Community Action articles from October 2003

Community Action archives from October 2003

McGinty's strange ideas.(Comments)
October 27, 2003... New Ontario Premier Dalton McGinty did some strange things during the recent elections. For one, he talked about raising the welfare rates. This would be the first time in seven years. Why is this strange? Improved social assistance rates are...

CCRA guidelines on advocacy too restrictive, national groups say.(Comments)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- "Canadians expect charities to speak out on issues such as the environment, poverty or health care," Gordon Floyd of the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy said in reaction to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency's new guidelines on...

BC sets Canada's first time limit on welfare, more homeless critics say.(Comments)
October 27, 2003... VICTORIA -- The B.C. government has legislated Canada's first time limit. Anyone who has received social assistance for two years will lose their welfare benefits if they have not found a job by April 2004. The limit is part of the...

Free heroin planned for 2nd Vancouver injection site.(Comments)
October 27, 2003... VANCOUVER -- Vancouver may have a second drug injection sit but with a difference. If it gets the go ahead from the City and Health Canada, it will supply free heroin for injection purposes. Discussions are being held with the residents of...

Atkinson award to The Gatehouse.
October 27, 2003... TORONTO -- The Gatehouse, a Toronto support center that provides a safe and comfortable setting for criminal investigations to take place received the Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh award. The $50,000 award, the largest of its kind in Canada, is...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
October 27, 2003... Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Scientific and Education Meeting; Canadian Association of Gerontology; Toronto, info@cagacg.ca Nov 1-2: Workshop: Keeping your soul alive: spiritual, personal and professional renewal with Bill O'Hanlon; Leading Edge...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
October 27, 2003... Nov. 2-5: B1ackbaud's Conference on Philanthropy; Charleston, SC.; 1.800.468.8996 Dec. 4-6: International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence, Washington, [E] laurenp@asaging.org Jan. 13-17: World Congress, World...

Higher education no barrier to low income status for lone parents.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Higher education is no guarantee of avoiding low income for single mothers, says a study on lone parents produced by Human Resources Development Canada. A higher level of education is associated with higher earnings and a lower chance...

Teen-age gambling on the rise.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... MONTREAL -- Gambling among children and adolescents in the western world, including Canada, is on the rise with about 80 per cent of high school students saying their have gambled for money during the past year says a recent report on Youth...

Language, cognitive development for hyperactivity needs--Abbotsford study.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... ABBOTSFORD, BC -- Young children in Abbotsford show signs of positive development and preparedness for learning at school when there is strong social support within the community. However, certain needs have to be addressed according to a study...

Casino impact: as family income rises, child mental health improves.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... The arrival of a casino at an American Indian reservation gave Duke University researchers an opportunity to test the relationship between poverty and psychopathology. The research team set out to examine the competing theories of Social...

N. S. bill enables palliative care leave.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... HALIFAX -- The Compassionate Care Bill, introduced in the Nova Scotia legislature, will amend the Labour Standards Code to provide up to eight weeks of unpaid leave to employees who wish to provide palliative care to a parent, child or spouse....

First high school child care in Sask.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK -- The Sakewew High School Child Care Centre is the first of its kind in Saskatchewan and has been identified as a model for potential future child care facilities within high schools. The federal government is...

Wages of recent immigrants.(Child & Family)
October 27, 2003... Wages of recent immigrants: Despite a massive increase in their educational attainment, recent immigrant men employed on a full-year, full-time basis saw their real earnings fall 7% on average from 1980 to 2000, according to a Statscan study....

Canadian International Development Agency.(Funding)
October 27, 2003... info@acdi-cida.gc.ca UNICEF: for a three-year initiative to help rebuild Iraq's social sector, including initiatives that focus on reducing maternal and infant mortality, child protection, enhancing basic education for disadvantaged...

Wild Rose Foundation.(Funding)
October 27, 2003... 780-619-0369 Wainwright Youth Initiatives Society. Toward coordination of the youth centre operations and programs over two years to increase youth knowledge of daily living skills and community involvement and to improve competency...

Trillium Foundation Ontario.(Funding)
October 27, 2003... 800-263-2887 Open Arms Mission Welland. To support the Whole Milk Program, assisting children in acquiring proper nutrition in their diet. $22,500 over three years. The Re-victimization Prevention Project c/o Welland District...

Canadian International Development Agency.(Funding)
October 27, 2003... 819-953-6534 Jamaican Self-Help, Toronto: to aid in improving academic standings of young students and enhancing employment opportunities for youth, and teach community members about the health issues of HIV/AIDS, safe sex practices and...

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.(Funding)
October 27, 2003... 613-992-0691 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships Athabasca University Burden, Donna L.M. Impact of cultural treatment programs on reducing recidivism for Aboriginal offenders. 1 year $17,500. The University of Lethbridge ...

Funders want more evaluations but not ready to pay the cost.(Voluntary Sector)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Voluntary sector funders are demanding more and more that those organizations evaluate programs and services, but have not increased their financial support of the sector says a report from the Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research...

NB starts on a person-centred, flexible approach to persons with disabilities.(General)
October 27, 2003... FREDERICTON -- The New Brunswick government announced the establishment of pilot projects and a person-centred approach to persons with disabilities to reflect the principles underlying the final report of the N.B. Disability Framework Working...

Non-reserve aboriginals making gains, statscan reports.(General)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Gains are being made, in the health status of young Aboriginal people not resident on reserves. A Statistics Canada's first report on Canada's non-reserve Aboriginal population indicates the they face ongoing challenges in health,...

Workopolis and CCRW set website.(General)
October 27, 2003... TORONTO -- Workopolis, a website for recruitment and job search, in collaboration with the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work will provide a website to assist job seekers with disabilities in finding employment opportunities on-line,...

1st generation Canadians are 23%.(General)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Not since 1931 has the proportion of people born outside the country been so high. According to Statistics Canada's The Ethnic Diversity Survey in 2002, almost one-quarter (23%) of Canada's population aged 15 and over, or 5.3 million...

Publications.
October 27, 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.
October 27, 2003... at work, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Fall 2003 Canadian Social Trends, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Autumn 2003 CMHEI, Community Mental Health Evaluation Initiative, Community Mental Health Association, Ontario, Summer 2003...

Not enough support of consumer role in mental health services, Hamilton report.(Health)
October 27, 2003... HAMILTON -- Mental health services may have to end the involvement of consumers and families, if increases to their base budgets are not approved, says a report from the Hamilton District Health Council. The Council's report, Consumer and...

Ontario judges ease restrictions on medical marijuana.(Health)
October 27, 2003... TORONTO -- Forcing seriously ill law-abiding citizens to buy pot on the streets is "a dehumanizing and humiliating experience", said three justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal as they declared federal laws governing the use and growing of...

Health care spending rising faster than economic growth, OECD reports.(Health)
October 27, 2003... Oslo -- Canada along with most OECD countries spent more on health care in 2000 and 2001 than in the 1990's and this spending is outpacing economic growth in those countries forcing them to find new funds or passing larger shares of the costs...

Armed forces ombud calls for care of PSTD patients when staff changes.(Health)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Military ombudsman Andre Marin called on the Canadian Forces to do a better job of ensuring patient care when caregiver staffing changes are made. The question arose because of the closing of the Halifax Operational Trauma and Stress...

Pay equity pact raises most Sask. health workers by 13%, but some get lower pay.(Health)
October 27, 2003... SASKATOON -- Health-care workers in Saskatchewan will receive pay increases of more than 13 per cent over the next several years as a result of a pay equity settlement between unions and employers. However, not all of the 25,000 health-care...

Diabetes risk is high-U.S. report.(Health)
October 27, 2003... For individuals born in the United States in 2000, the life-time probability of being diagnosed with diabetes mellitus is substantial, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Oct. 8, 2003). Primary...

AIDS drugs to 3 million by 2005.(Health)
October 27, 2003... The World Health Organization plans to provide antiretroviral drugs to 3 million people, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa, by 2005, four times the number of people to be covered under all existing programs, the New York Times reported. ...

Long time aid worker killed.(Health)
October 27, 2003... MOGADISHU, SOMALIA -- Annalena Tonelli, 60, an Italian aid worker who dedicated 33 years of her life to helping Somalis was shot and killed outside the hospital she founded to treat tuberculosis patients. She was planning for the dedication...

Gary Cameron, Lyle S. Hallman chair in child and family welfare.(Appointments)
October 27, 2003... Gary Cameron, Lyle S. Hallman Chair in Child and Family Welfare, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo on.

Wyn Chivers, national executive director.(Appointments)
October 27, 2003... Wyn Chivers, National Executive Director, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, Toronto.

Dr. Michelle Owen, royal bank research chair in disability studies.(Appointments)
October 27, 2003... Dr. Michelle Owen, Royal Bank Research Chair in Disability Studies, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies, Winnipeg.

Cassandra Phillips, executive director.(Appointments)
October 27, 2003... Cassandra Phillips, Executive Director, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies, Winnipeg.

Bernie Sutton Robertson, director of marketing.(Appointments)
October 27, 2003... Bernie Sutton Robertson, Director of Marketing, United Way of York Region, Markham on.

Need federal leadership on aging issues, advisory council gives government poor marks.(Health)
October 27, 2003... OTTAWA -- Without real federal leadership "the needs of many seniors today will remain unmet and Canada will be ill-prepared when the growth in the seniors' population accelerates eight years from now", the National Advisory Council on Aging...

Slum dwellers likely to double by 2030, UN habitat report.(Health)
October 27, 2003... NEW YORK -- One out of every six people in the world lives in a slum, and the total number could double to 2 billion by 2030. A report issued by the United Nations Human Settlements Program says. The Slum Challenge." Global Report on Human...

Shuttered since 1997 hospital reopening as a walk-in facility.(Health)
October 27, 2003... TORONTO -- The shuttered former Central Hospital Toronto will be reopened as the Sherbourne Health Centre in 2005. Operating 24-hours per day, it will be a walk-in outpatient facility designed to relieve pressures on downtown Toronto hospital...