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Once a school troublemaker, Charles Pascal died a visionary for transforming education in Ontario
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
… the first full-time executive director of the Atkinson Charitable Foundation… was key in establishing the Ontario Child Tax benefit, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and early learning policy… The genesis of full-day kindergarten began with a pilot project led by the foundation… providing a model that has been adopted in other provinces.
Tags: child care, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Doug Ford has plunged colleges and universities into crisis with historic funding cuts — and no plan for their futures
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
… Ford’s Tories have been systematically freezing and defunding the higher education sector since taking power in 2018, leading to a cash crunch unlike anything in the past… The crisis in colleges and universities is undermining Ontario’s education reputation… It is perpetuating a hollowing out of higher education for Ontarians, while hosting unlimited enrolment for international students.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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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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A bitter truth: 30 years of child welfare data collection reveals deep systemic inequities, racism and harm
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
The data in this study told a different story from the shocking, high-profile physical and sexual abuse cases covered in media. “The majority of situations we were documenting in Ontario had to do with neglect rather than physical or sexual abuse… most cases revealed toxic combinations of struggling parents trying to raise children within a context of poverty, systemic racism, substance abuse and lack of support.
Tags: child care, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, youth
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Ontario reforming process for kids aging out of child welfare system
Friday, February 24th, 2023
Youth in Ontario’s child welfare system will soon see a new support network with more services and money to help them better prepare for life outside the system. They’ll also be able to stay in the system until they’re 23, up from 21… Direct payments to young adults, which are based on age and start at 18, will also go up.
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, youth
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We know better, so why aren’t we doing better in supporting the health of children and youth in care?
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
The complex health and social issues faced by children and youth in care call for a comprehensive cross-sector collaborative approach to health care… children and youth with child welfare involvement are at risk of bearing a heavier burden of illness than their counterparts who do not have child welfare involvement, as a result of an inequitable system of health-care provision that fails to address their unique circumstances.
Tags: child care, Health, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, multiculturalism, youth
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Why hasn’t medical care in Canada included teeth?
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
… when Canada’s Medical Care Act was passed in 1966, only physician services were covered — even though the 1964 Royal Commission on Health Services report (considered the blueprint for Canada’s universal health insurance program) had recommended free dentistry for all children and eventually for all adults. The Canada Dental Benefit, which received parliamentary approval on October 27, will provide free dental care for uninsured Canadians with an annual family income of less than $90,000, starting with children under 12 in December 2022.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Landmark Dental Benefit Act passes House of Commons final vote – so, what’s next?
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
Bill C-31… the Dental Benefit Act is an interim step toward the much fuller and more comprehensive public dental program… the new public dental program will be a federal program without cooperation from the provinces and territories. The NDP agrees with the Liberals’ go-it-alone approach to avoid the new program becoming embroiled in federal-provincial wrangling over health care dollars…
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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A catalyst to mend child welfare
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
… youth transitioned out of Ontario’s child protection system… experience low academic achievement, unemployment or underemployment, homelessness or housing insecurity, criminal justice system involvement, early parenthood, poor health and deep loneliness… The inquest presented the opportunity to change that approach, as it focused on the flaws in the system… and suggested how they could be fixed.
Tags: Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Payouts to parents are a sorry replacement for investing in Ontario’s schools
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
The Ontario Ministry of Education has chosen to spend $365 million in one-time, nontargeted $200 payouts to parents across the province. This money will not address any of the challenges in Ontario’s schools and could be better used for targeted, in-classroom supports proven to be effective.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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