Canadian Social Research Links

Links to Canadian Government Sites
about Women's Social Issues

Sites de recherche sociale au Canada

Sites canadiens gouvernementaux
pertinents à la condition sociale féminine

Updated May 12, 2009
Page révisée le 12 mai 2009

[ Go to Canadian Social Research Links Home Page ]

See also (on separate Canadian Social Research Links pages):
Links to Canadian Women's Non-Governmental Organizations (Social Issues)
Links to International Sites about Women's Social Issues

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September 2006 federal cuts to Women's programs
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The Liberal Party's Pink Book - volumes I and II
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada


Women's Health Events and Conferences
Links to information about national and international conferences and events
concerning women and women's health taking place during the year.
Source:
Canadian Women's Health Network


NEW

Employment Insurance and Women: What You Should Know (PDF - 130K, 6 pages)
[* includes links to nearly three dozen online resources]
April 2009
Table of contents:
1. Fewer Women Qualify
2. Accumulating Those Magic Hours
3. When Caring Conflicts With Work
4. Women’s Benefits Are Low
5. Inadequate Sickness Benefits
6. A Poor Plan For Parents
7. Quebec Parents Have It
8. Inadequate Caregiving Leave
9. What Women Want
10. In Support of Effective Policies
Source:
Source:
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
NOTE: the home page contains links to several dozen more reports

NEW


From Status of Women Canada:

International Women's Day - Canada
Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong World: Equality
March 8, 2009
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on member states to proclaim a day for women's rights and international peace. Following the United Nations' lead, Canada chose March 8 as International Women's Day. Each year at this time, Canadians celebrate progress toward equality for women and their full participation, reflect on the challenges and barriers that remain, and consider future steps to achieving equality for all women, in all aspects of their lives. (...) This year the theme is Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong World: Equality, reflecting the Government's firm belief that increasing women's participation and access to leadership roles and opportunities will help women and girls reach their full potential and help build a more prosperous Canada.
Source:
Status of Women Canada

Reality check:

September 2006 federal cuts to Women's programs
Happy International Women's Day from the Government of canada
...

National Association of Women and the Law closes its doors
September 20, 2007

Related links:

March 8, 2009 : International Women's Day
The International Women's Day website provides a free service to women around the world wanting to share and promote their IWD activity, videos, opinions and ideas. Please feel free to submit gender-related items for the site that you consider relevant and useful.
This service is provided by Aurora, a company that connects business and professional women and actively supports the promotion of employer brands and career opportunities in progressive organisations.

International Women's Day
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from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Related Web/News/Blog links:

Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"International Women's Day"
- Web search results page
- News search results page
- Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca

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International Women's Day
Strong Women, Strong World
March 8, 2008
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on member states to proclaim a day for women's rights and international peace. Following the United Nations' lead, Canada chose March 8 as International Women's Day. Every year since 1977, Canadians have marked International Women's Day by celebrating progress toward women's full participation, reflecting on the challenges and barriers that remain, and considering future steps to achieving equality for all women, in all aspects of their lives. International Women's Day provides an opportunity to celebrate the collective power of women - past, present and future.
Source:
Status of Women Canada

For related links, go to the Links to International Sites about Women's Social Issues page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womeninternat.htm

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Ending Violence Against Women: Action for Real Results

March 8, 2007
2007 marks the 30th anniversary of International Women's Day. Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this important day provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made to advance women's rights and to assess the challenges that remain. International Women's Day (IWD) encourages us to consider steps to bring about equality for women and girls in all their diversity and to celebrate the collective power of women past, present and future.This year, Canadians will celebrate International Women's Week (IWW) from Sunday, March 4, to Saturday, March 10, with the highlight being International Women's Day on March 8. We encourage you to promote IWD/IWW by sharing this promotional notice with others, or even better, by organizing an activity in your own community or organization.
- incl. links to: Theme * News Releases and Statements * Products Available

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Statement by the Prime Minister
marking International Women’s Day

8 March 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on the occasion of International Women’s Day: “Ending Violence Against Women: Action for Real Results, is Canada’s International Women’s Day theme for 2007, and reflects our government’s resolve to introduce effective measures that put an end to violent crimes and provide women the assistance they need. (...)

“Over the past year, Canada’s New Government has been delivering positive change for Canadian women and their families."

Source:
Office of the Prime Minister

Eh?

Makes me wonder how women in the Conservative Cabinet get to sleep at night...
"positive change"= September 2006 federal cuts to Women's programs
(this link takes you just a bit further down on the page you're now reading)

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International Women's Day
Ending Violence Against Women: Action for Real Results

March 8, 2007
2007 marks the 30th anniversary of International Women's Day. Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this important day provides an opportunity to celebrate the progress made to advance women's rights and to assess the challenges that remain. International Women's Day (IWD) encourages us to consider steps to bring about equality for women and girls in all their diversity and to celebrate the collective power of women past, present and future.

This year, Canadians will celebrate International Women's Week (IWW) from Sunday, March 4, to Saturday, March 10, with the highlight being International Women's Day on March 8. We encourage you to promote IWD/IWW by sharing this promotional notice with others, or even better, by organizing an activity in your own community or organization.
* Theme
* News Releases and Statements
* Products Available
* Ordering Products

Source:
Status of Women Canada

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International Women's Day (IWD)
March 8
"An amazing 1,617 websites currently linking to the IWD 2007 site ...
Over 268 IWD 2007 events currently listed from 28 different countries ..."
- incl. links to : Home - About IWD - 2007 IWD events - Organisations - IWD news - Link to IWD
- check the left margin of the page for links to organisations, governments, universities and media groups supporting IWD

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International Women's Day 2007 - March 8
Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls
- incl. links to : * Home * GA President's Message * Message of the Secretary-General * Background * Facts and Figures * Commemoration * UN Webcast * History of the day * Commission on the Status of Women * WomenWatch
* UN News Centre * Press Releases * Resources * Women's Day 2006 * UN Home
Source:
United Nations

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International Women’s Day
- incl. links to : United Nations and Women's Rights » Examples of Issues Faced by Women
» Canadian Connections: Canada and Women's Issues » Suggested Activities for International Women's Day
» Useful Links to Other Sites Concerning Women
Source:
United Nations Association in Canada

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International Women's Day - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Related Links:

See Links to International Sites about Women's Social Issues


Human Rights of Incarcerated Women in Canada
Provincial/territorial Government Women's Links
International Women's Day
(these links will take you further down on the page you're reading now)

Women's Rights in Canada since 1900
- links to info about key court cases and laws that have shaped human rights in Canada since 1900
Source:
Human rights in 20th Century Canada - A Historical Perspective
[ Justice Canada ]

September 2006 federal cuts to Women's programs

Canada's New Government cuts wasteful programs,
refocuses spending on priorities, achieves major debt reduction as promised

September 25, 2006
Source:
Finance Canada

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Related Link (from Treasury Board Secretariat):

Backgrounder - Effective Spending
"Canadians want to know their hard-earned tax dollars are invested responsibly in effective programs that meet their priorities."
NOTE: this is where you'll find a detailed breakdown of the spending cuts.

Here are the "Lowlights" of the cuts --- the biggest losers in the social envelope:
[Cuts/savings shown below are for a two-year period]

Status of Women
- Status of Women Canada Administrative Savings: $5 million

Health
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Elimination of Health Canada's Policy Research Program: $7.5 million
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“Health Portfolio” efficiencies: $28 million (not sure what this is)

Social Development Partnerships
- Efficiencies in the administration of CMHC programs: $45 million
- Reduction in Low Priority Grants and Contributions Related to Social Development Partnership Program: $13.8 million
- Elimination of Funding for Canadian Policy Research Networks: $3 million

Others

- Elimination of Funding for the Law Commission of Canada: $4.1 million
- Elimination of Court Challenges Program: $5.6 million

(These "lowlights" were prepared by Pedro Barata - merci, Pedro!)

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See also:

Government cuts to 66 programs announced in September 2006
September 27, 2006
Source:
CBC

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Oda finally confirms termination of HALF of SWC workforce
29 November 06
Well, the true damage of the Oda/Harper cuts is now being confirmed. Earlier today, Minister Oda announced the federal government will be shutting down twelve of its regional Status of Women offices. These include offices in St. John’s, Halifax, Charlottetown, London, Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Vancouver, and several others.
Source:
Statusreport.ca
Statusreport.ca is non-partisan, unaffiliated with any women's organization or political party. Co-founders Audra Williams and Pam Kapoor are independent communications consultants based in Halifax and Gatineau, respectively, who bring almost 20 years combined experience in public engagement and mobilization. Working in collaboration with an ad-hoc group of creative women, they are dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of SWC and the role it should continue to play in the struggle for women's full equality in Canada.
- incl. links to : welcome * the weekly wrap * question of the week * what to know (About SWC - About the cuts -What's up on the hill - About Minister Oda - About CEDAW - The scoop on REAL Women) * what to do (On the Ground - On the Web - Mobilization Gallery) * media (what we're sayin' - what they're sayin' - what you're sayin') * contact

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Related Links from sources other than government:

Law Commission of Canada responds to
the Federal Government's decision to eliminate funding

September 26, 2006
[Sept. 2007 update : Another dead link, another funding cut.
Law Commission of Canada abandoned by Conservative government - ]
Source:
Law Commission of Canada (dead link)

===> Go to Archive.org earlier versions of the LCC website

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Government's real priorities revealed
Media Statement
September 26, 2006
"OTTAWA, Sept. 26 /CNW/ - We are deeply concerned about the gutting of the only federal agency that addresses critical questions pertaining to equality and about what it suggests about what this government's true intentions are for equality matters in Canada. Announced Monday, the 5 million dollar cut to Status of Women Canada (SWC) is a serious attack on the lone federal department engaged in the development of gender responsive policy and in the fulfillment of Canada's human rights obligations to women at the international, domestic, and inter-governmental levels.
We now see the government's real priorities revealed. (...)"
Signed:
Canadian Council for Muslim Women
Canadian Federation of University Women
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
DAWN Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network
MATCH International
YWCA Canada

Cuts to Status of Women and Court Challenges Program
Undermine Government’s Commitment to Women’s Equality

"(...) During the last federal election campaign, Stephen Harper promised to “take concrete and immediate measures…to ensure that Canada fully upholds its commitments to women.” These cuts are not consistent with Mr. Harper’s election promise,” said Shelagh Day, Co-Chair of the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)."
Source:
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action

An important message from CPRN President Sharon Manson Singer
September 26
"You may have heard by now that CPRN is one of the casualties of the government’s search for one billion dollars in savings. It means that our new grant of $3 million a year will not be continued past the current year. We had no advance warning of this decision, nor was there any consultation..."
Source:
Canadian Policy Research Networks

Federal Conservatives Betray Commitments to Women's Equality:
Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women of Newfoundland and Labrador Responds to Cuts to Status of Women Canada
"(...) The Advisory Council denounces the decision to cut the federal Department of Status of Women Canada by $5 million over two years. These cuts will be taken from its modest budget of $13 million per year. It is one of the smallest federal departments but has a huge role in advancing women's equality. This department provides critical analysis of the effect of policies and programs on women."

If I had 13.2 billion dollars...
September 25, 2006
(With apologies to the Bare Naked Ladies)
OTTAWA - “If I had 13.2 billion dollars I’d restore funding to post secondary education, because an investment now secures a brighter future later. I would stop paying lip service to the environment and come clean with some good green..."
By Paul Moist, National President
Source:
Canadian Union of Public Employees

Google Web Search Results:
"Canada, federal government, spending cuts"
Google News Search Results:
"Canada, federal government, spending cuts"
Source:
Google.ca

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Government response to the recommendations
issued by the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
(PDF file - 651K, 19 pages)
(Files posted to the Web September 20, 2006)
- Responses from the federal government to the recommendations issued by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women on the 19th of May (see the link to "Third Report..." below).
- The recommendations by the Committee address pay equity, parental benefits, gender based analysis, and Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program.
Source:
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)
[ Alliance canadienne féministe pour l'action internationale (AFAI)]
FAFIA is an alliance of over 40 Canadian women's equality-seeking non-governmental organizations formed in February 1999 at a national consultation of women's organizations held in Ottawa.
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Excerpt from the FAFIA website home page on September 24:
"Great news! FAFIA has just received word that its funding application has been approved! NAWL's funding application has also been approved. We are very pleased and wish to thank the Minister for her attention to this application." [ go to the FAFIA home page for links to more related content...]
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Related Links:

Third Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women ( Recommendations Only)
(Adopted by the Committee on May 16, 2006; Presented to the House on May 19, 2006)

Complete Report:

Funding through the Women's Program: Women's Groups Speak Out
Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
(including recommendations)
Anita Neville, M.P.
Chair
May 2005
NOTE: this is one of those infuriating online reports from the Canadian Parliament website that has a teeny-tiny "
NEXT PAGE >>" link at the bottom right-hand corner of each page that you must click (IF you notice it in the first place) to open the next page. Don't despair - here's a link to the Table of Contents, where you'll find hyperlinks to all sections of the report.

Source:
House of Commons Standing
Committee on the Status of Women

Two women's groups receive funding for one year
September 22, 2006
Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- A pair of women's groups that had prepared to close their doors for fear of cuts by the Conservative government learned Friday their federal funding has been secured for at least another year. The National Association of Women and the Law and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action had both taken steps to scale down their operations because of unusual delays in getting approvals for their funding.
Source:
CTV

However, no final word yet concerning continued funding of the Women's Program at Status of Women Canada ...

Google Web Search Results:
"canada, funding, women's groups"
Google News Search Results:
"canada, funding, women's groups"
Source:
Google.ca


The Liberal Party's Pink Book

From the Liberal Party of Canada:

Liberal Women’s Caucus Releases Pink Book II
December 5, 2007
News Release
Calls for changes to Divorce Act, elimination of fees
OTTAWA – The Liberal Women’s Caucus today released Volume II of the Pink Book: A Policy Framework for Canada’s Future, to respond to concerns about violence against women, housing, Aboriginal women, immigrant and refugee women and rural women.

The Pink Book, Volume II: A
Policy Framework for Canada’s Future
(PDF file - 425K, 39 pages)
Source:
Liberal Women’s Caucus

Pink Book, Volume I (2006) (2.6MB, 29 pages)

Related link:

Liberal plans for women seem pretty in Pink Book
December 07, 2007
Comment
By Antonia Zerbisias
It's easy to dispute all the statistics cited by the federal Liberal Women's Caucus in volume two of its Pink Book: A Policy Framework for Canada's Future, which was released Wednesday. Too easy...
Source:
The Toronto Star


Status of Women Canada
"Status of Women Canada (SWC) is the federal government agency which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country. SWC focuses its work in three areas: improving women's economic autonomy and well-being, eliminating systemic violence against women and children, and advancing women's human rights." 

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.
Source:
Status of Women Canada

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November
By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.

The Government of Canada Calls for an End to Violence against Women
News Release
November 25, 2008
OTTAWA – The Honourable Helena Guergis, Minister of State (Status of Women), in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, called for an end to violence against women. (...) November 25 commemorates the 1960 murders of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic. Worldwide it also marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, including Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women on December 6.

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.
Source:
Status of Women Canada

Google.ca News Search Results:
"National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women"
Google Web Search Results:
"National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women"
Source:
Google.ca

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14 dead women, 15 years later
"
Women who think themselves equal and free but who won't call themselves “feminists” might want to Google “marc lepine” and understand how much women — all women — are loathed."
Source:
rabble.ca

Google.ca Web Search Results: "marc lepine"
Google.ca News Search Results: "marc lepine"

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15 days, 15 ways to end violence against women
This is a postcard campaign of 15 messages we would like the government to listen to. You can help by sending a fax to your MP about which ever message speaks to you. Send one, send 10, send them all - the choice is yours.
Source:
Canadian Labour Congress

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From the Canadian Union of Public Employees:

National Association of Women and the Law closes its doors
September 20, 2007
Ottawa – “It is outrageous that the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) has been forced to layoff its full time staff and close its doors because Stephen Harper’s government does not believe it deserves funding,” said CUPE National President Paul Moist. The Harper minority government changed the mandate of Status of Women Canada – the agency that funded groups like NAWL, and took out references to the advancement of feminist work. (...) In addition to the many regional women’s organizations faced with impending closure, the Harper government has also withdrawn funding from several other national women’s organizations including:
* Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
* Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA)
* Canadian Child Care Advocacy Association (CCAAC).

Harper government working to silence women
Press Release
September 20, 2007
OTTAWA – Effective today, the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) is being forced to close its office, lay off its staff, and cease major consultations and advocacy on women's legal issues as an outcome of the Harper government's devastating changes to the mandate of Status of Women Canada. This closure is a grave blow to the continuing struggle for women's equality.
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**NOTE: scroll to the bottom of the press release page for links to over two dozen media articles and reactions from other women's groups, unions and political parties
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Source:
National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL)
NAWLis a feminist non-profit organization that has worked to promote the equality rights of all women in Canada since 1974.

Related link (international):

16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence
Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women
November 19, 2007
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence (25 November - 10 December) is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.
Source:
Nobel Women's Initiative
The Nobel Women's Initiative was established in 2006 by six sister Nobel Peace Laureates "to bring together our extraordinary experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality."


Gender Equality Consultation
"From September until early November 2005, Status of Women Canada consulted Canadians of all ages, with the goal of developing future directions on gender equality."

The consultation website includes links to the following related resources:

* Information on international commitments and government action
Beijing +10 fact sheets

* A statistical trends and patterns background paper
HTML
(Web page)
PDF (11 pages, 113 KB)

* A background paper on poverty by Monica Townson
HTML
(Web page)
PDF (11 pages, 89 KB)

* A background paper on Aboriginal women
HTML
(Web page)
PDF (8 pages, 53 KB)

Source:
Status of Women Canada (SWC)

Selected recent publications from SWC:

* Rural Women's Experiences of Maternity Care: Implications for Policy and Practice
(Information posted September 9, 2005)

* Public Policy and the Participation of Rural Nova Scotia Women in the New Economy
(Information posted September 8, 2005)

* Increasing Gender Inputs into Canadian International Trade Policy Positions at the WTO
(Information posted August 25, 2005)

* Gender-based Analysis / Gender Mainstreaming Annotated Bibliography
(Information posted July 25, 2005)

* Results-Based Status Report on Implementation of Section 41 of the Official Languages Act 2004-2005
(Information posted July 11, 2005)

Government of Canada Announces New Call for Proposals for Women's Projects
November 1, 2007
OTTAWA - The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, today announced a second call for proposals to solicit funding from the Women's Community Fund of Status of Women Canada. The new call invites eligible organizations to access funding from the overall $15.3 million Women's Program budget of Status of Women Canada.

The Government of Canada Supports Women Through the Transition 55 Project
November 8, 2007
QUÉBEC CITY - On behalf of The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, Luc Harvey, Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert, today announced funding to the Nouveau départ national for a project to assist women aged 55 to 65 with workforce re-entry and adaptation.

Women and the Canada Social Transfer: Securing the Social Union
By Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky (from the Poverty and Human Rights Centre in Vancouver)
March 2007
Complete report:
HTML version
PDF version
(689 KB, 150 pages)

Executive Summary
Social assistance and civil legal aid are in trouble in Canada. These social programs are vital to the realization of women's rights to equality and security of the person.

Table of contents:
1. Women, Social Programs, Human Rights and National Standards
2. Social Programs and Fiscal Federalism
3. The Fall-out
4. Can Human Rights Mechanisms Fill the Post CAP Vacuum?
5. Federal Government Jurisdiction to Establish and Maintain National Standards
6. Being Accountable for Rights and Money

Frequently-Asked Questions About the
Women's Program

- Information posted September 20, 2007

Earlier Related Policy Research Publications - recommended perusal!

Making Family Child Care Work: Strategies for Improving the Working Conditions of Family Childcare Providers
HTML version
PDF version
- 665 KB, 122 pages)
By Rachel Cox
January 2005
Posted to the Status of Women site March 23/05
"This report examines licensed providers of child daycare services who work from their homes in three provinces, and provides a legal analysis of their entitlement to benefits such as employment insurance and pension and labour law protection."

Women and Men in Canada: A Statistical Glance - 2003 Edition
Posted April 2005
HTML version
PDF version - 264 KB, 32 pages
"A concise and comprehensive guide to gender-based statistics that will be helpful in the development of fair and equitable policy options for the future."

Beijing +10
The 49th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) will convene from February 28-March 11, 2005, in New York to conduct a 10-year review (Beijing +10) of the implementation of gender equality commitments and to discuss remaining challenges and forward-looking strategies for the advancement and empowerment of women and girls

- Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference On Women (Beijing, 1995), and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Beijing +5, 2000)
- Message from the Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women
- Beijing +10 at a Glance
- Key International Documents
( Outcome of the 23rd Special Session of the UN General Assembly, 2000 (PDF file) * Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1999 * United Nations Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995 * Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993 * Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1985 (text file) * Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979)
- Key Canadian Documents
(Key Canadian Objectives, Beijing +10 * Canada's Beijing +10 Fact Sheets [to come]* Canada 's Response to the 2004 UN Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly * An Update to Canada 's 5th Report to the CEDAW Committee (December 2002) * Canada 's Fifth Report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (March 2002) * Canada 's Response to the 1999 UN Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action * Canada and the United Nations General Assembly Special Session, Beijing +5: Fact Sheets * Setting the Stage for the Next Century: The Federal Plan for Gender Equality (August 1995)
- International Regional and Preparatory Meetings
- Information for Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Speeches, Statements and News Releases (to come)
- Contact Information
- Online Feedback Form
Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference On Women (Beijing, 1995), and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Beijing +5, 2000)

Head of Canadian Delegation Statement
(Information posted January 4, 2005)

Status of Women 2004-2005 Estimates
October 12, 2004
HTML version
PDF version
(129 KB, 41 pages)
Source:
Report on Plans and Priorities
- incl. links to estimates for previous years
[ Status of Women Canada ]

23rd Annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for the Status of Women
MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR STATUS OF WOMEN ADDRESS
ECONOMIC SECURITY, HEALTH AND PURSUE MEASURES TO REDUCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST ABORIGINAL WOMEN
September 30 - October 1, 2004
"ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador – Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women concluded their 23rd annual meeting today and focused priority attention on violence prevention for Aboriginal women. To improve the situation of Aboriginal women, Ministers agreed to take joint and/or individual government action: on access to programs and services, public education and awareness, capacity-building and policy enhancement according to their respective priorities and needs."

Women's History Month - Yes, Women are "Persons!"
Did you know that October is Women's History Month (WHM) in Canada? Established in 1992 by the Government of Canada, this special month provides an opportunity to learn more about women's historic accomplishments and their contributions to Canadian society.
- incl. links to * Theme * News Releases and statements (to come) * Products available and information on Women's History Month * Ordering products * Calendar of Activities * For more information

Women's History Month
Organizer's Tool Kit

In October 2004, Canadians will celebrate Women's History Month (WHM), with the highlight being Persons Day on October 18. The theme for WHM this year is: Yes! Women are "Persons!"
To assist you in preparing activities to mark this special month, Status of Women Canada (SWC) has developed this Organizer's Tool Kit. It provides background information and suggestions to help you make the most of WHM. [This Organizer's Tool Kit is also available in PDF format.] Feel free to reproduce the kit - or part of it - and circulate it to your colleagues, friends and/or community.
- incl. Questions and Answers about Women's History Month - What can I do to commemorate Women's History Month? - Suggested Readings - Some Web Sites of Interest - Evaluation and comments

An Integrated Approach to Gender-based Analysis - 2004 Edition
August 2004
" This information kit consists of several fact sheets on different issues relating to gender-based analysis."
HTML version
PDF files
(Links to small PDF files for the following sections of the report : What is GBA? - Terminology - What is Gender Mainstreaming? - Gender-based Analysis (GBA) On-Line Discussion - Who are We? - Applying GBA: An Example

Canada's Response to the UN Questionnaire to Governments on Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (1995)
and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly (2000)

June 2004 (Posted to the SWC site August 20)
" The present response to the United Nations (UN) questionnaire is the 2nd report submitted by Canada on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) (1995) and the Outcome of the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly (2000). Canada's 1st national response to the questionnaire submitted in 2000 contained detailed information on measures adopted in Canada in support of the implementation of the BPfA. This report has been prepared as an update and contains information on measures adopted since 2000."
Complete report - HTML
Complete report - PDF (
257 KB, 27 pages)

Status Report for 2003-2004 on Implementation of Section 41 of the Official Languages Act
Posted to the SWC site August 20

Government of Canada and Native Women's Association Address Violence Against Aboriginal Women
News Release Issued May 21, 2004

Nova Scotia Group Receives Funding Addressing Programs for Black Women Living in Violence
News Release Issued May 19, 2004

From the Government of Canada What's New [by date] page:

[ 2006-03-08 ] March 8: International Women's Day - Status of Women Canada
[ 2006-03-08 ] Statement by the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, on the Occasion of International Women's Day
[ 2006-03-08 ] National Defence: Air Force Celebrates International Women's Week
[ 2006-03-07 ] Message From Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the Occasion of International Women's Day March 8, 2006
[ 2006-03-07 ] International Development Research Centre: International Women's Day, March 8, 2006
[ 2006-03-06 ] National Defence: International Women's Week - Backgrounder

From Status of Women Canada:

Canada Celebrates International Women's Day
News Release
March 8, 2005
OTTAWA -- The Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women, today joined Canadians in celebrating International Women's Week (IWW), March 5 to 12, 2005, and its highlight, March 8, International Women's Day. 'After successfully leading the Canadian delegation to the Beijing +10 meeting at the United Nations in New York last week, I am pleased Canada has strongly reaffirmed its commitment to the goals of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Gender Equality,' Minister Frulla said. 'What matters most now is that Canada is looking forward - building on our strengths, learning from our own and others' experience, and meeting challenges head on.'"

Liza Frulla (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister Responsible for Status of Women)
Will Lead the Canadian Delegation to the Beijing +10 Meeting in New York

News Release
February 28, 2005

The Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 10-year Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
Statement of Canada
March 2, 2005
"(...)2005, in addition to marking the 30th anniversary of the first world conference on women, also marks the 20th anniversary of the equality provisions of our Constitution."

International Women's Day - March 8, 2005
You Are Here: Women, Canada and the World

"Did you know that March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD) ? Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this special day provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress made to advance women's equality, to assess the challenges facing women in contemporary society, to consider future steps to enhance the status of women and, of course, to celebrate the gains made in these areas."
- incl. links to : Theme * News releases and statements * Products available * Ordering products * Calendar of Activities * For more information
Calendar of Activities 2005
(for all of Canada)
Beijing +10 at a Glance
Beijing +10 Resources
Beijing +10: Fact Sheets

Related Links:

International Women's Day
- incl. links to : United Nations and Women's Rights - Examples of Issues Faced by Women - Canadian Connections: Canada and Women's Issues - Suggested Activities for International Women's Day - Useful Links to Other Sites Concerning Women
Source : United Nations Association in Canada

International Women's Day
"Around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) marks a celebration of the economic, social, cultural and political achievements for women."

International Women's Day Events - links to 44 events and groups around the world

International Women's Day - March 8 (2005)
"This year's United Nations theme for IWD is 'Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future,' an appropriate theme considering that 2005 is a critical year for reinvigorating our efforts on women's human rights and gender equality."
Source:
Foreign Affairs Canada

Google.ca Web Search Results : "International Women's Day"
Google.ca News Search Results: "International Women's Day"
Source:
Google.ca


From Treasury Board Secretariat :

Departmental Performance Reports 2002-2003 - individual links to 2002/03 performance reports for all 87 Government of Canada departments and agencies
[Related News Release - October 30, 2003]

Status of Women Canada Performance Report 2002-2003


Canadians called to remember and take action against violence against women
News Release
December 6, 2003
"
OTTAWA -- Canadians across the country will reflect on the lives of women and girls who are survivors of violence and remember those who died as a result of violence. Candlelight vigils, memorial services, and film viewings and discussions are just some of the many ways Canadians will mark December 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women."
Related information and products
Calendar of Activities (List of Dec. 6 activities across the country)

Related Links:

Violence against women: old news
December 6, 2003
"In North America, women find themselves in an increasingly precarious position."
Source:
Rabble.ca

Montreal Massacre quietly remembered
Source:
CTV.ca

Google.ca News Search : "violence against women, Canada"
- links to 98 relevant news items
Source:
Google.ca News


Policy Research Publications:
- incl. links to over 60 reports and studies organized under the following topics : Canada Health and Social Transfer and its Impacts on Women - Changing Role of the State, Women's Paid and Unpaid Work, and Women's Vulnerability to Poverty - Custody and Access - Factoring Diversity into Policy Analysis and Development: New Tools, Frameworks, Methods and Applications - First Nations Women, Governance, and the Indian Act - Integration of Diversity into Policy Research, Development and Analysis - The Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation: Implications of Policy Changes for Women in Lesbian Relationships - Reducing Women's Poverty: Policy Options, Directions and Frameworks - Trafficking in Women: The Canadian Dimension - Where Have all the Women Gone? Shifts in Policy Discourses - Women and the Canadian Human Rights Act - Women and the Canadian Tax System - Women's Access to Justice - Women's Access to Sustained Employment with Adequate Benefits: Public Policy Solutions - Young Women at Risk

More samples of the content you'll find on this site:

Institute Working with Aboriginal Women to Address Barriers to Social Justice
News Release
November 18, 2003
"The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women will receive $100,000 for an 18-month initiative to develop the necessary tools and techniques that will allow Aboriginal women to better address the systemic barriers they face in achieving full social justice within their own communities and within mainstream Canadian society."

Grant to Help Committee Address How Court Handles Issues of Domestic Violence
News Release
November 14, 2003
"The Justice Options Steering Committee will receive $71,620 for an 18-month initiative to change the way courts addresses issues of domestic violence. (...)'The Justice Options Steering Committee is working to ensure women are treated fairly and respectfully by the courts,'said Mr. Murphy. 'With the help of this new initiative, women who are caught in a cycle of domestic violence or spousal abuse need not feel they are without recourse to justice.'"

Persons Case Day: October 18
The Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case

"The 'Famous Five' and the Persons Case: early activists challenge conventional views to change Canadian history"

Leadership and commitment to advancing gender equality : six women to receive Governor-General's awards
News Release
October 14, 2003

Re/working benefits: continuation of non-cash benefits support for single mothers and disabled women (PDF file - 1267K, 104 pages)
by Tanis Doe, Doris Rajan and Claire Abbott
February 2003
"Disabled women and single mothers are often trapped by the important benefits that are only available while in receipt of income assistance. Some women would be able to earn the equivalent in a month but could never cover the additional costs of child care, transportation and housing."

Violence Against Women Continues to be Problem: Serious Impacts on Canada's Health, Justice and Social System
News Release
December 3, 2002
"Thirteen years after the tragic deaths of 14 young women in Montreal, violence against women in Canada continues to be a significant and persistent social and economic problem. This key finding is contained in a major report called Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile, which was released today by the Hon. Jean Augustine, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women)"

Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile (PDF file - 444K, 81 pages)
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women
December 2002

The 1997 Canada Pension Plan Changes: Implications for Women and Men
Adil Sayeed
Status of Women Canada
August 2002
"The contention that the 1997 CPP changes were fair for women is refuted in this paper. Women will lose proportionately more benefits than men and also reap lower contribution savings over the long run."

The Framing of Poverty as "Child Poverty" and Its Implications for Women
Wanda Wiegers
June 2002
- incl. links to the Table of Contents, the Abstract and the Executive Summary
Complete Document (PDF file - 860K, 141 pages)
[not available as at January 24, 2003]
- includes extensive discussion of the federal Child Support Guidelines, the National Child Benefit and the Early Childhood Development Initiative under the National Children’s Agenda
Excerpts:
On the NCB Supplement:
"Because there are no legally binding standards or protocols attached to the federal Supplement, reinvestments are neither mandatory nor subject to uniform standards."
On the ECD Initiative:
"...the Early Childhood Development Initiative of the National Children’s Agenda is potentially positive but one which can, depending on the structure of the programming undertaken, also stigmatize and segregate low-income children, increase burdens and invasions of privacy for low-income mothers, and reinforce individualistic conceptions of poverty."

Status of Women Canada's International Activities to Promote the Advancement of Women
Highlights 1998-2002

Status of Women Canada
April 2002
- highlights of some of the recent and current activities of Status of Women Canada in the following international fora: United Nations (UN): General Assembly Special Sessions, Conventions and Commissions - Organization of American States (OAS), Summit of the Americas - Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) - The Commonwealth -
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - La Francophonie - Council of Europe (CoE) - Metropolis Project
Click on the link above to see the table of contents and links to individual sections, or...
Download the complete document in PDF format - 375 KB, 14 pages

First Nations Women, Governance and the Indian Act:
A Collection of Policy Research Reports

November 2001
Contents :
- A strong and meaningful role for First Nations women in governance
/ Judith F. Sayers and Kelly A. MacDonald
- First Nations women and governance : a study of custom and innovation among Lake Babine Nation Women / Jo-Anne Fiske, Melonie Newell and Evelyn George
- First Nations governance, the Indian Act and women's equality rights / Wendy Cornet
The research and publication of this study were funded by Status of Women Canada's Policy Research Fund.

Women and the CHST: A Profile of Women Receiving Social Assistance in 1994
 March 1998
 Katherine Scott, Centre for International Statistics
 Canadian Council on Social Development

Funded by Status of Women Canada's Policy Research Fund

Women and the Equality Deficit: The Impact of Restructuring Canada's Social Programs
Shelagh Day and Gwen Brodsky
March 1998



24th Annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for the Status of Women
Regina, Saskatchewan
September 22-23, 2005
o News Release

Source:
Canadian Intergovernmental
Conference Secretariat

Women Candidates in General Elections
1921 to Date

Source:
Parliamentary Internet

Gender-Based Analysis: Building Blocks for Success
Report of the Standing Committee on Status of Women

Anita Neville, M.P., Chair
Parliamentary Internet
April 2005
- click on the link above to go to the Cover page of the report, then click the word "Next" in the top right or bottom left corner of each page until you reach the...
Table of Contents - incl. links to all chapter of the report

Gender Analysis of Policy: Time to do Business Differently
News Release
April 19, 2005
"
Today in Ottawa, Anita Neville, (Winnipeg South Centre), Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women released the Committee’s report, Gender-Based Analysis: Building Blocks for Success. This report was developed following intensive consultations with equality seeking organizations and federal government departments. In its report, the Committee outlines a comprehensive approach to ensure that gender-based analysis is carried out throughout the federal government."

Related Links:

Standing Committee on the Status of Women (House of Commons)
Report 1 - Increasing Funding to Equality-Seeking Organizations (Presented in the House February 10, 2005)
"The Committee recommends that the federal government increase funding to the Women’s Program at Status of Women Canada by at least 25% for investments in women’s groups and equality-seeking organizations."

From the Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) :
[ Canadian Institute for Health Information - CIHI ]

Women Live Longer Than Men – but Life-Expectancy Figures Mask Major Health Problems
New Report Provides First Comprehensive Look at Health of Canadian Women; Finds Disturbing Risks Among Young Women
News Release
September 30, 2003
Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI)
"Canadian women live longer than men, but that doesn’t mean they’re healthier. A new report shows that both younger and older women are actually at higher risk than men for many serious health problems."
- In this release: General Findings | Risks for Younger Women | Risks for Older Women | Risks for Single Mothers and Rural Women | About the Report | About CPHI | Contact
Table of Contents - just the TOC, no links to actual content
Complete report:
Women's Health Surveillance Report :
A Multi-Dimensional Look at the Health of Canadian Women
(PDF file - 917K, 102 pages)

Other CPHI reports:
The Impact of Poverty on Health by Shelley Phipps, June 2003 (PDF file -297K, 39 pages)
Policy Approaches to Address the Impact of Poverty on Health by David P. Ross, June 2003 (293K, 33 pages)
Poverty and Health: Links to Action - proceedings of the CPHI National Roundtable on Poverty and Health, March 26, 2002 (PDF file - 232K, 36 pages)
- Children and Youth Health-CPHI Atlantic Regional Workshop
- Determinants of Healthy Communities-CPHI Prairie Regional Workshop
- Place and Health-CPHI Research Workshop Report
- "Initial Directions" Proceedings of CPHI's First Roundtable on Aboriginal Peoples' Health
- Women's Health Surveillance Report
Coming this fall:
- Aboriginal Peoples' Health-CPHI Roundtable Series Reports 2 & 3
- Obesity in Canada-CPHI Roundtable Repor
t


Women's Health Bureau [from Health Canada Online]

Women's Health Strategy
- incl. : Recognizing the Issues - Progress to Date - Canada's Commitments to Women's Health - The Women's Health Strategy: Health Canada's Response - Health Canada and the Women's Health Bureau - A Changing Environment - and much more...

Key Activities includes links to : Women's Health Strategy - Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Program - Menopause - Gender-Based Analysis Initiative - Ninth Conference of the Spouses of Heads of State and Government of the Americas - Women's Health Bureau Open House

Links to Women's Sites - incl. links to Women's health organizations in Canada, the U.S. and other countries

Centres of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)
- "The Women’s Health Contribution Program supports policy research and education on women’s health issues. Managed by the Women's Health Bureau, Health Canada, the Program is a partnership between community and academic researchers."

- Northern FIRE : Northern Secretariat of the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
- B.C. Centre of Excellence for Women's Health - Children's & Women's Hospital, Vancouver

- Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence - Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon

- National Network on Environments and Women's Health - York University, Toronto

- Centre of Excellence for Women's Health - Université de Montréal

- Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health - Halifax


A few samples of the documents available online from the Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health and the Canadian Women's Health Network:

Manitoba:
Including Low-Income Women with Children:
Program and Policy Directions
(PDF file - 596K, 57 pages)
Research Report
September 2007
By Lynn Scruby and Rachel Rapaport Beck

Overview of the report (HTML)
"(...) This qualitative research project draws on principles from feminist and participatory action research methodology. A total of nine focus group interviews were conducted at four Family Resource Centres (FRCs) located in two urban communities in Winnipeg and two rural communities in Eastern Manitoba. Fifty-six low-income women and 29 FRC service providers participated in these interviews..."

List of PWHCE publications by subject
- including :
Aboriginal Women's Health * Gender and Health Planning * Health Reform and Policy * Immigrant/Refugee Women's Health * Informal Caregivers' Health * Lesbian Health * Literature Reviews * Women, Poverty and Health * Older Women's Health * Rural Women's Health * Women's Mental Health * Women, Violence and Abuse * Women-Centred Health Programs and Services

Related links:

Raise the Rates Campaign - from the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Including Low-Income women with Children: Program and Policy Directions
September 12, 2007
This report examines information on the issues that affect the health and well-being of low-income women with children, their families and the communities in which they live as well as several of the key policy implications of these findings and recommendations for action.
Source:
WinnipegFirst.ca - Your first source for Winnipeg news

Primary Health Care Reform and Women (PDF file - 423K, 24 pages)
September 2005
"Given that women are both the majority of the users of the health care system and the majority of health care providers, how can reforms be made to work for all women — no matter where they live, what their income levels, education, language or health issue, sexual orientation or level of physical disability? (...)
Examines the debates about primary health care reforms and their impact on women and their health. Argues that these reforms are really about women’s work even though women are not the ones making most of the decisions."
Source:
National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women
[ Centres of Excellence for Women's Health ]
and
[ Canadian Women's Health Network ]
[ funded by Health Canada's Bureau of Women's Health and Gender Analysis ]

Women and Social Assistance Policy in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
May 2005
By Josephine Savarese, Department of Justice Studies, University of Regina and
Bonnie Morton, Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry
"The Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE) Research Program on Poverty and Women's Health has supported several studies that examine the links between public policy, women's poverty and women's health. In 2003, PWHCE initiated three research projects designed to examine income assistance policies in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and their effects on women's health. Reports from two of these projects were published in 2004: Don't We Count As People: Saskatchewan Social Welfare Policy and Women's Health and Surviving on Hope is Not Enough: Women's Health, Poverty, Justice and Income Support in Manitoba. These two studies were based on several focus groups held in each province and were designed to bring forward the voices and perspectives of those most directly affected by income assistance policies. As Wharf and MacKenzie have noted, 'the knowledge and experience gap between those who make policy and those who must live with the consequences is enormous.' The research helps bridge that gap by providing an important critique of income assistance policies from the perspectives of women living on welfare. The women's descriptions of their experiences reveal the inadequacy of income assistance benefits and the harmful effects on their physical and emotional health."

Complete report (PDF file - 927K, 62 pages)
NOTE: the complete report includes both studies noted above.

Source:
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
("The Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence is one of the Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health supported by the Women’s Health Contribution Program, through the Bureau of Women’s Health And Gender Analysis of Health Canada. The Centres are dedicated to improving the health status of Canadian women by supporting policy-oriented, and community-based research and analysis on the social determinants of women’s health.")

Report on health of rural, northern women paints picture of inequity
Canadian Press

June 08, 2004
"TORONTO (CP) - A new report on the health of women in rural and remote settings paints a picture of inequity, with spotty availability of the health services expected by women living in urban centres.Rural women are more likely to be living on low incomes, to experience domestic violence and have to travel long distances to obtain the care they need, said the report by the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health released Tuesday."
Source:
Canada.com

Rural, Remote and Northern Women's Health
Policy and Research Directions
Final Summary Report

Largest Canadian study on rural women's health finds urban solutions do not address rural problems
Canada's health system failing women in rural and remote regions
- final report of a two-year study on the health of rural, remote and Northern women
"...the largest qualitative study in Canada to date to address the health concerns of this important community"
- incl. links to the complete summary report, an executive summary, bibliographies and focus group reports
Complete Summary Report (7.6 MB PDF)*
Executive Summary (3.2 MB PDF)*
Source:
Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)
*NOTE: these files are enormous to download, even with a broadband connection. Here's a suggestion for *all* organizations offering their reports online: it's OK to offer a gussied-up version with all the pretty graphics, but it would be appreciated if you would also offer a link to a "stripped-down" version of your report for visitors with older machines. slower connections or accessibility issues.

Google Web Search Results: "rural women, health, Canada, study"
Google News Search Results: "rural women, health, Canada, study"
- direct links to search results pages, always current!
Source:
Google.ca

Surviving on Hope is not Enough:
Women's Health, Poverty, Justice and Income Support in Manitoba
May 28, 2004
Executive Summary
" Women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Women with disabilities, Aboriginal women, and single mothers have higher rates of poverty. Women who live in poverty have poorer physical and mental health than those with higher incomes."
Complete report (PDF file - 725K, 56 pages)

Policy-Related PWHCE Projects
- incl. links to research in the following areas:
Aboriginal Women's Health - Health Reform and Policy - Immigrant / Refugee Women's Health - Informal Caregivers' Health - Lesbian Health - Literature Reviews - Women, Poverty and Health - Older Women's Health - Rural Women's Health - Women's Mental Health - Women, Violence and Abuse - Women-centred Health Programs and Services

Source:
Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
Related Links:
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health (Health Canada)

- "The Women’s Health Contribution Program supports policy research and education on women’s health issues. Managed by the Women's Health Bureau, Health Canada, the Program is a partnership between community and academic researchers."
Women's Health Bureau
[ Health Canada Online ]

Don't We Count as People? Saskatchewan Social Welfare Policy and Women's Health
By M. Kerr, D. Frost, D. Bignell and Equal Justice for All.
February 2004
"(...) This project was part of a larger initiative sponsored by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence to examine social assistance policies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, their impact on women's health, and women's access to justice as recipients of social assistance.
Seven focus groups were held with 43 women living on social assistance in five of the eleven administrative regions of Saskatchewan in April 2003. In focus group discussions, these women described the daily reality of their lives and the impact of social assistance policies on their physical and emotional health."
Executive Summary
Complete report (PDF file - 851K, 58 pages)
Source:
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence

Women Need Safe, Stable, Affordable Housing: A study of social, private and co-op housing in Winnipeg
By M. McCracken and G. Watson
February 2004
"(...) The housing crisis in Canada has been linked to the federal government's withdrawal from housing in the 1990s. The proportion of female-headed renter households paying 30% or more of their household income on housing increased from 38% to 47% between 1980 and 1995, and female-headed households comprise 45% of Canadian households with core housing need. As a result of the withdrawal of federal funding, there has been no expansion of social housing in Manitoba and a decrease in the total number of low-income rental units. (...) As a response to the housing shortage, the federal government became involved in housing again in 2003. The federal and provincial governments developed the Affordable Housing initiative (AHI). They have earmarked $50 million dollars for housing programs in Manitoba; the City of Winnipeg has put forward $17.5 million dollars.
Executive Summary
Complete report
(PDF file - 840K, 50 pages)
Source:
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence

The Status of Canadian Nursing Homecare: Universality, Accessibility, and Comprehensiveness (PDF file - 237K, 25 pages)
June 2002

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Women’s Health: Setting a Women-Centred Research Agenda (PDF file - 820K, 37 pages)
November 2002

We're Women, Too: Identifying Barriers to Gynecologic and Breast Health Care for Women with Disabilities (PDF file - 262K, 48 pages)
April 2003

...and more, including teen girls and smoking, triple marker screening in British Columbia, midwifery symposium proceedings, women survivors of childhood sexual abuse and health care services, women and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, safety of medicines, etc.

Related Links:
Centres of Excellence in Women’s Health
Canadian Women's Health Network




National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Health Canada)
The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence is a national resource centre for professionals, front-line workers, researchers and community groups seeking information about violence within the family and looking for new resources being used to address it. This is a large site of information on child abuse, violence against women, and abuse of seniors.. You'll find fact sheets, a newsletter, special reports and studies and much more.

Family Violence Initiative - The federal government's commitment to reduce family violence in Canada.

Collection of links to local, provincial, national and international organizations - Impressive!

The Family Violence Initiative : Year Five Report (PDF file - 701K, 82 pages)
December 2002
Posted to the site May 26, 2004
PDF file dated March 2004
"The Family Violence Initiative Year Five Report presents an overview of the achievements of the federal investment in family violence prevention for the fiscal period April 1997 to March 2002.
It provides:
- an overview of the Family Violence Initiative;
- a synthesis of the performance results in relation to identified key results from April 1997 to March 2002, based on departmental performance reports, commissioned case studies, evaluation and review information; and
- an overview of “the road ahead” for the Family Violence Initiative for the period beginning April 2002."
Source:
The Family Violence Initiative (FVI)
[ part of the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV ]
[ part of Health Promotion Online ]
[ part of Health Canada ]

CEWH Research Bulletin
- this link takes you to the table of contents of the current issue of the bulletin (Spring 2002); down the left side of the page, you'll also find links to five earlier issues (back to the fall of 2000); in each case, you can either click on the individual sections of the bulletin to read them selectively or you can download the entire issue in PDF format.
- topics covered include : caregiving, women and health care reform, what counts and who’s counted in women’s health research, women with disabilities, Aboriginal women's health issues, midwifery, diversity and more...

2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study: Report One
Dr. Chris Higgins, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, U.W.O.
Dr. Linda Duxbury, Professor, School of Business, Carleton University
Final Report (March 2002)
- includes the Foreword and Executive Summary
Complete report (PDF file - 1041K, 99 pages)

Related Link:

Work-life compendium 2001: 150 Canadian statistics on work, family, and well-being
September 2001
Karen Johnson, Donna Lero and Jennifer Rooney
Source : Human Resources Development Canada, Gender Analysis and Policy Directorate and Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being, University of Guelph
"Work-life compendium 2001" is a new resource document that brings together a wide variety of work-life facts and figures compiled from the most recent Canadian data sources available. Data cover a range of inter-related topics, including changes in the family; child and elder care; labour force participation patterns; income and earnings; industrial, organizational and workplace change; labour legislation; and public opinion.
Full report (PDF file - 1.1MB, 88 pages)
- Go to the Centre for Families Work and Well-Being


Human Rights of Incarcerated Women in Canada

Protecting Their Rights : A Systemic Review of Human Rights
in Correctional Services for Federally Sentenced Women

January 29, 2004
"On 28 January 2004, the Canadian Human Rights Commission released a report entitled "Protecting Their Rights". The report states that the human rights of female inmates in the federal correctional system are consistently violated. The report also states that the federal correctional system should take a more gender-based approach to custody, programming and reintegration projects for women offenders. The report provides 19 recommendations and sets out guidelines to ensure that the treatment of federally sentenced women is consistent with human rights laws."
Click the link above to read the news release (Jan. 28/04), two backgrounders and links to all 80+ submissions received by the Canadian Human Rights Commission for the report.

Source:
Canadian Human Rights Commission

Complete report - HTML (table of contents with links to individual sections of the report)

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Correctional Service Canada Welcomes Report on Federal Women Offenders
News Release
January 28, 2004
"We are committed to safe and humane corrections for women offenders," stated Lucie McClung, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada. "We welcome this Report as it will help us shape our direction in improving services available to women offenders."
Source:
Correctional Service of Canada

Office of the Correctional Investigator:
Response to the Canadian Human Rights Commission's Consultation Paper
for the Special Report on the Situation of Federally Sentenced Women

January 28, 2004
Source:
Office of the Correctional Investigator

 

Also from the Canadian Human Rights Commission:

Speech by the Chief Commissioner to the
Global Colloquium on Creating a Level Playing Field for Women

March 5th, 2004
Washington D.C.
Source:
Canadian Human Rights Commission

Related Links:

Women continue to advance into management ranks, EEOC study finds
Glass Ceiling Phenomenon Differs by Industry
"WASHINGTON - A new study conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector shows that women now represent about 36 percent of all officials and managers in private sector employment, a seven percent increase over the 12-year period examined."
- incl. info about the Global Colloquium on Creating a Level Playing Field for Women

Complete report:
HTML version
- includes Executive Summary of the report

PDF version
(16.6MB, 42 pages)

Source:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
(U.S. Govt.)
"The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or national origin); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which protects workers age 40 and older from discrimination based on age; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the federal sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and in state and local governments; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991."

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Statistics Canada

Sample reports about women's issues:

February 21, 2008
Study: Health information and the Internet, 2005
More than one-third of Canadian adults, over half of them women, used the Internet to search for health information in 2005, according to a new study. Among those who also visited a doctor, more than one-third discussed the results of their Internet search with their physician. The study, "Getting a second opinion: Health information and the Internet," examines adults' use of the Internet to access health information in 2005.

Female Employment in the Core (Federal) Public Administration
by Katarzyna Naczk, Public Institutions Division
September 2007

The first study, published in The Daily on March 5, 2007, showed that, globally, the federal public service was smaller in 2006 than it was 11 years earlier. It also showed that the composition of the CPA has been changing in tune with the times.
Source:
Analysis in Brief
(earlier issues of Analysis in Brief)

June 12, 2007
Study: Rising education of women and the gender earnings gap, 1981 to 2001
- includes links to the complete study and the executive summary
Source:
Statistics Canada

June 29, 2007
Shelters for abused women, 2005/2006
Between April 1, 2005 and March 31, 2006, nearly 106,000 women and children were admitted to shelters, most often to escape abuse, according to a new report. While the number of women admitted to shelters to escape abuse has stayed relatively stable during the past nine years, the number of children has fallen substantially. Children accounted for 41% of these admissions in 2006, compared with 49% in 1998, when Statistics Canada first began collecting these data, the report showed.

Report overview
About 7% of women and 6% of men across the country are the victims of violence at the hands of a current or former spouse or common-law partner, according to results from the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization. Specifically, the 2004 GSS indicated that some 546,000 women and 653,000 men in Canada were the victims of spousal violence in the five years preceding the survey.

Complete report (PDF file - 217K, 20 pages)

Related link:

Transition Homes in Canada: National, Provincial and Territorial Fact Sheets 2005/2006
June 2007
By Roxan Vaillancourt and Andrea Taylor-Butts, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (Statistics Canada)
HTML version - click the links in the left margin for "National fact sheet" or "Fact sheets for the provinces and territories"
PDF version (237K, 30 pages)
"(...) As part of the Federal Family Violence Initiative, the Transition Home Survey (THS) was developed in order to address the need for improved information about services for victims of domestic violence. (...) The Transition Home Survey is a biennial census of all residential facilities for female victims of domestic violence.(...) Information is collected on the characteristics of the facilities and the services provided during the previous 12 months. Additionally, a snapshot day (April 19, 2006) is used to profile the women and children residing in the shelter on the given day. For the 2005/2006 Transition Home Survey, 553 shelters were contacted and responses were received from 486 or 88%. However, figures presented in the 2005/2006 THS Fact Sheets are representative of all 553 facilities, as an imputation procedure was used to replace missing data for non-respondents.
[ earlier editions of this report -
2001-2002 and 2003-2004 ]

June 19, 2007
Study: Maternal employment, breastfeeding and health, 1998 to 2003
Longer maternity leaves for Canadian mothers have meant that more of them have met breastfeeding targets recommended by public health agencies, according to a new study. The study examined the impact that an increase in maternity leave entitlement had on time away from work, breastfeeding, and the health of both mothers and their children.

June 12, 2007
Study: Rising education of women and the gender earnings gap, 1981 to 2001
The earnings gap between young women and men only declined moderately during the 1990s, despite a dramatic increase in the proportion of young women holding a university degree, according to a new study. From 1991 to 2001, the proportion of 25- to 29-year-old women holding a university degree went from 21% to 34%. In contrast, the proportion of 25- to 29-year-old men holding a university degree only rose moderately over the period, from 16% in 1991 to 21% in 2001.Despite the sharp increase in the proportion of young women with a university degree and the fact that university degree-holders generally earn more than other workers, the gender earnings gap only declined slightly over the period.

Related link:

Has Higher Education among Young Women Substantially
Reduced the Gender Gap in Employment and Earnings?
Executive Summary
(HTML)
Complete report (PDF file - 286K, 26 pages)
Source:
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series

Women in Canada: Work Chapter Updates
April 2007
By Marcia Almey
PDF version (213K, 23 pages)
Table of contents:
-
Women in the workplace
- More women employed
- Employment levels vary across the country
- Chances of employment increase with higher education
- Ages 25 to 54 prime working years for women
- Dramatic increases in employment among women with children
- Female lone parents less likely to be employed
- Many women work part-time
- Increasing numbers of women self-employed
- Still concentrated in traditional female occupations
- Unemployment lower among women

Tables
- click the above link to access any of the following tables:
[NOTE: I'm reproducing the entire list of tables because this is a good collection of historical employment rates;
the numbers presented in the tables are for all of Canada (vs by province/territory).]

Table 1 Employment, 1976 to 2006
Table 2 Percentage of the population aged 15 and over employed, by province, 1976 to 2006
Table 3 Percentage employed, by age and educational attainment, 2006
Table 4 Percentage employed, by age, 1976 to 2006
Table 5 Percentage of women with children employed, by age of youngest child, 1976 to 2006
Table 6 Employment of women with children, by family status and age of youngest child, 1976 to 2006
Table 7 Part-time employment, 1976 to 2006
Table 8 Percentage employed part-time, by age, 1976 to 2006
Table 9 Reasons for part-time work, by age, 2006
Table 10 Self-employment, 1976 to 2006
Table 11 Distribution of employment, by occupation, 1987, 1996 and 2006
Table 12 Unemployment, 1976 to 2006
Table 13 Unemployment rates, by age, 1976 to 2006
Table 14 Unemployment rates, by age and province, 2006
Table 15 Unemployed, by reason for leaving last job, 2006

Earlier editions of Women in Canada: Work Chapter Update
- annual editions back to 2000

February 23, 2007
Study: Gender differences in quits and absenteeism, 1983 to 2003
Female workers are traditionally considered more likely than men to quit their jobs, to be absent or to take more days off for family reasons. In the past, this gender difference has been offered as an explanation for the wage gap between men and women. This new study documents gender differences in quitting and absenteeism. It shows that differences in quits and absenteeism between men and women are now fairly small. The study found that since the early 1990s, women have been no more likely to quit their jobs than men. Quit rates among women had been higher than those of men before 1994. But since then, the gap has virtually disappeared.

Gender Differences in Quits and Absenteeism in Canada
February 2007
by Xuelin Zhang
Executive summary (HTML)
Complete report (PDF file - 189K, 36 pages)
Source:
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series

December 8, 2006
Study: Wage differences between male and female university professors, 1970 to 2001
More women are teaching full-time in Canadian universities, and although they still earn less on average than their male counterparts, the difference in salaries has narrowed, according to a new study.

Complete study:

The Evolution of Male-Female Wages Differentials in
Canadian Universities: 1970-2001
(PDF file - 618K, 53 pages)

Interreligious unions in Canada
by Warren Clark
This article uses data from the Census of Population and the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey to examine the prevalence of interreligious unions and social and demographic factors associated with their occurrence.
October 3, 2006
HTML version
PDF version
(97K, 11 pages)
Source:
Canadian Social Trends
(Statistics Canada's publication on emerging social issues)

Earlier Issues of Canadian Social Trends - hundreds of articles going back to 1996
Articles by Subject - the same articles as in the previous link are organized according to the following themes:
Aboriginal People - Income, Expenditures and Housing - Aging, Seniors and Retirement - Justice - Caregiving and Disabilities - Leisure and Religion - Children and Youth - Marriage and Families - Cities, Neighbourhoods and Rural
Canada - Miscellaneous - Education, Training and Literacy - Technology - Employment - Time use - Health - Volunteering and Participation - Immigration, Diversity and Language

October 2, 2006
Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, 2006
Statistics Canada today released a comprehensive summary of what is currently known about the prevalence and severity of violence against women in Canada. The report pulls together previously released data from victimization surveys, police services, courts and service agencies to assess the nature of violence against women. It addresses its impact, associated risk factors, institutional and community responses and the use of services by victims. The report updates a 2002 report titled Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile, which introduced a number of violence indicators. It expands on these indicators, organizing them into five central themes: prevalence and severity; impact; risk factors for violence; institutional and community-based responses; and victims' use of services.

Complete report:

Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends 2006
By Holly Johnson, Statistics Canada
- follow the links in the left margin of the home page of this report for an executive summary, findings, a PDF version of the report, almost 70 tables and figures, etc.

July 19, 2006
General Social Survey: Paid and unpaid work 2005
"Women still do most of the housework and tend to feel more time-stressed than men do. But now more men are juggling household chores and paid work duties, while women are spending more time at the office, according to a new time-use study." [this link takes you to highlights of the "Converging Gender Roles" article below]

Perspectives on Labour and Income (PDF file - 889K, 23 pages)
July 2006 online edition
The July 2006 online edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income, released today, features two articles.
"Converging gender roles" looks at paid and unpaid work, and the changing proportions of time spent on each by men and women since 1986.
"Is the workplace becoming safer?" examines compensation claims for work injuries in Ontario and British Columbia between 1990 and 2001. The study found that rates generally declined, but the decrease may not have been uniform for all age groups, industries or regions. Workplace injuries among young workers aged 15 to 24 continued to be of particular concern.
Earlier Issues of
Perspectives on Labour and Income

- links to dozens and dozens of articles from earlier issues of Perspectives on Labour and Income

March 7, 2006
Women in Canada
Women are playing stronger roles in the workplace and their profile is rising in many professional fields, according to a new assessment on the evolving status of women in Canadian society. However, the report still shows substantial gaps between the sexes in many key areas. The average earnings of employed women are still substantially lower than those of men, women make up a disproportionate share of the population with low incomes and women are much more likely than men to work part time. On the other hand, one of their real success stories has been the dramatic gain in the proportion of women with a university degree. Women are still slightly less likely than men to have a university degree. But the gap is much narrower than in the past.
The current situation for women is assessed in the fifth edition of the compendium Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, available today ($49).
This 300-page report provides a statistical overview of their demographic characteristics, family arrangements, health, education, employment and unpaid work activity, income, housing, and criminal victimization.
Click the link above for more highlights from the report.

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How healthy are Canadians? Annual report 2005
February 9, 2006
Complete report (PDF file - 665K, 69 pages)

Table of contents (download individual articles):

Seniors' health care use [highlights - HTML] [full article - PDF]
Predictors of death in seniors [highlights - HTML] [full article - PDF]
===>Women aged 65 or older who experienced a high level of psychological distress in 1994/95 were far more likely to die over the next eight years than were those at lower levels of distress, according to a new study.
Healthy living among seniors [highlights - HTML] [full article - PDF]
Dependency, chronic conditions and pain in seniors
[highlights - HTML] [full article - PDF]
Successful aging in health care institutions [highlights - HTML] [full article - PDF]

Source:
Health Reports Supplement
Health Reports ($)
Health Reports is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal produced by the Health Statistics Division at Statistics Canada.

June 15, 2005
Shelters for abused women, 2003/04
Nearly one-third of all women who had sought temporary accommodation in a shelter for abused women on April 14, 2004 had stayed there at some time during the past, according to a new report. On this date, there were 6,109 women and children in such shelters; 82% to escape abuse, often from a current spouse or common law partner.
Complete report:
TransitionHomes in Canada: National, Provincial and Territorial
Fact Sheets 2003/04
(PDF file - 118K, 34 pages)
(From the StatCan Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics)

September 22, 2004
Employer-sponsored pension plans - January 2003
More and more women in the paid workforce are being covered by registered pension plans (RPPs) in both the public and private sectors, according to new data. In fact, women accounted for the net increase in the total membership of these plans during 2002.
Pension Plans in Canada - January 1, 2003 (PDF file - 823K, 25 pages)
Proportion of labour force and paid workers covered by a registered pension plan (RPP) - 1993 to 2002
Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) - First quarter 2004

Study: Economic consequences of widowhood, 1990 to 2001
July 22, 2004
The death of a spouse can be one of life's most traumatic situations, particularly for many older women who may have devoted most of their life to their husband and children. Aside from this, widowhood also has a negative economic side, according to a new study.
Complete report:
Widowhood: Consequences on Income for Senior Women
HTML version
PDF version
(177K, 12 pages)

An examination of sex differences in delinquency
June 2003
- investigates sex differences in factors associated with delinquent behaviour in a sample of Canadian children aged 12 to 15, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY).

Maintenance Enforcement Survey: Child and spousal support 2001/02
June 17, 2003
Maintenance enforcement data for the following provinces (representing about 90% of Canada's population): Ontario - Quebec - British Columbia - Alberta - Saskatchewan - Prince Edward Island.
- incl. summary information for the participating jurisdictions and a link if you wish to purchase the complete report.

The health divide: How the sexes differ (April 2001)
Compared with men, women take better care of themselves, and live longer. However, a higher percentage of women have chronic illnesses, and women use health care services more often, according to a special report

Wives, mothers and wages: does timing matter? (PDF file - 270K, 31 pages)
Business and Labour Market Analysis Division
Statistics Canada
May 2002
"Using data from the 1998 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, this study provides Canadian evidence on the effect of marital status and parenthood status on the wage rates of Canadian women. As well, this paper attempts to determine whether decisions regarding the timing of family formation influence the wages of women and whether these decisions have a permanent or temporary impact on earnings."

Go to the Statistics Canada Home Page
Go to the Business and Labour Market Analysis Division website
Analytical Studies Branch research paper series - links to over 100 studies from 1994 to date on a wide variety of topics, including income, unemployment, immigration, the labour market, etc.

Gender pay differentials: Impact of the workplace, 1999 (June 19, 2002)
"Where people work has a significant bearing on the persistent wage gap between the sexes, according to a study based on the Workplace and Employee Survey."
Source : The Daily (Statistics Canada)

FamilyViolence in Canada: A Statistical Profile
June 26, 2002
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (Statistics Canada)
"According to data from the 1999 General Social Survey on Victimization (GSS), 8% of women and 7% of men with a current or former partner in the reference period from 1994 to 1999 reported experiencing at least one incident of spousal violence."
FamilyViolence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2002
(Complete report, PDF file - 447K, 55 pages)
Source : The Daily, Statistics Canada

Economic Gender Equality Indicators 2000
Statistics Canada (posted on the Status of Women Canada website)

March 2001



Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Gender-based Analysis Chart for Bill C-11, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
February 25, 2002
"...key elements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and their potential differential impacts on men and women, and outlines the follow-up activities required to monitor developments over time."

Gender Equality – An Online Learning Course
Canadian International Development Agency
"This online, interactive self-learning course was designed for CIDA employees who work in Canada and abroad, but the Agency decided to post the course online to make it available to Canadians, CIDA partners and others interested in learning about CIDA's approach to promoting equality between women and men in international development cooperation."



Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Aboriginal Women: A Profile from the 1996 Census - Revised to December 2001
- incl. info about : Population - Language - Family - Education - Labour Force - Income - Mobility - and more



Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Child and Family Benefits Page - from the website of the(formerly revenue Canada)
Information about the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the National Child Benefit Also includes information concerning the following related provincial and territorial programs administered by Revenue Canada:

Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit - BC Family Bonus - New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit - Northwest Territories Child Benefit - Nova Scotia Child Benefit - Nunavut Child Benefit - Saskatchewan Child Benefit - Yukon Child Benefit.



Canadian Heritage

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Ratified by Canada in December 1981.

Complete text of the Convention and Canada's fourth report.

 


Celebrating Women's Achievements
- from the National Library of Canada


Provincial/territorial government departments and agencies involved in women's issues

NOTE: the groups in the list below are all affiliated with government, but - according to the Executive Director of one of the advisory councils - status of women groups operate from within government while advisory councils are independent and thus more free to place the defense of women's rights above bureaucratic or other issues.

Newfoundland and Labrador Status of Women
Newfoundland and Labrador Advisory Council on the Status of Women
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PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Interministerial Women's Secretariat
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Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
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New Brunswick Office of the Executive Council - Women's Issues Branch
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
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Québec: Co-ordination à la condition feminine
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Ontario Women's Directorate
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Manitoba Women's Directorate
Manitoba Women's Advisory Council
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Saskatchewan Status of Women Office
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Alberta Community Development - Women's Issues
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British Columbia Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services
Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia
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Yukon Executive Council - Women's Directorate
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Status of Women Council of the NWT


Maternity benefits not available to those who need them most
Richard Shillington
May 2, 2004
"Canada's approach to Maternity Benefits illustrates two disturbing impediments to democracy and effective social policy. Those impediments are control by government officials of data and research to make governments look good, and the three tier nature of Maternity Benefits."

Source:
Straight Goods
(note: the link above is time-limited --- after the article is moved to the Straight Goods archive, you'll be taken to the $ subscription page before you can access this site content)
Straight Goods is a subscription-based online magazine with a decidedly left slant on current events and social issues. Current site content is free, but you must be a subscriber to access most of the older material. If you can afford the $30/yr. subscription fee ($10/yr. for low-income subscribers), this is an excellent resource with an enormous archive of information.

Related Link:

Employment Insurance Changes Needed
Status of Women
May 7, 2004
"Mothers need better support from the federal government to help care for their families, the chair of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women says in an open letter to Liza Frulla, Minister of Social Development, and Joseph Volpe, Minister of Human Resources Development."
- incl. a copy of the open letter
Source:
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
[ Government of Nova Scotia ]

Also from NSACSW:

Report Highlights Women's Economic Inequality Double Workload
June 14, 2004
Status of Women
"Nova Scotia women are still striving for economic equality and a better balance of responsibilities at work and at home, according to a statistical report released today, June 14. Women's Paid and Unpaid Work is the fifth report in a series from the Advisory Council on the Status of Women."
News Release
Backgrounder (PDF file - 8K, 2 pages)

Complete report:

Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work (PDF file - 169K, 67 pages)
Women in Nova Scotia (Part 5 of a Statistical Series)

Child Care in Nova Scotia Update (PDF file - 6K, 1 page)
June 11, 2004
Child care statistics in the Women's Paid and Unpaid Work report are 2001 data. The Department of Community Services has provided updated statistics, which are included in this file.

Advisory Council Publications - impressive list of reports, studies, briefs and statistics, including Informational and Statistical (where you'll find links to earlier reports in this statistical series)

Source:
Nova Scotia Advisory Council
on the Status of Women


Building Transitions to Good Jobs for low Income Women - Nova Scotia
July 7, 2004
By Stella Lord and Anne Martel
"This report is about low-income women in Nova Scotia and their options for moving out of poverty. It was prepared for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women on the recommendation of its Round Table on Women’s Economic Security. The report focuses on what kind of transition-to-employment strategies and best practices would provide a better foundation to enable women in Nova Scotia to move out of poverty into more stable, well-paid employment."

Complete report (PDF file - 249K, 70 pages)
Summary and Recommendations (PDF file - 150K, 7 pages)

Source:
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women


$3.5M aid for abused women to improve counselling services - Ontario
April 6, 2004
"The Ontario government has come up with $3.5 million for transitional housing for women fleeing abuse. Premier Dalton McGuinty will announce today the cash to fund counselling for women as they move from emergency shelters to temporary apartments. The counselling will involve everything from dealing with the legal system to getting children enrolled in new schools. Almost $3 million in transitional housing money was eliminated by the former Conservative government as part of 1996 across-the-board budget cuts.
(...) Meanwhile, Social Services Minister Sandra Pupatello signalled yesterday that welfare and disability support rates are unlikely to rise in next month's budget."

Source:
Toronto Star
NOTE: go to the Canadian Social Research Links Canadian NGO Sites about Women's Social Issues page to access the April 2004 report calling on the Ontario Government to reform its welfare system to better protect abused women.

A Guide to Government Services for Women (revised October 2003)
Source : Ontario Women's Directorate
- incl. links to and information about two dozen Ontario Government programs and services for women : Human Rights Code - Ontario Housing Corporation - Child Welfare - Employment Standards - Legal Advice - Breast Cancer Screening Program - Long-Term Care - Violence Against Women - Women’s Economic Independence (General - Women and Employment - Entrepreneurship - Education and Training - Training Hotline - Students
[NOTE: Let's hope this is a work in progress - there's no mention of financial assistance programs for either women or students (among other areas). I'd like to suggest the following addendum for their next update...

Welfare program:
Ontario Works (OW) - for eligible people without disabilities 

Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - for eligible people with disabilities
Source : Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services

Student Assistance:
Ontario Student Assistance Program
Source : Ministry of Education / Ministry of Trainining, Colleges and Universities


Kimberly Rogers Campaign for Change
"The inquest into the death of Kimberly Rogers resulted in critical recommendations for change. It is up to all of us to make sure those changes get made. [Ontario NDP MPP] Tony Martin is calling on everyone to write, fax or email the Premier and the Minister of Community, Family and Children's Services to demand immediate implementation of all of the jury's recommendations. He is also calling on everyone to contact five friends and ask them to do the same. To make it easier he has set up an electronic postcard that can be sent automatically. TAKE ACTION..."
Press Release - January 8, 2003
Source: Ontario New Democratic Party

Related Links:

Case Law / Court Decisions / Inquests - On this Canadian Social Research Links page, you'll find links to information about the inquest into the death of Kimberly Rogers and the Supreme Court case of Louise Gosselin (among others)


Final Report of the New Brunswick Wage Gap Roundtable (November 2003)
Minister releases wage gap report
New Brunswick Status of Women

News Release
December 5, 2003
"The final report of the New Brunswick wage gap round table was released today by Training and Employment Development Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney, Minister responsible for the Status of Women. The report recommends that the government lead a five-year action plan consisting of voluntary measures to address the wage gap in the public and private sectors."
Complete report:
Closing New Brunswick’s Wage Gap:
An Economic Imperative
- PDF file (1.5MB, 101 pages)
Source:
Women's Issues
[ Executive Council Office ]

2004 Report Card on the Status of Women in New Brunswick
March 8, 2004
"Fully 75% of New Brunswick women with preschoolers were in the labour force in 2002, a jump from 70% the previous year. The 2004 Report Card on the Status of Women in N.B. released today by the Advisory Council on the Status of Women notes that N.B. has a higher rate than the Canadian average of 70% for women with preschoolers. The majority (60%) of lone mothers with preschoolers were also out working for pay in N.B. in 2002."
Media Release (Word file - 25K, 2 pages)
2004 Report Card (PDF file - 1.76MB, 76 pages)
Poster (PDF file - 179K, 1 page)
Factsheets (small PDF files, one-pagers) :
* Women in the labour force * Violence * Youth * Aboriginal Women in NB * Woman with Disabilities
Source:
New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women
[ Conseil consultatif sur la condition de la femme ]
NOTE: the Council's home page is also the What's New page; keep scrolling down that page for links to other recent additions to the site
[ Women's Issues ]
[ Executive Council Office ]

Documents of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women - includes links to earlier report cards as well as to annual reports of the Council and reports on a variety of topics, including the legal aspects of common-law relationships, sexual health, child care, income assistance, women and voting, the pay gap, single parents, and much more.

Issues - links to overviews of 45 issues affecting women in New Brunswick, many including links to more detailed info

Women and the CHST: A Profile of Women Receiving Social Assistance in 1994
 March 1998
 Katherine Scott, Centre for International Statistics
 Canadian Council on Social Development

Funded by Status of Women Canada's Policy Research Fund


See also (on separate Canadian Social Research Links pages):
Links to Canadian Women's Non-Governmental Organizations (Social Issues)
Links to International Sites about Women's Social Issues




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