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Reversal of provincial welfare cuts hailed as victory for municipalities and advocates
Friday, October 4th, 2019
Municipalities, along with refugee services, community agencies and health care providers warned that without the monthly benefit of up to $230 per child, these low-income families would be forced into homelessness… But… the relief may be short-lived, adding the government’s “open-ended social services review remains a cause for serious concern and ongoing vigilance.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Your health is important…
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Both fact-finding exercises came to the same conclusion: Canada should establish a universal, publicly funded pharmacare program that does for prescription drugs what medicare did for medically necessary services offered in hospitals and doctors’ offices… Mr. Trudeau unveiled a health platform that promised only a “down payment” on national pharmacare − and a relatively small down payment at that, considering the numbers thrown around in a national advisory council’s report. So what, exactly, are the parties promising on pharmacare?
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Health care, social service groups unite to fight Ford government’s proposed welfare changes
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
An unprecedented coalition of more than 80 Ontario health care and social service organizations is urging the Ford government to reverse a proposed welfare change that could deny disability support to tens of thousands of people with cancer, HIV and mental illness. “Changing the definition of disability could compromise the health of people across the province and negatively impact overall well-being,” they say…
Tags: budget, disabilities, homelessness, ideology, immigration, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Families suing Ontario government over cut to autism services
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
Previous governments “promised that the funding would not end until a co-ordinated transition to other services had been made, in a way that provided alternative services with which the families were satisfied.” … “They are people who work and are doing their best to take care of their kids. They are not looking for a court battle. They are looking for decency. They are looking for accountability and honesty,”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Non-profit groups get five-year freeze on WSIB premiums
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
… non-profit organizations are getting a financial break with a five-year freeze on their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board premiums as the Ontario government agency lowers its average premium rate for all employers by 17 per cent. The freeze will help almost 2,700 non-profits while another 1,600 will see premiums drop…
Tags: disabilities, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, philanthropy
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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part III
Friday, September 20th, 2019
… the Council suggests that accurately capturing patient experience in all aspects of the health care system is paramount. When assessing value for money, the Council advises the government to work to develop indicators that measure patient and overall population health outcomes against the cost of administering and delivering services in the most efficient way.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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Canada Research Chairs program announces new, more ambitious equity targets
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
After 13 years of slow progress towards its equity goals, the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program is redoubling efforts to improve diversity within the program. On July 31, the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat… announced more ambitious targets for representation of four equity-seeking groups: women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous people and visible minorities.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, women
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Tribunal dismisses case of Grayson Kahn, boy with autism expelled from Guelph, Ont., school
Monday, September 9th, 2019
“… parents do not have the right to dictate the accommodations which their children will be provided with to access education… While parents have the right to provide input as part of the accommodation process – which Ms. Kahn did in this case – they must accept reasonable accommodations offered by the school board…
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, rights, youth
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Public Health Agency of Canada announces funding to support mental health of adults on the autism spectrum, caregivers
Friday, September 6th, 2019
The Public Health Agency of Canada recently announced it has awarded a strategic fund to Autism Ontario to launch Mental Health Matters, a mental health program for adults on the autism spectrum and their caregivers that will be delivered in partnership with CMHA Ontario, McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART), SAAAC Autism Centre and the York ASD Partnership.
Tags: disabilities, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Innovative dementia care models show the way forward
Monday, September 2nd, 2019
… we can and should think about how to bring… core principles — a life with some purpose, individualized care and more choice — into our long-term care industry writ large… Long-term care homes operate in a provincial system that focuses them on tasks and regulatory compliance rather than the broader health and happiness of residents.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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