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For years, child advocate Irwin Elman has been a voice for the voiceless. That voice has now been silenced
Sunday, April 28th, 2019
… with the Ford government’s decision last fall… tens of thousands of Ontario’s most vulnerable children and youth will lose the sympathetic ear — and advocacy — of several dozen staff dedicated to their well-being. These kids include First Nations children and youth, those seeking or receiving services from children’s aid societies, children’s mental health and youth criminal justice systems and those with disabilities or attending provincial schools for the deaf, blind and developmentally disabled.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, ideology, rights, youth
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Why The Most Common Developmental Disability In Canada Is Misdiagnosed Or Missed — And The Devastating Results
Friday, April 26th, 2019
There is no cure for FASD, but early intervention can offer critical strategies for symptoms ranging from mild speech and memory deficits to severe cognitive delays… Both FASD advocates and medical researchers are now trying to make sense of what’s been standing in the way of early detection and treatment — and whether emerging science might offer new solutions.
Tags: corrections, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, youth
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A forensic accountant’s take on the Ontario budget
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Ontario taxes more and spends more, per capita, than Ottawa… Before annual debt costs, both Ontario and Ottawa are just treading water… Ontario has a $4.1 billion operating surplus ($280 per person). Ottawa’s operating surplus is $9.4 billion ($252 per Canadian)… Ontario — spending cuts for many, more money for a few… Among the 19 losing ministries are: … Children and Community Services… Environment… Indigenous Affairs… Training, Colleges and Universities
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, youth
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Ford government to cut more than 3,400 Ontario teaching jobs over four years
Friday, April 5th, 2019
… for an estimated annual saving of $292-million by the fourth year… The job cuts would work out to an average of less than one teaching position for each of the province’s almost 5,000 publicly funded elementary and secondary schools… The teachers unions have objected to the plans for increased class sizes and mandated online courses for high schools – changes that prompted thousands of students to walk out Thursday.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, youth
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Students across Ontario walking out of class Thursday to protest Ford’s education cuts
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
Students across the province are planning to walk out of class Thursday to protest the Ford government’s proposed changes to public education… as part of the student-led action dubbed #StudentsSayNo… [to]mandatory e-learning for high school students, a ban on cell phones in classrooms unless used for educational purposes and increased class sizes from Grades 4 to 12, which would result in the elimination of teaching jobs.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Ontario’s response to the opioid crisis? Offer less help, and fewer answers
Monday, April 1st, 2019
Using Orwellian doublespeak – plus a dash of Trumpian random capitalization – the government was not announcing that it was “continuing to build a connected mental health and addictions treatment system”, but rather that it was cutting the legs from under four badly-needed overdose prevention sites, rejecting two others, and continuing to drag its feet on funding of additional sites.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, youth
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‘White hot’ angry youth ready to protest education cuts
Friday, March 29th, 2019
Throughout Ford’s tenure as premier, he has attacked education from every available angle. First, he slashed the sexual education curriculum; then, he cancelled an updated Indigenous education plan; lately, in what almost feels like a show of gratuitous violence, he’s been taking aim at special needs funding, class sizes, phone usage, teacher jobs, and more. It’s infuriating and… for our province’s most vulnerable students, catastrophic.
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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OUSA releases policy paper “Student Financial Aid”
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Students are concerned about the inconsistency of OSAP eligibility, unreasonable expected contributions, confusing user experiences through the National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC), insufficient data collection, lack of financial literacy, and the increase in student debt… Overarching recommendations include improving consistency in OSAP eligibility, making expected contributions reasonable, clarifying the user experience, increasing data collection, and improving the effectiveness of grants and loans.
Tags: budget, participation, youth
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Autism layoffs ‘premature,’ says Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Her ministry will hold consultations through the summer to determine how to move forward on more needs-based funding… Taylor accused the Ford government’s plan of putting families “in crisis, and we have a complete disaster of an autism program right now in the province because the minister failed to communicate before she put the policy in place.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, participation, youth
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To humanize Muslims, let’s start in the classroom
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Most Canadian students seemingly go through the education system without ever hearing about the plurality of the world’s histories, cultures, faiths and traditions, including Islam and Muslims… With such omissions, are school curriculums not unwittingly contributing to the dehumanization of Muslims and negating Islam’s place in world history?
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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