Community Action articles from March 2006

Community Action archives from March 2006

Waiting for Klein.(COMMENTS)(Ralph Klein)
March 20, 2006... Ralph Klein has his solution to waiting list problems in the health care system--allow and encourage doctors and health care facilities to function in both public and private sectors. His solution will enable those willing to pay to buy their...

Alberta's "paying for choice and access" health reform plan draws hot controversy.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Hot controversy greeted Alberta's proposed health care reform presented by Premier Ralph Klein and Health and Wellness Minister Iris Evans. Actually, only one item in the program was subject to dispute--the issue of "paying for choice and...

"Organizational failure" delayed case review report of child's death.(CHILD & FAMILY)(Sherry Charlie)
March 20, 2006... Why did it take more than three years to complete the case review after the violent death of Sherry Charlie while she was under the supervision of a child welfare agency? Jane Morley, BC's independent Child and Youth Officer, investigated...

New guideline for U.S. charities overseas may make them targets.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
March 20, 2006... Because a new U.S. Treasury guideline "suggest that charitable organizations are agents of the government," workers for U.S. charities overseas could be targets for terrorist groups. A group of 40 U.S. charities asked the Treasury Department to...

Ontario sets care networks for adults.(SPECIAL EVENTS)(developmentally disabled adult services)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Ontario will create four new Community Networks of Specialized Care to provide supports for adults with developmental disabilities, Minister of Community and Social Services Sandra Pupatello announced. The provincial government has allocated...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
March 20, 2006... Mar. 30-Apr. 1: International Cancer Rehabilitation Conference; Survivorship; Vancouver; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca Mar. 30-Apr. 3: Convention: Canadian Counselling Association & American Counseling Association; Montreal; www.ccacc.ca ...

Foreign Calendar.(Calendar)
March 20, 2006... Apr. 2-6: International Congress of Elderly Health; Istanbul, Turkey; www.geriatrics2006.org Apr. 3-7: Sexual Assault Response Team Training Program; Rockville, MD, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; www3.afip.org Apr. 10-12:...

Job does not always end child poverty, Ontario group claims.(CHILD & FAMILY)
March 20, 2006... "A job is not always a route out of poverty". Thirty-three percent of all low income children live in families where the parents work full time and full year. This figure doubled between 1993-2003 According to the latest report from Ontario...

More child workers in BC budget.(CHILD & FAMILY)
March 20, 2006... British Columbia's 2006 budget allocates an additional $421 million to enhance services for vulnerable children, to enhance services for children with special needs, and to better support caregivers and family members caring for children and...

Quebec protection law amendments draw criticism.(CHILD & FAMILY)
March 20, 2006... The first major amendments to Quebec's 25 year old Youth Protection Act, under consideration in the National Assembly, includes controversial proposals for foster care and ward ship. The most controversial proposal is the requirement for...

Domestic violence unit created in Manitoba Government.(CHILD & FAMILY)
March 20, 2006... The Manitoba Domestic Violence Intervention Unit has been created as a joint venture of the Department of Family Services and Housing and the Attorney General's department. It is modelled after a pilot in Winnipeg that will connect social...

Kids help line ringing off hook.(CHILD & FAMILY)(Kids Help Phone)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Kids Help Phone regularly shuts down its web counselling service because its equipment is unable to handle the volumes. The demand for Kids Help Phone's telephone and online services continue to grow bigger than ever and the organization...

Krist Sepp awards to 2 youth workers.(CHILD & FAMILY)
March 20, 2006... Dale Callender of Delisle Youth Services, Toronto, received the Krista Sepp Mentoring Award, of the Ontario Association of Children's Mental Health Centres. Callender coordinated a forum for young women whose needs were not being adequately...

Correction.(CHILD & FAMILY)(Correction notice)
March 20, 2006... April 10 is the correct deadline date to apply for the Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Award in 2006. The $50,000 award is given annually to a charitable organization that has implemented an activity that significantly improves the life prospects of...

Maytree Foundation, Toronto.(FUNDING)
March 20, 2006... Maytree Foundation, Toronto 416-944-2627 Toronto. For the creation of the York University--Maytree Foundation Executive Directors' Institute. The program focuses on management issues such as human resources, governance, social...

Canada Economic Development.(FUNDING)
March 20, 2006... Canada Economic Development 514-283-6412 Regroupement economique et social du Sud-Ouest: For Service de gestion conseil en economic sociale, a project of the Reseau d'investissement social du Quebec (RISQ) and six local Corporations de...

Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa.(FUNDING)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa 819-953-6238 Service d'assistance canadienne aux organismes and Canada 25: Young Leaders Forum (Toronto) Canada-Cameroon project to promote greater public involvement in local governance: to...

Trillium Foundation, Ontario.(FUNDING)
March 20, 2006... Trillium Foundation, Ontario 800-263-2887 Portal--Toronto c/o The Learning Enrichment Foundation. To develop an innovative website and process that brings together purchasers, suppliers and community trainers. This will increase employment...

"Stop Warehousing Women" writer on Manitoba's women's prisons says.(JUSTICE)
March 20, 2006... "Stop Warehousing Women," Elizabeth Comack says. She is one of the authors of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba report on women in the province's correctional system. The report The Challenge for Change: Realizing the...

Police chiefs seek coalition with health and social groups.(JUSTICE)
March 20, 2006... The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police hosted a Community Safety Round Table in Ottawa last February. This is the first of two national events designed to build a Coalition on Community Safety, Health and Well-being. The CACP's advisory...

'Still a long way to go' for Anglophone Quebecers.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)(use of health, social services)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... "While comparison with previous surveys indicates some progress over the years, there's still a long way to go to ensure English-speaking Quebecers in all regions are able to receive services in their language", Jennifer Johnson, Executive...

Toronto volunteers to count homeless.(SHELTER)
March 20, 2006... The City of Toronto is now recruiting up to 1500 volunteers to help with the Street Needs Assessment. Led by the City's Shelter, Support and Housing Administration Division, the volunteers will be out on the streets collecting information on...

Train owner-tenants in north Manitoba.(SHELTER)
March 20, 2006... The Manitoba government, in collaboration with northern and Aboriginal organizations, has created a program that provides useful information on maintaining safe, economical homes in the province's northern climate, Family Services and Housing...

Ottawa homeless report card shows more families using shelters.(SHELTER)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Ottawa's Second Report Card on Homelessness indicates that more people used the shelter system in Ottawa in 2005 than in 2004-8,664 compared to 8,853 a year earlier. More families--668 in 2005 and 631 in 2004--were also accommodated in...

Russia's NGO law worries EU and human rights groups.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
March 20, 2006... Human Rights Watch and human rights in Europe and America have condemned Russia's new law governing non-governmental organizations, and criticism has come from European Union and American Political leaders. However, one NGO group, managed by an...

UK agencies want better contracts.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
March 20, 2006... If the United Kingdom government wants the voluntary sector to play a greater role in delivering health and social services, it should be offering better contractual conditions than it has to date, the Association of Chief Executives of...

Knowledge transfer partnership formed.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)(York University, University of Victoria)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... York University and the University of Victoria have formed a partnership to transfer university research in the social sciences and humanities to policy-makers across Canada and to ensure that this research helps inform their decision-making....

Publications.
March 20, 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...

Ontario health networks bill passed with commitment to non-profit care.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Legislation enabling the Ontario government to set up Local Health Integration Networks received third reading in the legislature. The bill was opposed by Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Service Employees International Union, the...

Single point access created for mental health information in Ontario.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Mental Health Service Information Ontario was launched by ConnexOntario Health Services Information, to serve as a single point of access for Ontario residents. MHSIO will offer 24-hour access to information about mental health services...

Cornwall francophone CHC supported on language question.(HEALTH)(Community Health Centre)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Centre de sante Communautaire de l'Estrie in Cornwall, Ont. was the focus of a linguistic dispute when an English-speaking woman walked into the Centre asking to see her doctor. (She normally sees the particular doctor at another office.) The...

Low weight birth rate is higher in Toronto than rest of Ontario.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Reports by Toronto Medical Officer David McKeown indicate that the city's low birth weight rate is significantly higher than the Ontario rate. This rate varies across the city with much higher rates found in the north west and east regions of...

Ticket tax takes off.(HEALTH)(airline solidarity tax)(Brief article)
March 20, 2006... Led by France, Britain, 13 countries have agreed to impose a solidarity tax on all international and domestic flights. The funds raised will be used in the global fight against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The tax, ranging from 1 [euro]...

World has 6 billion people and growing.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... The world's population has passed 6.5 billion, the International Programs Center at the U.S. Census Bureau reports. The number of people on the earth is expected to reach seven billion by Oct. 18, 2012 at 4:46 PM. Demographic experts at the...

Manitoba wait time web site up-dated.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Manitoba's wait-time website has been changed to provide more up-to-date information about waits for tests and treatments, Health Minister Tim Sale announced. The enhanced website, part of the government's long-term strategy to improve...

Reserve to build diagnostic centre.(HEALTH)
March 20, 2006... Rama Mnjikaning First Nation announced an initiative to develop a Regional Diagnostic Health Centre of Excellence on the Rama Indian Reserve. The centre will provide access for RMFN members and the general community to state-of-the-art medical...

Nova Scotia Health Promotion.(APPOINTMENTS)
March 20, 2006... Duff Montgomerie, Assistant Deputy Minister of Nova Scotia Health Promotion.

College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta.(APPOINTMENTS)
March 20, 2006... Mary-Anne Robinson, Executive Director of College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA).

Name change.(SPECIAL EVENTS)
March 20, 2006... The Health Care Health and Safety Association of Ontario is now called the Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare. www.osach.ca

China will promote the charitable, non-profit sector.(SPECIAL EVENTS)
March 20, 2006... The Chinese government is recognizing that that it needs non governmental organizations that operate throughout the country. A new law should come into effect next year, Asia News reports. China's central government has pledged to help the...

Report on Parteger murder investigation released.(SPECIAL EVENTS)
March 20, 2006... Report of the Board of Investigation into the release and supervision of federal offender Eli Ulayuk was released. He was serving a life sentence for manslaughter and was on full parole when he was charged with the murder of CSC Community...

Two thirds of Katrina funds spent, much more needed.(SPECIAL EVENTS)
March 20, 2006... Six months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, charities have disbursed more than $2 billion of the funds donated to them, according to a Washington Post report, Less than $1 billion for the monumental task of...