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TED : Ideas Worth
Spreading
[NOTE : videos may not work if you're behind a network firewall; if that's the
case, try viewing them at home]
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.
It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three
worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever
broader. (...) On TED.com, we make the best talks and
performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than
700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks
are subtitled in English, and many are subtitled in various languages. These
videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely
shared and reposted.
[ About
TED ]
TED themes
* Technology * Entertainment * Design * Business * Science * Culture * Arts
* Global issues
Sample videos:
Nic
Marks: The Happy Planet Index - "A place where happiness
doesn't cost the earth..." (17-minute video)
Filmed July 2010; posted online August 2010
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity
-- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the
Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because
a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in
the HPI? You might be surprised.
Hans
Rosling : New insights on poverty and life around the world (19-minute
video)
June 2007
Hans Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
and Director of the Gapminder Foundation
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TaxTips.ca
TaxTips.ca is owned by a small private company located in Cedar, British Columbia.
It is prepared by a husband and wife team who are retired from owning and operating
a small business, with one being a retired CGA (Certified General Accountant).
The goal of the site is to be a reference site for easy to understand tax, financial,
and related information.
- incl. links to :
* Home * What's New * Calculators * Financial Planning * Real Estate * Stocks
Bonds etc. * RRSP - RRIF - TFSA * Personal Tax * Seniors * Disabilities * Business
*
GST/HST * PST * Federal Government * Provincial & territorial pages * Federal
and Provincial Budgets * Statistics * Glossary * Site Map * Business Directory
* Calculator Licensing * Contact Us/About Us * Links
Better-Half Endorsement:
My spouse recommended this site, which she found while doing some social research
recently, because she found some good historical tax information that wasn't
readily available elsewhere. When I checked out the site for myself, I found
that some of the provincial/territorial pages were lacking information about
social assistance (welfare) programs, and that's why Canadian
Social Research Links is here for the long haul...
But TaxTips.ca is definitely worth a more leisurely visit, especially if you
do any research in the area of taxation.
[Gilles]
TaxTips.ca also includes a link to:
USTaxTips.net
* Home * Site Map * What's New * Glossary * Calculators * Free in 30! (30-yr
plan for personal financial independence) * Personal Tax * Tax Rates * Save
Money * Resources
Related link
(not NGO, but worth bookmarking!):
Speaking of recommended resources for social researchers, the
link to Canada Benefits below should be part of your basic collection of program
information resources. That's because it's one of the few government websites
where you can find links to *both* federal and provincial government initiatives
on the same page. Add the link to your Bookmarks/Favorites for one-click access
to information that's timely and comprehensive!
(Yes kiddies, the government *does* do some things well - kudos!)
Canada Benefits
On the Canada Benefits Web site, you can find information about federal, provincial,
and territorial benefit programs and services for individuals.
More specifically, you can find out about:
* Government student loans;
* Public pension plans;
* Employment insurance;
* Health services;
* Social assistance; and
* Assistance for parents, immigrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, veterans,
and others.
You can navigate the Canada Benefits Web site in several ways:
* Self-identification ("I am" category);
* Life Events;
* Keyword Search;
* A-Z Benefits Index; or
* Benefits Finder.
Source:
Government of Canada
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The
Connection between Low Income,
Weak Labour Force Attachment and Poor Health
(PDF - 2MB, 28 pages)
May 2010
By Myriam Fortin
Social Policy Directorate
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Abstract
Using 1994-2004 data from the National Population Health Survey, this paper
sheds light on the health situation of working-age Canadians and tests the connection
between low income, weak labour force attachment and poor health using logistic
regressions. Results indicate that persistently poor or weakly employed Canadians
are in much poorer health than other Canadians, and that being persistently
poor increases the probability of experiencing deterioration in health as much
as being in poor health increases the probability of becoming poor, but that
being persistently unemployed has an even stronger impact on health status.
Source:
Canadian Studies in Population
[ Directory
of Open Access Journals --- all articles from Volume 1, 1974 to the current
issue.]
(Refereed Journal of the
Canadian Population Society)
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Make
Poverty History (Canada) Steering Committee - includes members from : the Assembly of First Nations - Campaign 2000 - Canadian Council for International Co-operation - Canadian Labour Congress - National Anti Poverty Organization - Results Canada - World Vision - and more... Make Poverty History (International) | News
search Results: Web
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Aboriginal
Youth Network (Canada)
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
The
Aboriginal Youth Network is foremost an online resource created by youth for youth
ACORN
Canada
ACORN is building a national movement for social and economic
justice by organizing low- and moderate-income communities for power and social
change; we want living wage jobs, decent affordable housing, tenant rights, ending
predatory lending, opportunities for youth, voting and electoral rights. If it
affects poor and working class communities, ACORN Members are organizing to win
equity in Toronto and across the country. ACORN Canada is made up of more than
9,000 low- and moderate-income member families. There are more than 20 local chapters
of ACORN throughout the country, organized democratically through community organizing.
Our work is getting results and making change!
[ ACORN
Canada reports ]
Alberta
Civil Liberties Research Centre
Campaign 2000 Partners - Complete list of all Campaign 2000 national, provincial and community partners - including links to 60+ websites of these NGOs and other groups from across Canada.
Campaign 2000 Report Cards - Links to the most recent report cards on child poverty at the national level as well as for the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario. You'll even find a link to the child poverty report card for the City of Toronto on the report card page. (Click on the links down the left side of the page)
First
Ministers told to take action to lower shameful poverty rates
News
alert - Campaign 2000
Kelowna, BC, 23 Nov 05
"Activists took their
annual child poverty report directly to the First Ministers meeting here today.
The findings are discouraging. For almost 30 years the poverty rate has been stuck
at one-in-six children. Whether families are mother-led, have two parents, are
working full time or on social assistance the numbers are static. A particularly
disturbing finding is that child poverty rates for Aboriginal, immigrant, and
visible minority children are twice the national rate. Campaign 2000 National
Coordinator Laurel Rothman, whose organization prepares the annual update, was
joined by Peter Dinsdale of the National Association of Friendship Centres. They
are clearly frustrated by misplaced government priorities and jurisdictional wrangling."
Complete report:
Decision
Time for Canada: Lets Make Poverty History
2005 Report Card on Child
Poverty in Canada [pdf, 12pp, 500KB]
Version française:
Une
décision simpose au Canada : Abolissons la pauvreté
Rapport
2005 sur la pauvreté des enfants au Canada [pdf, 12pp, 500KB]
Provincial
Child Poverty Report Cards were also released in BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Nova Scotia;
you'll find links to these on the Children, Families and
Youth Links (NGO) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnngo.htm
Reducing
Child Poverty to Increase Productivity: A Human Capital Strategy
Brief to the
Standing Committee on Finance (PDF file - 89K,
8 pages)
Pre-Budget Consultation
September, 2005
By Laurel
Rothman
National Coordinator, Campaign 2000
"The fact that 15% of our
youngest citizens are growing up in poverty does not bode well for Canadas
future productivity performance, which is the focus of the 2005 Pre-Budget Consultations.
Broad based investment in our human capital is essential for a productivity agenda.
"Canadas Fiscal Outlook projects surpluses of almost $30 billion over
the next five years. With consecutive multi-billion dollar budget surpluses, Canada
has the resources to make substantial progress. We call on the federal government
to commit a portion of these surpluses to invest in children, as they have committed
portions for healthcare and equalization payments."
Submission
to the Federal Labour Standards Review - Excerpts
September
26, 2005
Campaign 2000
"Campaign 2000 maintains that federal labour
standards should be modernized to reflect leading standards and 'best practices'in
other advanced economies. They need to be updated to reflect changes in the labour
market and workforce over the past 40 years, with a particular emphasis on ensuring
protection for vulnerable workers."
Complete brief:
Submission
to the Federal Labour Standards Review Commission
Re: Part III of the Canada
Labour Code (PDF file - 57K, 7 pages)
August
15, 2005
From: Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator
Related Link:
Federal Labour Standards Review Commission
Child
poverty: setting new goals
November 24, 2004
CAROL GOAR
"Giving
up is not an option. But clinging to a faded dream is not a solution.
So today,
on the 15th anniversary of his parliamentary resolution to end child poverty by
2000, Ed Broadbent will set a new goal. He will challenge Canadians to reduce
the child poverty rate to 5 per cent within 10 years. His new target lacks the
tidy finality of the one he persuaded all MPs to endorse on Nov. 24, 1989, shortly
before his retirement as leader of the New Democratic Party. It is less ambitious,
less appealing.But Broadbent, who returned to active politics this year, believes
it is realistic and achievable. He calls it 'a new agenda for a new time.'
The
child poverty rate currently stands at 15 per cent. It was 15.2 per cent when
Broadbent issued his clarion call 15 years ago."
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Fifteenth
Anniversary Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada - 2004
On
November 24, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the all-party resolution to end child
poverty in Canada, Campaign 2000 released its annual Report Card
Complete report:
English version:
One
million too many: Implementing solutions to child poverty in Canada
2004 report
card on child poverty in Canada [pdf, 12pp, 186KB]
Version
française:
Un
million de trop : mettre en oeuvre des solutions pour s'attaquer à la pauvreté
des enfants au Canada
Rapport 2004 sur la pauvreté des enfants au Canada
[pdf, 12pp, 193KB]
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NOTE: Campaign 2000
focuses on child poverty and other child-related issues.
You'll find many more
links to Campaign 2000 site content on these Canadian Social Research Links pages
(especially the first):
Canadian Social Children, Families and Youth Links
(NGO) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnngo.htm
Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm
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Campaign
2000 Provincial Child Poverty Report Cards: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia
NOTE: click the link above to access current and historical poverty reports
for all six provinces
Canadaimmigrants.com
"provides information about immigration, minorities and jobs in Canada including
migration policy, immigrant associations, forum, statistics, free job wanted postings,
research papers, news, consulting. English and Spanish version."
- incl.
links to : About Us | Products & Services | Donations | Statistics | Forum
| Monthly News Perspectives | Glossary | Jobs | Job Wanted Postings | Submit your
Resume | Volunteer Opportunities Policies | Support Resources | Gallery | Archives
| Site Map | Home
Related Links:
Settlement.Org
"The Settlement.Org Web site helps immigrants and refugees to find the
help and information they need to start a new life in Ontario."
[...and
it also includes a wealth of social program information!]
Source:
Ontario
Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
CanadaInternational.gc.ca
(Government of Canada)
"...the best links to government services, information
and resources, for citizens of other countries"
Canada
Matters
By Canbyte, a Progressive Blogger
http://www.canbyte.ca
-
blog entries and links to online resources on a number of themes, from Bad Canada
and Childcare to Poverty and Well Being
Source:
Canada
Matters Globally
[ see also: Canbyte's Cosmos ]
Canada-U.S
Human Rights Information and Documentation Network (CUSHRID Net)
CUSHRID Net was developed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information
between human rights organizations; establishment of uniform standards for human
rights documentation, information management and exchange; development of co-operative
projects in the areas of documentation and information management to avoid duplication;
training in various aspects of documentation and information management; and contacts
and exchanges with information and documentation networks in other parts of the
world.
See Links to
Members' Websites for links to two dozen related sites
Canada
Without Poverty
Founded in 1971, Canada Without
Poverty (formerly the National Anti-Poverty Organization) is an incorporated,
not-for-profit, non-partisan, member-based organization dedicated to the eradication
of poverty in Canada. We believe this ideal can be realized by 2020, if not sooner,
especially in a country as wealthy as Canada.
- incl. links to: * Poverty in
Canada * Eliminating Poverty * First Person Stories * About Us * Support Us
On July 16, Rob Rainer* wrote:
Jeffrey Simpsons
column in The Globe and Mail yesterday was harshly critical of Prime Minister
Harper for recently saying I don't believe that any taxes are good taxes.
Read the column here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-very-scary-pm-i-dont-believe-that-any-taxes-are-good-taxes/article1216778/
For additional perspective on the benefits of taxation,
see two fine reports from the Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives:
The
Social Benefits and Economic Costs of Taxation: A Comparison of High- and Low-Tax
Countries
December 2006
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2006/Benefits_and_Costs_of_Taxation.pdf
Canadas Quiet Bargain: The Benefits of Public
Spending
April 2009
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/~ASSETS/DOCUMENT/National_Office_Pubs/2009/Benefits_From_Public_Spending.pdf
* Rob Rainer is Executive Director of
CANADA WITHOUT
POVERTY
http://www.cwp-csp.ca/
Founded
in 1971, Canada Without Poverty (formerly the National Anti-Poverty Organization)
is an incorporated, not-for-profit, non-partisan, member-based organization dedicated
to the eradication of poverty in Canada. We believe this ideal can be realized
by 2020, if not sooner, especially in a country as wealthy as Canada
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Addendum (by Gilles):
Below, Terence Corcoran of The National
Post tears into Simpson, whom he calls
"an old fogie ...knee-jerk anti-Conservative"
for his views on taxation and his critique of Stephen Harper's tax comment.
Simpson
says "Only libertarian anarchists believe that all taxes are bad, and that
society can get along without them."
Corcoran replies: "To call Stephen
Harper a libertarian anarchist is akin to calling
Maurice Strong a free market capitalist."
Terence
Corcoran:
The frightening thought that taxes are bad
http://tinyurl.com/lgqmrp
July
14, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson turns a sound Harper tax comment into a scary,
scary idea
Source:
The National
Post
Speech
on the Occasion of the Name Change from the
National Anti-Poverty Organization
to Canada Without Poverty (PDF - 51K, 5 pages)
By Rob Rainer, Executive
Director
February 3, 2009
Canadian
Alternative Investment Cooperative (CAIC)
CAIC was formed in the
early 1980’s by a number of religious communities who wanted to pool their resources
in order to make investments that support positive social change and promote alternative
economic structures. CAIC has since grown to 51 members with a lending pool of
$6.5 million invested in worthwhile projects across Canada.
Canadian
Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
"CAEFS is a federation
of autonomous societies which works with, and on behalf of, women involved with
the justice system, particularly women in conflict with the law. Elizabeth Fry
Societies are community based agencies dedicated to offering services and programs
to marginalized women, advocating for legislative and administrative reform and
offering fora within which the public may be informed about, and participate in,
aspects of the justice system which affect women."
-large site,
easy to navigate, incl. information about CAEFS, programs and services, , conferences,
fact sheets, annual reports, issue papers (Human Rights - Battered Women - Womens
Prisons - Young Women - Restorative Justice - Literacy), responses to proposed
legislative changes - related Internet sources on prison issues and violence against
women
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP)
- "We're on your Side"
"The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
is a national, charitable organization with a mandate to advance the role and
interests of the charitable sector for the benefit of Canadian communities. The
Centre accomplishes this mission through various programs, including Public Affairs,
Research, Imagine, and Membership. Information about these programs as well as
resources, tools and information are available on this site."
"We're
on your side" --- for a fee...
I guess even philanthropy is big business
these days - membership is a must to see any of the real content of this
site, and that'll run you at least $225 per year for a small organization ($495
for a consultant or a government)...
...and then you have to pay $200 for their
"Canadian Directory to Foundations & Grants" (16th Printed Edition,
2002) --- (Non-Member price is $300.00). If you want the regularly-updated online
version, that's $350 for members and $ 450 for non-members.
BUT WAIT - here's
some free stuff --- and it's good, too...
CCP
Voluntary Sector Links - 100+ links divided into 4 categories: Nonprofit
organizations(Canada), Resources and Tools, Nonprofit Management Education, and
U.S. and International sites.
CCP
Resource Centre - info and articles about : Board & Governance - Nonprofit
Management - Fundraising - Legal & Regulatory - Volunteering - Trends &
Statistics - Foundations/Corporate - Article Index
"Please also
visit other sites in the CCP family for additional information on research (www.givingandvolunteering.ca
and www.nonprofitscan.ca) and corporate
social responsibility (www.imagine.ca)."
Canadian
Civil Liberties Association(CCLA)
The CCLA is a lobbying and law-reform,
non-profit, non-government organization dealing with issues of fundamental civil
liberties and human rights that affect those who live all across Canada.
Canadian
Community Reinvestment Coalition - The Canadian Community Reinvestment
Coalition is a coalition of over 100 anti-poverty, consumer, community economic
development, labour and small business groups representing over three million
people from every province and the Northwest Territories that advocates for bank
accountability in Canada.
Canadian
Conference of Catholic Bishops, Social Affairs Office
Canadian
Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
The Canadian Council
for International Co-operation is a coalition of over 100 Canadian organizations
seeking to change the course of human development in ways that favor social and
economic equity, democratic participation, environmental integrity and respect
for human rights.
"...working on the frontlines of social justice, humanitarian
aid, economic and democratic development in the world"
Canadian
Council on Social Development
- See the CCSD
listing on the Canadian Social Research Organizations page of this site or
go directly to the CCSD website
Canadian
Economics Association / Association Canadienne d'Économique
Canadian
Labour and Business Centre
Canadian
Non-Profit Resource Network (C.N.R.N.)
The
Canadian Abolition Project - Canadians working together to end
the death penalty
"The Canadian Abolition Project was founded
to campaign in support of Canadian government policies that will ensure consistency
with Canada's position as a completely abolitionist nation. We will encourage
and support interventions by the Canadian government in defence of Canadians facing
the death penalty abroad. We are dedicated to achieving abolition of the death
penalty for all, in all countries of the World and particularly in the United
States of America. ."
- incl. links to : Canadian Abolition Sign Up Page
- Canadian Abolition Email Archives - Canadian Resources [contact info for Canadian
Senators, MPs and committees] - Invitation to the 1st Annual Peaceful Presence
and Public Awareness Day in Toronto
Source:
Stop
Capital Punishment Now!
"Stop Capital Punishment
Now! is an Internet based initiative attempting to achieve total abolition of
the death penalty in all countries of the world and particularly in the United
States of America. We believe that the taking of a human life is morally and ethically
wrong. We believe that the premeditated killing by the state of its own citizens
is barbaric and reprehensible."
Abolition
Organizations and Web Sites - links to 40+ sites, mainly American...
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- studies, reports, news releases and links. A site worth the visit.
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Canadian Teachers' Federation
The Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) speaks for approximately 200,000
teachers in Canada as their national voice on education and related social issues.
Selected reports:
Child
poverty: The Canadian Teachers Federation urges federal government to
take action
April 20, 2010
(CTF News Service Ottawa) Teacher leaders from across the country are
adding their voices to the national call for action to end child poverty when
they meet with Parliamentarians today as part of the Canadian Teachers
Federations (CTF) annual Hill Day.
Our task is to remind federal politicians that social issues are just
as important as economic ones, explains CTF President Mary-Lou Donnelly.
It is shameful that child poverty is a tragic fact of life in a nation
as wealthy as ours. Among the most vulnerable groups affected by child poverty
are Aboriginal children, children of new immigrants and children with disabilities.
The report card:
Child Poverty Progress Report Card for Canada (PDF - 269K, 2 pages)
Resources:
Assembly of First Nations
www.afn.ca
Campaign 2000
www.campaign2000.ca
Canada Without Poverty
www.cwp-csp.ca
Education International
www.ei-ie.org
Global Campaign for Education
www.campaignforeducation.org
Make Poverty History
www.makepovertyhistory.ca
National Alliance for Children and Youth
www.nationalchildrensalliance.com
Save the Children Canada / Aide à lenfance
Canada
www.savethechildren.ca
UNICEF / UNICEF
www.unicef.ca
Related link:
TAKING
ACTION AGAINST POVERTY
Supporting Education and Building Canada
through the Elimination of Child Poverty (PDF - 291K, 8 pages)
Background Material for
Parliamentarians and Staff
Canadian Teachers'
Federation Hill Day 2010 - April 20, 2010
The Canadian Teachers Federation urges all Parliamentarians to support
a coordinated effort to reduce and eliminate child poverty in Canada.
This coordinated effort should be focussed along three main areas of action:
Family Income
Housing
Educational Opportunity
Centre for the Study of Living Standards - Centre d'étude de niveau de vie
Charity
Village
Megasite for the Non-profit sector
"Charity
Village®, Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector --- 3,000 pages of news,
jobs, information and resources for executives, staffers, donors, and volunteers.
If philanthropy and volunteerism are part of your world, this is your place."
- incl. links to : News/Events | Jobs | Suppliers Organizations | Volunteer
Opportunities | QuickGuides | | Professional Associations | Online Resources |
Online Publications | Online Discussions | Online Tools | Sources of Funding |
How-to Articles | The Book Store | Book Reviews | FAQ | The Webmasters Club |
Other Resources | Search | About CharityVillage Ltd. | Contact Us | Information
for Advertisers | Help
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
(CRRU)
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit
(CRRU) is a policy and research oriented facility that focuses on early childhood
education and child care (ECEC) and family policy in Canada and internationally.
Subscribe
to the CRRU email announcements list
Sign up to receive email notices
of updates and new postings on the CRRU website which will inform you of policy
developments in early childhood care and education, new research and resources
for policy, newly released CRRU publications, and upcoming events of interest
to the child care and broader community.
Links to child care sites in Canada and elsewhere
CRRU
Publications - briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers and other
publications
ISSUE
files - theme pages, each filled with contextual information and links
to further info
For sample site content
from CRRU,
go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care
Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm
Church
Council on Justice and Corrections (Canada)
"We are a national
faith-based coalition of eleven founding churches, created in 1974, to promote
a restorative approach to Justice with an emphasis on addressing the needs of
victims and offenders, mutual respect, healing, individual accountability, community
involvement and crime prevention. We believe there can be no criminal justice
without social justice; we can only deal with crime by building a peaceful, safe
and just society."
- incl. links to : About Us - The Well - CCJC News
- Current Issues - Archives - Legislation - Links - Site Map - Contact - Discussion
Board - Justice for the Soul - Video & Bookstore - Donation / Membership -
Resources / Presentations
Related Link:
Conflict
Resolution Network
Citizens
for Public Justice (CPJ) (national group based in Toronto)
Our mission is to promote public justice in Canada by shaping key public policy debates through research and analysis, publishing and public dialogue. CPJ encourages citizens, leaders in society and governments to support policies and practices which reflect Gods call for love, justice and stewardship.
Selected reports:
Ola! (E-newsletter
of Citizens for Public Justice) - May 2010 issue
Table of Contents:
* CPJ releases research paper on the impact of the recession
* Progress towards a federal anti-poverty Act
* CPJ meets new HUMA Committee Chair
* Poor no More launch on Parliament Hill
* CPJ development and fundraising news
* BIEN Canada conference
* CPJ comes to Toronto
* How will you and your congregation respond?
* Climate change as a moral problem: CPJ attends retreat
* CPJs Annual General Meeting, Thursday, May 27, 2010: Everyone welcome!
* World Religious Summit on the G8/G20 meetings: Sign the Petition
* Connect with CPJ on Facebook
* Web Features
* Still waiting for recovery: Recession increases poverty rate in Canada
* The G8 G20 in Canada: A time for inspired leadership and change
* Muted Voices? Public Justice and the Canadian Churches
* Time for an Affordable Housing Act?
* The Commission of Hope
* Does representative democracy threaten national security?
* Closing Prayer: God has given us a dream
[ Subscribe to receive Ola! by email ]
Source:
Citizens for Public Justice
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Also from CPJ:
Bearing
the Brunt
May 3, 2010
Bearing the Brunt: How the 2008-2009 Recession Created Poverty for Canadian
Families details the rise in poverty and economic insecurity caused
by the recession. The report examines key economic trends, comparing them to
the baseline of 2007 (the last year for which poverty measures are available)
in order to understand the recessions impact.
The report:
Bearing
the Brunt:
How the 2008-2009 Recession
Created Poverty for Canadian Families (PDF - 1MB, 82 pages)
By Chandra Pasma
May 2010
Recessions create poverty. The 2008]2009 recession was no different as
thousands of Canadian families were pushed into poverty. But while we have to
wait until 2011 for most standard measures of poverty, there are a number of
key economic indicators that already reveal the trends of increased poverty
and economic insecurity throughout the recession...
Summary
(PDF - 2.9MB, 6 pages)
[ Version française du sommaire:
Elles en payent les frais (fichier PDF - 2.8Mo, 6 pages) ]
Related link:
What
Economic Recovery?
By Chandra Pasma
May 31
For many Canadian families, the recession has meant increased poverty and insecurity.
Source:
Citizens for Public Justice
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) is a national organization of members inspired
by faith to act for justice in Canadian public policy.
---
Ola!
April 2009
E-newsletter of Citizens for Public
Justice (CPJ)
Table of Contents:
* Edmonton a cradle of CPJ
*
Covenantal economics and poverty
* CPJ in Quebec
+ New CPJ resources on
electoral reform
* CPJ staff to participate in the Canadian Social Forum
* Web features
* Earth Day 2009 Going deeper green
* Whats
God got to do with it? Faith and politics at the cabinet table
* Language
requirements counter to public justice values
* Human Trafficking: the modern-day
slave trade
* CPJ Annual General Meeting May 7, 2009
* The end
of the world as we know it ...Thank God! KAIROS Gathering 2009
* Earth Day
April 22
* A Prayer of Healing
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Poverty
Reduction Strategy needed in Budget 2009
December 17, 2008
In
a letter to
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (PDF - 207K, 4 pages), CPJ calls on
the government to present a "visionary stimulus package" as part of
the Federal Budget anticipated for January 27, 2009.
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Vision
to Action: Canada Without Poverty
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
(PDF - 329K, 7 pages)
Pre-Budget Consultations
August, 2008
Coalition
of National Voluntary Organizations
The Coalition of National
Voluntary Organizations (NVO) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes
volunteerism and enhances the profile of Canada's voluntary and charitable sector.
NVO is an umbrella coalition that has as its members 130 national voluntary charities
active in a variety of fields ranging from health and social services to the environment,
justice, education and international development.
Great resource site
for people working in or with the voluntary sector...
Voluntary
Sector Task Force (Privy Council Office version)
- see also Volunteer
Canada
Community
Foundations of Canada
We are the Canadian movement for community vitality,
representing 168 Community Foundations across the country. Together, we help Canadians
invest in building strong and resilient places to live, work and play.
October 2009:
Vital
Signs
Vital Signs is an annual check-up conducted by community foundations
across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities, identifies trends,
and shares opportunities for action in at least ten areas critical to quality
of life.
Since Toronto's first Vital Signs publication, the Report has been
adopted by 16 communities across Canada and is now conducted nationally by Community
Foundations of Canada.
Local
Reports
Click the link for reports covering the following participating
cities and regions:
* Calgary * Central Okanagan * Guelph & Wellington
* Kingston & Area * Medicine Hat * Oakville
* Ottawa * Red Deer * Saint
John * Sudbury * Sunshine Coast * Toronto * Victoria * Waterloo * Wolfville (NS)
NOTE
: Only the link to the Toronto and Ottawa reports appear below because I live
in Ottawa, and Toronto is, well, Toronto*, eh...
For all other city reports,
click the above link and select a city or region to access its report.
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*
Hey, I'm not sayin' that Toronto would pick up its marbles and go home or anything
if I *didn't*
include a link to their report, but the population of Toronto
is larger than most of the other provinces combined (except Ontario), so there
ya go...
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Ottawa:
2009
Vital Signs Report - Ottawa (PDF - 2.9MB, 27 pages)
Source:
Community
Foundation of Ottawa
Toronto:
Toronto's
Vital Signs 2009 (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Source:
Toronto
Community Foundation
We help people invest in Toronto, making it the best
place to live, work, learn and grow. We monitor the quality of life in our city,
identifying its strengths and weaknesses through our Torontos Vital Signs®
report
Related links:
Toronto:
A city of disparities
October 6, 2009
By Royson James
Sooner,
rather than later, Toronto needs a strike force to confront the dangerous patterns',
`This is a picture of sickness linked to poverty a snapshot of a city moving
in opposite directions, its populace increasingly polarized. (...) Since 1998,
the Toronto Community Foundation has been alerting us to the changing forces in
our city and region. Toronto's Vital Signs, the annual checkup of the city's social,
economic, environmental and physical health continues this year to track the alerts.
- Go to the Municipal Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/municipal.htm
Community Economic Development (CED)
CED
Learning Network
"Community economic development (CED) involves
initiatives that attempt to strengthen the community by building equitable and
inclusive economies. (...) The Toronto CED Learning Network is a group of over
350 organizations and individuals who are interested in CED in the Toronto area.
Its membership reflects an exciting range of perspectives and approaches. Its
main goal is to provide a space where members can learn from each other, share
their resources and work together to develop healthy, equitable and sustainable
business activity in Toronto."
CED Learning Network Links - over 1,000 links to free international resources and information on the web
**********************************************************CEDTAP
- The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
"CEDTAP is a five-year, Canada-wide initiative that aims to assist 500 communities
by 2006. CEDTAP helps community-based organizations engaged in CED by supporting
technical assistance, study tours, target group initiatives and requests for computer
hardware and software. CEDTAP is also committed to strengthening the CED sector
as a whole by disseminating innovative models, funding the development of tools
and resources, and organizing learning events.
- incl. links to : About CEDTAP
- News - Approved Initiatives - Application Guidelines - Application Form - Directory
of Technical Assistance Providers - CEDTAP Forum - Gender and CED - Resources
and Links - Contact Information
**********************************************************
Canadian
Community Economic Development Network
"(CCEDNet is a national
member-based, democratic organization. We are a registered charitable non-profit
organization. The membership of CCEDNet is made up of Community Economic Development
(CED) community-based organizations and practitioners from every region of Canada.
CED can be defined as action by people locally to create economic opportunities
and enhance social conditions in their communities on a sustainable and inclusive
basis, particularly with those who are most disadvantaged."
Comparative
Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
Conflict
Resolution Network
"For almost two decades, Conflict Resolution
Network Canada has been drawing people together to grapple with conflict, share
insights and ideas, and act on the latest developments in conflict resolution
theory and practice. Through our national conferences, comprehensive collection
of conflict resolution books, content-rich Web site, cutting-edge programs and
flagship quarterly newsletter, we have helped thousands of Canadians to build
constructive approaches to conflict in every sphere of Canadian society."
Directory
of Restorative Justice Programs in Canada (Adults)
Youth
Restorative Justice Directory
Neighbourhood
Conflict Resolution Programs in Canada
National
Consultation on Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice in Canada
"The
United Nations recently endorsed Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice
Programmes in Criminal Matters, and Conflict Resolution Network Canada has undertaken
a national consultation to explore what impact these principles might have here.
An electronic Dialogue Group will be a vital part of the consultation, and
we hope you will join it. (...) The Dialogue Group will begin discussions
on Monday, June 10, and continue until mid-September."
The Conflict
Resolution Network's seven distinct program areas are : Community and Restorative
Justice - Schools and Youth - Organizational and Workplace - Environment and Public
Policy - International - Media and Conflict Portrayal - Conflict Resolution Teaching
and Training Support
To register for the Dialogue Group, or to review the
Principles first, go to the Restorative Justice Consultation Web site (the link
above) and follow the links to Registration or to Basic Principles.
Related
Link:
Family Mediation Canada
- Surgery
by Social Union: Social Union could end up killing off what the federal
budget was supposed to save (1999)
- Health
and Social Union Agreement Raises More Questions Than it Answers
February 1999
- Social
Union Could Pull Provinces Into a Race to the Bottom, Warns Council of Canadians
January 1999
- Social
Union a Platform For The Right, Says Council of Canadians
January
1999
Court
Challenges Program
Court Challenges Program of Canada is a national
non-profit organization which was set up in 1994 to provide financial assistance
for important court cases that advance language and equality rights guaranteed
under Canada's Constitution.
Check the Site
Guide for an overview of the site - includes a great database of links
in almost two dozen areas of social policy research, including : Aboriginal -
Colour, Race, National Origin, Ethnicity - Disability - Education Rights - Government
- Human Rights - Immigration - Poverty Sexual Orientation - Womens Rights, and
more...
-------------------------------------------
Coalition
to Save Court Challenges
The Coalition to Save
Court Challenges is a broad coalition of concerned organizations and individuals
committed to ensuring the continuation of funding for the Court Challenges Program
of Canada. New organizations and individuals are signing onto our campaign every
day.
List of participating organizations
Related Link:
Faces
of the Cuts: The Impact of Federal Program Cuts on Communities in Toronto
An
Early Look at Selected Areas Slated for Funding Cuts (PDF file - 129K,
31 pages)
Forum Convened by
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
Held
at the Ontario Bar Association
Toronto
October 11
"On September 25, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Treasury
Board President John Baird announced $1 billion in federal program cuts to be
implemented over two years. At the same time that cuts to youth employment, literacy
organizations, womens groups, Aboriginal health initiatives, and other equity-relevant
programs were announced, the federal government also reported a staggering $13.2
billion surplus.(...) The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto convened
a forum to bring together local communities and organizations across sectors and
issues to share information, and discuss and strategize around the proposed cuts
and related federal actions. (...) Focusing on selected areas, the report paints
only part of the picture of the cuts and its impact on Toronto communities."
Source:
Community
Social Planning Council of Toronto
DAWN
- DisAbled Women's Network
Canada
"DAWN Canada is a national
organization controlled by and comprised of women with disabilities. We are from
all backgrounds and all disabilities. We are a feminist organization working to
achieve control over our lives and end the stereotype that labels us dependent
burdens on society."
- incl. links to : Our National Network - Our
Mission Statement - Our History - Profiles of Women - Special Initiatives - DAWNing
Groups - Related Links - Guestbook - DAWN Canada's Email Discussion
Democracy Watch
Democracy Watch is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen
advocacy organization that opened its doors in October 1993. Democracy Watch
works with Canadian citizens and organizations in pushing Canadian governments
and businesses to empower Canadians in their roles as voters,citizens, taxpayers,
consumers and shareholders. Our aim is to help reform Canadian government and
business institutions to bring them into line with the realities of a modern,
working democracy.
20 Steps towards a Modern,
Working Democracy
Democracy Watch's campaign mandate, 20 Steps towards a Modern, Working Democracy,
sets out changes that all governments in Canada should enact (according to their
respective powers) to ensure that Canadian citizens have a greater and more
meaningful role in government and business decision-making in Canada.
|
|
Directory
of Development Organizations, 2010
January 10, 2010
The Directory of Development Organizations 2010 is a comprehensive listing of
60,000+ development organizations dedicated to good governance, sustainable
development and poverty reduction. The directory is divided into 6 geographical
sections: Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean,
North America, and Oceania.
Development organizations in Canada (PDF - 1.4MB, 57 pages)
Electronic
Commons: A public network -- [version
française]
This national not for profit online web space is
dedicated to the exchange of information, opinions and resources by and for all
Canadians.
Habitat
for Humanity Canada
Habitat
for Humanity International
Halifax
Initiative
Halifax Initiative is a Canadian
coalition of development, environment, faith, rights and labour groups. [It] was
formed in the context of an international movement of non-governmental organizations
focused on evaluating the role and record of the Bretton Woods Institutions at
the time of their 50th Anniversary. Canadian NGOs formed the Halifax Initiative
in December 1994 to ensure that demands for fundamental reform of the international
financial institutions were high on the agenda of the G7's 1995 Halifax Summit.
- incl. links to : Debt - Export Credit Agencies - International
Monetary Fund - Tobin Tax - World Bank - G-20 - Finance for Development - Publications
- Media - Events - Links
Related
Links : See the Canadian Social Research Links Globalization
page
Inter-Church
Coalition on Africa
Inter-Church
Committee for Human Rights in Latin America
Idealist, a project of Action Without Borders.
In this site you will find 20,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 150
countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. Includes
tons of links to Canadian sites - organizations, resources, volunteering, services,
and much more.
Includes 700+ Canadian NGOs and 400+ Canadian services, just
to whet your appetite...
In
Common - "Global action against poverty"
Led by the Canadian
Council for International Cooperation (CCIC), 100+ Canadian
organizations have joined in common -- a campaign to make action against poverty
a public and political priority.
Internet
Nonprofit Center - Information For and About Nonprofit Organizations (U.S)
Laidlaw
Foundation (Toronto)
"The Laidlaw Foundation uses its human and
financial resources in innovative ways to strengthen the environment for children,
youth and families, to enhance opportunities for human development and creativity
and to sustain healthy communities and ecosystems."
Go to the Canadian Social Research Links page of links for Children, Families and Youth (Canadian NGOs) for links to content from the Laidlaw Foundation website
Literary
Review of Canada (LRC)
The LRC is Canadas leading magazine for
discussions of public affairs and culture. No other magazine in Canada today has
our fifteen-year track record of providing Canadians with robust, intelligent
public discourse on a wide range of topics from the countrys very best thinkers
and writers.
The table of contents of the April 2007 issue of LRC and subscription information are included in the PDF file below, along with the complete text of the following book review:
Dont
It Always Seem to Go:
A review of Shereen Ismaels
Child Poverty
and the Canadian Welfare State: From Entitlement to Charity (PDF file
- 260K, 4 pages)
Review by John Stapleton
- from the April 2007 issue of
the Literary Review of Canada
------------------------------------------
Tracking
Those in Poverty
A review of Telling Tales: Living the Effects of Public Policy
(PDF file - 1.6MB, 4 pages)
by Sheila Neysmith,
Kate Bezanson and Anne OConnell
Review by John Stapleton
[Posted with
permission of the reviewer]
November 2005 issue of the Literary Review of Canada
"...there
is little political will at the provincial level to address the plight of the
disadvantaged in terms of improving income security programs. If the province
does just a little, they bring the inadequacy of programs into sharp relief and
shine a light on everything that they are not doing. If they were to consider
doing a lot, it would cost more money than they can spend on a target group that
has little political support or public sympathy."
- includes the table
of contents for the November 2005 issue of the Literary Review of Canada and subscription
information
More
info about Telling Tales and how to order it
- incl. links to "Poverty
study full of surprises", an article (June 10/05) by Toronto Star
Columnist Carol Goar about Telling Tales and a
book review (September 2005) by Brice Balmer, secretary of the Interfaith
Social Assistance Reform Coalition.
Make
Poverty History (Canada)
Here's what we want
in 14 words:
* More and Better Aid
* Trade Justice
* Cancel the Debt
* End Child Poverty in Canada
Steering Committee - includes members from : the Assembly of First Nations - Campaign 2000 - Canadian Council for International Co-operation - Canadian Labour Congress - National Anti Poverty Organization - Results Canada - World Vision - and more...
Make Poverty History (International)
--------
News
search Results:
"Make Poverty History"
Web
Search Results:
"Make Poverty History"
Web
Search Results:
"End Child Poverty
in Canada"
Google News search Results:
"End
Child Poverty in Canada"
Source:
Google.ca
Mental
Health Commission of Canada
The Mental Health
Commission of Canada is a non-profit organization created to focus national attention
on mental health issues and to work to improve the health and social outcomes
of people living with mental illness.
Mental
Health Commission of Canada Launches National Research Project to Find Sustainable
Solutions for
People With Mental Health Issues Who Are Homeless : Study will
investigate Housing First approach (PDF - 139K, 2 pages)
News
Release
TORONTO, November 23, 2009 The Mental Health Commission of
Canada (MHCC) has implemented a ground-breaking national research project in five
cities to find the best way to provide housing and services to people who are
living with mental illness and homelessness. Using a Housing First
approach, the research project focuses on first providing people who are homeless
with a place to live, and then the other assistance and services they require.
The goal is to see if this approach is better than traditional care as usual.
Source:
Related links:
Mentally
ill get housing in study
565 Toronto homeless will enrol in research
November
23, 2009
The largest project in Canada's history to
study the link between mental illness and homelessness kicks off Monday, offering
hope and a home to more than 1,300 street people across the country.
Housing first, rehabilitation will follow that's
the philosophy behind a national research project on homelessness and mental illness
being launched by the new Mental Health Commission of Canada. (...) Altogether,
1,325 people will be given a place to live and social services during the study,
which is to get $110 million in funding over the next five years. Participants
are expected to contribute 30 per cent of their income, including welfare and
disability payments. Canada has an estimated 300,000 homeless people. (...) The
program is modelled after the successful Pathways to Housing Project, which was
founded in New York City in 1992 and has since spread out to 40 cities worldwide.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Pathways to
Housing - U.S.
Pathways to Housing was founded by Dr. Sam Tsemberis in 1992, and is widely
credited as being the originator of the "Housing First" model of
addressing homelessness among people with psychiatric disabilities. The Housing
First model is simple: provide housing first, and then combine that housing
with supportive treatment services in the areas of mental and physical health,
substance abuse, education, and employment.
National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO)
Name changed Feb. 3, 2009 - see Canada Without Poverty (higher up on the page you're now reading)
- See the Canadian Social Research Links Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada page)
Progressive
Economics Forum
The Progressive Economics Forum aims to promote the
development of a progressive economics community in Canada. The PEF brings together
over 125 progressive economists, working in universities, the labour movement,
and activist research organizations.
Blog
: Relentlessly Progressive Economics
Authors : Andrew Jackson - Arun DuBois - Erin Weir - Iglika Ivanova - Jim Stanford
- Marc Lee - Mathieu Dufour - Toby Sanger - Wenonah Bradshaw
Selected site content:
The
Progressive Economics Forum (PEF) at the
Canadian Economics Association 2010 meetings
March 10, 2010
The PEF will once again be hosting panels at this years Canadian Economics
Association meetings, May 28-30 in Quebec
City. The lineup for the PEF events includes panel discussions on the following
broad topics:
* Was Financialization Rational for Capital?
* Canadas Economic Security and the Great Recession: What Have We Learned?
* Is There a Market Fundamentalist Message in the Introductory Textbooks?
* Labour in a time of crisis, comparing experiences and prospects in Canada
and the US.
* Perspectives on Happiness in Canada and the United States
* Integrating Climate and Industrial Policies
* Canadian Public Finances and Monetary Policy: Sound Finance or Functional
Finance
Click the link above to see the complete program, including the list of speakers and all sub-topics.
Source:
Progressive Economics
Forum Blog
Related link:
44th Annual Conference
of the CEA
Friday, May 28 - Sunday, May 30, 2010
Quebec City
Also from the
Progressive Economics Forum Blog:
The
Recovery Slows
By Erin Weir
April 30th, 2010
In February, Canada experienced its slowest economic growth since October 2009.
Of course, no one expected the initial rapid rebound out of recession to continue
forever.
PovNet
PovNet is an online resource for advocates, people on welfare, and community
groups and individuals involved in anti-poverty work. It provides up-to-date information
about resources in British Columbia and Canada. PovNet links to current anti-poverty
issues and also provides links to other anti-poverty organizations and resources
in Canada and internationally. PovNet is a clearinghouse of information necessary
to address issues of anti-poverty. Regulations and laws can change so quickly
it is difficult to know if the information you are using is up-to-date. PovNet
strives to keep advocates and those who may be experiencing difficulty with the
social service system informed.
[ Source : About
PovNet ]
* News - Anti-poverty & poverty related news stories, current events, reports & press releases.
* Regional - View news, resources government info & links sorted by territory or province.
Recession
Relief Coalition [Toronto Chapter] *
The
Recession Relief Coalition is a broad-based group of organizations and individuals
concerned about the impact of the recession on Canadas most vulnerable and
marginalized residents. Over 260 organizations and over 1,100 individuals across
Canada have endorsed the coalitions call on the federal government to create
a recession relief fund to prevent cuts to public and private not-for-profit agencies
serving vulnerable communities, and to increase funding to support vital social
services including homelessness programs and settlement services.
- incl. links
to: home - actions - indicators - contact - participate - video - gallery - news
- archives - blog - submit your story
-----
*
We intend to open chapters across Canada to share ideas and information, sponsor
events and pressure government at all levels to take strong action to protect
us all from the harmful effects of this recession and to alleviate poverty nation
wide.
-----
Selected site content:
We're "All" in this Together is a quarterly newsletter from the Recession Relief Coalition designed to keep you informed about the real story of this recession. There will be stories about our activities and our history and about the recession and how it affects the people and communities of Canada, as well as information about recession related events that are coming soon. We will include photos from our events and links to our photo gallery and to our videos page where you will find videos created by Ronzig about us and the things we are doing.
We're All in This Together -
fall 2009
October 30, 2009
PDF
format (151K, 5 pages)
Word
format (730K, 5 pages)
Recession Relief Coalition videos
When
will we move beyond a Stone Age mentality?
By Ron Craven
October
16, 2009
Throughout the history of the human race there
has been a division of power resulting in an elite few who did little while the
majority worked every waking hour just to survive. While the privileged few grew
fat off the labour of the rest, the progress of the race was hampered because
most of the population had no time to work at creating a better society. Today
is no different. While 90% of the population slaves every waking hour to maintain
the few comforts they have been allowed to enjoy primarily through a credit system
that ensures they will never escape an indentured state of existence, the dominant
10% enjoy their multi million dollar yachts, private jets and mansions.
Endorse
the
Recession Relief Declaration
- read the declaration, then
scroll down the page and add your name to the growing list of supporters.
This
Is What the Recession Looks Like: June 2009 (PDF - 161K, 8 pages)
Research
Bulletin #1
- calling for immediate government action on: * Social Assistance
Reform * Unemployment Income (EI Reform * Funding for Non-Profit Sector, including
Housing and Homelessness Programs
- incl. Key Facts & Trends in this Recession
Source:
Indicators
[NOTE: the content below is still located on the original Recession Relief website.]
Combating
Poverty, Homelessness and
Hunger: Create a Peace Dividend (PDF
- 65K, 7 pages)
By Cathy Crowe (Street Nurse and Atkinson Economic Justice
Fellow)
June 1, 2009
"(...) Canadians need and want a peace dividend
that is an investment in people not destruction. In the meantime however, this
recession further necessitates program spending that will provide emergency recession
relief monies to expand Employment Insurance benefits, bolster provincial
social assistance rates, prevent evictions, and expand emergency life saving services
such as food and shelter."
Employment
Insurance Reform and Poverty (PDF - 83K, 3 pages)
Submission to
the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills, Social Development
and the
Status of Persons with Disabilities
By the Toronto
City Summit Alliance
May 31, 2009 (in connection with appearance on June
2, 2009)
Brief
submitted to the House of Commons
Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills
and
Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
(PDF - 146K, 7 pages)
June 1, 2009
By John Stapleton
(on behalf
of the Atkinson Charitable Foundation)
Topics:
*
Federal Government Role in Canada's Social Safety net
* Disparity in responses
to poverty and social policy at the Provincial and Territorial level
* Needlessly
Prolonging the Recession
Testimony
to the
Standing Committee on Human Resources,
Skills and Social Development
and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (Word file - 24K, 3 pages)
by
John Andras
Co Founder Recession Relief Coalition and Chair of SKETCH
"(...)
The need for emergency funding to be made available to the agencies feeding, clothing,
sheltering and counseling the victims of the recession is clear and pressing.
Governments need to respond to the reality that demand is growing and non-government
funding is falling. "
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Related links:
Recession
Relief Coalition:
This is what the recession looks like for Canadians
Jun
11, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
As Canada's federal government is set to release
its first major report on its economic initiatives (including the multi-billion
dollar economic stimulus package that was part of the January federal budget),
the Recession Relief Coalition has released its own report on "what the recession
looks like" this morning. The coalition is a broad-based group of more than
260 organizations and 1,100 individuals across Canada.
Some key findings from
the coalition's research report:
* the number of single people on Ontario Works
(provincial welfare) reached an all-time record of 130,180 in April, 2009
* Ontario's real unemployment rate (the official unemployment rate, plus people
who are "discouraged" and have dropped out of the labour market, plus
involuntary part-time workers) is now well into the double digits at 13.6% and
is a staggering 28% for youth aged 15 to 24.
* Credit Canada (which helps
people deal with debt) has had a 42% increase in new clients in the past year.
* Non-profit and community-based programs and services are being over-whelmed
with growing demand; foodbanks in Toronto report that a record one million people
were forced to line up for food last year.
The Recession Relief Coalition sets
out a policy agenda that includes increases to federal and provincial income assistance
programs (including welfare and employment insurance); plus increased funding
for the non-profit sector, including housing and homelessness programs.
Source:
Wellesley
Institute Blog
[ Wellesley Institute
]
Research
Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism
(U.S. site
hosted by the National Center for Children in Poverty)
- the Research Forum
database includes 41 reviewed and 28 unreviewed research projects dealing with
issues of welfare reform in the U.S. and its effects.
- includes the Canadian
Self-Sufficiency Project page (a welfare research and demonstration project
in New Brunswick and British Columbia) - more info about SSP
Rights
& Democracy - The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
This site works best in Internet Explorer. (I'm being polite here
- actually, this site works like crap in Netscape 4.75)
Incl. Globalization
and Human Rights - Indigenous Peoples' Rights -International Human Rights Advocacy
-Women's Rights
Rights & Democracy - The International Centre for
Human Rights and Democratic Development is a non-partisan organization
with an international mandate. It was created by Canada's Parliament in 1988 to
encourage and support the universal values of human rights and the promotion of
democratic institutions and practices around the world.
President : Warren
Allmand
- Don't miss the excellent collection of links to Canadian and international
directories and databases - but I can't offer you a link to it because this site
uses frames.
You'll have to go there, using Internet Explorer.
Royal
Canadian Legion
The Legion is Canada's largest veterans', ex-service
persons' and community service organization with more than 500,000 members and
more than 1,600 branches in Canada, the USA (21) and Germany (3). The Legion
puts more than $300 million into our communities each year and provide services
to veterans, ex-service persons, seniors, youth and numerous community-based charities.
Visit this site for a wealth of information on the Legion and its activities.
Sections include About Us - Remembrance and Poppy - Dominion Convention - Legion
Sports - Membership - Ladies Auxiliaries - Veterans and Ex-Service Persons Service
- Links - Leadership and Development. You'll also find links to all Legion Commands
across Canada, a number of issues of Reveille, the newsletter of the Dominion
Command, and much more.
Social Justice
Committee of Montreal
World Interaction Mondiale
Social
Policy Cafe
Havi Echenberg's blog is rich with resources and insights - hardly surprising,
given the breadth and depth of her experience in Canadian social research and
social policy. Every week in her blog, Havi does a review (see "Triage"
below) of selected social research resources such as studies and reports, and
a section called Hidden gems that promises some, well, hidden gems.
Selected content from the Social Policy Cafe:
(in reverse chronological order)
Triage:
Homelessness and more
April 2, 2010
- includes links to, and Havi's thoughts about, three items on homelessness
and two other items - one on planned federal spending, and one on optimal tax
rates.
1. The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has engaged in an extensive consultation
on new ideas to end homelessness.
2. A report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development looks at
costs associated with first-time homelessness for singles and families.
3 . The Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness recently released a report card
for the year 2009, including data on shelter usage.
4. The team at Inside Ottawa at the Globe and Mail has done an analysis of planned
spending for each of the next three years, based on reports by 97 departments
and financial agencies. The resulting document lists these departments and agencies
and associated projections based on greatest reductions in absolute spending
and greatest reduction as a percentage of budgets.
5. The optimal size of government is a partisan issue. The optimal tax
mix isnt - a recent entry in an economics blog entitled Worthwhile
Canadian Initiatives.
Click the "Triage" link above to access these five items and related
links...
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Social
policy: into the future
March 31, 2010
Two reports released recently focus on social policy moving into the future.
1. ACSW Social Policy Framework 2010: Visioning a More Equitable and Just
Alberta, from the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW), explicitly
recommends a shift from individualism to a more collective approach, to reduce
what it describes as growing disparity in Alberta
2. Canada at 150: The Social Agenda, is a speech by Sherri Torjman
of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy on Emerging Pressures and Approaches
in Social Policy at the Canada@150 Conference
(Liberal policy conference) held in Montréal, March 26, 2010.
---
Triage:
Three Canadian reports worth reading
Reviews of the following:
* How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada (by the Conference
Board of Canada)
--- ranking Canadas socio-economic performance against that of peer countries
* Mending Canadas frayed social safety net: The role of municipal
governments
--- from the Quality of Life surveys conducted by the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities
* The Preston Manning Centre Barometer
--- an "annual look at Canadians attitudes towards values and policies
generally ascribed to Conservatives
---
Hidden
gems: Community information database
The Community Information Database (CID), developed by the Rural Secretariat
with the cooperation of provincial and territorial governments, is intended
to be "a free internet-based resource developed to provide communities,
researchers, and governments with access to consistent and reliable socio-economic
and demographic data and information for all communities across Canada."
And it delivers. Despite a clunky interface, and a steep learning curve that
cant be bypassed, in my experience, the CID provides a rich source of
information about all communities, including urban ones, with data from the
1996, 2001, and 2006 Census. In fact, more than 500 pieces of data can be retrieved
for all of Canada, by province, region, Census Metropolitan area, Census subdivision,
or regional health district.
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Triage:
top three social policy stories of the week
By Havi Echenberg, Social Policy Cafe
March 12, 2010
1. How many homeless people are there in Canada? (incl. references to homeless
counts in the U.S. and Australia)
2. Caledon releases five short papers on the interaction of student financial
aid and social assistance.
3. The Toronto-Dominion Bank has just issued a report on the future of the labour
force, echoing many of the same themes raised in a Canadian Chamber of Commerce
report a few weeks ago.
Click the link above to read all three stories.
- includes 10 links to related resources
Source:
Social Policy Cafe
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The
top five Canadian sources for connected social policy wonks
By Havi Echenberg
January 20, 2010
"These start with the basics for anyone whos been at this a while,
but someone had to tell us about them, right? And these are focussed pretty
narrowly on Canada; another entry will get us beyond our own borders. So, here
goes."
[NOTE: click the above link for Havi's blog entry with more information on each
of these sources.]
* Canadian
Social Research Links and weekly
newsletter*
* The Daily - from Statistics Canada
* The Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
* The
Institute for Research on Public Policy
* Two more think tanks - one left-leaning and one right-leaning:
--- The Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
--- The Fraser Institute
"All of these will put information in your
RSS feed-reader or in your email inbox. All with provide you with timely information
and analysis. Im sure others have their own top five. If Ive missed
your favourites, please add them in the comments!"
Source:
Social Policy Cafe
Havi Echenberg's blog
["I am social policy analyst, currently employed by the Library of Parliament.
I have had the privilege to work in social policy for 30 years, at the municipal
and federal level, with governments and non-government (civil society) organizations.
My interests within that sphere are broad, and I am most interested in passing
on what I read, hear, and know, so that others can share and challenge my observations."]
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* Thanks for including my work in your list and for your kind words, Havi -
and welcome back online!
Havi was Director of the National Antipoverty Organization (NAPO) when we first
met "a few" years ago.
She's now with the Parliamentary Library, and still as strong a supporter of
social justice as ever...
Social
and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI)
"SEDI stands for
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations. (...)We are a national charitable
organization dedicated to enabling poor, unemployed and under-employed people
to become self-sufficient. We take a variety of leading-edge social and economic
approaches to this goal in areas such as policy development, program management,
information exchange, capacity building, public education and research. Above
all, SEDI is a catalyst..."
Learn$ave
"One of the most important assets is education. SEDI is offering an exciting
chance for over 3,000 low-income earners to boost their savings so that they can
afford skills training, schooling or to start-up a small business:will match the
savings each participant puts aside in an Individual Development Account (IDA),
dollar for dollar, paid directly to the school or institution . Through the IDA
account, participants can build their personal savings and earn a credit for a
matching amount by saving as little as $10 a month over 1 to 3 years. In most
areas, the personal savings will be matched at $3 for every dollar saved up to
the first $1,500. This matching contribution puts low-income Canadians on an equal
footing with higher income Canadians who can afford to put away more of their
own money. Between 2001 and 2003, partner organizations recruited candidates in
10 communities across the country. Recruitment is now complete in 9 of the 10
sites. Vancouver will be recruiting until December 2003. This project is the largest
of its kind in the world. Its delivered in partnership with the Social Research
and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) and is funded by Human Resources Development
Canada (HRDC)."
Learn$ave
FAQs
Related Links (U.S./ International):
Individual
Development Accounts - from the Economic
Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information Network) (links to
100+ online resources!)
Individual
Development Accounts (IDAs) - from TrickleUp
(U.S. and International seed capital and business training for microenterprise)
IDAnetwork
- "Exchanging Ideas about Individual Development Accounts"
Individual
Development Accounts - from the Corporation
for Enterprise Development
Individual
Development Accounts - from the Administration
for Children and Families (U.S. Government)
Individual
Development Accounts - from Alternatives.org
Work,
Welfare and Savings : Modernisation of Tax and Benefits (U.K.) - from
H.M. Treasury
[see esp.
files #7-8-9 - also includes info about the U.K.'s child and working credits]
Tamarack
- An Institute for Community Engagement
"Tamarack is a charitable
organization dedicated to helping Canadian communities take ownership of local
issues by making use of proven strategies for community engagement. Community
Engagement is commonly defined as citizens from different sectors of a community
joining together taking leadership, to address issues that affect them all. Tamarack
was founded as a partnership between Alan Broadbent of the Maytree Foundation,
and Paul Born. Designed to promote community building across Canada, the institute's
mission is to develop a process to help people create bold visions for the future
of their communities, and work together to achieve those visions more easily and
effectively."
Gender
analysis in community-based poverty reduction
by Lang, Catherine
& Goldberg Leong, Toby
March 2004
Final report of the Gender and Poverty
Project
"...explores the gender dimensions of poverty; recognizes the
lack of child care policy as a significant barrier to poor women."
"The
Pan-Canadian Vibrant Communities Gender and Poverty Project was a unique partnership
with and between six local communities, Vibrant Communities sponsors, and project
facilitators to apply gender analysis to community-based, comprehensive poverty
reduction work."
Source:
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
Related Links:
Gender
and Poverty Project [ funded by Status
of Women Canada ]
The Gender and Poverty project provides communities participating
in Vibrant Communities with support to build on their capacity to create inclusive
communities through engagement in gender related analysis, strategies, and action
at the local and national levels. The project is funded by Status of Women Canada.
Vibrant
Communities
"In order to reduce poverty and enhance the quality
of life in households throughout Canada, Vibrant Communities provides a process
and a working environment where diverse community leaders from across the country
work together to share ideas, practices and policies that strengthen their community-based
poverty reduction initiatives."
- incl. links to : Partners - Poverty
Reduction - Community Updates - Resources - Tools - Research & Policy - Coaching
- Evaluation & Learning - Face-to-Face Forum - Learning Themes - Gender &
Poverty - Sustainable Incomes - Additional resources - Related links
Related Links ---- go to the the Canadian Non-Governmental Sites about Women's Social Issues page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womencanngo.htm
This is Our Place
- Resources for Low-Income People by Province
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Tristat
Resources (Richard Shillington) - "Data analysis is an aid
to thinking not a replacement for"
Richard Shillington, Ph.D., is a statistician with a difference - he delights
in poking a finger in the federal government's ribs when he feels they've
been less than forthright or honest about health, social or economic policy.
He's appeared before many Parliamentary Committees, and he frequently provides
commentaries for television, radio and newspapers on issues of taxation, human
rights and social policy.
-incl. links to Richard's work in the following areas : St. Christopher House
Report - Social Conditions & Human Rights - Tax Policy & Income Tested
Benefits - The GIS Story - The Debate over Poverty Lines - The National Child
Tax Benefit - Information about the Child Tax Benefit Changes Proposed in
the 1997 Federal budget - Honesty in Government.
Lies, damn lies and...
Poverty statistics?
If your eyes glaze over at the mere mention of poverty lines and/or unemployment statistics, I think you'll appreciate this short discussion/reflexion paper by Canadian social policy experts Richard Shillington and John Stapleton. It's an overview of, and observations about, Canada's poverty measurement tools; it includes discussion (or reflexion) points for further study or group discussions. Did YOU know that there are four different ways to measure Employment Insurance coverage of the Canadian workforce? And what the heck is a B/U ratio, anyway? Click below to find out.
Cutting
Through the Fog:
Why is it so hard to make sense of poverty measures?
(PDF - 186K, 22 pages)
Richard Shillington and John Stapleton
May 2010
(...) This paper is intended to open up some room for thoughtful discussion
about poverty issues among interested Canadians. The goal is not to tell anyone
what to think, but to encourage all of us to question.
(...) Data can be presented in many different ways, depending on the goals
of the person or group providing the data. It is important to question what
is being measured, how it is measured, and when it was measured.
(...) Being critical of the statistics used as evidence for a
point of view involves finding out what assumptions underlie the numbers.
For example, you might hear that:
the percentage of Canadians living in poverty is around 15%...or only
5%, or
Canadas Employment Insurance (EI) program covers approximately
85% of the unemployed
or only 45%.
(...) The gap between these statistics is so large because they measure different
things.
Source:
Metcalf Foundation
The Foundation was established by George Cedric Metcalf in 1960. It currently
makes grants totaling approximately $5.5 million each year and has an asset
base of approximately $130 million. The Foundation works primarily in three
areas: environment, performing arts and low-income communities. Our work is
focused on supporting organizations that are working collaboratively to cultivate
long-term solutions to issues, thinking broadly in pursuit of comprehensive
approaches and engaging communities to take a meaningful role in decisions
affecting their lives
[ See "About This Paper" on the second page of the PDF file for biographical notes on the authors.]
Related links:
Open Policy - John Stapleton's website
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Retirement
Planning Resources
for the "Rest of Us"
- includes links to the following useful resources:
* Why listen to me? * What is wrong with most Financial Advice * Recommended
Reading for the "Rest of Us" * Are you GIS Destined? * What you
need to know about GIS and Spouses and Widows Allowance * RRSPs don't work
well for you * Why you should probably take early CPP * Early CPP: Individual
Calculator * Credit Cards * Home Ownership * Your income at retirement
NOTE: Richard is the person who helped the federal government to find a few hundred thousand seniors who were entitled to, but not receiving, the Guaranteed Income Supplement under the Old Age Security Program.
Maternity
Benefits
September 24, 2002
"About half of new moms don't get EI Maternity Benefits many despite
their contributions to EI. Those least likely to get EI Maternity Benefits
are single moms, work part-time for low-wages, in non-union jobs in the private
sector."
- links to an op-ed piece and a longer paper on who gets maternity benefits
Source : Tristat Resources
(Richard Shillington)
Things Which Could Be Changed - list of 14 flaws, problems and screw-ups in the design of support programs that governments could fix.
The GIS Story - "How 300,000 seniors got half a billion dollars"
Two
Casualities of the Child Tax Benefit: Truth and the Poor (PDF
file -, 60K, 6 pages)
This article was published in Policy Options by the Institute for Research
in Public Policy (IRPP), in November 2000
Analyse
This - Richard's column for Straight
Goods (Canada's alternative media link)
Here are some sample articles that you'll find here (over 20 articles in all):
- Newspeak on poverty
- Why I reject our voting system and rejected my ballot
- Canada's "Brain Drain" a trickle not a flood
- What happened to representing the middle class?
- Flat tax no help to average taxpayer
- Brilliant spinning places welfare recipients in cottages
- A poor measure of poverty
Vanier
Institute of the Family (VIF)
Established in 1965, the Vanier Institute
of the Family is a national charitable organization dedicated to promoting the
well-being of Canadian families. It is governed by a volunteer board with regional
representation from across Canada. The programs of the Institute generally fall
into four categories: Research - Public education - Consultation - Advocacy
A recent sample of the reports you'll find here:
Hallmarks
of a Compassionate, Civil Society
Press Release
March 27, 2007
OttawaLove,
sympathy, reason and morality all evolutionary imperatives according to
Darwin are the hallmarks of a compassionate, civil society. Sadly, our
collective reading of Darwins theories of human development emphasizes an
almost universally accepted notion of human nature as predominantly aggressive,
violent, selfish and competitive.
Complete report:
Building
Emotional Intelligence: Darwin Reconsidered
by Jenni Tipper
2006
HTML
version
PDF
version (303K, 36 pages)
Vanier Institute of the Family (VIF)
More links to content from the VIF website: (on the Canadian Children's Non-Governmental Organizations page)
The Virtual Activist A training course presented by WomensWork
Volunteer
Canada
Volunteer Canada is the national voice for volunteerism
in Canada. Since 1977, Volunteer Canada has been committed to supporting volunteerism
and civic participation through ongoing programs and special projects.
National in scope, Volunteer Canada's board members, partners and members represent
hundreds of different communities across Canada. Our membership includes 86 volunteer
centres in nine provinces, including the federation of 109 volunteer centres in
Quebec. Managers and directors of volunteers represent a vital aspect of volunteerism
in Canada and make up an important aspect of our organization's community.
Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
Check out the latest SPC releases
The Reference
page offers links to recent SPC reports, including:
- Manitoba
2000 Budget Response Campaign 2000/Social Planning Council (May 2000)
- The Manitoba 1999 Child
Poverty Report Card: An Agenda for Action
November 24, 1999 -
PDF file (1019K), 36 pages
- Child
Poverty in Manitoba: 1998 Report Card
- 1999
Manitoba Provincial Election Platform Paper
- An
Integrated Community Approach to Health Action (spring 1998)
-
Presentation to the
Minimum Wage Review Board on Manitoba's Minimum Wage (summer 1998)
Youth for Social Justice - Atlantic Canada
World
Socialist Website
The World Socialist Web Site is the Internet center
of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). It provides
analysis of major world events, comments on political, cultural, historical and
philosophical issues, and valuable documents and studies from the heritage of
the socialist movement.
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Columbia NGOs (those are on separate pages)
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NGOs, see the International NGO Links - Human
Rights Links - U.S. Links pages
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