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Once Again Canada Misses the Mark [Child Poverty]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
CASW-ACTS / CCRC-CCDE – News Release – Once Again Canada Misses the Mark
For Immediate Release December 10, 2008
The gap is growing between Canada’s international commitments to uphold human rights and our country’s failure to live up to those promises.
Within Canada, the impact of this gap is glaringly obvious. Almost one child out of every nine still lives in poverty, 704,414 individuals turn to food banks in an average month, and life expectancy among First Nations populations is still five to seven years below the national average.
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Shining spotlight on the neediest
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Shining spotlight on the neediest
December 09, 2008
The vast majority of alcohol, drug and gambling addicts aren’t getting the help they need. Half the people in hospitals with mental illness could be released if only community supports were available. Funding for special education in schools has gone up more than 50 per cent, but only 5 per cent more children are enrolled in the programs.
Auditor General Jim McCarter’s report, released yesterday, paints a grim picture of a province that is failing some of its neediest citizens.
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Parents seek controversial homegrown program [for Learning Disabilities]
Monday, December 8th, 2008
TheStar.com – Living/ParentCentral.ca – Parents seek controversial homegrown program
December 08, 2008. Andrea Gordon, Family Issues Reporter
Toronto’s two public school boards will this week hear from parents who want them to offer a unique made-in-Canada program for children with learning disabilities.
The Toronto District School Board will be asked tonight to introduce the Arrowsmith program in a pilot project. At a meeting on Wednesday, the Catholic board, which launched Arrowsmith 10 years ago and is reviewing it, will hear from anxious families urging them to continue.
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Too many gaps in poverty plan, advocates say
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario/ParentCentral.ca – Too many gaps in poverty plan, advocates say
December 07, 2008. Tanya Talaga, Queen’s Park Bureau
Ontario’s $1.4 billion anti-poverty strategy must take a hard look at the “colour of poverty” and include indicators used to measure who is poor that are broken down by race, gender and disability, some advocates say.
Ontario’s ambitious poverty reduction strategy, released Thursday, aims to cut child poverty by 25 per cent in five years.
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A look at the expectations and outcomes of key issues highlighted in Ontario’s new anti-poverty plan
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Toronto Star – GTA/Social Justice – AT A GLANCE: A look at the expectations and outcomes of key issues highlighted in Ontario’s new anti-poverty plan
December 5, 2008. Noor Javed, Tanya Talaga, Laurie Monsebraaten
EMPLOYMENT
Advocates of low-income workers have long pushed for better protection of temporary employment workers, beefed-up enforcement of Ontario’s employment standards and the hiring of 100 more employment inspectors.
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‘First step’ on poverty draws praise
Friday, December 5th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario/GTA – ‘First step’ on poverty draws praise
December 05, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Tanya Talaga, Staff Reporters
Anti-poverty activists are cheering Ontario’s ambitious $1.4 billion plan to cut child poverty by 25 per cent in five years, but vow to ensure the Liberal government lives up to its promise.
“This is a fundamental first step that should be applauded. We should say: Congratulations. Thank you. Now let’s get down to implementing it,” said Toronto United Way President Frances Lankin.
That may be easier said than done.
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Two cheers for anti-poverty plan
Friday, December 5th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Two cheers for anti-poverty plan
December 05, 2008
Children raised in poverty aren’t as healthy and don’t do as well in school as other kids. They’re more likely to be involved in crime, be underemployed and start their own families when they’re still young – beginning the cycle all over again.
Ontario has taken a vital step toward breaking that cycle with a focused poverty reduction strategy. Announced yesterday, it seeks to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent within 5 years. That mean 90,000 children and their families would escape poverty.
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Poverty Plan Lays Foundation For Action
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Poverty Watch Ontario – News Release – Poverty Plan Lays Foundation For Action
Posted: 04 Dec 2008. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO – Ontario is on track to becoming a leader in poverty reduction in a plan that is not only crucial to the province’s economic recovery but is also the right thing to do, says the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction.
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Poverty affects way brain works, study suggests
Friday, December 5th, 2008
TheGlobeandMail.com – Science – Poverty affects way brain works, study suggests
December 4, 2008. The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — A B.C. pediatrician has co-authored a new study that researchers believe shows that the brains of children from low-income backgrounds function differently from the brains of kids from high-income environments.
Tom Boyce, who serves as the B.C. Leadership Chair of Child Development at the University of British Columbia, said the study found certain deficits in the functioning of the prefrontal cortex in kids from low-income environments.
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Working to break the poverty cycle
Friday, December 5th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/Worth Repeating – Working to break the poverty cycle
December 4, 2008
The following is excerpted from Breaking the Cycle, the provincial government’s poverty reduction strategy, which was released yesterday:
We can break the cycle of poverty. That’s the conviction that sits at the heart of Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
We all agree that the moral imperative for reducing poverty is clear: children should have the opportunity to succeed in life, and people facing challenges should be given the tools they need to get ahead.
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