Community Action articles from November 2007

Community Action archives from November 2007

In the public interest.(COMMENTS)
November 19, 2007... The recent mortgage crisis in the United States has created an uncertain economic environment all over the world. The management of this crisis reminds us of the role and responsibility of the government in maintaining social order. This...

B.C. opens door to child care mesa corp.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... The province of British Columbia appears to have opened itself (and Canada) wide to approaches by a giant Australian-based child care provider. Minister of State for Child Care Linda Read announced the intention to provide 2,000 child care...

Health care workers feel higher levels of stress.(Clinical report)
November 19, 2007... Health care workers have a higher degree of work stress than other workers, an article in Health Reports indicates. The study compares work stress among various types of health care providers and finds that nearly half of all health care...

Campaign for ethical fundraising and accountability code launched.
November 19, 2007... Imagine Canada's revised Ethical Fundraising and Financial Accountability Code will be accompanied by more vigorous compliance and advisory services. When it is officially launched in January 2008, the organization will have a recruitment...

Most women nearly homeless in north.(Northern Territories)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Most women in the North are only a step away from being homeless, a study published by the YWCA Canada reports. "The reasons are complex and include factors and determinants that go well beyond a critical shortage of affordable housing and the...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
November 19, 2007... Nov. 23-24: Suicide: Concepts, Skills and Strategies; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 23-24: Mediation Theory; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 23-24:...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
November 19, 2007... Jan. 12-16:2008 Winter Conference: American Correctional Association; Grapevine, Texas; www.aca.org Jan. 28-29: Disability-Disaster Conference; Orissa, India; www.smrcorissa.org Jan. 28-Feb. 1: International Conference on Child and...

U.K. plan to extend flex-work schemes to parents of kids up to 18 years.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)(United Kingdom, flexible work)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... British working parents, with children up to 17 years of age, may get the right to apply for flexible working hours. New Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown used the Queen's speech to emphasize a work-life balance agenda. Currently, British...

Ontario won't appeal adoption disclosure ruling, amending the law.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... The Ontario government has decided that it will not appeal a court decision that struck down provisions in the Adoption Information Disclosure Act, which would have opened past and future adoption records to adoptees and birth parents seeking...

Agency protects 17,000 kids in Chad.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... Save the Children is providing the most basic care on a daily basis to over 17,000 children in Dogdore, in eastern Chad. The organization provides a safe place to play, school, and training on the persistent dangers of violence in a camp of...

Fathers keep contacts with their children after family breakup--study.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... A study, published in the Journal of Family Issue, suggests that fathers who were involved in their non-resident children's lives after separation did not abandon them, whatever the family commitments they later took on. The study,...

Man. band fires social workers.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... Social workers of the Southeast Child and Family Services were ordered off the Bloodvein First Nation reserve by band councillors who took on the responsibility for child welfare services. They also issued a notice to families and foster...

New youth custody centre in Burnaby.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
November 19, 2007... A new integrated Burnaby Youth Custody Services was opened by the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The 84-bed facility replaces the previous youth custody centre built in the 1950s. Sixty spaces are secure custody, intended for...

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: 613-954-1064.(FUNDING)(Brief article)(List)
November 19, 2007... Calgary Immigrant Women's Association, Calgary. $869,298 Calgary Immigrant Aid Society, Calgary. $1,479,302 Calgary Immigrant Aid Society, Calgary. $1,094,234 Calgary Immigrant Educational Society, Calgary. $2,143,077 Calgary...

National Crime Prevention Centre, Ottawa: 613-991-3301.(FUNDING)(Brief article)(List)
November 19, 2007... First Nations Chiefs of Police Association, Ohsweken, ON. $371,293 Conseil des Abenakis de Wolinak, Wolinak, QC. $262,500 Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci, Wemotaci, QC. $378,706 Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Band Council, Maria, QC....

Human Resources and Social Development.(FUNDING)(List)
November 19, 2007... Canadian Coalition of Community-Based Training, Montreal, QC. $283,515 Canadian Food Industry Council for Human Resources Development, Toronto, ON. $77,250 Canadian Food Industry Council for Human Resources Development, Toronto, ON....

Trillium Foundation, Ontario: 800-263-2887.(FUNDING)
November 19, 2007... Groupe ADEP--Anti-Delinquance en Poesie. For equipment, instruments and accessories. The organization's capacity to present poetry workshops to Francophone high-school students in Ottawa will be enhanced, helping them express their needs...

Alberta includes charities in new lobbyist bill, agencies face report burdens.(CHARITIES)
November 19, 2007... Alberta's nonprofits and charities are unhappy with the proposed amendments to the Lobbyists Act which is in the legislative process. The bill does not distinguish them from the many business and commercial interests that try to influence...

BC athletic group cannot have charitable status, Supreme Court rules.(CHARITIES)
November 19, 2007... The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the A.Y.S.A. against the Canada Revenue Agency refusal to give the group a registered charity stares under the Income Tax Act. The CRA refused also to give the group a registered amateur...

Big givers giving more, smaller givers giving less.(CHARITIES)
November 19, 2007... Canadians are giving more to charities, but the big givers are more important than ever in the whole picture, the Statistics Canada Charitable Donors Data Bank indicates. The annual report shows that taxfilers reported charitable donations...

Top Donner prize to Simon House.(CHARITIES)(William H. Donner Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services given to Simon House Residence Society of Calgary)(Awards list)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Simon House Residence Society of Calgary received the $20,000 William H. Donner Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. The Society, which operates substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, also received the $5,000...

Donations by province 2005.(CHARITIES)(Table)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Donations by province 2005 Donors Total $000 Median gift Canada 5,752,630 8,529,976 250 Nfld & Labrador 83,450 79,652 330 Prince Edward Isl. 26,850...

Publications.(List)
November 19, 2007... 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...

Children's Aid Society.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 19, 2007... David Rivard, Executive Director, Children's Aid Society, Toronto.

Community Council, Victoria.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 19, 2007... Christina Peacock, Interim Executive Director, Community Council, Victoria.

Psychiatric Patients Advocacy Office.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 19, 2007... Vahe Kehyayan, Director, Psychiatric Patients Advocacy Office, Toronto.

Bevel Up--Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing.(DVD & FILM)
November 19, 2007... Bevel Up--Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing. Directed by Nettie Wild, National Film Board of Canada. www.nfb.ca

The Mayor of Tent City.(DVD & FILM)
November 19, 2007... The Mayor of Tent City. Directed by Rosalie Fontaine, Toronto: Belladona Productions. www.belladonaproductions.ca

Down Syndrome group question advice given to expectant parents.
November 19, 2007... Many health professionals are giving expectant parents a one sided picture that can leave parents with a sense of despair, the Nova Scotia Down Syndrome Society claims. The society points out that advances in genetic science promises of...

Alberta agencies get money for staff.
November 19, 2007... Agencies that support children and youth, adults with developmental disabilities, and other vulnerable people in Alberta will share $26.1 million allocated to recruit and retain staff. Agencies will have the flexibility to determine how best to...

Social sector jobs continue to rise.
November 19, 2007... Employment in Canada's health and social services continues to grow at rate greater than the Canadian labour force. On October 28, 6,000 more people had jobs in the social sector, a rate of increase three times than was experienced in...

Periodicals received.
November 19, 2007... the indicator, August 2007, Quality of Life Challenge and Community Council, Victoria, BC. Perspectives on Labour and Income, Autumn 2007, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Physician supply in Canada keeping pace, age and lifestyles affecting practice.(HEALTH)
November 19, 2007... The supply of physicians in Canada is keeping pace with population growth, the Canadian Institute of Health Information reports. However, the average age of doctors continues to rise; one in five are now over 60 years old. The much...

Ontario has fewer mid-career nurses.(HEALTH)
November 19, 2007... Canadian Institute of Health Information indicates the average age of a registered nurse in Ontario is 45.6, up from 45.1 in 2003. The same report also shows that the number of Ontario RNs under the age of 35 increased by 1,209 over the...

States with unequal wealth have more disabilities, even rich affected.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Rich or poor, people living in USA states with unequal wealth distribution were more likely to have high-level disabilities than their counterparts living in states where income is distributed more equally, a study at the University of Toronto...

UK supermarket clinic.(HEALTH)
November 19, 2007... A prenatal clinic, the brainchild of a community midwife manager, has opened in a British supermarket. The clinic has the backing of the Kent Health Trust and may be the first of more to open in the chain.

Working teens start smoking earlier.(HEALTH)
November 19, 2007... Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore report a strong link between working for pay and adolescent tobacco use. "Policymakers should monitor the conditions under which young people work to help...

Apology law in Manitoba.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... The Apology Act received royal assent in the Manitoba legislature. It allows health care workers and other professionals to make an apology without it constituting an admission of legal liability. The legislation aims to help health care...

One in 10 return to inpatient rehab.(HEALTH)(rehabilitation)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... About 11% of clients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation, between 2003 and 2007, returned to rehabilitation after an initial discharge home, according to a report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. When clients returned for...

Fewer youths in court or custody.(GENERAL)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Judges are seeing fewer young people aged 12 to 17 in their courtrooms and fewer are being sent to custody, since the enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in April 2003, the Centre for Justice Statistics reports. The YCJA aims to...

400,000 plus aided by victim services agencies.(GENERAL)
November 19, 2007... Approximately 400,000 victims of crime were assisted by 589 victim services agencies between April 1, 2005 and March 31, 2006, according to data from the Victim Services Survey, the Centre for Justice Statistics reports. Canada has 830 victim...

Survey of non-profit HR under way.(GENERAL)(human resource)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... The HR Council for the voluntary launched its first comprehensive survey of human resources issues among employers and employees in the voluntary and non-profit sector. The survey, conducted on behalf of the HR Council by Ipsos Reid, aims...

Ten groups selected to change Vancouver hotels to housing.(GENERAL)
November 19, 2007... Ten non-profit groups were selected to operate the 10 hotels in Vancouver that had been purchased by the British Columbia government earlier this year. The hotels in the Downtown Eastside had lodged low-income tenants in one of the poorest...

Manitoba developing comprehensive approach to ADHD.(GENERAL)
November 19, 2007... Manitoba has a new strategy for treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Healthy Living Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross announced that the province is allocating more than $738,000 in annual funding to develop a comprehensive,...