Community Action articles from December 2002

Community Action archives from December 2002

A wealth of advice. (Comments).
December 9, 2002... Canada is rich in health care advice. In the past two months we received two major reports on the health care system: one from the Senate Committee headed by Michael Kirby, and the other from former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow. Both...

Romanow calls for expansion of medicare, and adequate, stable funding.
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- Saying that privatizing Canada's health care system is not a new solution but one that Canadians rejected 40 years ago, Roy Romanow recommends expansion of Canada's single payer health care in his report, Building on Values: The...

Estimated 3.4 million Canadians have some level of disability.
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- An estimated 3.4 million Canadians reported some level of disability in 2001, according to a report by Statistics Canada. One out of every seven Canadians aged 15 and over are limited by a physical or psychological condition or by a...

Reforms a grim legacy for NZ kids.
December 9, 2002... FLORENCE, ITALY -- New Zealand's children bore the brunt of the country's neo-conservative policies in the 1980's and early 1990's. The country led the world then in reducing and privatizing social programs. The result has been increased child...

Calendar Canada.
December 9, 2002... Jan. 7-10: Nonviolent Crisis intervention[R] Training; Vancouver; Crisis Prevention Institute; crisisprevention.com; 800-558-8976 Jan. 11 & 18 Continuing Education: Introduction to Bereavement Education; Toronto Advanced Professional...

Ontario sets process for support orders across provinces. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... TORONTO -- The Ontario government tabled a bill that aims to streamline existing procedures for obtaining support orders and reinforcement of those orders in other provinces. The Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, which replaces the...

BC bill will regionalize community services. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... VICTORIA -- Proposed legislation will change the way in which community services are delivered in BC from a centralized to a regional community-based system, says BC Minister of Children and Family Development Gordon Hogg. It will allow...

Anglican-government pact on Indian school suits rejected by Catholics. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- An agreement between Anglican Church of Canada and the Governement of Canada changes the church's approach to lawsuits for compensation from former Indian residential school students. The federal govenment is using this agreement as a...

Liberal caucus group wants preschool place for every child by 2007. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- Every child three to five years old should have a preschool place by 2007 and Ottawa needs to spend up to $1 billion in the next fiscal year on the national child care strategy, a report by the Liberal Caucus Social Policy Committee...

Ontario autistic kids promised $58.6 million more over 4 years. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... MISSISSAUGA -- The Ontario government is allocating an additional $58.6 million for services for children with autism, bringing the total commitment to almost $100 million by 2006/07, Brenda Elliott, Ontario's Minister of Community, Family and...

Ministers agree to develop child care. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... MONCTON -- Canada's social service ministers agreed to work together to develop options in response to the federal government's Speech From the Throne commitment, which was to increase access to early learning opportunities and to quality child...

World's children. (Children & Families).
December 9, 2002... ANGOLA -- The special needs of former child soldiers in Angola are being neglected in recovery efforts, stated UNICEF child protection officer for Angola Abubakar Sultan. The problem is "extremely complex". BANGLADESH -- Juvenile crime in...

Trillium Foundation Ontario 800-263-2887. (Funding).
December 9, 2002... Friends of the Carp River. To create an environmental plan for the Carp River. Sound land management practices and possible revitalization projects will be proposed for discussions with land owners, the public and prospective implementation...

Children's Aid Foundation Child Abuse Prevention Grant Program 416-923-0924. (Funding).
December 9, 2002... Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club: Parent Support & Relief, Year 2. Towards the development and implementation of a parent support and relief program that will meet the needs of participating parents through educational workshops, recreational...

National Homelessness Initiative 819-953-5646. (Funding).
December 9, 2002... Regina Inner City Community Partnership. for a process that engages neighbourhood residents and organizations in determining the social and economic future of the neighbourhood of poverty poor housing and other problems. Federal funding...

National Strategy on Community Safety 613-954-1721. (Funding).
December 9, 2002... Local Ensemble of Montreal. For its Place aux 6-12 project, which aims to prevent juvenile delinquency in Montreal's Saint-Henri neighbourhood through cultural, sports, recreational, awareness and training activities. To enable 20 young people...

$320 million for native early childhood. (Funding).
December 9, 2002... Oneida Nation of the Thames. Ontario Minister of Human Resources Development Canada, Jane Stewart, announced a funding allocation of $320 million over the next five years for a strategy to improve and expand Early Childhood Development programs...

Restraints "a form of abuse" coroners inquest told. (General).
December 9, 2002... TORONTO -- Using physical restraints "as a means of control or discipline--is a form of abuse." Community Living Ontario executive director Keith Powell, said at the opening of a coroners inquest into a death in a group home. Stephanie...

Administrator replaces BC agency employers association. (General).
December 9, 2002... VICTORIA -- The BC government has replaced the board of the Community Social Services Employers Association with a public administrator who will prepare for a move to regional governance system. The association, which provides labour...

Union and Salvation Army in Winnipeg agree to mediator. (General).
December 9, 2002... WINNIPEG -- Workers in the Booth Street crisis programmes of the Salvation Army have called off their strike action. Workers at the Haven, Anchorage and Mobile Crisis Unit services, all represented by CUPE, are in a similar strike position and...

International service open for youths. (General).
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- Organizations can participate in the Canadian International Development Agency's International Youth Internships. They can nominate young adults, 18 to 30 years. The next deadline for nominations is January 8, 2003. (For information...

Newfoundland rewrites its social assistance legislation. (General).
December 9, 2002... ST. JOHN'S -- Calling it "a bill of firsts", Ralph Wiseman, the Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Human Resources and Employment recently tabled a new social assistance bill to replace three existing acts and three sets of regulations. ...

UN Bosnia monitors active in international trade in girls and women. (General).
December 9, 2002... SAREJEVO -- Some United Nations police monitors engaged in sex trade offences in Bosnia and Herzegovina, instead of promoting the rule of law by using local police and investigating illegal activities, Human Rights Watch says in a recently...

New legal clinic for Huron Perth. (General).
December 9, 2002... STRATFORD -- The Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic opened to provide legal services to low-income individuals. It is one of the five community legal clinics opened this year as part of Legal Aid Ontario's expansion and renewal plan of the...

Death rates higher in custody. (General).
December 9, 2002... KINGSTON -- People in custody are more likely to die a premature death than people outside the criminal justice system, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (Nov. 12, 2002). The study dealt with male...

The Cult of Efficiency.
December 9, 2002... Janice Gross Stein Toronto: Anansi Press This book is the print form of the CBC's Massey Lecture for 2001. The series has been running since 1961 and is probably one of the finest examples in the English-speaking world of the desperate...

Publications.
December 9, 2002... The publications listed below are for information purposes only. To obtain copies contact the publisher. The entries in this section are listed free of charge and are limited to material published in Canada and by Canadian authors. Publishers...

Periodicals received.
December 9, 2002... abilities, Canadian Abilities Foundation, Toronto, Winter 2002 Canada World View, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Autumn 2002 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, London ON, 2002 Fair is Fair : Health...

Fraser Institute condemns Romanow report. (Romanow Report).
December 9, 2002... VANCOUVER -- The Fraser Institute, a leading advocate of market solutions to health care problems, condemned the final Romanow report on health care in Canada, saying it "produces no new insights but rehashes the prejudices and preconceptions...

Reactions to report favorable but with reservations: a selection a selection. (Romanow Report).
December 9, 2002... Tom Closson, President, University Health Network. "I'm disappointed the report did not directly tackle the issue of timely access to hospital care at a time when that is at the forefront of Canadians' minds." Care Watch, Toronto:...

Situation worsens for mental health consumers, says OPSEU. (Health).
December 9, 2002... TORONTO -- Both consumers and ex-consumers of mental health services "are being short changed in virtually every aspect of their lives" and the situation continues to worsen says a recently released report from the Ontario Public Service...

Nursing home chain in receivership. (Health).
December 9, 2002... TORONTO -- Royal Crest nursing homes located in southern Ontario are in receiving and the firm of Ernst & Young was appointed as Interim Receiver by the Superior Court of Ontario. Extendicare Inc., a national private operator of long term...

Largest expansion of CHCs promised as Ontario succumbs to pressure. (Health).
December 9, 2002... TORONTO -- "The largest expansion of CHCs (community health centres) in the history of the province," was promised by Mike McCarthy, a senior policy adviser to Ontario Health Minister Tony Clement. The statement was made before 150...

World health. (Health).
December 9, 2002... MEASLES: Nearly 800,000 children worldwide die each year from measles despite success in recent international efforts to vaccinate all children against the highly infectious disease, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for...

Back in the USA. (Health).
December 9, 2002... "With a 20 percent increase each year, over time the only two people in this country who will be able to have health insurance are Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. No one else can afford it." U.S. business owner, New York Times, Nov.25.

Quality of Health Canada's statistics questioned by Auditor General. (Health).
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- Health Canada statistics were challenged by Auditor General Sheila Fraser. Health Canada does not adequately document its quality control practices for data on communicable and chronic diseases and injuries, she reported In...

Train medical students at UNBC. (Health).
December 9, 2002... PRINCE GEORGE -- A new health sciences centre at the University of Northern B.C. aims to increase the supply of doctors and improve northern health care by training medical students in the north for the first time, said Premier Gordon Campbell...

Office of the Children's Lawyer. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Fran Cappe, Regional Supervisor, Office of the Children's Lawyer, Toronto.

Trillium Health Centre Foundation. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Sally Dobie, President, Trillium Health Centre Foundation, Mississauga ON.

Aids BC Foundation. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Thomas C. Esakin, Executive Director, AIDS BC Foundation, Vancouver.

Correctional Services Canada. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Don A. Head, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Services Canada, Ottawa.

Trillium Health Centre Foundation. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Wendy Nelson, Senior Vice-President and Chief of Operations, Trillium Health Centre Foundation, Mississauga ON.

Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation. (Appointments).
December 9, 2002... Patrick Johnston, President and CEO, Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Toronto.

Ministers plan new disabled strategy. (Health).
December 9, 2002... MONCTON -- Canada's Ministers of socials services approved the framework and priorities for a comprehensive labour market strategy for persons with disabilities. The Ministers agreed to work aggressively to fast track a successor agreement...

NWT acts to recruit and keep staff. (Health).
December 9, 2002... YELLOWKNIFE -- Bursaries for nursing and social work students are one of the initiatives recently announced by the Northwest Territorial government to retain and attract those professionals. J. Michael Miltenberger, Minister of Health and...

Statistics Canada. (Health).
December 9, 2002... Statistics Canada reports that young male workers in Canada had much lower cumulative earnings during the 1990s than their counterparts did during the 1970s and early 1980s, according to a new study. The decline in cumulative earnings between...

Child protection aid for Chile. (International Aid).
December 9, 2002... OTTAWA -- Universite du Quebec en Outaouais is partnered with Universidad de la Frontera to support increased respect for children's fights in Chile. Focussing on the Araucania region in Chile, the two institutions will train Chilean...

Winnipeg centre funded to reform services for disabled people in Russia. (International Aid).
December 9, 2002... WINNIPEG -- Canadian Centre on Disability Studies received $4 million for a program to support reform policies and services for disabled people in Russia. The funds come from the Canadian International Development Agency. The Honourable Susan...