Community Action articles from June 2003

Community Action archives from June 2003

Measuring the market basket. (Comments).
June 16, 2003... Statistics Canada has produced its first Market Basket Measure of low income. Even though Statscan does not like to call it a poverty measure because there are political implications in the word poverty, nevertheless, most people who examine it...

Old poverty measure new again as HRDC launches market basket.
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Human Resources Development Canada presented its first report on low incomes based on the Market Basket Measure. The MBM is similar to a family budgeting system once used by social planing council's larger cities and still used by the...

Femicide is preventible according to Nova Scotia study.
June 16, 2003... HALIFAX -- Women murdered by their abusive partners (femicide) is both preventable and predictable says a groundbreaking research on femicide in Nova Scotia. The two-year study, which was completed by Jaclyn Campbell, a nursing professor...

CCP and NVO to amalgamate as voice of voluntary sector.
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- The Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations and the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy will amalgamate into a single organization by the end of June. Faye Porter, NVO Board Chair, said that "by working together their ability...

TV watchdog nixes domestic abuse ads.
June 16, 2003... CALGARY -- HomeFront Society has been denied access to local television for its public awareness campaign to promote awareness of domestic violence. Airing of these announcements were blocked by the Television Bureau of Canada which deemed them...

Calendar Canada.
June 16, 2003... June 26-27: Conference: Trauma & dissociation; P.G. Mitchell & Associates Inc.; Gatineau (Ottawa); 613.225.1435 July 6-10: Institute on Addiction Studies; Barrie, ON; Alcohol and Drug Concerns Inc. www.concerns.ca/ioas_2003.htm July...

Foreign calendar.
June 16, 2003... June 26-29: 7th annual conference Smart Marriages, Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nev.; Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education. More than 200 top presenters, train and qualify to teach dozens of programs, www.smartmariages.com June 27-29:...

NS insurers refuse to cover child welfare agencies. (Child & Family).
June 16, 2003... HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia insurers are pulling out of insuring child welfare services and the provincial government has been forced to step in as insurer. One agency is facing 20 child abuse lawsuits, five child welfare agencies are not able to...

Mother's job stability and quality affect children's behaviour, study says. (Child & Family).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- The stability and quality of a mother's jobs affect behavioural development, according to The Effect of Changes in Maternal Employment and Family Composition on Children's Behaviour, a research paper published by the Applied Research...

Students who work more than 30 hours most likely dropouts. (Child & Family).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Students who worked more than 30 hours at a paid job during their last year of high school were likely to drop out of school. However, those who worked less than 30 hours a week were the least likely to end up leaving. The report...

African girls smuggled into UK for domestic work. (Child & Family).
June 16, 2003... LONDON -- Unicef is preparing a major study of child trafficking in the United Kingdom. Children are being trafficked into domestic service in Britain to clean houses and do chores without pay. The victims are mostly west African girls, lured...

Meagre child care funds, 2000 says. (Child & Family).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Campaign 2000 has expressed "profound disappointment" with monies allocated for childcare and early learning in the recent federal budget saying they are "dubious about how the meagre funds allocated in the first two years will...

Canadian International Development Agency CIDA. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... Save A Family Plan, London: 519-672-1115, to work with local community-based organizations in southern India to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. $1.9 million Canada World Youth, Montreal. To support exchange programs...

The National Crime Prevention Strategy, National Crime Prevention Centre. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... 613-954-1721 The Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Maple Ridge. For its Changing Time--Looking Closer at FAS project which is providing training opportunities and raising public awareness about the impact of Fetal Alcohol...

Hamilton Community Foundation. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... Bridge Program: (operated by Dawn Patrol Child & Youth Services (905) 526-9529 in cooperation with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board) to re-integrate youth who are being discharged from custody, into community schools while reducing...

National Homelessness Initiative. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... Community Care of West Niagara, Beamsville: to provide improved facilities and services to homeless people and those at risk; to expand its facilities to accommodate an increased demand for donations of food, clothing and household goods....

Wild Rose Foundation. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... 780-619-0369 Crowsnest Mentally Handicapped Society. Toward equipment upgrades to increase the efficiency of office and program operations and facility use by other groups and organizations. 403-563-5265 $13,469 Edmonton Bosnia and...

Trillium Foundation Ontario. (Funding).
June 16, 2003... 800-263-2887 Harmony Hall and Senior Citizens Centennial Centre. To support needed renovations to this recreational centre for seniors in East York. $75,000 over three months. Hellenic Hope Center for Persons with Special Needs. To...

U.K. plans to raid charity lottery for London Olympics funding. (General).
June 16, 2003... U.K. lottery money for Olympics London, UK -- The British government intends to dip into lottery monies normally granted to charities in order to fund the London Olympics to the tune of about 410 million [pounds sterling], says a recent report...

West Europe workers demonstrate against cuts to retirement benefits. (General).
June 16, 2003... FRANKFURT -- Angered by proposals of their governments to change the national pensions systems by cutting retirement benefits or by making people work longer, thus raising the retirement age, unionized workers across much of Western Europe,...

G-8 agrees on action for food security and public health. (General).
June 16, 2003... EVIAN, FRANCE -- The Group of Eight industrialized nations agreed to develop and implement new measures to address a number of humanitarian concerns, including food security, public health and environmental issues. The G-8--Canada, France,...

Drug treatment courts to open across Canada. (General).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- The federal government will provide up to $23 million over five years to expand its drug treatment court program as part of the renewal of Canada's Drug Strategy. The increase in allocations for the drug courts is part of the...

Social supports help men to live longer. (General).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Senior men have a lower risk of dying if they are married, have higher education and are involved in community activities says a study from Statistics Canada's Health Division. The same does not hold true for women. The study,...

Affordable housing for NFLD. (General).
June 16, 2003... ST. JOHN'S -- Newfoundland and the federal government signed a $30.28 million Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Affordable Housing Agreement which aims to create approximately 600 affordable housing units in the province over the next four...

Parole works better AudGen reports. (General).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Auditor General Sheila Fraser is "satisfied with Correctional Service Canada's progress in the reintegration of male offenders into the community--a vital part of its mandate." The statement was made in a Status Report to Parliament....

BC rent help for private assisted living. (General).
June 16, 2003... VICTORIA -- Independent Living BC program, will administer BC government's program to provide rent supplements to help individuals with the costs of renting in six private assisted-living developments in Chilliwack, Delta, Agassiz, Surrey and...

Quebec's day care fee rise debated. (General).
June 16, 2003... QUEBEC -- The proposal of the new Charest government to raise the fees on Quebec's universal $5 a day daycare program is meeting strong opposition. The Quebec Association of Daycare Centres presented a 107,000 signature petition to the National...

Publications.
June 16, 2003... 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.
June 16, 2003... abilities, Canadian Abilities Foundation, Toronto, Summer 2003 Disability Information Sheet, Canadian Council on Social Development, Ottawa, #9, 2003 Disability Information Sheet, Canadian Council on Social Development, Ottawa, #10,...

New director general pledges expanded role for WHO. (Health).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- The 192 World Health Organization member countries elected Jong-Wook Lee as the new WHO director general. Lee, a South Korean will begin a five-year term July 21, succeeding Gro Harlem Brundtland, who has been director general...

Health and social service workers are fourth highest injury group. (Health).
June 16, 2003... TORONTO -- Canadian health and social service workers had more than 36,000 lost-time injuries--about three for every 100 workers (1998), the fourth highest among occupational groups, according to the Institute for Work and Health. ...

Ontario appoints judge to conduct SARS inquiry. (Health).
June 16, 2003... TORONTO -- After considerable pressure from nurses and other health care workers, Ontario Premier Ernie Eves announced the appointment of Justice Archie G. Campbell to conduct an independent investigation into the recent occurrence and spread...

Generic drugs in Canada cost up to 51% more than western Europe. (Health).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Canadians pay as much as 21 to 51 per cent more for generic prescription drugs than people living in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and in some instances the United States says a report from the federal government prepared by...

Coroners agree to record gambling information in suicide records. (Health).
June 16, 2003... IQUALIUT -- Whenever gambling is mentioned in relation to suicides Canada's Coroners will record it, according to an agreement reached at the Intergovernmental Conference of Chief Coroners and Chief Medical Examiners of Canada in Iqalioit. ...

Rising auto insurance rates affect home care providers. (Health).
June 16, 2003... HALIFAX -- The rapid rise of Nova Scotia auto insurance rates is affecting homecare providers who use their own cars for work. The home care workers are being hit with additional insurance-rate hikes as high as $500. The VON said that it...

Man. leaders back internet pharmacies. (Health).
June 16, 2003... WINNIPEG -- Leaders of the three Manitoba parties, including the re-elected Premier Gary Doer, indicated their support for internet pharmacies, seeing it as a boost to the provincial economy. Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline threatened...

Refugee health worries AudGen. (Health).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- Auditor General Sheila Fraser expressed concern in her Status Report to Parliament that the Department of Citizenship and Immigration about the surveillance of refugee applicants who have been diagnosed with inactive tuberculosis or...

Afghanistan: the World Bank approved a $59.6 million grant for emergency reconstruction and development of Afghanistan's health sector, which it called "among the worst in the world." (World's health).
June 16, 2003... AFGHANISTAN: The World Bank approved a $59.6 million grant for emergency reconstruction and development of Afghanistan's health sector, which it called "among the worst in the world." Also yesterday, UNICEF and the World Health Organization...

Cancer: WHO issues new booklet forecasting future rates. (World's health).
June 16, 2003... CANCER: WHO Issues New Booklet Forecasting Future Rates. Immediate action by governments, institutions and individuals from all sectors could prevent at least 2 million cancer deaths by 2020 and 6.5 million by 2040, according to a new booklet...

Guatemala: the number of deaths of pregnant women in Guatemala decreased 30 percent over the last four years because of effective health programs. (World's health).
June 16, 2003... GUATEMALA: The number of deaths of pregnant women in Guatemala decreased 30 percent over the last four years because of effective health programs, according to the latest national survey on maternal and child health, released yesterday. Child...

Self-employed lack benefits. (Income Security).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- A large group of self-employed people aged 15 to 69 have no extended health, dental and disability insurance plans. An article in Perspectives, a Statistics Canada publication reports that in 2000, 41% of the nearly 2.1 million...

Probation officer guilty of sex abuse. (Income Security).
June 16, 2003... HALIFAX -- Cesar Lalo, a former Nova Scotia probation officer was found guilty of 16 sex-related charges recently after a three-day deliberation by the jury. Lalo has already served nine years in prison for abusing seven children who were...

Non-wage benefits rising but not for all. (Income Security).
June 16, 2003... OTTAWA -- While employment benefits are increasingly commonplace, not all employees are covered. According to the Statistics Canada Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 46% of Canada's 13.7 million employees in 2000 belonged to a...

Ontario plans to end forced retirement, reduce co-payments long term care. (Income Security).
June 16, 2003... TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Ernie Eves introduced legislation to eliminate mandatory retirement and the reduction of the proposed co-payment increase for seniors in long-term care facilities. The legislation that would eliminate and allow...