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New federal jobs program targets students from underrepresented groups
Ottawa is launching a new work-placement program for postsecondary students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business that includes extra incentives for underrepresented groups. Companies in these fields that provide placements for first-year students, women, Indigenous students, people with disabilities and new immigrants will be eligible for wage subsidies of up to 70 per cent or $7,000. All other student placements will be eligible for funding of up to 50 per cent of the wage, or $5,000.
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, youth
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How underprivilege made me a better doctor
I know what it feels like to not have choice, to have external factors, such as money and other people, dictate the path of my life. For many patients, it may feel the same — when their bodies and their lives are now in the hands of others… These experiences have taught me more about empathy and hard work than any medical school class could…
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, poverty
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School fundraising report says amounts raised far outpace government grants for needy areas
Ontario now ranks fifth in Canada in per-student spending… much of the additional money has been spent on class size reductions, and full-day kindergarten. Both of those initiatives have benefitted elementary teachers and created thousands of jobs. Overall, the report says whether special education, English-as-a-Second-Language students or school maintenance, these areas “have all been underfunded for two decades.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty
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Stop dumping kids in care onto the street
… 60 per cent of homeless youth have had some involvement with child protection services over their lifetime, a rate almost 200 times greater than that of the general population. Moreover, of those with a history in the child welfare system, almost two of every five respondents “aged out” of provincial or territorial care. That means they lost access to supports – such as financial or job programs – before they were ready.
Tags: budget, child care, participation, poverty, youth
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Ontario to cover cost of abortion pill starting Aug. 10
The abortion pill Mifegymiso will be dispensed for free to patients across the province starting Aug. 10, Ontario’s Minister of the Status of Women said Thursday. The drug, known internationally as RU-486, currently costs $300. Eliminating the fee for the drug is “about fairness, it’s about safety, and it’s the right thing to do,” … Although the drug will now be dispensed without cost, patients will still need a prescription.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical, poverty, women, youth
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Solo living is the new norm. Let’s learn to deal with it
The main reason people live alone today is because they can afford it. Generations ago, few people had the means to go solo. Families formed to pool resources, which they used to feed, shelter and protect each other. But two things – the welfare state and the market economy – combined to generate unprecedented levels of personal security. And how did people use their new-found affluence? They got places of their own… The other major social change that makes living alone possible is the rising status of women.
Tags: featured, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, rights, women
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Mines can create Indigenous middle class in Ring of Fire
Finalizing a road into the Ring of Fire with community spurs will ignite the economic development and jobs that the impoverished Indigenous communities in the Ring of Fire desperately need… 150 years of government support has done little to create economic prosperity in their impoverished communities… sustainable mineral development of their resources can be the foundation of an Indigenous middle-class that they so rightly deserve.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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