Community Action articles from October 2004

Community Action archives from October 2004

Road scholars.(Comments)(underemployed workers)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Skilled personnel are, or are expected to be, in short supply in Canada especially in the health care system. We are aware of immigrants to Canada who have high levels of education and training but are unable to use their skills in this...

TD Waterhouse foundation will vie with community foundations.(Private Giving Foundation)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- TD Waterhouse announced that it has established the Private Giving Foundation, the first endowment fund of its kind in Canada. It will compete with the members of Community Foundations of Canada. The TD appears likely to be the...

U.S. defence contactors bidding on AIDS drugs program for Africa.
October 25, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. defence industry is about to expand its portfolio from military hardware and infrastructure to bidding for contracts worth $7 billion to set up a supply-chain management system to distribute AIDS drugs in 15 African...

Yorktown Child & Family Centre wins Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh award.(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- Yorktown Child and Family Centre is this years winner of the Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Award. For its work with children at risk, the agency received $50,000 from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, the prize for a social agency in...

Yellowknife parole officer murdered.(Louise Pargeter)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... YELLOWKNIFE, NT -- Louise Pargeter, a parole officer with the Correctional Services of Canada lost her life in tragic circumstances. Her body was found in an apartment after a co-worker stated that she had failed to return from a home visit to...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
October 25, 2004... Oct. 29: Workshop: Creative interventions for troubled children and youth with Liana Lowenstein; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars, 416-964-1133 or www.leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 30: Workshop: Taming dragons: play therapy for anger...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
October 25, 2004... Nov. 12-15: International Conference on Ageing; Thrissur; Kerala, India; jananeethi @zyberway.com Nov. 13-17: National Conference on Correctional Health Care; New Orleans; ncchc@ncchc.org Nov. 19-23: Scientific Meeting: Gerontological...

Rape relief agency appeals court decision on transgendered dismissal.(Child, Family And Youth)(Vancouver Rape Relief Society)
October 25, 2004... VANCOUVER -- Two organizations are at odds over of a transgendered person in a human rights case. Egale a national organization that advocates for gay, bisexual and transsexual persons, has been granted intervenor status in an upcoming judicial...

Child abuse costs Canada 16 billion yearly, victims bear most of costs.(Child, Family And Youth)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Child abuse cost Canadian society almost $16 billion in 1998 at a minimum and the greatest costs of more than $13 billion were incurred by the individuals who were victims of abuse, says a recently released study called The Economic...

Youth incarceration at lowest rates in eight years.(Child, Family And Youth)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Canada's incarceration rate for youth aged 12 to 17 years dipped to its lowest point in eight years for 2002/03 with the vast majority or 90 per cent of those youth being on probation, according to a report in Juristat, a Statistics...

Alberta sets strategies for family violence and bullying.(Child, Family And Youth)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... EDMONTON -- The Government of Alberta has released a report outlining key areas for action arising from the Alberta Roundtable on Family Violence and Bullying. The roundtable report, Finding Solutions Together, was developed by government...

UNICEF report on child mortality grim.(Child, Family And Youth)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... UNICEF reports child mortality rates, measured by the number of children who die before the age of 5, have increased or stagnated in more than one third of sub-Saharan African countries. "It is incredible that in an age of technological and...

Thames Valley gets $3 million to grow.(Child, Family And Youth)(Thames Valley Children's Centre)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... LONDON -- The Thames Valley Children's Centre received $3 million in capital funding from the Ontario government to expand its facilities, Children and Youth Services Minister Marie Bountrogianni announced. The centre, which provides...

DNA tests required for refugee kids.(Child, Family And Youth)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Canada's attempts to prevent child trafficking by requiring DNA proof of relationship is causing delays in bringing children of some immigrants and refugees into Canada. When parents gain admission to Canada and apply to bring...

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.(Funding)(Welcome Home to Canada)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... 819-994-5559 Welcome Home to Canada project, Pier 21, Halifax: To help 12 young newcomers learn skills that will make it easier for them to enter the Canadian labour market. The project will provide participants with the opportunity to...

Schizophrenia prize in Alberta.(Funding)(Philip G. Tibbo)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... EDMONTON -- Dr. Philip G. Tibbo, the first winner of the $40,000 prize of Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation and the Schizophrenia Society of Canada Foundation and the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, Edmonton and Lethbridge chapters....

Trillium Foundation Ontario.(Funding)(Brief Article)(Public Notice)
October 25, 2004... 800-263-2887 Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Niagara District; Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Ontario Division. To better meet the needs of individuals in the Niagara District who are experiencing vision loss through...

National Crime Prevention Strategy.(Funding)(Public Notice)
October 25, 2004... Marieval Enterprise Center Inc. Building stronger communities. $50,000 Cowessess 306-696-2212 Metis Family & Community Justice Services Inc. "Empowering Our Future"--A Metis children's wellness conference. $26,250 Saskatoon (306) 242-6886...

$4.5 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.(Funding)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA -- Minister of International Cooperation Aileen Carroll, announced that Canada is committing $4.5 million to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Tanzania and make AIDS treatments more widely available. The announcement...

Voluntary groups hit with ever increasing insurance rates.(Charities)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Volunteer and non-profit organizations are being hit with ever increasing insurance premiums that threaten their ability to fulfill their mandates and diminish their returns from fundraising events and from funders, who don't take...

UK charities see insurance risk.(Charities)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... LONDON, UK -- Two thirds of UK non-profit and charity manager respondents identified fire/flood or major incident as a significant risk to their organization. However 18% of these did not have insurance against these risks. This was cited in...

Group offers directors insurance.(Charities)(Volunteer Canada)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Volunteer Canada announced that it is offering a Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance. Non-profit groups affiliated with Volunteer Canada are eligible for the insurance which offers discounted rates. The insurance aims to...

US charities hit by health care costs.(Charities)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... BALTIMORE -- Charities and other non-profits are paying a "silent tax" according to a report by Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies as part of its Nonprofit Listening Post Project. It indicates that U.S. nonprofit organizations are...

Canadians believe charities can do better than government, survey shows.(Charities)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... EDMONTON -- Charities not only understand the needs of Canadians better than government but also do a better job than government in meeting those needs and "should be expected to deliver the programs and services the government stops funding"...

Donated cars get a rough ride by U.S. Congress.(Charities)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The door has restricted opportunities for U.S. charities that rely on donations of cars from owners seeking tax write-offs. A little-noticed provision in a corporate tax bill approved in the Congress would sharply limit donors'...

211 Edmonton now ringing.(Charities)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... EDMONTON -- Community referral service is now available in this city through the 211 telephone number. The number has be available in Toronto for more than two years. It is expected in Calgary in January. 211 Edmonton is a joint community...

Manitoba funds UW costs again.(Shelter)(United Ways of Winnipeg)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government continued with its support of the United Ways of Winnipeg with a $2.4 million grant. The contribution is for administration costs the agency. It enables the UW to provide more money raised annually to the...

Salvation Army sets new Toronto shelter.(Shelter)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- The Salvation Army broke ground for the construction of its "City Core Project" and all three orders of government dug in their shovels to celebrate the start. When completed, the building will be a seven-storey structure with...

Re-use building for refugee housing.(Shelter)(Winnipeg, Manitoba)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... WINNIPEG -- A four storey inner-city structure will be converted into transitional housing for refugees and immigrants. The building, the former home of drug dealers and pigeons, will be transformed into transitional housing. More than $1...

Public housing razed for rebuilding.(Shelter)(Don Mount)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- Demolition of Don Mount Court began and marks the beginning of the first major redevelopment of social housing in Toronto. Rebuilt Don Mount will he a mix of subsidized and market housing. The redevelopment will replace the...

Publications.(Bibliography)
October 25, 2004... 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 25, 2004... Baycrest Bulletin, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, September 2004 Canadian Social Trends, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Autumn 2004 CPCViewpoint, Canadian Pensioners Concerned Ontario Division, Toronto, September 2004 In...

CD ROM.(Partnerships in Action)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Partnerships in Action for professionals in the fields of health, justice, education and social services who work closely with street-involved young people. Family Services and Housing, Manitoba.

Ontario expands autism services and supports.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- "We are moving from a system that focused on the most severe cases to one that is more universal," claimed Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Dr. Marie Bountrogianni. Beginning this fall, new supports for families of...

International cooperation agreed by speech-language pathologists.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... BIRSBANE, AUSTRALIA -- The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists has joined an agreement with professional associations in Australia. United Kingdom and the United States, for recognition of certified...

Nova Scotia introduces reforms to mental health legislation.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Government has introduced legislation aimed at reforming the province's mental health laws, the first reforms in 30 years. Health Minister Angus MacIsaac says the proposed act will provide the legal framework for...

Mixed neighborhoods better for low-income health.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Low income people report somewhat better health if they share their neighborhoods with more affluent and better educated individuals, according to a Statistic Canada report, Neighbourhood Inequality, Relative Deprivation and...

Ontario government stops CCAC contract bidding while Caplan reviews.(Health And Long Term Care)(Community Care Access Centres, Elinor Caplan)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government has put a stop to any new requests for proposals while its appointee, Elinor Caplan, conducts an independent review of the competitive bidding process used by Community Care Access Centres. The bidding...

Ontario expands autism services and supports.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- "We are moving from a system that focused on the most severe cases to one that is more universal," claimed Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services Dr. Marie Bountrogianni: Beginning this fall, new supports for families of...

Yukon tests telecounselling in remote community.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... WHITEHORSE -- The residents of Watson Lake are now able to access alcohol and drug counselling weekly via a new telehealth program announced today by Health and Social Services Minister Peter Jenkins. The six-month pilot project will link...

Pilot tests home telehealth diabetes management.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, in partnership with Etobicoke and York Community Care Access Centre, is testing a new home telehealth diabetes management pilot project. Using a tiny monitor that connects...

CFTC sends medicines to Haiti.(Health And Long Term Care)(Canadian Feed The Children)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- Canadian Feed The Children is sending $1 million worth of medicine to Haiti to treat and prevent outbreaks of deadly waterborne disease resulting from contaminated water and flooded latrines. The medicines will be distributed to...

CIDA-backed clinic opens in Tanzania.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA -- Canada's Minister for International Cooperation, Aileen Carroll, opened a brand--new clinic of Marie Stopes Tanzania. The Canadian international Development Agency supports Marie Stopes Tanzania's activities, which...

Poverty projects funded in Tanzania.(General)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA -- Minister of International Cooperation Aileen Carroll announced that $1.7 million to the Tanzania Financial Sector Deepening Programme Trust Fund a fund supports poverty reduction by pooling donor contributions to give...

Cotler introduces reforms of law on persons not criminally responsible.(General)(Irwin Cotler)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... OTTAWA -- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Irwin Cotler introduced new legislation to reform laws and procedures that govern people who are found unfit to stand trial or not criminally responsible on account of mental...

Welfare applicants no longer required to cash RESPs.(General)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government is ending a rule that requires social assistance applicants to liquidate their registered education savings plans. Community and Social Services Minister Sandra Pupatello called it a "a dumb rule". The change...

Ontario court upholds decision on alcohol addiction as a disability.(General)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... TORONTO -- Ontario's Social Benefits Tribunal has the jurisdiction to decide questions of law, including whether sections of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act infringe upon the Human Rights Code, Justice J. A. Weiler of the Ontario...

Take the MD's out of the taxis to end shortage, Dosanjh proposes.(General)(Ujjal Dosanjh)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... CALGARY -- Take foreign trained doctors out of the taxis and put them into the hospitals? Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh says that at least one thousand doctors trained in other parts of the world are residing in Canada but not...

Hospice of Peel..(Appointments)(Pauline Hopwood)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Pauline Hopwood, Director of Fund Development, Hospice of Peel.

Cancer Care Ontario.(Appointments)(Terence Sullivan)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2004... Terence Sullivan, President and CEO, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto.