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Inequality Explained
Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study, presents a keynote address to the UN Economic and Financial Committee ( Second Committee) as webcast live at < http://webtv.un.org/search/inequality-and-development-janet-gornick-–-keynote-address-second-committee-2nd-meeting-69th-general-assembly/3826056194001?term=Janet%20Gornick >.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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What’s the big threat to democracy? Distraction
Those who have learned to pursue the news become politically active. No news habit. No engagement… No generation has ever had such news tools. But the number of people paying attention and participating continues to shrink, as it has for decades… People can be taught to engage in their society… students will need news skills because they’re a kind of literacy. It’s a literacy that’s fundamental to becoming an active citizen… And technology can play a part
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s ‘new generation gap’ is not the terrible inequality it seems
The generation that entered the labour force in the early 1980s faced a youth unemployment rate of nearly 20%. Not only that, but they were forced to pick up the mess left by their parents: massive deficits and debt, high inflation and a wholly unfunded pension plan to boot. Yet they somehow managed to come out richer than any previous generation, even after taxes. You’re telling me the generation coming down the pike can’t do the same, when deficits, inflation and unemployment are all lower?
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living, youth
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Stop pretending seniors are financial victims and help the twentysomethings
Generation Squeeze is… mobilizing to encourage all political parties to commit to a better generational deal. One that safeguards retirement income subsidies and medical care for our parents and grandparents – but not at the expense of adapting to challenges like the erosion of income, rising housing prices, and environmental degradation that disproportionately affect their kids and grandchildren.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Want to adopt a child in Ontario? Good luck with the paperwork
The Honourable Governor General David Johnston has declared an “adoption crisis” in Canada, with nearly 30,000 children waiting for permanent homes, approximately 8,000 of those children being in Ontario… Ontario is the only province in Canada where Children’s Aid Societies are not overseen by an ombudsman. This means no incentive to improve or answer for errors. New legislation, Bill 42, represents an attempt to grant this power, but it is stuck in the weeds at Queen’s Park.
Tags: child care, multiculturalism, youth
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Why dental care should be included in the public health system
… those who need dental care the most are the least likely to be able to get it, and the ones who suffer the most because of it. It may also be costing all of us through increased visits to already crowded emergency rooms and physician offices, and valuable time lost from work, school and other activities… We need to bring dentistry into the general health care system by having some dental clinics in hospitals and community health centres…
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Should Doctors Treat Illness with Income Assistance?
“My hope is that physicians will move towards pushing for the higher levels of governmental changes that we truly need to deal with poverty. Poverty is a structural issue, it’s a societal issue, and it’s something that needs to be dealt with big-level programs and big-level changes. What we have seen with other big issues that were once considered social and were then taken on by the medical community — smoking is a big one — is that having doctors and other health providers push them has a huge impact.
Tags: featured, Health, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Civic leaders tackle youth unemployment
CivicAction… put forward a plain-language 10-point action plan entitled “Escalator: Jobs for Youth Facing Barriers” …priorities are: Assemble a vanguard of local companies willing to provide job-specific training and entry-level internships to young people who can’t find a job because they don’t have experience and don’t have skills that match employers’ needs.
Tags: economy, youth
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Provinces pursuing two-tier tuition fee policies: study
The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over the next four years, from $6,885 this fall to an estimated $7,755 in 2017-18, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)… This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1993, projects fees for each province for the next four years, and ranks the provinces on affordability
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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