Canadian Social Research Newsletter
February 19, 2018
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a listing of the new links added to the Canadian Social Research Links
website in the recent past week..
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IN THIS ISSUE OF THE
CANADIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NEWSLETTER:
* Media & Policy News: 2 February 2018 (By Jennefer Laidley,
Research & Policy Analyst, Income Security Advocacy Centre)
* R.I.P Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1991-2017
* Time to get moving: Ontarios income security roadmap for change
- January 2018 (Maytree.com)
* Human rights tribunal says Ottawa fails to grasp seriousness
of First Nations child welfare crisis - February 2018 (Canadian Human Rights
Tribunal)
* Statistical Tools for Policy Analysis Including Data Analysis using Excel
- Spring 2018 (Course offering on statistical tools for policy analysis by Richard
Shillington)
* Media & Policy News: 12 January 2018 (Jennefer Laidley, Income Security
Advocacy Centre)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Investment income, 2016 - February 16
--- Registered retirement savings plan contributions, 2016 - February
16
--- Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories,
2016 - February 16
--- Study: How temporary were Canadas temporary foreign workers?
- January 29
--- Consumer Price Index: Annual review, 2017 - January 26
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* CRINMAIL (weekly children's rights newsletter)
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Media & Policy News: 2 February 2018
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Media & Policy News: 2 February 2018
Links to media alerts for the week ending February 2:
https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?e=0507578ecc&u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=24b119a04d
To access any of the media content below, click the link immediately above, then click the link(s) to the article(s) you wish to read.
Top Stories
Poverty not a good reason to take Indigenous kids from parents:
Bennett
Temp agency proposal at WSIB leaves workers vulnerable, legal clinics say
Inflations return could shock a generation thats never seen
it
Nearly 100 homeless people died in Toronto in 2017
Advocates alarmed by conditions in emergency drop-ins
Editorial: Fix unacceptable conditions at emergency warming centres
Editorial: Ontario badly botches affordable housing policy
Ontario housing minister explains inclusionary zoning rationale
Metro announces increase in automation to combat minimum wage hikes
Ontario restaurant owners say minimum wage hike forcing them to cut, alter
menus
Ontario marijuana producers hit by minimum wage hike
Defending minimum wage victories against big business backlash
Ontarios minimum wage driving up costs in Hamiltons 2018 budget
Businesses will have to adjust to new minimum wage but at what cost?
Minimum wage hike right thing to do, minister tells skeptical
Cambridge business owners
Ottawa school board pulls Fraser Institute essay contest asking if minimum
wage hike is a bad idea
Provisions in new Ontario labour laws up to interpretation, county councillor
says
Your letters to the editor: Make quality child care affordable
Human rights tribunal says Ottawa fails to grasp seriousness
of First Nations child welfare crisis
0 Local Hamilton organizations make their 2018 budget pitches
Ontario
Ontario filled nearly 1 million prescriptions for free this
month
Government document: Improvements to social assistance in 2017
Two Ontario ministries to pull funding from African Canadian Legal Clinic
New clinic serving Black Ontarians gets backing of Legal Aid
Sun editorial: Ontario Tories do the right thing, but at their peril
Christine Elliott, Caroline Mulroney to both run for PC leader
Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things
Information Alert: Arts grants now exempt in ODSP and OW
Petition: Make Ontario a world leader in social assistance and income security
Petition: Tell Ontario to make planning regulations that will create affordable
housing
January 31: Learn your legal rights and responsibilities in Family Law
WAC: New workers rights training sessions in February and March 2018
Global Labour Research Centre: Know your Employment Standards rights
When a landlord can take over a rental unit: Reasonable Doubt
Stats Can Study: How temporary were Canadas temporary foreign workers?
Stats Can: Consumer Price Index: Annual review, 2017
Stats Can: Consumer Price Index, December 2017
Socialist Project pamphlet: Basic income in the neoliberal age
Study: Sorry Doctor, I Cant Afford the Root Canal, I Have a Job: Canadian
Dental Care Policy and the Working Poor
Around the Province
East Hamilton tenants rally to fight spike in rent
Hopefully somebody will take care of us: Hamilton workers, retirees
face uncertain future
Dufferin County hosts first poverty reduction summit
Local data shows healthy food out of reach for many in North Bay
Niagara Region questions CHPI funding from the province
Windsor must tackle poverty
Wynne peppered with town hall questions in Thunder Bay
City of Toronto: Monitoring deaths of people experiencing homelessness
At-risk Toronto Community Housing tenants often treated unfairly, ombudsman
says
Wheres the oversight for TCHC repairs?
Opposition to Toronto homeless shelter might be peak NIMBY
Survey of Toronto drop-in users highlights inner city needs
In the wake of #MeToo, a Toronto legal clinic sees astronomical jump
in sexual assault help requests
Across the Country
Mind the gap: St. Johns wage inequality worst in Atlantic
Canada
New Brunswick reveals $9.6 billion budget with 11th straight deficit, but
no increase to social assistance rates
Nova Scotias minimum wage going up to new high: The total increase
is 15 cents an hour Infographic: NS minimum wage to go up to $11 an hour
in April
$15 minimum wage doable in Nova Scotia as long as we take it slow, says
businessman
Caregiver benefits only in Nova Scotia
Winnipeg coffee shop responds to break-in by donating part of sales to homeless
shelter
Inflation, tax increase put pressure on Saskatchewans low-income residents:
Economist
New Saskatchewan premier has big to-do list, shifts party to the right
Onion Lake Cree Nation receives support of humanitarian group
Homeless in Vancouver: Bureaucrats versus the car dwellers on Evans and
Glen
Vancouver tenants find strength in numbers to fight soaring costs, evictions
in citys hot housing market
Vancouver vigilantes take housing matters into their own hands
BC poverty reduction consultation meeting slated for Williams Lake February
2
Several ways Quesnel, BC residents can provide input on poverty reduction
Poverty reduction focus of community meeting in Cranbrook, BC
Preliminary count confirms more than 1,400 people in B.C. died after taking
drugs in 2017
Union donation helps Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition expand homelessness project
The Yukon has to find a way to pay for day care
Some fear human rights decision on vouchers vs cash for social assistance
payments will hurt families in the Beaufort Delta Region
National
Huge wasteful subsidies to corporations deplete funds for
social programs
Federal analysis outlines how extra EI benefit program topped $1.92 billion
Andrew Scheer pitches tax break for new parents
Top CRA executives pocket $35,000 a year in performance pay
Grossly unfair: Disabled veterans take pension battle with Liberals
to Supreme Court
Economy firing on all cylinders as Canada sees best growth in six months
Calls to amend bankruptcy and insolvency laws to better protect pensioners
can no longer be ignored
The Canadian company behind this Mongolian mine has avoided half a billion
dollars in taxes, report
International
New Zealand PM announces targets with plan to halve child
poverty within 10 years
Australias Labor party considering options to peg minimum wage to
median income
Three quarters of Australia food delivery riders earn less than minimum
wage, union says
White-collar unionization is good for all workers
Where the US work-for-welfare movement is heading
Wisconsin GOP starts overhaul of states welfare system: Benefits
were never intended to be permanent
What happens to people who fail work requirements for Medicaid in the US?
The health threats of welfare stigma
Why people in the US love assistance to the poor but hate welfare
How to end poverty in California a $25 per hour minimum wage
Increase the minimum wage in Vermont
Proposed bill would raise Indiana minimum wage to $10 next year, $15 by
2021: https
Pennsylvania surrounded by states that have raised minimum wage, but its
still $7.25 here
New York joins states requiring employers to give workers paid leave
Americas child poverty rate remains stubbornly high despite important
progress
UKs homelessness rise is due to welfare reform
Complaints about UK minimum wage violations double
Food poverty: One in four UK parents have skipped meals in order to make
ends meet, finds survey
Irish homeless charities faced with gagging order stopping them criticising
government policy
2.7 million German workers paid less than minimum wage in 2016, study finds
Empowering the powerless: Lets end energy poverty
BONUS:
Media & Policy News: 12 February 2018
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Links to media alerts for the week ending February 12, roughly the same
number of links as above but I didn't take the time to include the URLs
By Jennefer Laidley
Research & Policy Analyst
Income Security Advocacy Centre
http://incomesecurity.org/
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R.I.P Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1991-2017 |
R.I.P Caledon Institute of Social Policy:
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy [ http://www.caledoninst.org/
] wound down its day-to-day operations in 2017 after 25 years.
Maytree[ https://maytree.com ] is now
the new home for Caledons collection of social policy research.
25 years of informing the debate: A tribute to the Caledon
Institute of Social Policy
https://maytree.com/publications/25-years-informing-debate-tribute-caledon-institute-social-policy/
By Maytree
Published November 29, 2017
To celebrate its indelible contribution to Canada, we put together 25 years
of informing the debate, a special collection of tributes to the Caledon
Institute from those influenced by its work.
Canada Social Report
http://www.canadasocialreport.ca/
Policy Monitors
http://www.canadasocialreport.ca/Policy/
Monitoring the daily policy announcements of Canadian federal, provincial/territorial
and municipal governments provides both a searchable record of action and
a dynamic view of the country's social policy priorities.
In December 2017, the Vanier Institute of the Family took over production of the Policy Monitors on a trial basis.
The Municipal Monitor provides a record of policies and initiatives in areas which affect well-being. Cities followed include Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal and Halifax.
Quick links:
Caledon publications archive : https://maytree.com/caledon-archive/
Welfare in Canada : https://maytree.com/caledon-archive/welfare-in-canada/
Social Assistance Summaries : https://maytree.com/caledon-archive/social-assistance-summaries/
How to Use the Policy Monitors : http://www.canadasocialreport.ca/Policy/Using%20the%20Policy%20Monitors.pptx
---
- Go to the Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada
page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/research.htm
Time to get moving: Ontarios
income security roadmap for change
- January 2018 |
Time to get moving: Ontarios income security roadmap
for change
In November 2017, the Ontario government released Income Security: A Roadmap
for Change, a report by three expert working groups on reforming social
assistance and the broader income security system in the province. Maytrees
submission to the Ministry of Community and Social Services highlights the
scope for immediate change and how the foundations can be laid for long-term,
substantive change.
Read the Maytree submission:
Background and context (HTML):
https://maytree.com/publications/time-to-get-moving-ontarios-income-security-roadmap/
Complete Maytree submission (PDF - 11 pages):
https://maytree.com/wp-content/uploads/Ontarios-Income-Security-Roadmap.pdf
Time to get moving: Ontarios Income Security Roadmap for Change
Maytree submission to the Ministry of
Community and Social Services regarding the
Income Security Roadmap for Change
Prepared by: Hannah Aldridge and Noah Zon
January 2018
Human rights tribunal says
Ottawa fails to grasp seriousness of First Nations child
welfare crisis - February 2018 |
Human rights tribunal says Ottawa fails to grasp
seriousness of First Nations child welfare crisis
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ottawa-fnchildwelfare-tribunal-1.4513951
February 1, 2018
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her department would immediately
move to increase funding for First Nation child welfare services following
another compliance order from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Ottawa
fails to grasp the "seriousness and emergency of the issues."
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- Go to the First Nations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm
Statistical Tools for Policy
Analysis Including Data Analysis using Excel -
Spring 2018 |
Course Offering
from Richard Shillington:
Statistical Tools for Policy Analysis
Including Data Analysis using Excel (small PDF file, 3 pages)
http://www.shillington.ca/Policy_Course/Flyer_March_2018.pdf
To be conducted by Richard Shillington (in May or June 2018)
Spring 2018
Read the above flyer for more info
Contact : richard@shillington.ca
Media & Policy News: 12 January 2018 |
Media & Policy News: 12 January 2018
https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?e=0507578ecc&u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=d9090f7c9b
(By Jennefer Laidley, Income Security Advocacy Centre)
Click the link immediately above to access the complete text of ALL media items below.
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Top Stories
Minimum Wage and Workers Rights
Tim Hortons locations hit by protests over wage clawbacks
Greed is not OK: Backlash grows against Tim Hortons worker benefit
cuts
Demonstrators picket Tim Hortons after cuts to employee benefits
What a day of protesting against Tim Hortons looks like
Tim Hortons faces protests over employee benefit cuts
Children of Tim Hortons co-founders cut worker benefits at their franchises
over wage hike
Multiple Tim Hortons franchises, other businesses cut pay, benefits,
citing minimum wage hike
Op-Ed: Wynne: Pick a fight with me Mr. Joyce, not those working the Tim
Hortons pickup window
Op-Ed: Dan Kelly: The premier should not be picking fights with small business
owners
Scarborough Tim Hortons workers banned from accepting tips after wage
hike
The hypocrisy of Tim Hortons, a business built on coffee breaks
Tim Hortons slams franchisees for response to Ontario minimum wage hike
Benefits cuts by Tim Hortons franchises premature: NDP critic
What employers are doing in response to higher minimum wages
Minimum wage hike spurs Ontario businesses to cut benefits, hours
Clawing back employee perks after minimum wage hike completely unacceptable,
Ontario labour minister says
Ontario investigating companies for illegal minimum-wage hike
reactions
Ontario to crack down on companies breaking the law to cope with minimum
wage
Labour activists will picket a Dundas Tim Hortons to support minimum wage
workers
Why these small business owners are embracing the minimum wage boost
Ontario coffee franchise continues to pay above minimum wage, despite province-wide
hike
Relax, Ontarios minimum wage increase will not lead to massive job
losses
Letter to the editor: Im not buying the excuses
Op-Ed: Alberta hasnt suffered for raising the minimum wage
Albertas minimum wage hike working despite gloomy predictions
Rising minimum wages could speed up automation not relocations: labour leaders
What the law says about workers rights
Government release: Ontario workers receive first paycheques with new minimum
wage Higher wages will help increase business productivity and decrease
employee turnover
Injured workers losing out on Ontarios wage bump. Heres why
ONIWG: WSIB is using the minimum wage to cut injured worker benefits. Government
must step in to prevent disaster
Financial Post: Wynnes cynical wage hike proves shes not really
on your side
National Post: What did Ontarios small business owners ever do to
deserve this?
Employment Standards Act changes dont add up
Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
ISACs submission
Maytree submission: Time to get moving: Ontarios income security roadmap
Association of Municipalities of Ontario
Ontario Municipal Social Services Association
Ontario College of Family Physicians and College of Family Physicians of
Canada
Ontario Pre-Budget 2018
ISAC: Ontario Budget 2018: Time to push for Roadmap and more
How to participate in the Minister of Finances 2018 Pre-Budget Consultations
How to participate in the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
consultations (note that the deadline for written submissions is 5pm next
Friday, January 19)
Income tax return filing changes for people with low incomes
CRA to allow low-income Canadians to file returns by phone and will
get deductions, benefits and credits without having to do paperwork or calculations
Canada Revenue Agency tweaks tax return process heres what
to know
Government website: File My Return
Torontos Shelter Crisis
Biting cold exposes deeper rot in Torontos attitudes
to poverty
Matt Elliott: Torontos shelter shortage is a crisis by design Street
nurses use their breaks to help people who are homeless out in the bitter
cold
The shelter crisis forces us to ask hard questions about society
Ontario to renovate former youth jail to help shelter Torontos homeless
No rooms available: A community organization decides to take over a rooming
house
Imagine cities that shelter people, not war
New mens shelter opens its doors in Leslieville
Homeless shelter crisis reveals unabashed attempt to legitimize inequality
Other Top Stories
Ill start 2018 by recognizing my white privilege
Registered Nurses can now complete application forms for people applying
for ODSP
ODSP recipients in Scarborough are asking MPPs to address their needs
Ottawa pouring an extra $3.6 billion into veterans benefits
Star editorial: Tax Fairness is the right priority
$500M recouped worldwide from tax cheats due to Panama Papers but
none of it in Canada
WSIB reverses majority of denied GE Peterborough cancer claims
A year of raised hopes and painful losses for ailing GE Peterborough retirees
Worth Repeating: Companies should have to pay pension funds before shareholders:
CCPA Report
Ontario
No quick fix for Ontarios energy woes, electricity analyst
says
New Ontario rule banning carding by police takes effect
New legal clinic for Black Ontarians in place by August 2018
Ontario health ministry keeps secret list of high risk long-term care homes
Premiers Performance: Wall, Horgan remain on top, Atlantic premiers
approval sees volatility
Government release: Ontario added more than 175,000 jobs in 2017
Government release: Ontario enhancing workplace health and safety
Government release: Ontario signs tobacco agreement-in-principle with Mohawk
Council of Akwesasne
Government release: Free prescription medications for everyone under 25
Find out if your medication is covered
Government release: Improving living spaces for people with developmental
disabilities
Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things
Jan 18 in Toronto: PEPSO Book Release Precarious Employment:
Causes, Consequences and Remedies
Stats Can: Payroll employment, earnings and hours, October 2017
Where do injured workers go when theyre denied workers compensation
and cant return to work? They go on ODSP, thats whereResource:
Legal services in Ontario
Resource: Sources for online legal information
Resource: How can you tell if the legal information you get online is reliable?
Resource: Changes to Employment Insurance benefits for new parents
Around the Province
New City of Hamilton rules would only allow 15 payday loan
outlets
Windsor Street Help resists efforts by officials to remove homeless men
from centre
Ottawa & District Labour Council flooded with complaints about responses
to minimum wage laws
Labour leaders hold rally at Windsor Tim Hortons in support of workers
Anger brews in Cobourg over Tim Hortons response to Ontario minimum
wage
Clawbacks to Tim Hortons breaks and benefits not okay, say London labour
activists
Protests held at select Toronto Tim Hortons locations over clawbacks
Tim Hortons workers in Dundas lose paid breaks, Timbits after minimum wage
hike
Protest held at Tim Hortons in Dundas after reports of cuts to employee
benefits
Hold the sugar, hold the cream, Tim Hortons dont be mean,
protesters chant
Demonstrations against Tim Hortons hit Guelph
Labour unions rally at Tim Hortons locations over minimum wage response
Local backlash against Tim Hortons continues after benefit cuts
Across the Country
A huge success: Pilot project helps address worker shortage on PEI farms
National
Ottawa axes $1,000 application fee to hire foreign nannies
and caregivers
Liberals look to put stamp on CMHC with new board focused on social housing
CPJ head says poverty reduction and climate change are major items for 2018
Canadian job vacancies in third quarter of 2017 up 15% over previous year
International
Number of people requesting charitable grants to pay for basic
items grows by 244% after government cuts
A new trial in Scotland may bring Universal Basic Income to life
Number of households in Japan on welfare hit record high in October
Trump administration sends mixed messages on welfare work rules
Raising the minimum wage in Britain has been a huge benefit to workers
and employers are largely unharmed
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BONUS!
ISAC Media & Policy News: 19 January , 2018
https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=0a97136b8b
ISAC Media & Policy News: 26 January 2018
https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?e=0507578ecc&u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=b79fd07fbf
NOTE: The two links immediately above will take you to a list of useful and timely resources, mainly media coverage of trending items, e.g., minimum wage, shoddy treatment of Sears employees and much more --- about the same number of links to media items as above. There's something for everyone in this large collection of links...
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By Jennefer Laidley
Policy & Research Analyst
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
http://www.incomesecurity.org/
ISAC Media and Publications Archive:
http://incomesecurity.org/resources/publications/
Links to several hundred items (mostly media) from 2012 to date
Subscribe to ISAC's Latest Media and Policy News
mailing list:
http://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news/
What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]: |
What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html
What's new from The Daily:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dai-quo/a-daily-quotidien-eng.htm
Past issues of The Daily
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/DAILY/daily.cgi?s=last
Select day / month / year to access issues of The Daily going back to
1995.
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February 16, 2018
Investment income, 2016
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180216/dq180216c-eng.htm
Both the number of Canadian tax filers reporting investment income and the
actual amount of investment income declined in 2016. Investment income refers
to the sum of dividend income from taxable Canadian corporations and interest
income from investments in non-tax-sheltered vehicles. Nationally, just
over 7.3 million tax filers reported income from investments in 2016, down
2.2% from 2015.
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February 16, 2018
Registered retirement savings plan contributions, 2016
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180216/dq180216d-eng.htm
Contributions to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) totalled
$40.4 billion in 2016, up 3.1% from 2015. Data are based on tax returns
filed for 2016.
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February 16, 2018
Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 2016
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180216/dq180216e-eng.htm
Revised data on provincial and territorial labour productivity and related
measures from 2013 to 2016 are now available.
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January 29, 2018
Study: How temporary were Canadas temporary foreign workers?
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180129/dq180129b-eng.htm
Temporary foreign workers are admitted to Canada through the Temporary Foreign
Worker Program and the International Mobility Program (Government of Canada)
with the objectives of addressing short-term labour shortages and advancing
Canada's broad economic and cultural interests. The number of temporary
foreign workers present in Canada increased from 52,000 in 1996 to 310,000
in 2015. Given the growing presence of temporary foreign workers, their
rate and length of stay in Canada are relevant to national immigration and
labour market policies
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January 26, 2018
Consumer Price Index: Annual review, 2017
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180126/dq180126b-eng.htm
In 2017, the annual average increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was
1.6%.
This increase followed gains of 1.4% in 2016 and 1.1% in 2015.
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and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page:
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What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit |
What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU):
[ http://www.childcarecanada.org
]
February 19, 2018
What's new online this week:
1. Research, policy & practice
- materials include: scholarly research, policy studies and briefs, government
and NGO reports
Without more money for child care, the budget cannot be
termed gender-focused
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/02/without-more-money-child-care-budget-cannot-be-termed-%E2%80%9Cgend
14 Feb 2018 | Canada
In this pre-budget release, Child Care Now proposes expanding the child care
funding plan outlined in the 2017 federal budget, to spend 1% of Canada's
total GDP on child care by the tenth year. The advocacy group recommends $1
billion in federal funding be transferred to the provinces/territories to
be used within the upcoming fiscal year on evidence-based approaches to building
high-quality child care systems, accessible to all children and families.
Lifting our game
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/02/lifting-our-game
14 Feb 2018 | Australia and New Zealand
New Australian report provides evidence suggesting that participation in quality
early childhood education and care has positive impacts on achievement (as
defined in the report) in the school years. Importantly, authors recognize
that a range of policy goals are served by the provision of ECEC- promoting
children's wellbeing and learning as well as supporting parental workforce
participation. Recommendations for the workforce and increases in funding
to align with OECD averages are included.
Childcare costs and migrant and local mothers' labor force
participation in urban China
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/02/childcare-costs-and-migrant-and-local-mothers-labor-force-p
14 Feb 2018 | Asia
Population trends demonstrate the migration of people in China from rural
areas to urban cities. This study focuses on how the cost of and access to
childcare is impacting labor force participation, specifically for mothers
within this context. The study found that both local and migrant mothers were
negatively impacted by increasing costs of childcare and it affected their
labor force participation, with migrant mothers being the most affected.
Profiting from children: a child care social impact bond in
Chicago
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/02/profiting-children-child-care-social-impact-bond-chicago
14 Feb 2018 | United States
This case study investigated the use of 'social impact bonds' to fund Chicago
Child-Parent Centres. Authors explain how this phenomena of private investment
in social services may reap benefits for investors, but jeopardize the integrity
of social services and potentially, the well-being of children. Potential
outcomes of concern are explored, including: limiting access to special education
programs, 'teaching to the test', and enabling private investors to have a
say in service planning and evaluation.
Policy briefing note: Community plan for a public system
of integrated early care and learning
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/18/02/policy-briefing-note-community-plan-public-system-integrate
7 Feb 2018 | British Columbia
In anticipation of British Columbia's 2018 Throne Speech and budget, this
policy brief proposes concrete actions to the BC government intended to help
fulfill election commitments to child care in the short and long terms. The
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and the Early Childhood Educators
of BC delineate the need for immediate relief from sky-high parent fees, investment
in the workforce and a detailed, long-term plan. The Speech from the Throne
will take place on the 13th of February, while the budget will be released
February 20th.
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MORE research, policy & practice
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice
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2. Child care in the news
Use the keyword search below for searching child care in the news in the online
documents database.
Ministers banned from shared parental leave
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/02/ministers-banned-shared-parental-leave
14 Feb 2018 | Europe
The fight for childcare work to be valued, and paid, properly
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/02/fight-childcare-work-be-valued-and-paid-properly
14 Feb 2018 | Australia and New Zealand
Group calls for changes to rural child care on Prince
Edward Island
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/02/group-calls-changes-rural-child-care-prince-edward-island
14 Feb 2018 | Prince Edward Island
People who look after people tend to be women on low pay
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/02/people-who-look-after-people-tend-be-women-low-pay
14 Feb 2018 | Europe
Ontario announces funding for Indigenous child care spaces,
early years programming
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/18/02/ontario-announces-funding-indigenous-child-care-spaces-early-years-p
14 Feb 2018 | Ontario
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MORE child care in the news
http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news
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Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
http://www.childcarecanada.org
Child Rights Information Network - CRIN --- January 17, 2018 |
Child Rights Information Network - CRIN
http://crin.org/
CRIN is a global childrens rights advocacy network. Established in 1995,
we press for rights - not charity - and campaign for a genuine shift in how
governments and societies view and treat children. We link to nearly 3,000 organisations
that between them work on childrens rights in every country in the world
and rely on our publications, research and information sharing.
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NOTE: (by Gilles)
I've decided to suspend any further updates to the CRINMAIL newsletter archive
because of of Internet gremlins. If you click on "Gilles' CRINMAIL Archive"
below, you'll note that the latest issue of CRINMAIL is dated December 2016
because that's when I ceased updating the Archives pages for several online
newsletters, some that went right back to Y2K. I've left those pages online
but I won't be updating them.
Here (below) is the link to the latest issue of CRINMAIL:
14 February 2018 --- CRINMAIL 1569
http://mailchi.mp/f63855350ef0/the-week-in-childrens-rights-699681-e4qudyz4fb-699817?e=007dcf26d9
In this issue:
Latest news and reports
- Recruitment and exploitation
- Juvenile justice
- Violence
- Sexual abuse
Upcoming events
Employment
World news
Publications
Events
Issues
Law
Advocacy
Challenging violations
Take action
Campaigns
Guides
Gilles' CRINMAIL Archive I (2014-2015- 2016)
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/CRINMAIL_archive.htm
- includes a table of contents for each issue in 2014 and 2015, as per the above
latest issue.
NOTE: I stopped updating this archive in December 2016
Gilles' CRINMAIL Archive II (2011-2013)
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/CRINMAIL_archive2.htm
- includes a table of contents for each issue of the newsletter for 2011, 2012
and 2013
CRINMAIL Archive (from the CRIN website)
Check here for links to more recent issues of CRINMAIL:
https://www.crin.org/en/crin-mail/864
- incl. links to the complete collection of CRINMAIL newsletters right back
to #1 in July 2006
BUT there's no table of contents, so you must click each link to see
the content of each issue.
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CRIN News Archive
http://crin.org/en/library/news-archive
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CRIN Country Pages : CANADA
http://crin.org/en/library/countries/canada
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Children's rights Wiki - from CRIN
http://wiki.crin.org/mediawiki/index.php
The Children's Rights Wiki assembles all information about children's rights
in every country in one place. The purpose of the project is to make the
huge volume of information that exists on children's rights more accessible,
assist children's rights advocates in identifying persistent violations, and
inspire collective action. This is a web-based, multi-lingual and interactive
project.
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Canada and Children's Rights
http://wiki.crin.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Canada
- from the Children's Rights Wiki
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http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
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