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What's New and the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter

Whenever I add a link to any page on the Canadian Social Research Links site, I copy it to the What's New page. At the beginning of each week, I copy the content directly from that page into the Canadian Social  Research Newsletter and send it by e-mail to subscribers. I also create an HTML version of the newsletter (see the links immediately below), which I post to my site. The HTML version of the newsletter also serves as an archive for "old" content from the What's New page.

Archived newsletter issues (starting with the latest at the top):

- March 14, 2010
* Canada Ratifies U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - March 11
* Student Aid Meets Social Assistance - 5 commentaries (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 11
*Social Policy Cafe - top three social policy stories of the week:
--- How can we count the homeless?
--- Caledon releases five short papers on welfare ans sudent financial assistance
--- TD Economics reeleases a report on the future of the labour force
* Federal Budget 2010 - Benefits to Provinces and Territories (Finance Canada) - March 11
* The Progressive Economics Forum at the Canadian Economics Association 2010 meetings - May 28-30, Quebec City
* Call for Proposals : Research on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness (The Metropolis Project / The Homelessness Partnering Strategy) - March 2010
* The OSAP diet and the student lifestyle (Macleans OnCampus) - March 8
* The Déjà Vu All Over Again Budget (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 8
* Call for proposals for Community Participation and Leadership Funding (New Horizons for Seniors Program - HRSDC)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Canada at a Glance, 2010 - March 12
--- Labour Force Survey, February 2010 - March 12
--- Study: Projections of the diversity of the Canadian population, 2006 to 2031 - March 9
--- Foreign control in the Canadian economy, 2007 - March 8
--- Canadian Social Trends, March 2010 (three International Women's Day articles) - March 8
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 14
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Assets for Independence (AFI) Program
* [U.S.] Political Economy: Drawing a New Line - March 6
* [United Kingdom] The Robin Hood Tax: Tobin Tax Redux?
* From the latest CERC Bulletin: (Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (Paris)
--- 17 % of European Union citizens were at-risk-of-poverty in 2008
--- Child poverty and child well-being in Italy
--- [U.S.] Low income and impoverished families pay more disproportionately for child care
--- [U.K.] Protect, support, provide : Examining the role of grandparents in families at risk of poverty
--- Global wage inequality and the international flow of migrants
--- [Netherlands] Child care subsidies revisited
--- Fiscal and pension sustainability : Present and future issues in European Union countries
--- [U.S.] Supporting parents of young children in the child welfare system
--- The gender inequalities index (GII) as a new way to measure gender inequalities in developing countries
--- The gender pay gap in the United Kingdom, 1995 -2007
--- [U.S.] The gender wage gap : 2009
--- [Europe] Report on equality between women and men : 2010
--- [Europe] Revisiting poverty measures towards individualisation
----[U.S.] The unemployment gender gap during the 2007 recession
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* State of Australian cities 2010 (Infrastructure Australia) - March 8
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- March 7 , 2010
* Down but Not Out: Reforming Social Assistance Rules that Punish the Poor for Saving (John Stapleton for the C.D. Howe Institute) - March 2
* International Women's Day - March 8
* Canada Budget 2010 - Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth (Government of Canada) - March 4
* Speech from the Throne (Government of Canada) - March 3
* What is wrong with the Olympics? (The Olympic Resistance Network)
* British Columbia Budget 2010 - March 2
* A Closer Look at Low Wages in BC (Steve Kerstetter for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - February 24
* Northwest Territories Budget 2010 - January 28
* Alternative Federal Budget 2010 (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - March 1
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, December 2009 - March 3
--- Canadian economic accounts, fourth quarter 2009 and December 2009 - March 1
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 7
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* United States Census Bureau to develop a Supplemental Poverty Measure - March 2
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 28, 2010
* The Recession Continues (John Stapleton in The Mark) - February 24
* The Fiscal Monitor for December 2009 (Department of Finance Canada) - February 26
* Party on, Garth!! The Olympics and the Downtown Eastside (Vancouver) - February 24, 25
* 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration (UN Commission on the Status of Women) - March 1-12
* Federal funding for child welfare portal website to end in March - February 25
* [New Brunswick] Economic and Social Inclusion Act introduced (NB Social Development) - February 19
* [Yukon] Social Inclusion Strategy to Address Poverty Issues (YK Health and Social Services) - October 1/09
* Bab.la --- "where language lovers can meet" (translation/language tools)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Leading indicators, January 2010 - February 19
--- Employment Insurance, December 2009 - February 19
--- Consumer Price Index, January 2010 - February 18
--- New Immigrants' Assessments of Their Life in Canada - February 18
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* A stronger, fairer Australia (Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social inclusion) - February 19
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* World Bank PovertyNet Newsletter #132, February 2010
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 21, 2010
* File a tax return, raise your income (Toronto Star) - February 2
* The Cost of Poverty and the Value of Investment (National Council of Welfare) - February 2010
* [British Columbia] Homes, not Games! Pro-social housing actions sweep Vancouver's streets (rabble.ca blogs) - February 17
* Olympic Games: Stark Contrast to Poverty and Violence (Union of BC Indian Chiefs and B.C. CEDAW Group) - February 16
* The top five Canadian sources for connected social policy wonks (Social Policy Cafe) - January 20
* Social Policy in Ontario (Laurentian University)
* [Ontario] Pre-Budget Consultations - January/February 2010
* New Brunswick’s “Overcoming Poverty Together” Earns Praise and Creates Hope (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - February 2010
* Guaranteed annual income conference (Montreal) (Basic Income Earth Network Canada) - April 15-16
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Leading indicators, January 2010 - February 19
--- Employment Insurance, December 2009 - February 19
--- Consumer Price Index, January 2010 - February 18
--- New Immigrants' Assessments of Their Life in Canada - February 18
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [United States] Asset Poverty and Debt Among Families with Children (National Center for Children in Poverty) - February 2010
* From the United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs:
--- United Nations Statistical Yearbook (52nd Issue) - February 2010
--- World Population Ageing 2009 - February 2010
--- Rethinking Poverty : Report on the World Social Situation 2010 - January 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 15, 2010
* Welfare Incomes 2008 (National Council of Welfare)
* Poverty Profile 2007 (National Council of Welfare)
* 2010 Provincial Budget (Government of Alberta) - February 9
* 2010-2011 New Brunswick Budget - December 1/09
* From Chrystal Ocean:
--- Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: : Stories from the front (2005)
--- Economicus ridiculous... exercises in miserly minimalism (blog)
--- Challenging the Commonplace ... and other irreverent activities (blog)
* Policy Monitor Canada (government relations monitoring service)
* [British Columbia] Poverty and protest: the media focus on the Vancouver Olympics (PovNet) - February 9
* [Ontario] Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Guide to the Labour Force Survey, 2010
--- Labour Force Survey Products and Services, 2010
--- Canadian Economic Observer - February 2010 - February 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find Acceptance in New York City (New York Times)- February 10
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 7, 2010
* Canadian Canadian/Ontario media websites
* [British Columbia] Welfare caseloads rise by 27%, appeals by 46% (Strategic Thoughts) - February 2
* [Vancouver] ‘Downtown Eastside Connect’ Opens at Woodward's, panned by social advocates (The Tyee) - February 1
* Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action) - February 2
* [United States] The President's 2011 Budget Proposal - February 1
* Armine Yalnizian on TV Ontario : "Job Creation in a Recession" (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 25
The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness (2007) : recent supplements (University of Victoria Department of Geography) - January 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, January 2010 - February 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 31, 2010
* Ontario Disability Support Program : "Stupid Rules" Create Dire Consequences (ODSP Action Coalition) - January 2
* Canada Suffering from Huge Democratic Deficit, Report Says (Institute of Wellbeing) - January 27
* The importance of social science research in Canada - E-dialogue (Royal Roads University, Victoria) - February 2
* Is EI Working for Canada’s Unemployed? Analyzing The Great Recession (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 25
* [British Columbia] A timeline of cuts to BC legal aid (PovNet.org) - January 25
* [Ontario] Province Moves Forward With Legal Aid Transformation (Ontario Attorney-General) - January 24
* [British Columbia] Going for gold on minimum wages (Vancouver Sun) - January 20
* British Columbia 2010 Poverty Olympics coming to Vancouver on February 7
* On Prorogation: Selected readings
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Study: The financial impact of student loans - January 29
--- Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006: Tables - January 29
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2009 - January 28
--- Real Gross Domestic Income, Relative Prices and Economic Performance Across the - January 28
--- Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 1997 to 2008 - January 27
--- Study: Consequences of long-distance caregiving, 2007 - January 26
--- Cities and Growth: Earnings Levels Across Urban and Rural Areas: The Role of Human Capital - January 26
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 31
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* The Happy Planet Index : Is Gross Domestic Product An Obsolete Measure of Progress? (New Economics Foundation - U.K.) - January 30
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 24, 2010
* Release of The Fiscal Monitor for November 2009 (Department of Finance Canada) - January 22
* Government transfer payments to persons (Statistics Canada)
* Federal Cabinet Shuffle - January 19
* New Ontario Cabinet Announced - January 18
* Analysis and critique of New Brunswick's poverty reduction plan (Common Front for Social Justice Inc.) - January 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment Insurance, November 2009 - January 22
--- The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity - January 21
--- Consumer Price Index, December 2009 - January 20
--- Leading indicators, December 2009 - January 19
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 24
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [United States] Who Are America's Poor Children? The Official Story (National Center for Children in Poverty) - January 2010
* World Report 2010 (Human Rights Watch) - January 20
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 17, 2010
* [Ontario] Council Appointed To Shape Review Of Social Assistance (Government of Ontario) - January 11
* 2010 Winter Olympics: Progressive Analysis and Commentary (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office)
* [Child Poverty in British Columbia] Twenty Years Later - A Second Look (First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition) - January 11
* The City of Ottawa's Ottawa's Poverty Reduction Strategy - January 17
* The Treatment of Welfare Fraud by the Ontario Government: 1995-2003 (honeybadgerpress.ca)
* Pension reform issue poses threat (Ottawa Citizen) - January 11
* CARP E-VOICE: One Très Cool Advocacy Tool! (Email addresses of all federal and provincial elected officials)
* Straight Goods Useful URLs - 900+ links to resources
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Study: The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity - January 14
--- Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2007 to 2009 - January 13
--- Health Reports:
----- Fitness of Canadian children and youth: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey - January 2010
----- Fitness of Canadian children and youth: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey - January 2010
--- Differences in Canadian and US Income Levels, 1961 to 2008 - January 12
--- Healthy people, healthy places - January 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 9
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] The Past, Present, and Future of Minimum Wage (Shrinkage is Good - Blog) - December 31
* [U.S.] Recent releases from The Urban Institute:
--- Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement
--- Social Security Retirement Benefit Awards Hit All-Time High in 2009
--- Public Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Data Appendix to Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Work and Income Security from 1970 to 2005
--- How Well Have Middle Class American Families Accumulated Wealth?
--- Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
--- Retirement Account Balances
--- A New Safety Net for Low-Income Families
* [U.S.] Top 10 Urban Institute Papers of 2009:
--- President-Elect Obama's Tax and Stimulus Plans
--- Unemployment Insurance in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (HR1)
--- Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars
--- Is the Public Plan Option a Necessary Part of Health Reform?
--- Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics
--- Preventing and Ending Homelessness-Next Steps
--- Tax Proposals in the 2010 Budget
--- Transitioning In and Out of Poverty
--- Getting to a Public Option that Contains Costs: Negotiations, Opt-Outs and Triggers
--- Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
* [U.S.] One in Eight Americans Receives Food Stamps (CNBC.com) - January 13
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 10, 2010
* Tactical diminishment : even The Globe finds Harper's prorogation ploy insulting (Globe and Mail) - January 7
* We can't afford not to take on poverty (Art Eggleton and Hugh Segal in the Ottawa Citizen) - January 7
* A Cause for the Century : invest more money in programs that help women and girls (Canadian Crossroads International) - January 7
* [Ontario] The poor-bashing bandwagon (Straight Goods)- January 6
* How did the just society become just don't care? (Toronto Star) - January 6
* New Brunswick to raise minimum wage to $10 in April (CBC New Brunswick) - January 5
* Toronto-Dominion Bank's Direct Deposit Initiative keeps social assistance cheques out of hands of pricey payday lenders (Toronto Star) - January 5
* A Soft Landing : Recession and Canada’s 100 Highest Paid CEOs (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 4
* Child welfare for natives (Reuel Amdur in The Canadian Charger) - January 3
* World Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
* Reminder : Calls for proposals/papers for upcoming guaranteed annual income conferences (Montreal, Sao Paulo)
* Livable Income (guaranteed income)For Everyone (LIFE)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, December 2009 - January 8
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours October 2009 - January 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 9
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 3, 2010
* Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities 2009 (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - December 28
* Social Development Partnerships Program — Disability Call for Proposals, Accessibility Projects (Human Resources & Skills Development Canada) - Deadline: Feb. 8, 2010
* Notice of Intent – Fairness for the Self Employed Act (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - December 2009
* From Reuel Amdur in The Canadian Charger:
--- McGuinty abandons children - October 22
--- Dalton McGuinty’s War on the Poor - June 29
* Call for proposals/papers: Basic Income (guaranteed annual income) - Conferences in Montreal (April) and Sao Paulo (June)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Living on Nothing but Food Stamps (New York Times) - January 2
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
--- Top Social Policy Reports of 2009
--- Assets for all? A review of the Australian Government’s $77 billion support for asset building
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)