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Publication Date: 2006
The primary objective of this research is to expand our knowledge of the experiences of immigrant women at risk of homelessness with a view to identifying effective strategies for empowering and supporting these same women to reduce the risk of domestic violence and homelessness.
Publication Date: 2002
this section of the report, children's development in four main areas is reviewed in relation to their family incomes: behaviour, health, learning, and cultural and recreational participation.
Publication Date: 2002
A ranking of Canada, the United States and Sweden in terms of the Indicators of Social Development: Income and Poverty, Jobs, Employment Security, Social Supports, Health, Crime, Education and Civic Participation. Using the Olympic model, it ranks those three countries on 25 different social indicators in those eight categories, and then analyses the findings. Sweden: 20 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze, Canada: 4 gold, 19 silver, and 2 bronze, U.S.A: 2...
Publication Date: 2003
This report offers statistics on the medical expense tax credit and medication for persons with disabilities. Also provides statistics on difficulties that persons with disabilities experience with local transit, as well as more information on children with special needs and their school experiences. Less than one-quarter of persons with disabilities reported that they had claimed the medical expense tax credit, and of those who had submitted a c...
Publication Date: 2000
A research report from the Canadian Council on Social Development © 2000. This report examines the language abilities, countries of origin, lifestyles and labour force participation of recent immigrants to Canada aged 12 to 24. Also examined are the community supports available to recent immigrants to help them adjust to life in Canada.
Publication Date: 2003
Looks at the 2001 census figures on Income, which show the increasing polarization of income, and the stability of child poverty rates, which remained essentially the same since 1989, despite a House of Commons resolution to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. Shows problems with Canadian social policy, and the fact that low-income families are earning less than they did in the 1996 census. The number of Canadians living in poverty has incr...
Publication Date: 2001
Unlike the US and some other countries, Canada has no official 'poverty line', not least because popular and expert opinion alike clashes on whether and to what extent low income should be defined in absolute terms (inability to meet basic needs) or in relative terms (distance from the community norm.) However, there is very active public interest in the changing fortunes of those at the bottom end of the income distribution. This reflects ethica...
Publication Date: 2003
Contrary to claims of "welfare reform" and "the children's agenda," welfare-to-work initiatives fall short of improving the lives of poor families with young children. The guiding values of these policy initiatives imply a reduction in poverty through "reduced dependency," "increased self sufficiency," and "a hand up rather than a hand out." These values hav...
Publication Date: 2003
The multi-service neighbourhood centre, St. Christopher House, has worked with a social policy expert and diverse low-income community members to develop and test the idea of a Registered Development Savings Plan (RDSP): a designated savings accounts for social assistance recipients to accumulate assets and save for important life goals including obtaining work, education, training, and home ownership. St. Christopher House’s concern about inco...
Publication Date: 2003
This webpage from the Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference 2003 website is an abstract of a paper written by Danna Wilson on the links between health, social inclusion/exclusion and neighbourhood or community belonging.
Publication Date: 2001
There has been a great deal of interest recently in Canada regarding children who face special needs as a result of a physical, emotional, intellectual or learning disability. Researchers and Canadian groups that advocate on behalf of children and youth with disabilities have been attempting to determine how many children live with special needs, and what impact this has on their ability to participate fully in society.