Former senator Michael Kirby saluted for mental health work
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
August 13, 2010
“We realized something needed to be done about mental illness,” he says. “In report after report on the state of the health-care system, it was barely mentioned.” The committee published a series of reports culminating with its final report in 2006, entitled Out of the Shadows At Last, which recommended the formation of an arms-length commission that would deal with the issue of mental illness “in a way that would create some kind of national focal point.”
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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Internet ends automatic delivery of White Pages
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
June 4, 2010.
The Yellow Pages will still arrive on doorsteps this fall… And along with the yellow book will be information on how to order a free copy of the White Pages as well, for those who want it. In 2005, the organization implemented a 24-month distribution cycle of the residential directory in select Canadian cities, with residents having to request a directory during non-distribution years. The resulting demand for the residential directory averaged below one per cent while searches for personal phone numbers on Yellow Pages online properties have almost doubled… But for seniors and the poor, that may not be the case, as many of them don’t use the Internet.
Tags: participation
Posted in Inclusion Debates | 2 Comments »
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