Posts Tagged ‘youth’
« Older Entries | Newer Entries »
Who Knew the Nordics Were Individualist Romantics? [ The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life ]
Far from being docile servants of nanny states… the Nordics are bloody-minded individualists – because they can afford to be. That personal autonomy… means that no one has to stay in an abusive marriage (and risk death) because they need the abuser’s income. No one has to borrow from the Bank of Mom and Pop for the down payment on a condo, because everyone leaves post-secondary debt-free. And when Mom and Pop grow old, the kids don’t have to bear the brunt of caring for them: the whole society does that.
Tags: child care, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
Posted in Equality Policy Context | No Comments »
Inquests have become as lost as these seven aboriginal youths who left home and perished
… the inquest system, once the purview of the medical doctors who serve as coroners, has morphed into a highly politicized process and a fine source of work and income for lawyers; that lawyers quite directly run the show; and that jurors are not expected to think for themselves… The bulk of the recommendations, via the lawyers to the jury, deal with sweeping changes to aboriginal education in this country. They would require truckloads of additional public money.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
Posted in Inclusion Policy Context | No Comments »
CAS study reveals stark racial disparities for blacks, aboriginals
… aboriginal children… are 130 per cent more likely to be investigated as possible victims of child abuse or neglect… and 15 per cent more likely to have maltreatment confirmed… black children are 40 per cent more likely to be investigated for abuse or neglect… and 18 per cent more likely to have maltreatment confirmed… On average… only 2 per cent of children are removed from their home due to sexual abuse and 13 per cent for physical abuse. The rest are removed because of neglect, emotional maltreatment and exposure to violence between their parents or caregivers.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Child & Family Delivery System | No Comments »
Turns out income mobility in Canada isn’t as impressive as we thought
… some people have been tempted to think: Bigger government (Canada), lower correlation of fathers’ and sons’ incomes. Ergo: big government good. That’s always been a dicey conclusion. In fact, the U.S. has a huge welfare state; it just prefers tax incentives to government cheques. Moreover, several non-Nordic European countries have big states, too, but also relatively high correlations. Now it turns out we don’t have as much income mobility as we thought, despite our big government.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Equality History | 1 Comment »
Toronto youth job program gets surprise cash boost
Neighbourhoods in the city’s northwest quadrant targeted for the extra Canada Summer Jobs Program funding include Lawrence Heights, Black Creek, Jane-Finch, Weston-Mount Dennis and Rexdale. It is part of an $18.7-million investment across the city to create 6,305 summer jobs this year, more than double the positions funded by the previous Conservative government. More than 77,000 jobs are being created nationwide. Students aged 15 to 30 who are returning to school in the fall are eligible.
Tags: budget, featured, participation, philanthropy, poverty, youth
Posted in Inclusion Delivery System | No Comments »
What’s So Great about University Rankings?
The rankings seem arbitrary… with universities rising and falling for reasons that are unclear even to academics… who study the rating systems… criteria are biased toward western values and ignore student satisfaction, safety, diversity and economic and social justice… if university leaders become obsessed with rankings, then they become obsessed with branding… with how many articles our academics are getting in top-ranked journals, which is a bit of a racket itself… attention is taken away from issues that need a lot of focus.
Tags: ideology, standard of living, youth
Posted in Education Debates | No Comments »
Time to soak the seniors
in 1976, 37 per cent of all seniors lived in poverty. Today, it’s about 7 per cent – much lower than the poverty rate for children or any other segment of the population. Canadian seniors are among the most affluent people in the world… There are two simple ways to cut down on the elderly bias in spending… means-test our entitlements … Adjust the “retirement age”
Tags: featured, ideology, pensions, standard of living, tax, youth
Posted in Equality Delivery System | No Comments »
Can women in power save the world?
Quotas for women (or “targets,” which is a euphemism for quotas) are all the rage these days. Some people say they’re long overdue. I say they are an insult. Women are quite capable of high achievement on their own… We can tell our daughters they need special treatment to succeed. Or we can tell them they need smarts, stamina and guts. Which message would you rather send?
Tags: ideology, standard of living, women, youth
Posted in Equality Debates | No Comments »
Recent Comments