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Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
Library social workers aim to remove systemic barriers… by offering preventative support… and by helping people access services that offer longer-term solutions to their problems… they are trained and able to support trauma, mental-health issues, challenges and complex needs in a way that meets the person where they are at emotionally, physically and/or cognitively.
Tags: Health, housing, immigration, mental Health, poverty, rights
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Levelling the playing field: The case for a federal ‘anti-scab’ law
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
Despite corporate objections to the contrary, anti-scab laws can play an integral role in improving union-management relations… it would force employers to focus on reaching negotiated settlements rather than strategizing over how to best undermine and antagonize union members exercising their right to strike.
Tags: economy, ideology, jurisdiction, rights
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Ontario needs to remove barriers to child-care subsidies for low-income families
Friday, October 20th, 2023
Ontario’s current implementation plan for child-care and early-learning agreements runs the risk of leaving disadvantaged families further behind, rather than closing gaps in opportunities and outcomes for their children. To prevent this, Ontario, and indeed all provinces, need to double down on removing barriers to child-care subsidies for low-income families.
Tags: child care, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Politicians come and go, but the clock is now ticking on long-promised pharmacare
Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Federal funding of essential medicines will, of course, cost the federal government, since it would foot the bill for all of those essential medicines instead of the provinces paying much of the costs. But the $7.6 billion price tag is a bargain. All told, a program of this kind could save provinces, employers and families $12 billion in reduced prescription drug costs. The $4 billion in direct savings for provinces alone is enough to entice even the most recalcitrant of provincial governments.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Making preventive care fair: New approaches like self-testing at home can save lives and promote health equity
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
We could start with preventive care in redesigning health care for those who need it the most… Governments and large health-care institutions have all made grand statements about the need to tackle sexism, racism, ableism and other forms of discrimination. It is long past time for those institutions to fund and support specific actions to help those who have been disadvantaged by previous inaction.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Montréal’s ‘mixed’ police squads don’t help the city’s unhoused people — they cause more harm
Monday, October 9th, 2023
The squads add a layer of surveillance and harassment that leads unhoused people to leave the spaces they know best and distance themselves from their support network in order to avoid police… the report calls for a new approach to homelessness, including abolishing mixed squads and reallocating their funding to two types of interventions.
Tags: crime prevention, homelessness, mental Health, poverty
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Early indicators of dementia: 5 behaviour changes to look for after age 50
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
… dementia is predicted to affect one million Canadians by 2030… dementia isn’t an individual journey. In 2020, care partners — including family members, friends or neighbours — spent 26 hours per week assisting older Canadians living with dementia… These numbers are expected to triple by 2050, so it’s important to look for ways to offset these predicted trajectories by preventing or delaying the progression of dementia.
Tags: mental Health, Seniors
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Ontario needs to remove barriers to child-care subsidies for low-income families
Saturday, September 16th, 2023
Ontario’s current implementation plan for child care and early learning agreements runs the risk of leaving disadvantaged families further behind… Inclusivity is explicitly stated as an important goal of the federal government’s Canada-wide early learning and child care initiative… The ultimate solution is publicly funded child care with enough spaces for everyone.
Tags: child care, ideology, participation, poverty
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How Canada can make better progress on disability inclusion
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
Pervasive misconceptions about disabilities, flawed income support systems and inadequate enforcement of regulations are among the systemic challenges… A fully inclusive society could generate an economic benefit of $337 billion — the equivalent of approximately 17 per cent of Canada’s GDP. Moreover, when systems are designed to accommodate those facing the most significant barriers, everyone benefits.
Tags: disabilities, economy, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Children’s early learning belongs in neighbourhood schools
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
Early learning is early education. It belongs under the purview of Ministries of Education. The federal government invested in children’s early learning and child-care because it finally accepted the wisdom of doing so — for children’s learning and development, for families’ well-being, for the economy and for communities optimal social outcomes.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living
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