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Canadian Social Research Newsletter
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What's New on this site?
August 7, 2016

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The Canada Social Report: A Compendium of Social Information - includes (by province and territory) welfare incomes, poverty reduction strategies, # of welfare cases and beneficiaries, welfare program descriptions and much more! Recommended resource from the Caledon Institute of Social Policy! http://www.caledoninst.org/

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What's been added to this site and to the What's New page since July 24, 2016?

* Living Wage in Whitehorse, Yukon: 2016 (Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition)
* What could be achieved with a Basic Income Guarantee and how could one be put in place? (Terrance Hunsley, Team Politudes) - June 30
* Poverty reduction strategies : HUMA Committee (Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)
* Media & Policy News for 5 August 2016 (Jennefer Laidley, Income Security Advocacy Centre)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* Child Rights Information Network - CRIN
* World Social Forum 2016 (Montreal, August 9-14, 2016)

What was new before that?
This is a link to the online version of the July 24 (2016) issue of the Canadian Social Research Newsletter.

canadiansocialresearch.net Thatweb

What's New across Canada
100+ direct links to What's New pages on Canadian social research websites (govt. & NGO)

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Past issues of The Daily (StatsCan)

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Media Scan page (Income Security Advocacy Centre)
[ Toronto - Ontario - Canada - (some) international ]

UPDATED TO 6 AUGUST 2016

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What's New else the world
50+ direct links to What's New pages on U.S. and international government and NGO websites

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Poverty Dispatch - U.S.
[NOTE: Content updated on weekdays.]
- links to news items back to July 2006, mostly from the American press, about poverty, homelessness, welfare reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.

Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]

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openparliament.ca
- Keeping tabs on Canada's Parliament

"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by
how many times I fell and got back up again."

Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
R.I.P.
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Selected Mandela Quotes

Federal/National

All Canadian federal, provincial and territorial government home pages on one page (14)
Top-level home page for each Canadian government - Canada, the provinces and the territories
Federal government - general (202)
Prorogation (97)
Gouvernement fédéral (84) - présentation des sites en français
The Harper Government™ Record [Lest We Forget] (270)
Open government
Federal government - departments:
--- Agriculture to Environment (328)
--- Finance (468)
--- Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs (626)
Employment and Social Development Canada (452) - incl. Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Employment Insurance, Social Insurance Number, etc.
From Health and Welfare Canada to Employment and Social Development Canada : What's in a Name?
Employment Insurance (272) (incl. historical UI/EI reports)
Federal [social spending] Caps and Cuts, 1972-1995
Health - Canadian and international (683)
The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB page (351)
The government debate about the cost of Medicare (383)
The Federal Government's Role in Poverty Reduction in Canada (20)
(part of the national antipoverty links page of this site)

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Provincial/territorial (P/T)

Council of the Federation - provincial-territorial (74)
Departments responsible for welfare (13)
Welfare policy manuals (107)
Social Union - P/T pages (241)
Council of the Federation (98)

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Newfoundland and Labrador (224) 
Prince Edward Island (171)
Nova Scotia (387)
New Brunswick (389) [version française (30)]
Quebec(598) [version française (473)]
Ontario:
--- Guide to welfare in Ontario (145)
--- Provincial government (822) - including minimum wage
--- NGO/Municipal govt. [A-C] (687)
--- NGO/Municipal govt. [D-N] (626)
--- NGO/Municipal govt. [O-Z] (1170)
--- Poverty reduction in Ontario (561)
--- Review of social assistance in Ontario (328)
--- The Ontario Special Diet Allowance (45)
--- The Drummond Commission report
--- Drug testing people who apply for or receive welfare
--- Spouse-in-the-house (54) (welfare cohabitation rules for single people & single parents) 
--- Gouvernement de l'Ontario - page d'accueil (version française) (31)
Manitoba(389)
Saskatchewan(305)
Alberta(518) 
British Columbia
--- Provincial government (631) 
--- NGO [A-C] (442)
--- NGO [D-W] (511)
--- Welfare Time Limits (94)
--- 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Poverty Olympics (73)
Yukon(143)
Northwest Territories (148)
Nunavut(82)

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American links
U.S. government social research (847)
--- Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States (2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014) - Archive
U.S. non-governmental social research [A-J] (873)
U.S. non-governmental social research [M-Z] (625)
Pension reforms (254) - incl. retirement pension reforms in Canada, the U.S. and Chile
Poverty measures - U.S. and other international resources (744)

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Social research elsewhere in the world
Government (1278)
Non-government (1021)
Children and Families - International - incl. U.S. (831)
Women's sites - International (430)

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Municipal Links
Municipalities (380)

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NOTE : Links in this box will take you to external websites. Govt. information and accountability links (from DemocracyWatch) --- Government Information and Accountabilty Links (from the Democracy Education Network) --- openparliament.ca - Keeping tabs on Canada's Parliament --- Policy Monitor Canada is a cost effective government relations monitoring and lobbying service which tracks client legislative, regulatory, and public affairs issues across Canada.

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Aboriginal people / First Nations (498)
Anti-poverty strategies and poverty reduction:
--- Provincial and territorial information (1072 links) - Except Ontario
--- Ontario information (629 links)
--- National/federal & international information (914 links)
Asset-based social policies (368)
Banks and business (253) - includes CEO incomes and Wal-Mart
Brain drain (56)
Canadian government budgets (+analysis/critique)
[incl. federal, provincial and territorial budgets]:
--- 2016 (125)
--- 2015 (160)
--- 2014 (374)
--- 2013 (345)
--- 2012 (202)
--- 2011 (424)
--- 2010 (356)
--- 2009 (396)
--- 2008 (298)
--- 2007 (245)
--- 2006 (188)
--- 2005 (243)
--- 2004 (204)
Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social Transfer / Canada Health Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (312)
Canada Pension Plan (see "Employment and Social Development Canada" in the left column)
Canada’s Economic Action Plan (156)
Canadiana (132) - incl. Canada country reports, history links, U.S.-Canada studies, etc.
Canadian history links (24) [NOTE: this is part of the Canadiana Links page]
Case law / Court decisions / Inquests (201)
Census - see "Social statistics" further down in this column
Census : the 2011 long-form questionnaire (443)
--- mandatory long form vs voluntary survey
Children, Families and Youth:
--- Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Cards (2010 to 2015)
--- National/federal government sites (220) - [includes the Canada Child Tax Benefit Guideline Table, July 2014 to June 2015]
--- Canadian non-governmental organizations (602)
--- International resources(831)
--- Children's rights (CRIN) (458)
------ CRINMAIL Archives I [2014] (50)
------ CRINMAIL Archives II [2011 to 2013] (260+)
--- Early learning and child care - govt. links [aka early childhood development] (415)
--- Early learning and child care - NGO links (719)
Chilean pension model - see Pension Reforms (below)
Conferences and events (498) + special designated days/weeks/months/years + past conferences
Conservative omnibus crime bill (2011)
Council of the Federation (74)
Disability(642)
Education(208)
Elections:
--- 2015 federal election (689)
--- 2011 federal election (574)
--- 2008 federal election (393)
--- 2006 federal election (303)
--- 2004 federal election (316)
--- Provincial-territorial elections (273)
Employment (finding) (part of ESDC Links page)
Employment Insurance (272) (incl. historical reports on UI/EI and job vacancies)
Federal [social spending] Caps and Cuts, 1972-1995
Federal government's role in poverty reduction in Canada (20)
Flat tax(37)
Food banks and hunger (589)
G8 / G20- Globalization (744)
Gambling - social costs (42)
Guaranteed annual income (362)
The Harper Government™ Record [Lest We Forget] (220)
The Harper Government™ Alphabet of Shame (313)
Health - Canada and international (683)
Homelessness and housing(1501)
Human rights(631)
Inequality (income/wealth) (717)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October) (31)
Labour market info - incl. Summer Jobs 2015 (part of ESDC Links page)
Labour Market Agreements
Legislation and law (15)
Media (124)
- Media scan of social issues by Jennefer Laidley
Medicare - the future of health care (383)
Minimum wage / living wage links (368)
Municipalities (380)
National Child Benefit - see "Social Union", below
National Council of Welfare (R.I.P.) (incl. links to 150+ NCW reports)
Non-governmental organizations:
--- Canada (522)
--- U.S. [A-J (873)]
--- U.S.[M-Z (625)]
--- International (1021)
--- Provincial/territorial NGOs ==> select a jurisdiction in the left column of this page
Old Age Security - see "Human Resources and Skills Development Canada" in the left column
Pension reforms (254) - incl. retirement pension reforms in Canada, the U.S. and Chile
Political parties - see "Elections" (above)
Polls(11)
Pooled Registered Pension Plans
Poverty measures:
- Canadian resources (429)
- U.S. and other international resources (744)
Self-sufficiency project (35)
Poverty reduction initiatives - see Anti-Poverty Strategies and Campaigns
Prorogation - 2010 (107)
Seniors(652) 
Social Finance and Social Impact Bonds (26)
Social Insurance Number (part of the HRSDC Links page)
Social research organizations I (600)
Social research organizations II (418)
Social statistics (1000+) - (incl. Census, poverty, income, welfare, population, crime & justice, social security, health, etc.)
Social Union / National Child Benefit (NCB):
--- The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB page (351)
--- The unofficial [provincial/territorial] Social Union / NCB page (241)
Socialist sites (62)
Socioweb [external site : Sociology]
Spouse-in-the-house (41) - (Ontario welfare)
Tobin tax and Robin Hood tax (55)
Taxes and Tax Freedom Day (28)
Unions(92)
United Nations links (774)
--- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October)
Universities/colleges(324)
Voluntary sector / charities (165)
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Welfare (social assistance):
--- Depts. responsible for welfare (13)
--- key provincial/territorial links (1072) - incl. welfare stats and benefit levels
--- policy manuals (107)
--- fraud (10)
--- welfare reforms in Canada (289)
--- selected historical texts about welfare in Canada
--- Working Paper on Social Security in Canada - April 1973 (PDF - 3.6MB, 57 pages)
--- welfare leavers (40)
--- welfare statistics:
***** national stats
***** provincial stats (6 provinces post current welfare dependency stats on their respective websites.)
--- Welfare Incomes:
***** Welfare in Canada 2014 (incl. benefit levels)
***** Welfare in Canada 2013
*****Welfare in Canada 2012
***** Welfare Incomes 2011
***** All earlier editions of "Welfare incomes" (back to 1989)
***** Welfare in Canada : The Tangled Safety Net (PDF) - 2.7MB, 131 pages, 1987 (The original welfare incomes report)
--- review of social assistance in Ontario
-- drug testing people who apply for or receive welfare
--- welfare time limits - British Columbia (94) 
--- Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (312)
--- The 1994 Social Security Review (6)
--- Social Assistance and Related Programs, 1994 (500 pages)
--- Wikipedia articles on poverty and welfare (24)
--- "Working Joe" vs "Welfare Joe"--- reality check
--- welfare in Canada vs the U.S. - NOT the same thing!

Women's social issues:
--- Canadian government women's sites (257)
--- Canadian non-governmental women's organization sites (502)
--- International women's sites (350)
Work-Life Balance (245)

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