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Spotlight needed on urban Indigenous child welfare
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
There is a critical gap in Bill C-92 that fails to address the need for urban service providers to be involved in the federal transformation of Indigenous child and family services. According to unpublished data from the most recent Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2018, in 85 per cent of investigations conducted for First Nations children, the family resided off-reserve. Collaboration with urban service delivery experts is paramount to achieve the desired outcomes of this legislation.
Tags: child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, youth
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Where do the major parties stand on family and child care?
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
Besides the rising cost of housing, child care fees are a major source of financial pain… child care often costs another rent- or mortgage-sized payment… The rates of individuals diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder continue to edge higher… Several of the major parties have pledged to support families caring for individuals with disabilities, but to date, their promises have largely been “piecemeal,” falling far short of the concerted, large-scale efforts that are needed..
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, youth
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More than 30 people arrested in multi-province human-trafficking investigation
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
From 2009 to 2016, there were 1,099 reported incidents involving a human-trafficking offence, with incidents rising steadily since 2010… The vast majority of trafficking victims are women under 25… “[The victims] are broken inside… They’ve suffered severe stress and oppression… They need therapy, counselling, individual supports… We need our governments to understand that there needs to be more investment in this.”
Tags: budget, crime prevention, jurisdiction, women, youth
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A primer on Indigenous issues and the pledges in this election
Monday, October 14th, 2019
Indigeneity is intrinsically linked to the environment, and vice versa… One of the issues at the forefront of Indigenous health and wellness and the all-too-frequent inequities in care is the lack of clean, safe drinking water in many communities… Mental health is also a major issue: the suicide rate among Indigenous youth is five to seven times higher than among non-Indigenous youth… Indigenous children are still falling through jurisdictional cracks, and… equitable care should involve [Jordan’s] principle being expanded to family services, education and even the justice system.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ontario government earmarks $40M for more mental health workers in high schools
Friday, October 11th, 2019
The $40 million doubles what the provincial government spent on student mental health two years ago and should “better prepare those people on the front lines” such as teachers and principals into handling troublesome situations and speed “early intervention and assessment,” Lecce said… 70 per cent of mental health and addiction problems begin in the teen years.
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, mental Health, youth
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The neutering of Doug Ford
Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Ford has reversed his stand on sex-ed, on a French-language university, on cuts to social services, such as a child benefit that pays for essentials like diapers and food for children in vulnerable families, on cuts to children’s aid societies and more. Ford also caved in during the last-minute contract negotiations with the 55,000 school support staffers, who had threatened to strike this week.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, poverty, youth
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Liberals prove they don’t value Indigenous kids as much as other children
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
Government spokespersons say they simply want more time to discuss how best to deal with compensation to victims and restorative justice for discrimination against First Nations children and families… But they didn’t ask. Instead, they went into court and filed arguments that said no compensation whatsoever should be paid.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Blackface and an about-face: How Canada’s promise of reconciliation went wrong
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
While the tribunal’s initial nine orders focused on trying to stop Canada’s discrimination, the September 2019 order was intended to compensate the children and families who were harmed by the discrimination and would not benefit from new reforms. It was a small measure of justice for lost childhoods.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Strike-averting deal with Ontario education workers includes $20M to bring back laid off support staff
Monday, October 7th, 2019
The provincial government will spend $20 million a year to ensure support staff who were laid off last month return to Ontario schools — and remain there for the next three years — and another $58 million annually to help create more support for special education students… educational assistants, early childhood educators, custodians and office staff — also retained all sick day benefits…
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, standard of living, youth
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A Brief History of Canada’s Failure to Fund Indigenous Kids Equitably
Monday, October 7th, 2019
Bill C-92, which cedes Indigenous child welfare control back to Indigenous communities, is now law, which should change Indigenous child apprehension rates. But so far there’s no federal funding for implementation… While government after government pays lip service to doing better, millions on legal fees to avoid fulfilling obligations tell another story.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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