Community Action articles from January 2006

Community Action archives from January 2006

A capital idea?(Comments)
January 23, 2006... Imagine Canada, an organization that advocates for the nonprofit sector, has come up with a surprising proposal in the midst of this election campaign--to eliminate the capital gains tax on publicly traded securities donated to registered...

Waiting list alarms.(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Waiting times for certain medical procedures are a concern to all Canadians. Currently, we put a lot of value on the publication of comparative waiting lists for five medical procedures, broken down by provinces. This is a useful statistical...

BC court backs Vancouver rape relief to exclude transexual volunteer.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Vancouver--The Vancouver Rape Relief Society is within its rights to exclude Kimberly Nixon, a post-operative male-to-female transexual woman from its volunteer training program, the British Columbia Court of appeal ruled. Nixon,...

African-Canadian women among poorest of poor, CASW report.(INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--African Canadian women are among the poorest of the poor in Canada, according to a report published by the Canadian Association of Social Workers. The report points to racism in the work place and limited access to higher education as...

Housing not affordable for minimum wage earner in 25 of 28 urban areas.(SHELTER)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--The current minimum wage rates are insufficient in 25 of 28 metropolitan areas in Canada to afford the average rent for a bachelor apartment, a report published by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association indicates. Larger housing...

Non-profits are big business.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--Canada's non-profit sector is big business and is growing, a Statistics Canada report shows. Its share of gross domestic product is larger than the mining, oil and gas extraction industry, the entire retail trade industry, motor vehicle...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
January 23, 2006... Jan. 26-27: Healing Practice of Mindfulness; Saskatoon; Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers & University of Regina; www.sasw.ca/news_events.html Feb. 2-3: Early Years Conference: UBC Interprofessional Continuing Education;...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
January 23, 2006... Feb. 14: International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence; St. Petersburg, FL; cadi.phhp.ufl.edu Feb. 12-16: Impact of Global Issues on Women & Children; Daka, Bangladesh; McMaster University & State University of Bangladesh;...

Most youths appearing in court do not become chronic offenders.(CHILD & FAMILY)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--Most youths who come into contact with courts do not become chronic offenders, according to a new study, Court Careers of a Canadian Birth Cohort that traced the criminal "careers" of 59,000 young people. However, the younger they...

Guatemala Adoptions under scrutiny.(CHILD & FAMILY)
January 23, 2006... GUATEMALA--Guatemala is the third largest supplier of children for international adoptions, according to the National Attorney General's office. The "irregular" policies and procedures that surround these adoptions are a source of concern for...

Less day care and lesser quality day care for lower income families in Quebec.
January 23, 2006... Montreal--The advantages of Quebec's much admired day care system are not shared equally by lower and higher income groups, a study Quality Counts! Assessing the Quality of Daycare Services Based on the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child...

Fail to act in 250 NL child cases.(New Foundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services )(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... St, John's, NL--The New Foundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services failed to intervene in timely fashion or in some cases to intervene at all in 250 child protection situations in 2005, Child and Youth Advocate Darlene...

UNICEF funds China projects.(United Nations. Children's Fund)
January 23, 2006... Beijing--China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and UNICEF will co-operate in the next five years to help street children in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan Province UNICEF will contribute about USS100,000 each year to six projects,...

Canadian International Development Agency.(FUNDING)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa 819-953-6238 Canadian Centre on Disability Studies, Winnipeg: To develop models for education and prepa" ration of faculty, professionals, community leaders and people with disabilities in Disability Studies, Social Work, Mental...

National Homelessness Initiative.(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... 905-517-2020 Projects in Hamilton Welcome Inn Community Centre, Food Recovery Vehicle. $35,000 Salvation Army Community & Family Services, Window Replacement. $45,000 Wesley Urban Ministries, Basement Storage Renovation....

Trillium Foundation ontario.(FUNDING)
January 23, 2006... 800-263-2887 Information Orillia. To recruit volunteers, raise funds, promote awareness and attract members for this information centre. This will improve access to information about human, government and community services for area...

Imagine calls for stock donations without capital gains tax.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--Imagine Canada has asked all party leaders in the current federal election to back a controversial proposal to grant complete tax exemption on capital gains from on publicly traded securities that are donated to registered charities....

Donner awards for non-profits.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Calgary--May 1st is the deadline to submit applications for the Annual Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in Non-profit Management. Administered by The Fraser Institute on behalf of the Foundation, a total of $70,000 in awards is...

Avoid unintended consequences for charities, Gomery told.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--Charities and nonprofit organizations have more than enough burdensome accountability rules, the Gomery Commission was advised. The Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities has been warned of the...

Not all available volunteers are used, study says.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--The assumption that organizations are willing to use all the volunteer labor available to them is challenged in a study of 28 Toronto hospitals. The researchers, Femida Handy, York University and Narasimhan Srinivasan, University of...

PLEA wins $1-m VanCity award.(PLEA Community Services Society of BC)
January 23, 2006... Vancouver--PLEA Community Services Society of BC won the $1-million Vancity Award for its mentoring program for young people vulnerable to crime, addiction and exploitation. The program is for children aged 6+ who are vulnerable to...

Man. non-profit org. elects board.(NON-PROFIT SECTOR)
January 23, 2006... Winnipeg--The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector Organization of Manitoba Inc. has elected its first board of directors. With 33 voluntary and nonprofit sector organizations as members, the umbrella organization was incorporated in June 2004...

Publications.
January 23, 2006... 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 recieved.
January 23, 2006... at work, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Fall 2005 Canadian Social Trends, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Winter 2005 Communicate, Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Toronto. Winter 2005 Community Report, West Park Healthcare Centre,...

PTSD diagnosis faces challenge at U.S. veterans administration.(HEALTH)
January 23, 2006... WASHINGTON--The diagnosis and understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is now being challenged in the United States. The contention is triggered by rising numbers of disability claims by war veterans. It is no longer a professional...

Seniors gamble as much as young adults.(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--Gambling is as common an occurrence among older Ontario adults as it is among younger adults, according to a report Seniors and Gambling: Sociodemographic and Mental Health Factors Associated with Problem Gambling in Older Adults in...

Oakwood home staff changes unions.(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--The 850 nursing home workers at six Oakwood Retirement Communities locations in southern Ontario voted (63 per cent) to change their affiliation from the Canadian Health Care Workers Union to the Service Employees International...

Too few using compassionate care benefits, reforms needed.(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--The Compassionate Care Benefit Program has used up only 4% of the annual budget allocated for benefits, the Health Council of Canada reported. The Council reform of the "well-intentioned initiative" is tied in with Employment Insurance....

Toronto eye facility for cateract surgeries open.(HEALTH)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--Kensington Eye Institute, a non-profit independent medical facility, opened to provide cateract surgeries. Located in downtown Toronto, the Institute is expected, according to Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smithermanm, to...

Fewer rural physicians do a lot more for patients.(HEALTH)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--Rural family doctors offer a broad range of clinical procedures to meet the needs of rural populations because of the lack of specialists located in rural areas, says a report published by the Canadian Institute for Health Information,...

Clinton fund works out HIV/AIDS deal.(HEALTH)
January 23, 2006... New York--President Bill Clinton announced that his foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative has negotiated new pricing agreements to lower the prices of HIV diagnosis and two antiretrovirals. The drugs covered in the agreements are the more expensive...

Cuba seen as world doctor trainer.(HEALTH)
January 23, 2006... HAVANA--"We will be the doctor trainers the world needs," Cuban President Fidel Castro said. According the official newspaper, La Prensa, he told parliament, that more Latin American medical students are arriving in Cuba to study. Cuban...

Manitoba Workers Comp. changes.(INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT)
January 23, 2006... Winnipeg--Amendments to Manitoba's Workers Compensation Act are now effective. The changes, which have the support of workers and employers groups, and all three parties in the legislature, include: * wage replacement at 100 per cent for...

Oaklands Regional Centre: James Duncan.(APPOINTMENTS)
January 23, 2006... James Duncan, Executive Director, Oaklands Regional Centre, Mississauga.

Oaklands Regional Centre: Dr. Robert King.(APPOINTMENTS)
January 23, 2006... Dr. Robert King, Clinical Director, Oaklands Regional Centre, Mississauga.

Canadian Policy Research Networks.(APPOINTMENTS)
January 23, 2006... Dr. Sharon Manson Singer, President, Canadian Policy Research Networks Ottawa.

Communications, Registered Nurses' Association.(APPOINTMENTS)
January 23, 2006... Marion Zych, Director of Communications, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, Toronto.

Patricia Broad.(APPOINTMENTS)
January 23, 2006... Patricia Broad, member (full-time), Social Benefits Tribunal Board, Toronto.

1st full service shelter in Laos.(the the Lao Women's Union and The Asia Foundation)(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Vientiane, Laos--The first full-service shelter for women and children has been opened by the the Lao Women's Union and The Asia Foundation, The shelter provides long-term housing for as many as 50 women and children; on-staff counselors and...

Joint custody cuts social benefit by 50%, tribunal decides.(Tina Olivieri on social benefits for her children)(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--Tina Olivieri, a mother who has joint custody of three children, lost her appeals of a decision to pay only half of basic needs component of income support for her three children under the Ontario Disability Support Program. Ms....

Canadians uneasy about pensions.(INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT)
January 23, 2006... Ottawa--Four in five Canadians are uncertain about the future of their private and employer funded pension plans and believe that their plans are in crisis because of underfunding, according to a Conference Board of Canada survey. The...

Nova Scotia awards two contracts to develop gambling strategy.(Pyra Management Consulting Services Inc.)(Brief article)
January 23, 2006... Halifax--Two firms were contracted to aid in developing the prevention and treatment aspects of the province's Gaming Strategy, Health Promotion Minister Rodney MacDonald announced. Pyra Management Consulting Services Inc. of Newport, Hants...

Broadcasters and child advocates agree.(INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT)
January 23, 2006... Washington--A coalition of U.S. child-welfare advocacy groups arrived at an agreement with the cable and broadcast networks which will end legal action over children's digital TV regulations. The suit was aimed at protecting children's...

NIMBYs create barriers to social housing.(SHELTER)
January 23, 2006... Toronto--"Municipal governments are ready to take up the challenge. Yet these excellent initiatives are in danger of being stalled or thwarted by 'Not In My Back Yard' opposition," the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association complains. The...