Community Action articles from September 2004

Community Action archives from September 2004

Cairo: 10 years later.(Comments)(International Conference on Population and Development)
September 20, 2004... Ten years ago experts worried about a looming demographic catastrophe. In 1994 the International Conference on Population and Development convened in Cairo and changed the way that world leaders think about population issues, substituting a...

Canada's emerging skills shortage: aging is not the only reason.
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- The aging of Canada's population is not the only reason for Canada's emerging skills shortage, a Canadian Policy and Research Networks report argues. Canadian policy makers and employers need to view future skill shortages in the...

U.K. strengthening its code on recruitment in developing countries.
September 20, 2004... LONDON -- "We are determined not to destabilize the healthcare system of developing countries. The NHS is expanding, but we're not going to do that at the expense of other countries", Health Minister John Hutton said after the the United...

Kirby-Keon competition proposals draw supporters and critics.(Michael Kirby, Dr. Wilbert Keon )
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- Senators Michael Kirby and Dr. Wilbert Keon competition among sellers of health care services has met with strong and mixed responses among health care advocates. The argument is found in a paper, Why Competition is Essential in the...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
September 20, 2004... Sept. 23: Workshop: Diagnosis & treatment of sexual issues: counter-intuitive approaches with Marty Klein; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 416-964-1133 or www.leadingedgeseminars.org Oct. 1: Workshop: Creative interventions for troubled...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
September 20, 2004... Aug. 24-27: International Conference: Human Services Information Technology Application; Hong Kong; www.hkcss.org.hk/husita7 Aug. 25-28: European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour; Copenhagen; National Committee on the Prevention...

"Dysfunctional patchwork" will thwart impact of federal day care funding.(Child & Family)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- Federal funding of up to $1 billion in the next five years for Ontario's early childhood development and learning will do nothing to expand access to early childhood programs nor will it improve the quality unless the provincial...

More NB families eligible for day care assistance.(Child & Family)(New Brunswick)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... FREDERICTON -- More New Brunswick parents will be eligible for funding under the Day Care Assistance Program to access affordable and quality child care. The family income threshold for a full day care subsidy has been raised from $15,000...

Ontario retreats from appealing spouse-in-the-house decision.(Child & Family)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- After nine years single women on welfare can breathe a sigh of relief! The Ontario government decided not to appeal an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on the Falkiner case, eliminating the so-called "spouse in the house" rule whereby...

Manitoba sets heathy kids panel.(Child & Family)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WINNIPEG -- The Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Task Force chaired by MLA Theresa Oswald will tour Manitoba to obtain their views on how to keep children and youth active and healthy now and into their adult lives. The all-party task force...

B.C. funds community justice.(Child & Family)(British Columbia)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... VICTORIA -- Seventy seven community justice programs across B.C. will be funded from $425,000 in provincial grants that help youth involved in minor crimes make restitution and reduce the likelihood of repeat offences, announced Christy Clark,...

African child smuggler arrested.(Child & Family)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE -- Three people have been arrested and charged with smuggling 29 children to the United States for adoption, say police in Sierra Leone. According to a BBC report the suspects were former local aid agency employees who...

"Miracle babies" or baby trafficking?(Child & Family)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... LONDON -- Reports of "miracle babies" born to childless couples in Britain is causing concern over what may be a baby trafficking scheme promoted by a rapidly growing church group. The women travel to Kenya to "give birth". Church of...

UK plans to track criminals' kids.(Child & Family)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... LONDON, U.K. -- The British government is considering plans to monitor the children of offenders and offer support to ensure they do not follow their parents into a life of crime. Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said around 65% of the...

Ontario Community Accessability Program.(Funding)(Parry Sound Health Centre)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... 416-325-6207 Parry Sound Health Centre will develop and produce a 'best practice' implementation model, template tool and guide sheets for Ontario healthcare institutions that will assist them in meeting their obligations to develop...

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.(Funding)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... 819-994-5559 The Affirmative Industry Association of Nova Scotia. To provide employment assistance services to 24 persons with disabilities and barriers to employment in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The project will help the...

Trillium Foundation Ontario.(Funding)
September 20, 2004... 800-263-2887 Women's Information and Support Centre of Halton. To enable the organization to better support the needs of Halton-area women by undertaking a strategic organizational review. $8,000 Over 10 months. Affiliated Services for...

National Homelessness Initiative.(Funding)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... 819-953-5646 Reseau des Petites Avenues, Montreal. Partly, to purchase land and build low-rent housing for 28 homeless individuals; and the remainder to cover expenses associated with offering support and assistance to residents and...

National Crime Prevention Strategy.(Funding)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Gambo Crime Prevention Committee. In Play--Identifying needs, parents learning about youth. $4,250 Gambo. Gay & Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon Inc. Saving our youth, building safe environments. Saskatoon. $47,500 306-665-1224 ...

Supporting your staff: what to look for in benefit plans.(Options)
September 20, 2004... Working in the voluntary sector, will be beyond doubt, the most satisfying and rewarding employment, you will ever have. Despite the hard work, long hours, limited staff and humble compensation, working for a community-based organization, is...

Quebec introduces new child tax credit.(Income Security)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... QUEBEC, PC -- Quebec will introduce a new refundable tax credit for child assistance in January 2005. The tax credit will be paid directly to families and will have two components: a child assistance payment and a supplement for handicapped...

Ottawa offers $500,000 funding for job projects.(Income Security)(Department of Human Resources and Skills Development)
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is accepting funding applications from organizations interested in obtaining projects valued at or above $500,000 to provide: * Employment Services to unemployed persons in the...

Ontario may end mandatory retirement.(Income Security)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government will be holding public consultations on how to end mandatory retirement to give Ontario workers the right to choose when to retire, Labour Minister Chris Bentley announced. "Ontarians are healthier and...

Raise U.S. retirement age, cut medicare benefits Greenspan says.(Income Security)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING -- "If we have promised more than our economy has the ability to deliver to retirees, we must recalibrate our public programs so that pending retirees have time to adjust," Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told a...

Singapore tries to boost birth rate.(Income Security)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... SINGAPORE -- Faced with an alarming fall in its birth rate Singapore announced a S$300 million (C$229 million) to boost its birth rate and reverse the rapid ageing of the population. Measures include bigger housing grants to encourage...

Howard House B.C. gets scrutiny of inquiry board.(Justice)(British Columbia, Eric Fish)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- The murder charges against an offender housed in the Howard House in Vernon B.C. has brought a decision to close down the half-way house and the establishment of a special inquiry. The Correctional Service of Canada and the...

Delays in pardons process affects job prospects.(Justice)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- The National Parole Board refuses almost a third of the applications for pardon mainly because of incomplete paper work errors or ineligibility, according to the National Parole Board Performance Monitoring Report. Many...

Mission BC mountie recognized for youth justice work.(Justice)(Brian Foote, British Columbia)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... VANCOUVER -- Corporal Brian Foote of the RCMP'S Mission Detachment in British Columbia was awarded the Minister of Justice National Youth Policing Award. The announcement by Justice Minister Irwin Cotler describes Foote as "the driving force...

Yonge Street Mission: 100 years.(General)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- The Yonge Street Mission, now called Evergreen Centre for Street Youth, marks its 100th anniversary. Starting as a "Gospel Wagon" providing material aid to poor families, Evergreen has five sites in the downtown area, offering...

U.K. plans to track criminal's kids.(General)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... LONDON, U.K. -- The British government is considering plans to monitor the children of offenders and offer support to ensure they do not follow their parents into a life of crime. Home Office minister Hazel Blears said around 65% of the...

Publications.
September 20, 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.(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Communicate, Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Spring-Summer 2004 Listening For Direction II, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research,...

Last 3 Ontario institutions for development disability will close.(Health)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government announced that it will be closing the last three remaining residential institutions for adults with a developmental disability by March 31, 2009. At the same time Minister of Community and Social Services...

Hydra House funding over and clients transferred.(Health)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WINNIPEG -- Provincially-funded clients of Hyda House, a privately owned addictions treatment agency, are being transferred to other facilities, Family Services and Housing Minister Christine Melnick announced. Since the Auditor General's...

Telephone program improves anti-depression treatments.(Health)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... SEATTLE -- For primary care patients beginning antidepressant treatment, a telephone program integrating care management and structured cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy can significantly improve satisfaction and clinical outcomes according to...

Expanded medical training not likely to increase supply of FP care.(Health)(family practioners)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WINNIPEG -- Will expanded medical schools increase the supply of care by family practioners? A study at the Manitoba Health Centre suggests that it will not. According to a study reported in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association...

B.C. opens northern medical training.(Health)(British Columbia, Northern Health Sciences Centre)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... PRINCE GEORGE -- British Columbia's new Northern Health Sciences Centre will train medical students to serve northern and rural communities. The new northern medical program is part of the the provincial government's Rural and Northern...

Ontario team to cut wait time.(Health)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government plans to reduce wait times and bring health services closer to communities. To coordinate and implement changes to the system, health and long-term care minister George Smitherman announced the creation of...

Low income get fewer CRC exams.(Health)(colorectal screening examinations)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... OTTAWA -- Higher income people are more likely to have colorectal screening examinations in Ontario, according to a report in the August Canadian Medical Association Journal. Only one-fifth of people in the screening-eligible age (50 to 79...

Humber supports students in RNAO.(Health)(Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... TORONTO -- Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning now subsidizes student membership in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario for all of its full-time students--more than 700--bringing the total number of student...

Man. treats more crack cocaine.(Health)(Addictions Foundation of Manitoba)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WINNIPEG -- An increasing number of crack cocaine addists are being treated by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba The Foundation reports that in 1999, 35 per cent of people the foundation treated reported they used cocaine or crack...

Manitoba covers ostomy supplies.(Health)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... The province will eliminate the co-payment on ostomy supplies and equipment used by chronic and acute care patients in their homes, Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau announced today. Currently, patients must make a co-payment of 50 per cent...

Agency sued for murder by staff.(Positions Available)(Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... WINNIPEG -- he Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of an 11-year-old boy strangled in the basement of the building. Thomas Santiago McEvoy--who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder--is also named in the...

Habitat for Humanity.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Donna Hicks, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, National Capital Region, Ottawa.

Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Richard A. Kaufman, Executive Director, Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, Toronto.

Adult Protective Service Worker.(Appointments)(Woodgreen Community Services)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Janine Kissner, Adult Protective Service Worker, Woodgreen Community Services, Toronto.

Toronto Training Board.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Karen Lior, Executive Director, Toronto Training Board.

West Toronto Support Services.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 20, 2004... Anne Lotz-Turner, Executive Director, West Toronto Support Services, Toronto.

In passing.(Henry Enns, Tanis Doe, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 20, 2004... Henry Enns: Executive Director of the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies; played a leading role in international organizations for persons with disabilities. Died in Sri Lanka while on a CCDS research project for the Asian Development Bank....