Archive for the ‘Inclusion Delivery System’ Category
« Older Entries | Newer Entries »
A wise approach on immigration
It starts by increasing Canada’s immigration target just a bit next year to 310,000, then to 330,000 in 2019 and 340,000 in 2020… The government needs to follow through with concrete measures to attract well-educated, well-motivated people to Canada. It has already taken positive steps in this direction by streamlining visa applications and work permits for high-demand international employees. Immigration has always been key to Canada’s success.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Housing to Health helps clients turn place to live into a home
Housing to Health (H2H), the first housing initiative in York Region that aims to secure housing for the chronically homeless… succeeded in housing 30 of its hardest to house community members… H2H focuses mainly on ensuring participants remain housed. “We try to wrap supports around the individual” … given that many participants have a history of trauma, addiction, and mental health struggles, “we try to help maintain a good relationship,”
Tags: homelessness, housing, mental Health, participation, poverty
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | 1 Comment »
The road out of poverty starts with care
The community benefit agreement has been established to help young people, a concept endorsed by all three levels of government, Zanotti said. “This partnership … is ensuring through policy at Queen’s Park that 10 per cent of apprentices hired through Crosstown are young people from our priority neighbourhoods who are facing multiple barriers, youth who might need that first job, or need to complete their education. This will be the new model of public investments.”
Tags: featured, participation, poverty, youth
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Poverty-law lawyer Vince Calderhead’s mission to change the justice system
Mr. Calderhead, 63, is a social justice litigator who has spent more than 30 years working on behalf of the poor as a legal-aid staffer in Nova Scotia. He is nationally renowned for his unique approach to poverty law – an approach that for years has centred on pressing courts to strike down legislation that violates the protections he sees impoverished people as entitled to under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Tags: disabilities, economy, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Unpacking the Social Innovation Strategies of Canadian Foundations
the social innovation behaviours of foundations can offer insight into what actors that seek to do social innovation need, and what actors that seek to fund social innovation consider. We interviewed 38 staff and board members from 18 Canadian philanthropic foundations operating in all regions of Canada… to understand what foundations mean when they use the term social innovation and how, if at all, they are acting to promote it.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Michelle Kungl’s incredible journey
… her experience highlights the problem most people on social assistance face when they try to work or receive income from other sources. More than 900,000 Ontarians rely on social assistance, including more than 490,000 on ODSP. Barely 10 per cent of individuals receiving ODSP have employment income… the government has already increased the amount individuals and families can deduct from their earnings for disability-work related expenses from $300 to $1,000 a month.
Tags: disabilities, economy, featured, Health, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
On accessibility, Ontario needs less secrecy, more action
They want to ensure that people with disabilities have the same access to jobs, education, public services, restaurants and stores as anyone else in this province. They want buildings and bureaucracies alike to be designed with the challenges of living with a disability in mind. This is what the AODA promises to accomplish… If the government is sincere in that commitment, it should stop fighting… advocates and start working alongside them to ensure that this good law is being enforced
Tags: disabilities, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
A perfect storm: homelessness, mental health, criminal law and no shelter beds
We are told that the cost of rent is a function of the market. There is widespread public support for benefits for people who cannot work because of disabilities. At a minimum this should include enough money to pay rent and buy food. Instead, my clients are being warehoused in jails while their friends sleep and die on Toronto’s streets.
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Despite ‘deplorable’ conditions, police and health officials are ignoring residences that offer services to vulnerable residents
The investigation confirmed hospital and community groups were making referrals to unlicensed homes because no other “proper housing” was available. “The alternative for these individuals is living in a shelter or on the street” … adding that the problem stems from the housing shortage in Greater Toronto.
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Resistance to Innovation in the Social Sector, from 1992 to 2017
… the sector is not so much facing crisis as it is emerging from hiding. Taking risks, innovating, and affecting systems change, are as elusive as ever… It is thus understandably difficult and rare to sustain a long-term campaign of change amidst shifting sands, political priorities, and turnover… The commitment to scaling and sustaining innovative programs requires boldness, vision, and a willingness to take risks based on short pilots.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
Recent Comments