Community Action articles from November 2003

Community Action archives from November 2003

Julius Rosenwald's challenge.(Comments)
November 17, 2003... What happened to the Rosenwald Fund? It's gone, the last dollar was spent in 1957. Julius Rosenwald, who built Sears Roebuck into a retailing giant, created this fund in 1917, and directed it to spend its assets within 25 years after his death....

Mandatory child abuse reporting needs to be tempered, expert team says.
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Mandatory reporting, abuse investigations and risk assessment of child abuse might need to be tempered and reviewed say the authors of a recent article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in which a review of child...

Term paper confusion sparks child abuse inquiry and $839,00 damages.
November 17, 2003... ST. JOHN'S -- An improperly footnoted term paper by a social work student and hasty action by Memorial University of Newfoundland professors caused a serious child abuse investigation. The result is an $839,400 judgement against the university....

Charter challenge to BC welfare cut-off.
November 17, 2003... VANCOUVER -- A group of British Columbia community organizations plan a constitutional challenge to the two-year time limit on eligibility for social assistance of the provincial government. The BC government will implement the time limit...

9 aid workers killed in Sudan.
November 17, 2003... KHARTOUM -- Nine Sudanese relief workers employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development were killed during clashes between warring tribes in Western Sudan earlier this month while delivering aid to displaced persons. According to...

Low cost drugs for developing lands.
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Canada will make it easier for developing and least developed countries to obtain low-cost pharmaceuticals. It will be the first country of World Trade Organization members to make changes to its drug laws for this purpose. The...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
November 17, 2003... Nov. 24-26: Workshop: health care governance; Ontario Hospital Association; Toronto; 416.205.1362 Nov. 22-24: National Symposium: Institute of Health Services and Policy Research; Montreal; [E] fgarrow @ihspr.ubc.ca Nov. 25-28:...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
November 17, 2003... Dec. 4-6: International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence, Washington, [E] laurenp@asaging.org Jan.13-17: World Congress, World Association for Infant Mental Health, Melbourne, www.icms.com.au/waimh2004 Feb. 8-15: Human...

Quebec day care centres are forced to spend their reserve funds.(Child & Family)
November 17, 2003... MONTREAL -- "That's our money, public money", Quebec's Minister for Family Welfare Carole Theberge told a provincial Liberal Pary meeting that the non-profit day care centres would have to spend their reserves to make up for the $25 million...

Neighbours social capital eases effects of long term poverty for kids.(Child & Family)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Neighbourhoods can significantly modify the effects of long-term poverty upon children's physical health and can have an impact on other effects of poverty on children says a recently published study by Human Resources Development...

Demand for child protection and care will continue, London CAS study says.(Child & Family)
November 17, 2003... LONDON -- The demand for protection services of children and the number of children in care of children's aid will continue to escalate unless certain issues are addressed, says a study of the Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex. The...

Pre-schoolers cognitive abilities not affected by parent work, child-care use.(Child & Family)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Is a parent's work, and the use of substitute child-care associated with a lower level of development of the skills that pre-school children need to start school? A Statistics Canada study, Parental work, child-care use and young...

Billion kids in severe poverty.(Child & Family)
November 17, 2003... LONDON -- A new UNICEF sponsored report has found that over one billion children suffer the severe effects of poverty. Using a new methodology, the survey measures the extent of child poverty, in terms not only of income, but of deprivation...

Maytree Foundation.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... 416-944-2627 Tides Canada Foundation, Toronto. To support the fundraising capacity-building program at FCJ Hamilton House and Sojourn House in Toronto. $60,000

Information technology training for women.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... 416-314-7238 Rainbow Skills Development Centre, Ottawa: To provide-women of low-income with training to start careers in information technology in a 40-week program that includes in-class training, mentorship and work placements. $126,657

National homelessness initiative.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... www.homelessness.gc.ca Winnipeg projects. Wahbung Abinoonjiiag. To construct a new, environmentally-friendly building next to Mt. Carmel Clinic and increase the group's capacity to provide services for homeless women and children who...

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... 613-992-0691 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships University of Calgary Millar, Paul E., Doctoral Fellowship. The effect of family law on Canadian children. 2 years $38,000 Ninowski, Jerilyn E. (CGS / BES) How children think...

The national crime prevention strategy, National Crime Prevention Centre.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... 613-954-1721 Toronto Area The Centre des Jeunes Francophone de Toronto. For STOP! Phase II. The project strives to prevent crime and victimization among Francophone youth. Youth-led focus groups will set up guidelines for the creation...

Trillium Foundation Ontario.(Funding)
November 17, 2003... 800-263-2887 Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Sudbury. Camp Wakonda of the Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore. For renovations to the kitchen and washroom facilities. This Camp is located at McCarrel Lake near Sault Ste. Marie and offers a...

More charitable gifts but same number give in 2002.(General)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Canadians claimed more charitable deductions in 2002 on their income tax reports However, the number of donors remained almost the same, according Statistics Canada's Charitable Donations data bank. The data bank indicates that:...

Overdoses a measure of the success of Vancouver's drug injection site.(General)
November 17, 2003... VANCOUVER -- Insite, North America's first government-approved drug injection site experienced an odd measure of success--25 people overdosed on drugs. The "success" was that these overdoses were treated by the doctors nurses on site and no one...

El fund accumulation is three times as great as needed.(General)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- The Auditor General observes that the "The accumulated surplus in the Employment Insurance Account stood at $43.8 billion at March 31, 2003. This is about three times the $15 billion that the Chief Actuary of Human Resources...

Separate disability from CPP retirement benefits? Commons committee asks.(General)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Should the Canada Penion Plan disability benefits be delinked from CPP Retirement Benefits? The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, headed by MP Carolyn Bennett is...

Garden for visually impaired opens in Ottawa.(General)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- "A Garden For the Visually Impaired" created by Therapeutic and Educational Living Centres Inc opened its first phase, a walkway. "To someone who is without good vision, a garden may actually be an unpleasant experience. Not all...

Compassionate leave for Yukon.(General)
November 17, 2003... WHITEHORSE -- The Yukon Government is considering amending its Employment Standards Act to enable employees to take leave from work to care for a seriously ill family member. The change would provide employees with job protection for a limited...

Drucker award to London's pivotal.(General)
November 17, 2003... LONDON -- Pivotal Services of London received the The Peter F. Drucker Canadian Foundation award for 2003. For its "Alternative Canadian Business Model," a packaging company which integrates a business in a social service program. Pivotal...

RRSP contributions down again.(General)
November 17, 2003... "The number of Canadians who contributed to a registered retirement savings plan, as well as the amount of their contributions, have both dropped sharply for the second straight year."

More shelter spaces for Alberta women.(General)
November 17, 2003... EDMONTON -- Fourteen new women's shelter spaces will open in open Edmonton and Calgary, as a result of more than $300,000 in funding. With the new spaces, Alberta now has a total of 413 beds across the province. The funding includes: $108,102...

Publications.
November 17, 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.
November 17, 2003... Directions, Community Living Ontario, Toronto, Fall 2003 Justice Report, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, Ottawa, Vol. 18 No. 3, 2003 Making waves, CCE Publications, Port Alberni BC, Autumn 2003 NAPO News, National...

Young teen girls vulnerable to depression, survey shows.(Health)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- More girls are vulnerable to depression than boys, according to the Canadian Community Health Survey. Almost six per cent of girls aged 12 to 14 years old said they had a high risk of having a major depressive episode in the year...

P3 hospitals a serious threat to the public health care system, economists argue.(Health)
November 17, 2003... TORONTO -- Four prominent economists and a former director of audit operations with Canada's Auditor General released a report that is sharply critical of Ontario's controversial "public-private-partnership" in design, financing building and...

Nursing groups launch campaign to recruit a new generation of nurses.(Health)
November 17, 2003... TORONTO -- "Given the average age of Ontario's nursing workforce--44.7 for RNs and 44.1 for RPNs--the need to recruit future generations of nurses has never been so urgent", said RNAO president Adeline Falk-Rafael as the Registered Nurses...

Psychiatric clinic staff complain of violence.(Health)
November 17, 2003... MONTREAL -- Employees of the Douglas Hospital's Verdun Community Psychiatric Clinic have complained of incidences of violence aimed at staff. Administrators are meeting with clinic workers Wednesday to discuss ways to make their work conditions...

Health care expenditures rising faster than rate of economic growth.(Health)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Health care spending by provincial and territorial governments is rising faster than the rate of economic growth, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reports. It has increased to $73.5 billion for 2002/03 or 6.4 per cent...

Nova Scotia increases mental health funding.(Health)
November 17, 2003... HALIFAX -- District health authorities' and IWK Health Centre mental health budgets will have an additional $2 million, Health Minister Angus MacIsaac announced. The money is being allocated for the following priorities in the mental...

Sudbury mental health support pilot.(Health)
November 17, 2003... SUDBURY -- Canadian Mental Health Association, Sudbury Branch, has opened The Warm Line, a two year project that offers pre-crisis peer support to people with mental illness or mental health problems: The services provided are based on a...

HIV/AIDS rates to fall in So. Africa?(Health)
November 17, 2003... JOHANNESSBURG -- A new study suggesting South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic peaked in 2002 and was expected to level off as fewer new infections were reported, has sparked a controversial debate among researchers, Integrated Regional Information...

Low cost drugs in HIV/AIDS, WHO plan.(Health)
November 17, 2003... GENEVA -- The World Health Organization has developed a strategy to bring low-cost HIV/AIDS drugs to 3 million people in poor countries, a plan that top officials said will eventually include endorsement of pills that combine three...

Clinton fund pact with drug companies.(Health)
November 17, 2003... NEW YORK -- Four generic drug companies and former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation have negotiated an agreement to slash the cost of certain AIDS antiretroviral drugs for distribution in developing countries. Two million people...

Central Asian youth in crisis.(Positions Available)
November 17, 2003... LONDON -- The poverty, illiteracy, drug use and despair that plague Central Asia's huge population of young people could foment serious trouble in the future without focused national and international attention, the International Crisis Group...

Health and social sector leads October job growth.(Positions Available)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Almost one in three new jobs in Canada during October occurred in the health care and social assistance sector, Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey reports. In that month employment grew by an estimated 20,000 in the health care...

Manitoba pharmacists claim Illinois plan would create shortages and high prices.(Positions Available)
November 17, 2003... SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- The Coalition for Manitoba Pharmacy claims that internet pharmacies that sell lower cost drugs to Americans are causing shortages and higher prices for Canadians. The group joined with The Illinois Pharmacists Association...

CNIB opens digital library for the visually impaired.(Positions Available)
November 17, 2003... TORONTO -- The Canadian National Institute for the Blind unveiled its new digital library which is expected to "open opportunities for blind and visually impaired Canadians who currently have access to only 3% of all books and information." ...

Knowledge workers rising rapidly in the labour force.(Positions Available)
November 17, 2003... OTTAWA -- Canada is shifting rapidly towards a knowledge-based economy, a Statistics Canada study claims. The shift is not restricted to narrow areas of interest, such as popularly defined high-tech sectors. The study found that this...

Rob Donelson.(Appointments)
November 17, 2003... Rob Donelson, President, St. Joseph's Healthcare Foundation, Hamilton.

Deborah Gardner.(Appointments)
November 17, 2003... Deborah Gardner, Executive Director, Volunteer Centre of Toronto.

Ron Levin.(Appointments)
November 17, 2003... Ron Levin, Executive Director, Jewish Family Services, Toronto.