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Focus on the at-risk
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion/editorial –
November 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM EST
It would be a shame if the useful and groundbreaking elements in a massive new report on youth violence commissioned by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty were dismissed too quickly because that report bears an unfortunate tinge of political correctness.
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Drugged-out seniors a prescription for disaster
TheStar.com – Atkinson 2008 – Drugged-out seniors a prescription for disaster
November 11, 2008. Judy Steed. Special to the Star
THE SERIES
Toronto journalist Judy Steed has been writing about social issues for 30 years. Last fall, she embarked on a one-year project to document the most pressing policy implications of our aging society as part of the 2008 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. She has visited dozens of nursing homes and interviewed hundreds of health-care workers, policy-makers and seniors to present this weeklong portrait.
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Too many patients, too few doctors [geriatricians needed to treat an aging population]
TheStar.com – Atkinson 2008 – Too many patients, too few doctors: Canada’s health-care system has just 216 geriatricians, one-fifth of those needed to treat an aging population
November 10, 2008. Judy Steed. Special to the Star
THE SERIES
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Education at root of a just society
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Education at root of a just society
November 05, 2008
Re:Taking charge of the future, Oct. 31
Kudos to Annie Kidder, executive director of People for Education. Through the media, she has focused the attention of Ontario citizens on the fact that education is the foundation of a civil society – that education is to lead society.
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Single system for child care encouraged
TheStar.com – Ontario/parentcentral.ca – Single system for child care encouraged
Full-day learning plan will help, group says
November 4, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTER
The province’s plan to introduce full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starting in 2010 is a perfect opportunity for Ontario to turn its patchwork of child-care services into a single system run by the education ministry, says a coalition representing child-care workers and elementary school teachers.
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Judge rips lawyers over excessive fees
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Judge rips lawyers over excessive fees
November 3, 2008. KIRK MAKIN
An Ontario judge has blasted the legal profession for running up excessive, unjustified bills that cause the ruination of ordinary people.
Ruling on a long-running matrimonial case, Mr. Justice Donald S. Ferguson of the Ontario Superior Court said it illustrated much of what ails the court system – foolishly litigious clients and gouging lawyers and experts.
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Taking charge of the future [Education]
TheStar.com – Opinion – Taking charge of the future: This country depends more on what happens in our schools than what happens in our banks
October 31, 2008. Annie Kidder
What is the role of schools in creating the Canada we want?
It’s time to start thinking about what kind of country we want to live in.
That was the message of a forum this week sponsored by the Canadian Education Association and People for Education.
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