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Canada’s universities commit to diversity with plan to make demographic data public
The promise to address under-representation of some groups in areas where it may occur, whether it’s the lack of Indigenous students in professional faculties or women in leadership posts, comes as universities are discussing how to meet equity targets in the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program… schools have consistently failed to meet equity targets set by the program’s steering committee. Academics with disabilities are particularly poorly represented among CRC holders
Tags: disabilities, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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Ontario’s Early Years Centres opening 100 new locations, will be rebranded
The province on Tuesday announced that it will be opening the new “EarlyON” sites over the next three years, and renaming existing sites, spending $140 million a year. Like the current Ontario Early Years parenting and literacy centres — which can be located in local schools — families will be able to access programs for young children and parenting supports… “Our new EarlyON centres will be innovative hubs for early years programs and services for families”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health
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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
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Students are not fragile flowers – we must care about their mental health
The Canadian Mental Health Association ‘s #b4stage4 campaign asks a thought-provoking question: What if we waited until Stage 4 to treat cancer? … We would never allow our medical system to wait that long to treat this disease. We fully expect to have preventive education, screening and early treatment. Now, imagine if the standard of treatment was equal for mental and physical health conditions.
Tags: budget, disabilities, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Tribunal slams WSIB practice that cuts benefits to injured migrant workers
A workers’ compensation board practice that slashes benefits to injured migrant farm workers by deeming them capable of finding alternative employment in Ontario is illegal, an independent tribunal has ruled… under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, employers can deport workers for “non-compliance, refusal to work, or any other sufficient reason.”
Tags: disabilities, economy, globalization, Health, rights
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Three Ontario nursing homes ordered to stop new admissions because of substandard care
Proper staffing of Ontario long-term care homes in general has long been a complaint among workers, families and the residents who suffer from lack of care… the government introduced legislation that, if passed, would create tougher enforcement against nursing homes. The legislation would include hefty fines for corporations, ranging from $200,000 for first time offence and $500,000 for subsequent offences.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living
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Ontario’s correctional system needs overhaul, report says
… across the country, and globally, correctional facilities “have put in place a range of measures to help facilitate family contact and support, including child-friendly play spaces, open visiting areas that allow for barrier-free interactions, private family visiting accommodations for longer stays, and mother-child programs that prevent the separation of mothers and young children.
“Ontario’s correctional institutions offer almost none of these opportunities.
Tags: corrections, disabilities, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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The War on Drugs has been lost. It’s time to try something else
Portugal has not taken the logical next step of shouldering out the dealers and taking over controlled distribution of drugs itself. This is the path that Canada and the American states of Colorado and Oregon have embarked upon with marijuana… As it prepares the rules for marijuana sales and use, the federal government should examine the Portuguese model, as well as the disastrous drug war in the U.S.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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How to Win a War on Drugs
… let’s be clear on what Portugal did and didn’t do. First, it didn’t change laws on drug trafficking: Dealers still go to prison. And it didn’t quite legalize drug use, but rather made the purchase or possession of small quantities (up to a 10-day supply) not a crime but an administrative offense, like a traffic ticket. Offenders are summoned to a “Dissuasion Commission” hearing — an informal meeting at a conference table with social workers who try to prevent a casual user from becoming addicted.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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