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Finland’s social climbers: How they’re fighting inequality with education, and winning
Canada can learn from Finland’s even more comprehensive approach to ensuring that the most deprived children get the same education as the most privileged; it’s not perfect, but it represents a different, and potentially valuable, approach… education systems keep appearing in studies of social mobility… compulsory-schooling laws have a huge effect: With each extra year of required schooling, the lifetime wealth of individuals increases by about 15 per cent.
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Missing: a child and youth mental health strategy at provincial and national levels
Increasing mental health knowledge and skills of people working with children across sectors like education, social services and justice would mitigate the untoward effects of mental illness. Canada currently spends too little on mental health compared to other developed countries. The Mental Health Commission of Canada recommends that nine percent of health budgets should go to improving mental health services.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, disabilities, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, youth
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A decade of inaction on indigenous child welfare
The federal government spent $500,000 defending itself against these tribunal complaints last year. It lost every time. This year, it ought simply to do as the tribunal said. Invest the money necessary to provide indigenous children equal access to essential services. And ensure the law that bears Jordan River Anderson’s name becomes a tool for justice and reconciliation, not yet another symbol of Canada’s shameful failure.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Shutting down schools hurts small towns, but it doesn’t have to be that way
Due to a misguided education-funding model that depends on high enrollment levels, and therefore favours urban schools, dozens of communities in rural and small-town Ontario may lose their public schools. Contrary to the rhetoric, this doesn’t need to happen. Schools can be vital centres of activity, particularly for smaller and rural communities.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, youth
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Tuition increase at Ontario colleges and universities capped at 3%
… the government announced students whose families earn less than $50,000 will be given grants equal to or greater than the average tuition, starting next fall. Half of students whose parents earn $83,000 or less will receive more in non-repayable grants than they have to pay in tuition fees. The government is funding the changes by cancelling the tuition and education tax credits.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, tax, youth
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Ontario introduces ‘historic’ changes to child-protection laws
The proposed new Child, Youth and Family Services Act, tabled in the legislature Thursday, would replace existing legislation with a modern, child-centred act, that will strengthen the rights of children and youth… It will affirm the rights of children through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion and the need to continue to address systemic racism… “For too long, the system has focused on problems facing children and youth and not enough on their voice, their opinions, their thoughts and their goals”
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, rights, standard of living, youth
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New charity wants Canada to put children first
… statistics show one in five children are living in poverty, one in three Canadians have experienced some form of child abuse and one in five kids have considered suicide… The charity is calling on Ottawa to appoint an independent children’s commissioner to champion kids at the federal level and to publish an annual children’s budget to track federal funding.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Child & Family Debates | 1 Comment »
Give kids in child welfare system a voice
The proposed legislation would put children at the centre of the decision-making process about their own welfare. It would require that children be consulted about decisions affecting their well-being, “listened to and respected.” … Taylor’s bill reminds authorities not only to listen to the child, but to be an advocate for them.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ontario pledges $24M for adoptive families, including an education grant
… “living and learning grants” will give more adopted youth the chance to pursue higher education by providing $500 a month if they are a full-time post-secondary student. There is also one-time financial assistance of up to $5,000 for First Nations families that adopt an indigenous child who is in need of protection under what is known as a customary care placement. Other financial help for families adopting Crown wards includes drug and dental benefits, mentorship and parent resources, and specialized training for parents who adopt through children’s aid societies.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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