Posts Tagged ‘women’
Beyond the cafeteria: The economic case for investing in school meals
Monday, March 4th, 2024
In the long-term, universal free school lunches can also improve children’s health, academic performance and subsequent economic outcomes throughout life… Our new research summarizes the strong economic rationale for investing in school meal programs in Canada. Universal school meals can not only provide immediate relief to families, but also build a legacy of improved public health and economic prosperity for generations to come.
Tags: economy, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women, youth
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Trudeau government unveils national pharmacare bill
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland has unveiled the Liberal government’s plan to kick-start a national pharmacare program, introducing a bill that spells out a single-payer plan to cover prescription drugs and related medical equipment for diabetes and birth control… Holland introduced a short bill in Parliament Thursday that sets out steps to create the broader plan, all of which will depend on provincial governments’ agreement
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, women
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Can Ontario Fix the Shortage of Personal Support Workers?
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
The Ontario government earmarked almost $5 billion in funding over four years to help long-term care homes hire and retain care staff. It’s since added additional millions in incentives to attract thousands to become personal support workers over the next few years… Podcast video Episode: Can New Incentives Help Attract PSWs in Ontario?
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, women
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It’s time for OHIP to cover all forms of prescription contraception
Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
Who’s left out? Anyone older than 25 without a private health-care plan, temporary foreign workers in between contracts, people with refugee status, international students… In short: people with shifting economic and living realities and those for whom an unexpected or unwanted pregnancy would likely be especially destabilizing… Control over one’s own fertility is inherently tied to human dignity. A money-saving, life-improving policy that supports this should be a no-brainer.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, women
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Home care reforms don’t address poor working conditions
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
The almost entirely female – and, in Toronto, mostly racialized – home care personal support workers expect more of the same: low wages, irregular work, few benefits, and almost no pensions. Recent reforms to home care will not resolve chronic problems of poor working conditions, fragmentation of services, and an inefficient delivery model…
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, privatization, Seniors, standard of living, women
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Admitting women into English Canadian Universities: A short history
Friday, November 24th, 2023
Systemic inequities have shaped Canadian higher education, and much more transformative change is necessary before all students can exercise their right to equal education in a supportive and inclusive environment. But the history of women’s admission to universities offers us the important reminder that even the most rigid institutions can change.
Tags: ideology, participation, women
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Ontario plans to require salary ranges be included in job postings
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
“Including salary ranges with job postings can help close the gender pay gap, while allowing companies to find qualified candidates faster and improve retention, helping tackle the labour shortage.” … new legislation… also proposes to require employers to inform job seekers when they are using AI to inform hiring decisions… the province is considering banning the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace sexual harassment, misconduct or violence.
Tags: multiculturalism, participation, rights, women
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Ontario plans to expand midwives’ prescribing power
Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer, including allowing them to prescribe birth control… A spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the ministry is reviewing further scope-of-practice changes and is rolling them out based on advice from health-care partners.
Tags: Health, pharmaceutical, women
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‘Don’t just publish another paper. Let’s do something,’ says scholar-advocate Cindy Blackstock
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
… [Dr. Blackstock] wants to see more emphasis at Canadian universities on teaching students about advocacy: how to do it and how to continue doing it throughout their careers. “So often we get students in social work and law who say they are doing advocacy, but we don’t train them, and we don’t teach them about the courage it takes to do it,”
Tags: Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living, women, youth
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Women in politics: To run or not to run?
Monday, March 20th, 2023
Research on women in politics has identified multiple obstacles that hinder women’s representation, with three factors emerging as the most prominent explanations… that voters might have gender bias… that women may not be interested to run as candidates… [or that] parties tend to choose men over women… the underrepresentation of women in politics is not due to a shortage of qualified women candidates or voter bias against women candidates.
Tags: participation, women
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