Archive for the ‘Inclusion’ Category
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Engaging People with Lived/Living Experience
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
… this guide was written to support poverty-reduction groups to meaningfully engage people with lived/living experience. It celebrates the potential that can be unlocked when these individuals are included and empowered to drive antipoverty work… 10 stories that inspire; 10 useful resources; and 10 ways to get started. It highlights leading practices, inspires new thinking, and serves as a reminder of how critical engagement of people with lived/living experience in poverty reduction truly is.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty
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Ford government must fulfill Ontario’s promise to people with disabilities
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
As it stands, 1.9 million Ontarians with disabilities are receiving the message that “you don’t belong here”… That should be viewed as a violation of both human and civil rights… investing in accessibility is both the right thing to do and also provides social and economic benefits for everyone, including the province’s increasing numbers of seniors… It’s time the government listened and acted.
Tags: disabilities, housing, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Ontario nowhere near goal of full accessibility by 2025, review finds
Monday, March 11th, 2019
“This is a matter of civil rights, and people with disabilities are being discriminated against on a daily basis in multiple ways,” Onley said… “The message is: you don’t belong here.” … Even the definition of “disability” is problematic, he said, saying AODA’s current language positions disability as a medical issue rather than one of social exclusion.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Next Steps for Non-Profits in Canada’s Evidence Ecosystem
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
If a non-profit is interested in improving its use of evidence-based practices, one of the easiest and most cost-effective approaches is to dedicate staff resources (or hire an external researcher or partner with an academic institution) to consolidate existing evidence… lack of evidence capacity among frontline practitioners and policymakers remains a significant barrier for the adoption of evidence… service users have an important role in guiding evidence-based program design and policymaking.
Tags: ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
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Toronto council falling behind on election pledges to reduce poverty, report finds
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
“Rather than fully funding council-approved strategies and plans, the budget reveals the real priorities of Council — low property taxes that especially benefit the affluent, no new revenue tools (i.e. taxes from other sources), and expensive capital projects that don’t deliver on the critical needs of Toronto residents… The current budget is designed to serve the most affluent Torontonians at the expense of everyone else, especially the poorest residents of our city.”
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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New study finds the developmentally disabled are vulnerable in Ontario
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
The research from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found the developmentally disabled were significantly more likely to die young, languish in hospital without plans for appropriate aftercare, spend time in long-term care, or have repeat hospitalizations and emergency room visits than their non-disabled peers… the findings held true regardless of what disability was specifically at play. They also transcended a variety of boundaries that usually serve as strong predictors of poor health outcomes, such as age and socioeconomic status.
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living
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Toronto may finally have found a better way to build affordable housing
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
The city’s “housing now” report outlines zoning the sites for more than 10,000 units of housing and requiring that at least two-thirds of them be purpose-built rentals. And at least half of those rentals (about 3,700) must meet a measure of affordability… Homeless shelters are bursting at the seams, the wait-list for social housing runs tens of thousands deep, and there are still more renters struggling to keep up with rents that rise faster than incomes…
But it does start to tackle part of the problem
Tags: economy, housing, participation, standard of living
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Provincial cuts leave adults with disabilities ‘hanging on a ledge’
Saturday, January 19th, 2019
Parents unable to manage or co-ordinate their adult son or daughter’s daily life believe the only options are day programs, which cost as much as $35,000 a year, or residential care, that typically runs at $140,000 annually, McGill says. Independent facilitators, however, work with individuals to discover their dreams, interests and goals and connect them with much less costly community resources.
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, youth
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You can’t say inclusive education doesn’t work. We haven’t even begun to try
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Education is not a privilege. It is a human right. That means no child has more of a right to walk into a classroom than any other child. We all know that is not how the system currently works. Our education model was created to support “typically developing” children. When segregated classrooms were abolished, we invited children with disabilities and children who were neurodiverse into a space that was essentially designed to guarantee their failure.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, rights, youth
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Ontario Government Is Fuelling Youth Homelessness Crisis, Say Critics
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
The Conservative government announced the closure of the independent watchdog’s office last month. The office had a broad mandate to advocate for children, including those in government care, Indigenous children and youth, incarcerated youth and those with disabilities. Activists and advocates who work with youth saw the news as a major blow, with an increase in youth homelessness as one result… Youth homelessness is a big problem… but it’s one we can fix.
Tags: budget, homelessness, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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