---------------------------------------------------------
English version:
Québec
General Election : December 8, 2008
Québec, November 5,
2008 – Pursuant to an order of the Government of Québec issued today,
Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer, must hold a general election in Québec
on December 8th of this year.
- incl. links to : *
List of electors * Voting right * Financing rules * Political parties, candidates
and others * Electoral map * Library * Election data and results * Press room
* more...
Source:
Directeur
général des élections du Québec (English Home
page)
See also:
Québec Provincial Election 2008 - from Nodice
-
Go to the Political Parties and Elections Links in Canada (Provinces and Territories)
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/politics_prov_terr.htm
- Go to the
Québec Links (English) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/qce.htm
- Rendez-vous à la page de liens de recherche sociale au Québec: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/qcbkmrk.htm
| 7. What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - November 5 |
From the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
November 5, 2008
Aboriginal
children's survey, 2006: Family, community and child care
5Nov
08
- Report on a national survey by Statistics Canada provides information
on First Nations children living off-reserve, Métis children and Inuit
children under the age of six.
Poverty
policy
5 Nov 08
- Report from the Caledon Institute of Social
Policy discusses the importance of early childhood education and care as part
of a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy.
Costing
early childhood care and development programmes
5 Nov 08
- Report from the Bernard van Leer Foundation reviews how the costs of ECEC programs
can be estimated at both program and individual centre levels in various international
contexts.
Valuing
the learning
5 Nov 08
- Online Outreach Paper from the Bernard
van Leer Foundation provides an annotated bibliography of resources and publications
on social inclusion and respect for diversity.
Bringing
the outdoors into early childhood education
29 Oct 08
-
New CRRU Issue File compiles research and practical resources about outdoor play
spaces; aims to inspire educators and policy makers with the possibilities that
the outdoors provide.
child care in the news
·
Last rites
as ABC set to go under [AU]
5 Nov 08
·
Single system
for child care encouraged [CA-ON]
4 Nov 08
·
Child care
a rare employee perk in Canada [CA]
29 Oct 08
·
Workers,
parents declare child care emergency [CA-MB]
22 Oct 08
Related Links:
Subscribe to the CRRU
email announcements list
Sign up to receive email notices of updates
and new postings on the CRRU website which will inform you of policy developments
in early childhood care and education, new research and resources for policy,
newly released CRRU publications, and upcoming events of interest to the child
care and broader community.
Links to child care sites in Canada and elsewhere
CRRU Publications - briefing
notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other publications
ISSUE
files - theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links
to further info
Source:
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
- Go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm
| 8. 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 twice a week
IRP compiles
and distributes Poverty Dispatches twice a week. Each issue of the dispatch provides
links to U.S. web-based news items dealing with topics such as poverty, welfare
reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.
Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media.
November
6, 2008
* Increasing Need for Food Assistance
* Homeless Survey
and Vulnerability Index - Nashville, TN
* Homelessness and Housing Post-Hurricane
Ike - Galveston, TX
* Study: Rural Poverty - California
* Low-income Health
Programs - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana
* Massachusetts Health Care Plan
* Trends in Single Motherhood - Mississippi
* School Districts and Tax Revenue
- Alabama
* The Economy and Day Laborers
* No Child Left Behind and School
Progress
* Payday Lending Caps - Ohio
November
3, 2008
* Increasing Need for Food Assistance
* States and Antipoverty
Programs
* Home Utility Costs and Assistance - Georgia
* Foster Care Programs
- Texas, Pennsylvania
* Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii, Pennsylvania
* Housing Subsidies - New York City
* State Tax Burdens and the Poor
*
Job Loss and Health Insurance Coverage
* Prescription Drug Assistance Program
- Kentucky
* Public Works and Energy Projects and Job Creation
* States
and Recession Risks
* Workers and Retirement Savings
* Study: Link Between
Television and Teenage Pregnancy
Past
Poverty Dispatches
- links to two dispatches a week back to June 2006
If you wish to receive
Poverty Dispatches by e-mail,
please send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu
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
| 9. President-Elect Barack Obama and Poverty in the U.S. - November 5 |
Obama
victory sparks celebration, praise around globe
November 5, 2008
World leaders offered praise and citizens celebrated around the globe over the
election of Barack Obama as U.S. President. From politicians to casual observers,
many noted the historical significance of the American electorate voting Tuesday
for the first black president.
Source:
CBC News : America Votes 2008
Results and analysis, includes an interactive map of the states that allows
you to move your mouse over any state for detailed results
--------------------------------------
From
OBAMA '08:
(Barack Obama's
campaign website)
Barack Obama on Poverty
(from his Election 2008 website)
* Barack Obama will expand access
to jobs:
Obama and Biden will invest $1 billion over five years in transitional
jobs and career pathway programs that implement proven methods of helping low-income
Americans succeed in the workforce.
* Make work pay for all Americans:
Obama and Biden will increase benefits for working parents, raise the minimum
wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, and provide tax relief to low- and middle-income
workers.
* Support rural and urban areas:
Obama and Biden will
invest in rural small businesses, improve rural schools, and attract more doctors
to rural areas. And they will work with urban leaders to increase the supply of
affordable housing and address the unique challenges of every metropolitan area.
Source:
Election 2008
Issues ===> also includes Disabilities - Women's
Issues - Seniors & Social
Security - Health Care
- more...
[ Barack Obama 2008 website
]
Also from the Barack Obama 2008 website:
BLUEPRINT FOR
CHANGE:
Obama and Biden’s Plan for America (PDF - 483K,
43 pages)
(The section on poverty reduction starts on page 55.)
Barack Obama
and Joe Biden:
Fighting Poverty and Creating a Bridge to the Middle Class
(PDF - 58K, 8 pages)
[PDF file dated 9/11/08]
JOBS
* Expand
Transitional Jobs and Career Pathways Programs * Ensure Freedom to Unionize *
Help Youth Connect with Growing Job Sectors * Improve Transportation Access to
Jobs * Increase Access to Capital in Underserved Communities * Create a National
Network of Public-Private Business Incubators * Promote Digital Inclusion * Reduce
Crime Recidivism by Providing Ex-Offender Supports
INCOME
* Expand
the Earned Income Tax Credit * Raise the Minimum Wage * Provide a Tax Cut for
Working Families * Eliminate Income Taxes for Seniors Making Less Than $50,000
FAMILIES
* Promote Responsible Fatherhood * Support Parents with
Young Children * Expand Paid Sick Days
EDUCATION
* Expand Early
Childhood Education * Place High-Quality Teachers in Low-Income Classrooms * Extend
Summer School Opportunities to Low-Income Students * Reduce the High School Dropout
Rate * Make College More Affordable
HOUSING
* Increase the Supply
of Affordable Housing * Create a New Mortgage Interest Tax Credit for Those Who
Don’t Itemize * Combat Mortgage Fraud and Predatory Subprime Loans * Close
the Bankruptcy Loophole for Mortgage Companies * Fully Fund the Community Development
Block Grant
HEALTH CARE
* Lower Health Costs and Increase Access
* Fight Health Disparities * Foster Healthy Communities
TACKLE CONCENTRATED
URBAN POVERTY
* Create a White House Office on Urban Policy * Ensure Community-Based
Investment Resources in Every Urban Community * Establish ‘Promise Neighborhoods’
for Areas of Concentrated Poverty
ADDRESS RURAL POVERTY
* Build
Roads, Airports, and Infrastructure * Reinvest in Rural Technology Resources *
Encourage Investment in Rural America
Barack
Obama's Plan to Fight Poverty in America (PDF - 64K, 8 pages)
File dated April 20, 2008
Related links:
The
2008 Presidential Election
and the Half in Ten Anti-poverty Strategy
Barack
Obama's Innovative War On Poverty
October 13, 2008
Source:
Huffington Post
Edwards
backs Obama
By Chuck Babbington, Associated Press
May 14,
2008
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival
Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's
likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up
her long-shot candidacy. (...)He said Mr. Obama “stands with me”
in a fight to cut poverty in half within 10 years. (bolding added)
Source:
The Globe and Mail
Edwards Poverty Campaign Met With Media Blackout
Posted May 15, 2008
On Tuesday, the day before he announced
his support for Barack Obama, former Senator John Edwards launched a campaign
to cut the nation's poverty rate in half in the next ten years. You can be excused
if you hadn't heard about it. Only one major daily newspaper -- the Philadelphia
Inquirer -- covered the event, which took place at a Baptist church in North Philadelphia.
(...)
The Half in Ten campaign
will focus on policy solutions identified in the Center for American Progress'
poverty task force report issued last year. These include expanding the Earned
Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit; raising both state and federal minimum
wages; increasing the number of low-income families receiving child care assistance;
increasing eligibility for unemployment insurance; and preventing predatory lending
practices and preserving home ownership. The last time the U.S. committed itself
to dramatically tackling poverty was during the early 1960s.
Source:
Huffington
Post
[NOTE : recommended reading --- includes a good snapshot of
the poverty situation in the U.S., along with an historical overview of poverty
and poverty reduction from President Johnson's War on Poverty (mid-60s) to date,
and links to related information]
---------------------------------------------------
America Votes '08 - U.S. election campaign
coverage
- from the Toronto Star
---------------------------------------------------
U.S. Votes 2008 - In Depth from the CBC
---------------------------------------------------
-
Go to the Links to American Government Social Research Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
- Go to the Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
| 10. Australian Policy Online Weekly Briefing - selected recent content |
APO Weekly Briefing
The content
of this page changes each week, and it includes links to a few book/report reviews,
about two dozen new reports, a few job ads and 60 events (mostly conferences)
of interest to social researchers...
Source:
Australian
Policy Online (APO) - home page
With nearly 120 member centres and
institutes, Australian Policy Online offers easy access to much of the best Australian
social, economic, cultural and political research available online.
NOTE:
the APO home page includes links to the five most popular reports on the APO website,
and this list is updated each week.
APO Archive
The APO
archive is grouped into 23 subject areas, with entries appearing in reverse chronological
order.
* Ageing *Asia and the pacific * Citizenship and the law * Disability
* Economics and trade * Education * Employment and workplace relations * The environment
* Foreign policy and defence * Gender and sexuality * Health * Housing * Families
and households * Immigration and refugees * Income, poverty and wealth * Indigenous
* Media, communications and cultural policy * Politics and government * Population,
multiculturalism and ethnicity * Religion and faith * Rural and regional * Science
and technology * Social policy * Urban and regional planning * Youth
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
| 11. CRINMAIL
- November 2008 |
From the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN):
6 November 2008
- CRINMAIL 1031
* UNITED STATES: Is Obama's win also a victory for
children's rights? [news]
* CANADA: Wishes of critically ill children should
be legally recognised, say doctors [news]
* CHILD FRIENDLY CITIES: Tips and
strategies for assessment [publication]
* OPT: Under Attack: Settler Violence
against Palestinian Children in the Occupied Territory [publication]
* SOUTH
AFRICA: Juvenile sentencing 'is unconstitutional' [news]
* UNITED KINGDOM:
Young people needed for mental health panel/call for funding applications
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
**QUIZ** Child rights and the United States
4 November
2008 - CRINMAIL 1030
* INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Report on child
rights at session 133
* AFRICA: Speak out against all corporal punishment,
Committee urged [news]
* IRAN: Hangs seventh juvenile offender this year [news]
* GHANA: Free health care for children? [news]
* TURKEY: EU top official urges
Turkey to set up child courts [news]
* INDIA: Cabinet clears Right to Education
Bill [news]
**NEWS IN BRIEF**
Earlier
issues of CRINMAIL
- links to 300+ earlier weekly issues, many of
which are special editions focusing on special themes, such as the 45th Session
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of
the Child.
Source:
CRINMAIL(incl.
subscription info)
[ Child Rights
Information Network (CRIN) ]
- Go to the Children's Rights Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
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Dr. Seuss Explains Computers:
(to be read out
loud.)
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the
bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes
your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
If
your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking
icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the
index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna
crash.
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the
network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to
tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down
the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as
well reboot it and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, your
system's gonna hang.
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the
disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
When you
have to flash your memory and try to RAM your ROM,
Quickly turn off the computer
and be sure to call your Mom!!
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And, in closing...