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Human
Resources and Social Development Canada Public Consultations Website
"Human
Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) is committed to consulting with
Canadians on the issues that affect their daily lives. Through consultations,
the department gains a greater understanding of the perspectives of a wide range
of citizens, stakeholders and experts and therefore develops better, more informed
and more effective policies and programs for Canadians.
Your opinion matters
(bolding added). We invite you to visit this site regularly to learn more about
our consultation activities and how you can get involved."
Consultations
in progress:
* Canada
Student Loans Program Online Consultation
( the consultation ran from
September 7 to 28, 2007)
Public Consultations
Report:
* Post
Secondary Education and Training Online Consultation (summer 2006)
Early
results show low-income Canadians can save for their education Learning to Save, Saving to Learn: Early Impacts of the learn$ave Individual Development Accounts Project, a new report released by SRDC, presents the 18-month results of learn$ave, a project designed to demonstrate how Individual Development Accounts can encourage low-income adults to save in order to increase their human capital by participating in education or training, or starting a small business.
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Canadian
Education Association (CEA)
Founded in 1891,
the Canadian Education Association is a bilingual, federally incorporated non-profit
organization with charitable tax status. (...)
CEA initiates and sustains
dialogue throughout the country influencing public policy issues in education
for the ongoing development of a robust, democratic society and a prosperous and
sustainable economy.
- incl. links to : * Focus on Educating Citizens, Literacy
and Information and Communication Technology * About Us * Research and Policy
* Events * Publications
Bulletin
Bulletin
is CEA's monthly electronic newsletter, which serves to inform and engage members
and friends of CEA - and all individuals who care about education and learning.
It provides useful information about the latest in education news, policy, research,
initiatives, events and ideas.
- click the link above to access any issue
of the monthly bulletin right back to May 2004, and to subscribe to receive the
bulletin by email.
Links
to education resources (frequently-asked questions")
- links to
resources in the following areas:
* Education Policy in Canada * Education
Statistics * Teaching in Canada * Studying in Canada (International Students)
* Studying in Canada (Canadian Residents) * Employment in Education in Canada
* International Opportunities * Scholarships and Financial Awards * Worldwide
Education News
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
Free
Statistics Canada reports by topic:
Education,
training and learning
October 18, 2007
University
tuition fees, 2007/2008
Students attending Canadian universities
for undergraduate studies this fall faced a smaller increase in tuition fees than
they did last year. On average, full-time undergrads are paying $4,524 in the
2007/2008 academic year, up 2.8% from the previous year.
May
2, 2007
Follow-up
Survey of Graduates, 2005
Two out of five graduates from the class
of 2000 who had left school owing money to government student loans had completely
repaid their debt five years after graduation. Of all graduates from a Canadian
college or university in 2000, 56% had no debt from government student loan programs
while 44% owed money to such programs. It is among this latter group that two
out of five graduates had completely paid off their debt in 2005.
January
25, 2007
Study:
Postsecondary attendance among local youth following the opening of a new university,
1981 to 2001
University participation rates rose substantially
among young people in several Canadian cities after new universities opened up
in the localities during the 1980s and 1990s, according to a new study.
November
23, 2006
Study:
Gender differences in university participation, 1977 to 2003
Women's
participation in university has outpaced men's since the late 1970s. In fact,
the gap widened substantially during the 1990s. This study uses data from two
Statistics Canada surveys to investigate the reasons for the differentials of
growth in university attendance between 1977 and 2003. Its findings suggest that
a major factor underlying the steady increase in university enrolment among women
is that it pays more for women to attend university.
Complete study:
The
Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2003)
- PDF file - 137K, 31 pages)
Christofides, L.N., Hoy, M. and Yang, L. (2006)
Department
of Economics, University of Guelph working paper, April, pp. 30
What's New from Human Resources and Social Development Canada:
Returns
to college education: evidence from the 1990, 1995, and 2000 National Graduates
Survey
September 2006
Using data from the National Graduates
Survey ant the Census, this research paper examines earnings of recent college
graduates by field of study as well as estimates the internal rates of return
to college education.
Table of Contents:
* Title Page * Executive
Summary * Introduction * Literature Review * Data * Profile of College Graduates
* An Overview of Earnings Trends * Earnings by Field of Study * College vs. University
Earnings * Conclusions * References
* Appendix Tables
Returns to University Level Education: Variations Within Disciplines, Occupations
and Employment Sectors
September 2006
Using data from the National
Graduates Survey ant the Census, this research paper examines earnings of recent
college graduates by field of study as well as estimates the internal rates of
return to college education.
Table of Contents:
* Title Page * Abstract
* Introduction * Data * Methodology * Results * Comparison to Previous Literature
* Summary and Policy Implications * References
Freezing
fees is not the answer : Putting a brake on fees doesn't help more low-income
students
get into school and merely starves universities of resources, Sean
Junor argues
October 16, 2007
Over
the past four years our federal and provincial governments have increased spending
on student loans, grants and education-related tax credits by more than $1.4-billion,
boosting the total to a record $5.7-billion. Most of the new money is intended
to reduce costs for students — by freezing tuition fees, for instance —
and entice recent graduates to reside in their jurisdictions through graduate
tax credits. Governments seem to prefer providing benefits
to people already engaged in post-secondary education rather than assisting those
most in need. In British Columbia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, every
dollar of new money has been invested in universal student-support measures instead
of need-based ones. In some of the cases, lower-income students are actually worse
off. The so-called "welfare wall" is not easy to navigate around.
Source:
The
Globe and Mail\
Blue
social policy and the Speech from the Throne:
evaluating the four top social
policy priorities of the Conservative government (PDF file - 135K,
24 pages)
April 2006
The four priorities* are:
Priority #1: Providing
Tax Relief to Working Families
Priority #2: Helping Parents to raise Children
Priority
#3: Getting tough on Crime
Priority #4: Establishing Wait-time Guarantees
*the
fifth priority is government accountability, but it's not included here because
it's not a "social" policy.
Source:
Canadian
Association of Social Workers (CASW)
Related CASW Link:
Social
Policy Proposals: Conservative Party of Canada (PDF file - 91K, 22
pages)
March 2006
Handy accountability tool prepared by the CASW --- includes
all of the social policy proposals of the Conservative Party of Canada, divided
into five units:
Aboriginal Affairs - Criminal Justice - Fiscal Measures -
Health - Other Social Programs.
"The proposals within the units are taken
from two sources: the Policy Declaration (Section 1 of each of the five units)
and the Election Platform (Section 2 of each of the five units) of the Conservative
Party of Canada. The proposals under the policy declaration were a product of
the Conservative Policy Conference in 2005. The proposals under the election platform
were listed as priorities in the 2006 election campaign."
Registered
Education Savings Plans (PDF file - 94K, 12
pages)
June 30, 2004
"This circular addresses the registration requirements
for education savings plans (ESPs), explains certain provisions of the Income
Tax Act (the “Act”), and outlines the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA)
requirements for promoters. Part V lists other CRA publications that contain information
about registered education savings plans (RESP). This circular also provides some
information on the Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG)."
NOTE: this
is an excellent primer on Canadian RESPs and the CESG!
Source:
Canada
Revenue Agency
Discretionary
Justice and Social Welfare - "an information and research resource"
"This
site is an initiative of the Discretionary Justice and Social Welfare Working
Group, sponsored by the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law."
- incl.
links to : Case Law - Litigation Materials - Statutes and Regulations - "Guidelines"
and Other Forms of Soft Law - Papers, Presentations, and Reports - Course Outlines,
Bibliographies, and Related Material - Related Links
Source: University
of Toronto Law School
Social
Policy in Canada
September 2002
Ernie Lightman (University of
Toronto)
Social Policy in Canada is a "core text for upper-level
undergraduate courses on Canadian social policy in social work and sociology departments.
Also check for courses in economics, political science, public administration,
and health administration departments. [This textbook] provides and important
and timely examination of the past, present, and future of Canadian social policy.
In particular, Lightman looks closely at how social benefits are allocated, and
explains in detail the mechanisms and tools of income transfer and redistribution
that are central to all aspects of social policy. What makes the book unique is
its central organizing premise: not merely that social policy should be understood
in juxtaposition to economic policy, but that economic policy is in fact a subset
of social policy. The result is a comprehensive overview of key issues in the
realm of social policy that highlights commonalities and differences in such pivotal
areas as privatization, user fees, and universality."
- I don't generally
include links to products that cost money, but I'll definitely make an exception
for the work of Ernie Lightman.
(And besides, he promised me a beer...)
$
32.95 CDN from Oxford University Press Canada.
Use the link above to order...
Centre
for Research on Community Services
(part of the University of Ottawa's
Faculty of Social Sciences)
"The mission of the Centre for Research on
Community Services (CRCS) is to conduct research and provide training that will
contribute to the development of effective health and social services for vulnerable
populations living in the community."
- incl. links to : About the Centre
- What's New? - Personnel - Research Projects - Conferences and workshops - Online
Publications - Newsletters - Internet Links
Faculty
of Social Sciences
[ University
of Ottawa ]
Online Publications - links to over two dozen online summaries and presentations of CRCS projects organized under the following themes : At-Risk Children and Adolescents, including Child Welfare - Homelessness - Community Mental Health
Internet Links - links to 30+ websites organized under the following headings: Child Welfare & High Risk Youth - Homelessness - Community Mental Health - Developmental Disabilities - Program Evaluation - Other Links
Centre
for Research on Community Services Newsletter – winter/spring 2004
(PDF file - 137K, 10 pages)
University of Ottawa
This Edition’s
Contents:
CRCS News - Studies and Presentations - Presentations to the
Canadian Evaluation Society - Children in Care, Education and Protective Factors
- Communities That Care: Preventing Adolescent Problems and Promoting Positive
Youth Development - Helping Homeless People with Mental Illness - Events - CRCS
People
Earlier
Newsletters
Fall
2003 Newsletter (PDF file - 54K, 6 pages)
CRCS Update
Panel Study
on the Health Status of Persons who are Homeless (2002-2003)
City of Ottawa
Homelessness Initiatives Monitoring Project (2001– 2002)
Snapshot Survey
of At-Risk Youths in Ottawa (2001-2002)
Communities That Care
Looking After
Children
Events
CRCS Staff
Social
Policy Research Unit (SPR) (Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina)
Established in 1972, the unit receives funding from the University and through
various research contracts and grants. SPR conducts critical analytic research
to promote social justice and enhance individual, family and community development.
More about SPR...
- incl.
links to: About SPR - What's New - Research Associates - Research Projects - Research
Resources - Events - Publications
Related Links - dozens of links to various community-based, non-profit organizations, research and academic institutes and government departments.
Online
Publications
Here are a few sample reports:
Social
Policy as a Determinant of Health and Well-Being:
Lessons from Québec
on the Contribution of the Social Economy (PDF file - 260K, 26 pages)
Yves
Vaillancourt, François Aubry, Louise Tremblay and Muriel Kearney (Université
du Québec à Montréal),
and Luc Thériault (University
of Regina)
September 2003
Current
Issues Surrounding Poverty and Welfare Programming in Canada : Two Reviews
(PDF file - 371K, 43 pages)
("Race to the Bottom: Welfare to Work Programming
in Saskatchewan and its Similarities to Programming in the United States and Britain")
By
Garson Hunter, Ph.D & Dionne Miazdyck, Research Assistant
August 2003
-
interesting comparison of recent welfare reforms in Saskatchewan, Canada, the
U.S. and Britain
- includes a ten-page article entitled Low Income Cut-Offs
(LICO) and Poverty Measurement (LICO, Market Basket Measure, etc.)
TIP===>
the appendix to this report (pp 27-31) presents a detailed comparison of the main
features of the Saskatchewan Assistance Plan (the old Saskatchewan welfare program)
and the new Transitional Employment Allowance.
12th
Biennial Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference:
Forging
Social Futures: Canadian and International Perspectives
A
joint initiative of the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Council on
Social Development
June 16-18, 2005
Fredericton, New Brunswick
"This
is an opportunity for scholars, analysts, policy makers and activists to share
ideas about building equitable communities. The bilingual
forum is a diverse mix of the practical and the theoretical. It will highlight
what works, what doesn't work and what could work. Participants will come away
with new information and ideas about how theories can be turned into responsive
policies and programs. The conference will feature a mixture
of keynotes, plenaries, workshops and roundtables to maximize opportunity for
presentation and discussion. Most sessions are to be held at the Wu Conference
Centre at the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick in the stimulating
context of this bilingual and bicultural province."
General
Information - travel to and accommodation in Fredericton
Program
- last updated May 25
Registration
Source:
Canadian
Council on Social Development
University of
New Brunswick
Related Links:
This conference is a biennial event that started in 1982. I've attended every conference in this series except the one in Regina in 1997, and I highly recommend it as a meeting place for academics, "feds"and provincial-territorial government people and NGO folks.
Here are links to two earlier conferences in this series:
11th
Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference - It's Time to Act!
Ottawa
June
15, 16 and 17, 2003
[version
française]
Presented by the University of Ottawa and the
Canadian Council on Social Development
"This conference brings university
and voluntary sector researchers and advocates together with municipal, provincial
and federal policymakers to put ideas into action. This year the role of the
voluntary sector in policy-making will be highlighted..."
Registration
and Accommodation - download, print, complete and fax the registration
form
Agenda
- incl. plenary speakers and list of sessions for all three days
- session
themes include : Emerging coalitions - First Nations policies - Longitudinal study
of families and children - Research on homelessness - Women's organizing in the
Ottawa area - Citizen rights - The social inclusion approach - Poverty and spirituality
- Population health - Children - Welfare-to-work strategies - Contemporary social
services - Evolution of social services - Globalization - Social Development strategies
- Transnational context - Economic insecurity - 2003 review of Canada at the Committee
on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights -
Policies and Politics of Social
Investment - Role of "Spin" in Marketing Public Policy - Community Organizing
in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region - Building Effective Partnerships: National Community
Research - Child Care - Adolescent sexuality - Homelessness - Neighbourhood social
development - Intimate partner violence - Child poverty and social inclusion
Tenth
Biennial Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy :
Wealth,
Health and Welfare: Tensions and Passions
- [version
française]
June 17-20, 2001
University of Calgary
Social
Cohesion Project - Projet de recherche Cohésion sociale
"...a
collaborative research endeavour involving academics and policy specialists interested
in social cohesion."
Partners : Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.-
Conseil québécois de la santé et du bien-être
-
incl. links to : À propos / About - Nouveautés / What's New - Plan
de recherche / Research Plan - Équipe de recherche / Research Team - Publications
- Liens / Links
Mapleleafweb.com
Mapleleafweb.com is what we hope will become the primary portal site for Canadian
political education.
- excellent content - great site for political
and social studies, covering a wide range of topics and offering all kinds of
interactivity like chat rooms, forums, online polls and more
- national and
provincial coverage (special focus on BC and Alberta), election watch, current
news and events, website reviews, interviews, electoral reform, links to political
and election sites, and much, much more.
Country
Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP)
- includes country rankings,
on-line presentations and a mapping component.
- provides on-line access to
measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization,
religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human
development, environmental stress, and international linkages. Initiated by the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and the Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs in 1997, CIFP represents an on-going effort to
identify, assemble and analyze open-source information. The CIFP database currently
includes statistical data in the above issue areas, in the form of over 100
performance indicators for 196 countries, spanning fifteen years (1985 to 2000)
for most indicators. These indicators are drawn from a variety of open sources,
including the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, and the Minorities at Risk and POLITY IV data sets from the University
of Maryland..
Principal Investigator : David Carment
E-mail :cifp@carleton.ca
Source : Norman Paterson School
of International Affairs (Carleton University, Ottawa)
Welfare
to Work Study
King's College (University of Western Ontario)
Carolyne A. Gorlick, Ph.D/Associate Professor, King's College, is the principal
investigator of this research project and Guy Brethour is the research
associate/coordinator.
"The National Welfare to Work Study funded by
Social Development Partnerships (Human Resources Development Canada) has 3 main
objectives:
- to produce an inventory of the different types of welfare to
work programs emerging across the country
- to analyze the dynamic relationship
between program design, community resources and individual/family capacities
- to assess the impact of the linkage between program design, community resources
and individual/family capacities on program success.
The first objective
has been completed with the collection of comprehensive information on all provinces/territories'
welfare to work programs. Both the National Inventory on Welfare to Work in Canada
and an accompanying discussion paper entitled National Welfare to Work Programs:
from new mandates to exiting bureaucracies to individual and program accountability
was published and disseminated by the Canadian Council on Social Development in
the fall of 1998. The other objectives were addressed in Phase 2 of the study
which included data collection in six Canadian communities. All the communities
had experiences with welfare to work program implementation. Phase 2 also involved
updating the original National Inventory on Welfare to Work in Canada. The final
report will be disseminated in the winter of 2002."
Welfare to Work Phase 2 Update - reports for every province and territory are now available on the site. They contain detailed information about welfare-to-work programs and services --- eligibility, supports, funding, assessment and review, planned program changes and much more - all revised to reflect what was happening at the end of 2001 across Canada.
Canadian
Libraries with Government Information Web Pages
- from the University
of Victoria Library Gateways
- from this launchpad, you can access thousands
of pages of content in Canadian university libraries
Canadian
Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
"Founded in 1951,
CAUT is the national voice for academic staff. Today, representing 30,000 teachers,
librarians, researchers and other academic professionals, CAUT is an outspoken
defender of academic freedom and works actively in the public interest to improve
the quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Canada."
Large site with a wide range of information and resources, including events, a
bulletin, issues pages, member resources and links to faculty associations and
other relevant sites.
"The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen's University is Canada's premier university-based centre for research on all aspects of federalism and intergovernmental relations, both in Canada and in countries around the world."
OPIRG.ORG
- Ontario Public Interest Research Groups
- includes links to PIRGs at the
following Ontario universities : Brock - Carleton - Guelph - Kingston - McMaster
- Ottawa - Peterborough - Toronto - Waterloo - Windsor - York
McGill
Institute for the Study of Canada
McGill University
Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) - quick and easy access
to information about Canadian universities.
The AUUC is a not-for-profit,
non-governmental association that represents Canadian universities. .
Cyber@ctivist
"social policy and activism on the web"
School of Social Work, Laurentian
University
Check out this great online resource with hundreds of reviewed
links, mainly Canadian, to sites in the following areas: education - environment
- food security - globalization - poverty - shelter - social activism - work and
welfare; click Issues in the left frame to see the selection. Also, don't
miss Government and Organizations, separate sections of this site.
Canadian Federation
of Students
The Canadian Political
Science Association
Atlantic
Provinces Political Science Association
Société
québécoise de science politique
British
Columbia Political Studies Association.
Canadian
Federation of University Women - Founded in 1919, the Canadian Federation
of University Women is a voluntary, nonpartisan, non-profit, self-funded bilingual
organization of 10,000 women university graduates. CFUW members are active in
public affairs, working to raise the social, economic, and legal status of women,
as well as to improve education, the environment, peace, justice and human rights.
Centre
for Research on Economic and Social Policy - CRESP (University of British
Columbia)
"equality, security + community: explaining and improving the
distribution of well being in canada"
- incl. links to : Project Objectives - Research Team - Project Outcome - Colloquium Series - ESC Project Survey - Useful Links - Contact Information
Research Series - links to almost 50 papers organized in the following clusters : Measuring and Explaining Inequality and Insecurity - Social Capital, Community, and Political Processes - Formulation and Assessment of Policy Responses.
A
few sample papers:
Fixing
BC's Structural Deficit--What, Why, When, How? (PDF file - 140K, 41
pages)
Jonathan Kesselman
February 2002
Base
Reforms and Rate Cuts for a Revitalized Personal Tax
Jonathan R.
Kesselman (1999).
Growing calls for cuts in Canadian personal income taxes
have focused on the rates of tax but neglected a deeper analysis of the structural
priorities for fairness and growth. This paper offers an economic analysis of
the combined needs for base reforms and rate cuts.
Abstract
Complete paper (PDF
file 37 pages, 142K)
Income Redistribution
in Canada: Minimum Wages versus Other Policy Instruments
Nicole M.
Fortin and Thomas Lemieux
Revised December 1998
Complete
report (PDF file - 56 pages, 419K)
Also from the University of British Columbia:
Origins
of Social Work in Vancouver and at U.B.C.
By Beverley Scott, UBC
Social Work Librarian
- short (8 pages if printed) overview of social work
on Canada's West Coast, with links to further detailed information
Source:
Subject
Resources for Social Work
- includes almost 100 links to articles,
associations, societies, lists and newsgroups, websites, reference tools, current
awareness, newspaper sources, and more...
Source:
University
of British Columbia Library
Also from the UBC Library:
B.C.
Government's Core Services Cuts
Links to government and NGO websites
with more information on the BC Government cuts and what they mean to children,
people with disabilities and other groups whose supports are decreasing or disappearing;
as well as reaction from public service unions.
Subject Resources for Political Science/International Relations
Data Liberation Initiative (Wendy Watkins, Carleton U.)
International Social Science Information Gateway (UK)
Social Work and Social Services Web Sites (George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University)
Social Work Access Network - SWAN (U.S., international)
Related
Links:
- See the Education
Links page of this site.
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