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Bold Solutions for Tackling Poverty in Waterloo Region
Building on the foundation established by Opportunities 2000 to establish a comprehensive community initiative to reduce poverty, Opportunities Waterloo Region continues to forge new relationships and... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2008Poverty Policy This paper discusses ten major policy areas that comprise the core of a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy: · affordable housing which involves the cre... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2008 $ 0.00Federal Election – Politicians refuse to admit that deficits are inevitable This article, which first appeared in the Toronto Star, argues that Canada will be caught in a prolonged recession in the US. If so, most governments in Canada will end up with deficits in the n... Michael Mendelson, Oct 2008 $ 0.00Hamilton's McQuesten Neighbourhood: What a Difference 90 Days Can Make This story describes a community-based initiative designed by members and groups affiliated with the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, a Vibrant Communities convener organization. Resi... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2008Hamilton Youth Arts Network: Voice, Space, Issues This story describes a community-based initiative designed by members and groups affiliated with the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, a Vibrant Communities convener organization. A co... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2008Hamilton's Media Camp: Quick, Fun and Powerful This story describes a community-based initiative designed by members and groups affiliated with the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction (HRPR), a Vibrant Communities convener organization. &nbs... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2008North Hamilton Community Health Centre Reaches Out This story describes a community-based initiative designed by members and groups affiliated with the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, a Vibrant Communities convener organization. A se... Anne Makhoul and Kathy Allan-Fleet, Oct 2008Make Work Pay This Labour Day commentary explores various actions that governments and employers can take to improve the earnings of the working poor. One in four Canadian workers makes just $10 an hour or le... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, Sep 2008 $ 0.00Social Profits This essay discusses the various dimensions of the social economy − a unique and burgeoning sector of the economy in which business enterprises and economic activity seek not only to generate re... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2008 $ 0.00Improving Education on Reserves: A First Nations Education Authority Act A decade ago, the 1996 Census found that approximately 60 percent of First Nation on-reserve residents aged 20 to 24 had not completed high school. The 2006 Census results are unchanged: approxi... Michael Mendelson, Jul 2008 $ 0.00Caregivers and Dementia This report presents the results of a study carried out on behalf of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County in collaboration with the Champlain Dementia Network. The purpose of the s... Sherri Torjman and Anne Makhoul, Jun 2008 $ 0.00Caregivers and Dementia: Report Appendices This publication contains the appendices which accompany the Caledon Institute report Caregivers and Dementia.... Sherri Torjman and Anne Makhoul, Jun 2008 $ 0.00Federal Fiscal Abundance and Interregional Redistribution This paper measures the degree of interregional redistribution in 1998 and 2004 generated by federal fiscal activity. Our results show indicate that the changes in the federal fiscal structure associa... Joe Ruggeri and Barry Watson, Jun 2008 $ 0.00From Psychology to Policy This paper was presented as a policy keynote address at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association held in Halifax in June 2008. It considers three major links between psycholo... Sherri Torjman, Jun 2008 $ 0.00Estimates for Ontario's Investment in Health Care This paper presents a new methodology for determining which portion of health care spending may be treated as investment. Applying this methodology to Ontario shows that over 60 percent of healt... Joe Ruggeri and Barry Watson, May 2008 $ 0.00Vibrant Communities St. John’s: Engaging Citizens and Changing Systems Newfoundland and Labrador is in the midst of an economic boom, yet several St. John’s neighbourhoods are among the poorest in the province. This paradox presents both a challenge and rally... Anne Makhoul, Eric Leviten-Reid and Peggy Matchim, May 2008Voluntary Sector Roles in Public Health The purpose of this paper is to identify the unique and significant contributions that voluntary sector organizations can make in the field of public health. Many voluntary sector organizations ... Sherri Torjman, Apr 2008Project Comeback: A Lifeline for Surrey’s Homeless Day Labourers The first of its kind in Canada, Project Comeback combines employment readiness and placement with housing assistance and ongoing support for homeless day labourers in Surrey, BC. The initiative... Anne Makhoul, Mar 2008Canadians Need a Medium-Term Sickness/Disability Income Benefit This paper focuses upon a serious weakness in Canada’s income security system. There is a major gap in social insurance coverage for millions of Canadians whose work and earnings are interrupted... Michael J. Prince, Jan 2008A $5,000 Canada Child Tax Benefit: Questions and Answers This short paper answers key questions about the Caledon Institute’s proposal for a $5,000 Canada Child Tax Benefit, contained in the longer paper A Bigger and Better Child Benefit: A $5,000 Canada Ch... Ken Battle, Jan 2008A Bigger and Better Child Benefit: A $5,000 Canada Child Tax Benefit The federal child benefits system has undergone far-reaching changes over the past two years, with the addition of the Universal Child Care Benefit and non-refundable child tax credit to the existing ... Ken Battle, Jan 2008A Tale of Two Pension Plans: The Differing Fortunes of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) are headed towards an historical crossroads. The most recent actuarial valuation of the CPP shows that the federal scheme is sound... Ed Tamagno, Jan 2008Update: Vibrant Communities Calgary’s Living Wage Campaign In 2003, members of Vibrant Communities Calgary began meeting with representatives from business, nonprofit organizations and the public sector to build support for a Living Wage campaign. They ... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2008Fair Fares 2008: Roadblocks and Opportunities Since 2006, low-income Calgary residents have been able to apply for Universal Low Income Transit passes. Ongoing effort by the Fair Fares action team was responsible for the creation of the pas... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2008Community Snapshot: Defining and Increasing Civic Engagement in Calgary Concerned with low voter turnout, members of Vibrant Communities Calgary used the fall 2007 municipal election as an opportunity to find ways of involving citizens in the electoral process. This... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2008The Tale of the Core Neighbourhood Development Council in Saskatoon Between 2001 and 2003, organizers in Saskatoon developed a comprehensive plan for revitalizing eight downtown neighbourhoods. But the initiative ground to a halt at the moment of action. F... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2007Opportunities 2000’s Year of Change Opportunities 2000 faced an important year of change in 2001 when its members decided to shift from a focused poverty reduction campaign to an ongoing community revitalization initiative. This s... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2007Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: A Theory of Change In 2005, the City of Hamilton and the Hamilton Community Foundation established a high profile roundtable in response to deep concerns over poverty levels in that city. This story describes the ... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2007Strengthening the Foundations of Canada’s Pension System: A Review of the Old Age Security Program The Old Age Security (OAS) program, which is the cornerstone of Canada’s pension system, is fundamentally sound. However, some changes need to be made to the program to improve its fairness and ... Ed Tamagno, Nov 2007Caledon Response to Liberal Poverty Strategy The Caledon Institute of Social Policy applauds Liberal leader Stéphane Dion’s November 9, 2007 speech laying out his party’s poverty reduction strategy. It recognizes poverty as a serious natio... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman, Michael Mendelson, Ed Tamagno, Nov 2007 $ 0.00Shared Space: The Communities Agenda Shared Space: The Communities Agenda seeks to capture the essence of the profound changes taking place in communities across the country and around the world. Community interventions to promote econom... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2007 $ 24.95Investing in Community Capacity Building Investir dans le renforcement des capacités communautaires This paper discusses the role of community capacity building in neighbourhood revitalization and the implications for the way in which such work is funded. It reviews recent trends in funding pr... Eric Leviten-Reid, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Them That Has, Gets: The 2007 Federal Budget and Major Intergovernmental Transfers The 2006 federal Budget acknowledged the need to address a number of provincial- territorial concerns that had been placed under the label of “fiscal imbalance.” This paper argues that the... Joe Ruggeri, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Shoring Up Our Public Anchors This commentary focuses upon the value of public space. A society marked by cultural, racial and religious difference needs to find the common anchors that hold it together. It is our publ... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Waist Reduction Recent figures released by Statistics Canada found that 36 percent of Canadians are overweight and 23 percent are obese. The proportion of obese children has nearly tripled over the past 25 year... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Five-Point Plan for Reforming Disability Supports This paper sets out a five-point checklist to guide the reform of provincial and territorial systems of disability supports – the goods and services that persons with disabilities require to live inde... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Community Snapshot: The Hamilton Spectator's Focus on Poverty Imagine a newspaper that devotes three years of coverage to creating a broader understanding of poverty in its city, makes a corporate commitment to poverty alleviation projects at an elementary schoo... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Community Snapshot: Hamilton's Best Start Network Hamilton’s Best Start Network provides an arena for high-level discussions about early learning and for sharing resources and decision-making among its 50 members. Since its formation in 2005, t... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Community Snapshot: Hamilton's Mohawk College Builds its Community Partnership Beginning in mid-2006, staff and students at Mohawk College harnessed existing learning opportunities – cooperative placements, and class and special projects – to the learning, leadership and citizen... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2007A Throne Speech for All Parties The upcoming Throne Speech affords a prime opportunity to make progress on the social policy front, especially with another massive surplus being banked in Ottawa. The growing gap between rich a... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson, Oct 2007 $ 0.00Sound-Bite Policy The search for new ideas is on in Ottawa as federal parties gear up for the next election. Proposed initiatives typically take the form of individual disparate measures – or policy ‘sound bites.... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2007 $ 0.00Hamilton's “One Book, One City: Tackling Poverty Through the Arts” Project Capitalizing on the interest of an earlier city-wide book club, Hamilton Public Library joined forces with Arts Hamilton to encourage residents to read a book about poverty and respond to the issue th... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2007Community Snapshot: Edmonton’s Job Bus Preparations Vibrant Communities Edmonton is taking a leaf from Opportunities Niagara and initiating discussions between Edmonton Transit and large local employers to establish specialized bus routes for underserv... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2007Trail Builder Update: Make Tax Time Pay 2007 Make Tax Time Pay (MTTP) is an education and tax preparation assistance program that was originally launched in 2006 by Vibrant Communities Edmonton. It alerts residents to ten benefits, subsidi... Anne Makhoul, Jun 2007 $ 0.00Final Reflections from the Action for Neighbourhood Change Research Project La transition : dernières réflexions entourant la recherche-action Quartiers en essor Action for Neighbourhood Change began as an action research project in February 2005 to explore resident-led neighbourhood revitalization. This paper presents the highlights of the project’s ach... Cheryl Gorman, Jun 2007 $ 0.00Housing and Homelessness ... , Jun 2007BC Capital Region’s Quality of Life CHALLENGE: Leadership ... Mike Bulthuis, May 2007 $ 0.00Repairing Canada's Social Safety Net The Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada invited departmental representatives and four outside panelists to a roundtable to consider options for repairing Canada’s social safety... Sherri Torjman, May 2007 $ 0.00Organizing for Neighbourhood Renewal S’organiser pour la revitalisation de quartier This paper explores upon neighbourhood revitalization within the context of complexity theory. It was written in association with a related document The Enabling Environment for Community Work.&... Sherri Torjman, May 2007 $ 0.00Vibrant Communities Calgary: Community-Driven Policy Change ... Mike Bulthuis, May 2007 $ 0.00Shared Leadership – Collaborative Governance: Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction This series of Vibrant Communities (VC) stories explores the role which government – federal, provincial, regional and municipal – can play in developing, delivering and collaborating on strategies th... Mike Bulthuis, May 2007 $ 0.00The Enabling Environment for Community Work Un environnement favorable au travail communautaire Communities play a vital role in promoting resilience, described in a related paper entitled Organizing for Neighbourhood Renewal. But the wide-ranging interventions that communities can underta... Sherri Torjman, May 2007 $ 0.00Leading to Enable: Government Engagement in Vibrant Communities Saint John ... Mike Bulthuis, May 2007 $ 0.00Asset-Based Social Programs: A Critical Analysis of Current Initiatives This paper was prepared for an Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference on asset-based strategies and has also been published by the OECD. The paper reviews the cur... Michael Mendelson, May 2007 $ 0.00ANC in Thunder Bay: Simpson-Ogden Comes Alive Quartiers en essor dans Thunder Bay : Simpson-Ogden déploie ses ailes ... Anne Makhoul, May 2007 $ 0.00ANC in Scarborough Village Sets a Good Example for Toronto Neighbourhoods QE Scarborough Village sert un bon exemple aux autres quartiers de Toronto ... Anne Makhoul, May 2007 $ 0.00ANC’s Second Year in Regina: The Core Neighbourhood L’an deux de Quartiers en essor Regina se déroule dans le quartier Core Action for Neighbourhood Change was a two-year action research project which ran from February 2005 to March 2007. It operated in five cities – Surrey, Regina, Thunder Bay, Toronto and Halifax.&... Anne Makhoul, May 2007 $ 0.00ANC in Surrey: Bridgeview is Still in Motion Quartiers en essor dans Surrey : Bridgeview est encore en mouvement ... Anne Makhoul, May 2007 $ 0.00ANC in Spryfield, Halifax Celebrates Two Years of Action and Renewal Quartiers en essor Spryfield, Halifax fête deux anneés d’action et de renouveau ... Anne Makhoul, May 2007 $ 0.00Determinants of the Evolution of Workplace Pension Plans in Canada Workplace pension plans – often referred to in Canada as occupational, employer-sponsored or registered pension plans – play a key role in ensuring the financial security of Canadian seniors. Th... Bob Baldwin, Mar 2007The Long-Term Capacity of Workplace Pension Plans to Deliver Retirement Income: A Review of Key Issues There is considerable data demonstrating the important contribution of workplace pension plans in ensuring the financial security of today’s seniors. However, will workplace plans continue to pl... Bob Baldwin, Mar 2007Federalism Renewed In this paper on what he calls the “third version” of federalism, Tom Kent argues that both parliamentary democracy and federalism need modernization. A suite of reforms is required including th... Tom Kent, Mar 2007Mixed Brew for the 'Coffee Shop' Budget In bringing down the 2007 Budget, the Finance Minister wanted all to know that he had listened to Canadians. He had talked to ordinary people on the streets. He sat down with folks in coff... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman, Michael Mendelson and Ed Tamagno, Mar 2007The Canadian Rural Partnership: Fostering Vibrant Rural Communities Le partenariat rural canadien : pour favoriser le dynamisme des collectivités rurales Rural communities must grapple with the same economic and social challenges faced by larger centres – unemployment and loss of key industries – as well as a lack of access to services, ... Anne Makhoul, Mar 2007Money and Meaning: Blended Value in Community Enterprise This commentary describes the value of community enterprise in terms of both economic and social return. It points out that, unlike the US and the UK, Canada does not have financial incentives s... Sherri Torjman and Bill Young, Feb 2007ANC Sketches: Building a Neighbourhood Renewal Process Descriptions schématiques d’initiatives Quartiers en essor : pour bâtir un processus de revitalisation de quartier Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) was an action research project which operated from February 2005 to March 2007. The ANC Sketches document provides an overview of the ANC theory of change.&... Anne Makhoul, Feb 2007Vibrant Surrey: Bridging the Gaps and Consolidating Strengths Vibrant Surrey is committed to bridging differences and promoting inclusion in this fast-growing municipality. The project seeks to create a legacy of exemplary practice and robust infrastructur... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2007Supports – or Surgery? The commentary looks at the recent “Ashley case” in which the parents of a young girl with a severe disability had arranged for surgical intervention to stunt her growth to ease their ability to care ... Sherri Torjman, Jan 2007Reflecting on Vibrant Communities (2002-2006) Vibrant Communities is a Pan-Canadian initiative exploring promising local solutions for poverty reduction. Beginning in the spring 2002, three national sponsors (the J.W. McConnell Family Found... Eric Leviten-Reid, Jan 2007The Management and Regulation of Occupational Pension Plans in Canada Occupational pension plans – often referred to in Canada as employer-sponsored, workplace or registered pension plans – play a critical role in ensuring the income security of Canadian seniors. ... Edward Tamagno, Dec 2006Occupational Pension Plans in Canada: Trends in Coverage and the Incomes of Seniors Occupational pension plans – often referred to in Canada as employer-sponsored, workplace or registered pension plans – play a critical role in ensuring the income security of Canadian seniors. ... Edward Tamagno, Dec 2006Tax Fairness According to Canada's New Government Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s surprise announcement on October 31, 2006, shutting down income trusts was front page news across Canada. Little media attention, however, was given to ot... Ed Tamagno and Ken Battle, Nov 2006Improving Primary and Secondary Education on Reserves in Canada In his report Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada (Caledon Institute of Social Policy, July 2006), Michael Mendelson found that a very high percentage of Aboriginal students were ... Michael Mendelson, Oct 2006The Forest Communities Program Fifteen years ago, Natural Resources Canada launched the Canadian Model Forest Program as part of the federal government’s Green Plan. Since then, 11 Model Forests have been established, attract... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2006Youth Realizing Their Unlimited Potential – Destination: UP Imagine if youth were viewed as competent community builders. With this idea in mind, former young people who had lived in foster or group homes in Nova Scotia supported the development of leade... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2006Shared Space: The Communities Agenda This paper is the first in a series on the “communities agenda.” The paper defines this term and develops it within the context of theories on resilience, and innovation and its application as c... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2006Preparing for the Demographic Tsunami This commentary responds to the Conservatives’ search for its next top priority ideas. The paper speaks to the need for investment in technical aids and personal supports, such as attendant care... Sherri Torjman, Jul 2006Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada The success of Aboriginal people in our postsecondary education (PSE) system is of vital interest to all Canadians. Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada reviews the empi... Michael Mendelson, Jul 2006A Proposal for Restructuring the Universal Child Care Benefit The author proposes modifications to the design of the new Universal Child Care Benefit intended to respond to criticisms of the initiative, while achieving the federal government’s objectives and off... Richard Zuker, Jul 2006Asset-based, Resident-led Neighbourhood Development Développement communautaire fondé sur les actifs du milieu et la prise en charge citoyenne In February 2005, Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) was launched with funding from the Government of Canada. Its purpose is to explore and assess approaches to strengthening neighbourhoods t... Eric Leviten-Reid, Jul 2006Building Assets Through Housing In dozens of cities across Canada, the last few years have seen middle-class homeowners spellbound by the dizzying spectre of escalating prices for homes in their neighbourhoods. Today, some hom... Michael Mendelson, Jul 2006Financing the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans Financing the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans describes the evolution and financing policies of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), focusing on the organization and experi... Michael Mendelson, Jul 2006Cutting CPP Contributions: Let’s pop this trial balloon The author aims to pop the federal government’s trial balloon of reducing Canada Pension Plan contributions from employees and employers by paying some of the federal surplus directly into the CPP. ... Michael Prince, Jul 2006Towards a New Architecture for Canada's Adult Benefits Since its creation in 1992, the Caledon Institute of Social Policy has worked to modernize Canada’s social security system. We have made the case for major changes not just to individual social ... Ken Battle, Michael Mendelson and Sherri Torjman, Jun 2006Government and Communities: Strengthening Neighbourhoods Together Gouvernement et collectivité : Travailler ensemble pour renforcer les quartiers Policy dialogue is a relatively new technique for building a shared vision and operational frameworks among governments and communities. In the spirit of action research, ANC created a policy d... Cheryl Gorman, Jun 2006Orienteering Over New Ground: A Neighbourhood Theory of Change S’orienter en terrain inexploré : Pour une théorie du changement relative aux quartiers In February 2005, Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) was launched with funding from the Government of Canada. Its purpose is to explore and assess approaches to strengthening neighbourhoods t... Cheryl Gorman, Jun 2006Romanow, Romanow, where art thou? Romanow, Romanow, where art thou? Canadians ignore the royal commission"s findings at their peril, says health policy expert.... Charles E. Pascal, May 2006Opportunities Niagara: Untying the Knots, Connecting the Dots Before the arrival of Opportunities Niagara in 2002, no mechanism existed to initiate and guide poverty reduction work across the 12 municipal jurisdictions that make up southern Ontario’s Niagara Reg... Anne Makhoul and Eric Leviten-Reid, May 2006More Than a Name Change: The Universal Child Care Benefit The federal government’s new Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) - formerly known as the Choice in Child Care Allowance - contains two serious flaws. First, the UCCB will be taxable in the hands... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson, May 2006The Incredible Shrinking $1,200 Child Care Allowance: How to Fix It As proposed to date, the new $1,200 Child Care Allowance will be a flawed scheme creating deep inequities. Working poor and modest-income families will end up with low net benefits, and one-earn... Ken Battle, Apr 2006ANC in Toronto: Scarborough Village Grows in a Positive Direction Quartiers en essor – Toronto : Scarborough Village grandit en suivant une trajectoire positive The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project has completed its first 14 months of operation. Its main purpose was to help revitalize five neighbourhoods across the country. ANC enable... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2006Thunder Bay’s Simpson-Ogden Neighbourhood: Gifts in Unexpected Places Le quartier Simpson-Ogden à Thunder Bay : D’agréables surprises The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project has completed its first 14 months of operation. Its main purpose was to help revitalize five neighbourhoods across the country. ANC enable... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2006North Central in Regina: Keeping the Focus Where It Belongs Le Centre-Nord de Regina : Ne pas perdre l’objectif de vue The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project has completed its first 14 months of operation. Its main purpose was to help revitalize five neighbourhoods across the country. ANC enable... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2006A Return to ANC in Surrey: Bridgeview in Motion Un retour sur l’initiative Quartiers en essor de Surrey: Bridgeview en mouvement The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project has completed its first 14 months of operation. Its main purpose was to help revitalize five neighbourhoods across the country. ANC enable... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2006A Return to ANC in Spryfield: Fresh Ideas Spring into Action Un retour sur l’initiative Quartiers en essor de Spryfield: Idées nouvelles qui se traduisent en actions concrètes The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project has completed its first 14 months of operation. Its main purpose was to help revitalize five neighbourhoods across the country. ANC enable... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2006Vibrant Communities Saint John: Dismantling the Poverty Traps Vibrant Communities Saint John (VCSJ) was founded in 2004 with support from its convenor organization, the Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative. Saint John community organizers take pride ... Anne Makhoul and Eric Leviten-Reid, Mar 2006Le Chantier in Saint-Michel - Tackling Poverty and Social Inclusion Le Chantier dans Saint-Michel – S’attaquer à la pauvreté et à l’exclusion sociale Vivre Saint-Michel en Santé, a community revitalization initiative in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel, has created a new offshoot organization to work specifically on projects that will ad... Anne Makhoul, Dal Broadhead and Eric Leviten-Reid, Mar 2006Rethinking Neighbourhood Renewal: Review of the US Experience and Possible Lessons for Canada Repenser la revitalisation des quartiers : examen de l’expérience étatsunienne et leçons à tirer pour le Canada This is the third in a series of policy papers developed in support called Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC). ANC is a pan-Canadian project that involves four national and five local partner... Steve Pomeroy, Feb 2006Reading, Writing and Neighbourhood Renewal La lecture, l’écriture et la revitalisation communautaire Renewal efforts in communities typically concern themselves with bricks and mortar. Safe, decent and affordable housing comprises the core of a healthy community. But there has been growin... Sherri Torjman, Feb 2006Finding Common Ground on Child Care The proposed $1,200 Choice in Child Care Allowance is a stealth program that will in fact deliver smaller benefits than advertised. Caledon proposes that the federal government instead deliver t... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman, Michael Mendelson, Feb 2006Remaking Neighbourhood Renewal: Towards Creative Neighbourhood Renewal Policies for Britain Reconstitution de la revitalisation des quartiers : vers des politiques créatives de régénération communautaire en Grande-Bretagne This is the fourth in a series of policy papers developed in support of Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC). The paper focuses upon the policies and strategies for implementing neighbourhood r... Duncan Maclennan, Feb 2006Vibrant Communities Edmonton: Building Family Economic Success Vibrant Communities Edmonton (VCE) is basing its work on a model of family economic success developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the US. Focusing its efforts on residents who work but e... Anne Makhoul and Eric Leviten-Reid, Feb 2006Vibrant Communities Edmonton’s Make Tax Time Pay Campaign As part of its goal of helping families to achieve economic success, Vibrant Communities Edmonton (VCE) has launched the Make Tax Time Pay campaign. Working in collaboration with the Canada Reve... Anne Makhoul, Feb 2006The Choice in Child Care Allowance: What you See Is Not What You Get The Conservatives’ plan for a “Choice in Child Care Allowance” is seriously flawed. Because the new program will trigger reductions in federal and provincial/territorial income-tested benefits a... Ken Battle, Jan 2006There's Madness to this Method The November 2003 Report of the Auditor General, released in February 2004, set in motion a chain of events that led to an obsession with accountability. The November 2005 report of the Auditor ... Sherri Torjman, Jan 2006Evaluation Framework for Federal Investment in the Social Economy: A Discussion Paper This paper was prepared on behalf of Social Development Canada to support the department and its partners in developing an evaluation framework for potential federal investment in the social economy.&... Eric Leviten-Reid, Sherri Torjman, Jan 2006Vibrant Communities Calgary: Awareness, Engagement and Policy Change By educating Calgarians about the complex realities of poverty and influencing the development of responsive public policies, Vibrant Communities Calgary is trying to create a profound shift in thinki... Anne Makhoul and Eric Leviten-Reid, Jan 2006Strategies for Achieving Equity and Prosperity in Saskatchewan This paper focuses on the coexistence of strong labour demand in Saskatchewan, and a chronically underemployed segment of the population that is not achieving full economic citizenship. It argue... Rick August, Jan 2006A Working Income Tax Benefit That Works The November 2005 federal mini-Budget planted the seeds of an innovative social program – a Working Income Tax Benefit to supplement the wages of the working poor. While the initiative is a prom... Ken Battle and Michael Mendelson, Nov 2005Anyone Got a Plan? Caledon Senior Scholar Michael Mendelson challenges governments to start thinking and talking about – and planning for – an inevitable looming crisis: the next recession. ... Michael Mendelson, Nov 2005The Disability Savings Plan: Contribution Estimates and Policy Issues Keith Horner’s paper presents an analysis of the proposed registered disability savings plan − an idea put forward by the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN). The registered disabilit... Keith Horner, Nov 2005The Disability Savings Plan: Policy Milieu and Model Development Richard Shillington"s paper presents an analysis of the proposed registered disability savings plan − an idea put forward by the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN). The paper examine... Richard Shillington, Nov 2005Intergenerational Dimensions of Canada's Fiscal System Intergenerational equity has been used as a rationale for debt repayment in Canada. This paper addresses this issue by evaluating a set of economic and fiscal projections. The results show... Joe Ruggerri, Yang Zou and Shannon Garrett, Nov 2005Fair Fares Calgary Celebrates Reduced Fare Transit Passes The City of Calgary recently began to issue reduced fare transit passes to citizens who receive benefits from the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program. Beginning in January... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2005Victoria's Regional Housing Trust Fund: So Far, So Good BC’s Capital Region has one of the highest average house prices in the country. In order to build homes which are affordable to the majority of citizens, seven of the region’s thirteen municipal... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2005Quality of Life CHALLENGE: Fostering Engagement, Collaboration and Inclusion Since 1999, the Quality of Life CHALLENGE has charted a bold new way for people throughout BC’s Capital Region to improve quality of life for all, particularly those disadvantaged by poverty. By... Eric Leviten-Reid and Anne Makhoul, Nov 2005real leaders volume 15 - Senator Landon Pearson Senator Landon Pearson – the Senator for Children and the Children’s Senator – retires from her seat in the Senate in November 2005. This issue of ‘real leaders’ is dedicated to a woman whose li... Anne Makhoul, Nov 2005Spryfield Chooses ANC Halifax Spryfield choisit l'initiative Quartiers en essor - Halifax The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project, based in five cities across Canada, enables community members to help one another to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. This 14-m... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2005ANC in BC Selects Bridgeview Quartiers en essor choisit Bridgeview en C.-B. The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project, based in five cities across Canada, enables community members to help one another to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. This 14-m... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2005Regina Inner City Community Partnership Welcomes ANC Le partenariat en action communautaire du centre-ville de Regina souhaite la bienvenue à l'initiative Quartiers en essor The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project, based in five cities across Canada, enables community members to help one another to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. This 14-m... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2005ANC Begins in Scarborough Village Quartiers en essor démarre dans Scarborough Village The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project, based in five cities across Canada, enables community members to help one another to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. This 14-m... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2005Action for Neighbourhood Change in Thunder Bay L’initiative Quartiers en essor à Thunder Bay The Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project, based in five cities across Canada, enables community members to help one another to make their neighbourhoods better places to live. This 14-m... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2005A World Fit for Children This commentary highlights the vision of Senator Landon Pearson, retiring this fall, who has worked tirelessly over the years to create a world fit for children. It is a world that affords all c... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2005What is Policy? This paper was written to support the work of community initiatives interested in policy development. A public policy is a deliberate decision that provides guidance for addressing identified ob... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2005Local Heroes: CAW 199 and Community Partners Bethlehem Projects of Niagara, a nonprofit organization which provides transitional housing and life skills programs for people living in poverty, recently announced the construction of a 40-unit apar... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2005Neighbourhood Change through a Housing Lens La revitalization des quartiers par le prisme du logement This paper is the second of three policy papers developed in support of a new national initiative called Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC). The first, entitled "Policy Dialogue," was re... Steve Pomeroy, Sep 2005Policy Dialogue Dialogue sur les politiques This paper was developed in support of a new national initiative called Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC). ANC is a pan-Canadian project that involves four national and five local partners i... Sherri Torjman, Jun 2005Disability Tax: The Budget's Quiet Little Secret This commentary discusses the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities and the subsequent adoption, in the 2005 federal Budget, of virtually al... Sherri Torjman, May 2005The Honourable Eleni Bakopanos: Social Economy Champion This ‘real leaders’ story describes Parliamentary Secretary Eleni Bakopanos’ work to advance the understanding and functioning of the social economy in Canada. Highlighted in the March... Anne Makhoul, May 2005The Living Wage Learning Initiative Responding to interest in the issue of poverty reduction through the payment of a ‘living wage,’ Vibrant Communities initiated a tele-learning forum to investigate the process of designing and initiat... Anne Makhoul, May 2005Action for Neighbourhood Change Begins The Caledon Institute is proud to announce its involvement in Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC), a 14-month community revitalization project announced by Labour and Housing Minister Joe Fontana on... Anne Makhoul, May 2005Community Action in Saint John: Making a Difference in the Lives of Young People Efforts to provide support for teenage mothers led to the creation of several youth-centred programs and services in the City of Saint John. This story profiles the efforts of the Business Commu... Anne Makhoul, May 2005Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Public Policy Initiative The Alberta government’s recently announced changes to the AISH program capped a four-year review of the province’s low income security programs. A public policy Roundtable was initiated by staf... Anne Makhoul, May 2005The Group of Six Vibrant Communities is the foundation for a ‘Group of Six’ trying to develop a distinctive approach to community-based poverty reduction. The Group of Six initiatives within the overall project ... Sherri Torjman, Apr 2005Quality of Life CHALLENGE in Victoria Invites Low-income Canadians to Speak for Themselves Engaging low-income residents in community-based poverty reduction requires careful planning and the provision of ongoing support. Victoria’s Quality of Life CHALLENGE has made this issue a prio... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2005The Vote or Veto Budget: An analysis of the 2005 federal Budget Caledon assesses the 2005 federal Budget relative to three principles that we put forward in the pre-Budget consultations on the fiscal surplus: transparency, balance and purpose. On the basis o... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman, Michael Mendelson and Steve Pomeroy, Mar 2005Measuring child benefits: Measuring child poverty This report addresses two critical questions in social policy: what is child poverty and how much is an adequate child benefit? To answer these questions, the report provides an analytic basis t... Michael Mendelson, Feb 2005Sustainable Development Framework for Science and Technology: Social and Cultural Dimensions For the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PMACST) This paper describes the core elements of a sustainable development research framework for science and technology. While the framework is concerned generally with sustainability, it seeks to ide... Sherri Torjman and David Minns, Feb 2005Waterloo Region’s Guaranteed Income Supplement Campaign Spurred by media reports about a lack of uptake of the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) by low-income seniors, Human Resources Development Canada and the OP2000 poverty reduction project in Waterloo... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2005RBC Financial Group: From Accommodation to Inclusion RBC Groupe Financier : De l'aménagement à l'intégration This community story profiles a Canadian employer with an exemplary attitude and demonstrated ability to change its operations for the good of all employees. By adopting the principle that every... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2005Disability Tax Fairness Une fiscalité équitable pour les personnes handicapées The Government of Canada established the Technical Advisory Committee in April 2003 to provide advice to the federal Ministers of Finance and National Revenue on how to address issues related to tax m... Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with DisabilitiesRapport du Comité consultatif technique sur les mesures fiscale pour les personnes handicapées, Jan 2005 Canada's Fiscal Advantage This book challenges a widely held view that Canada’s fiscal system is not competitive with that of the United States. Comparing the fiscal systems of the two countries with respect to the current sit... Joe Ruggeri and Jennifer McMullin, Dec 2004Presentation to the Finance Committee Pre-Budget Consultation This paper was prepared for the pre-Budget consultations of the Finance Committee. It discusses several key principles to help guide the spending of the federal surplus: transparency, balance an... Sherri Torjman, Ken Battle and Michael Mendelson, Nov 2004Managing for Results Asks the Small Questions Managing for Sustainability Asks the Big Questions This commentary challenges current management practice which places sole emphasis upon the measurable outcomes of a given initiative. The authors make the case for managing for sustainability wh... Sherri Torjman and David Minns, Oct 2004Using Creativity to Enliven Urban and Rural Villages This story examines the influence of creativity on business and community development in two ‘villages’ – one in downtown Toronto, the other north of Ottawa. Inspired by Richard Florida’s creati... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2004Engaging Disenfranchised Groups in Urban Health This paper is the text of a presentation at the International Conference on Urban Health held in Boston, October 20-22, 2004. Panelists were asked to address the issue of engaging disenfranchise... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2004Policy Development and Implementation in Complex Files: Lessons from "Vibrant Communities" This case study was written as part of the Special Studies series developed by the Canada School of Public Service. It will be used as training material for federal public servants. The Vi... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2004Population Aging and Per Capita Cash Payments under the Canada Health Transfer Federal-provincial discussions on health care financing have paid little attention to the equity aspects of a formula that allocates total federal contributions among provinces on an equal per capita ... Joe Ruggeri and Yang Zou, Oct 2004Elder Care: The Nexus for Family, Work and Health Policy About two million Canadians are engaged in elder care and over two-thirds of them are working. As the baby boomers age, the potential number of carers in the cohorts following are smaller. ... Satya Brink, Oct 2004Youth Action Now – From Dreams to Reality Youth Action Now is a two-year project in Saskatchewan which will enable young people between the ages of 15 and 30 to explore the concept of multiculturalism with an eye to creating a prosperous and ... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2004LASI World Skills: Making Good on Employment Promises By forging strategic partnerships among its member immigrant services agencies, government departments and educational institutions, Ottawa-based Local Agencies Serving Immigrants (LASI) has helped to... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2004Community Economic Development Success Stories from Nova Scotia The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has helped to build the region’s economic capacity since it was established by the federal government in 1987. This community story profiles four ... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2004Social Purchasing – Buying Locally, Helping Locally An innovative and newly-created Internet gateway is allowing businesses in Vancouver to make purchases on the basis of price, value, quality and a new dimension – social value. Blending corporat... David LePage, Sep 2004Transitions Revisited: Implementing the Vision Transitions, the landmark 1988 report of the Social Assistance Review in Ontario, created a new vision for social assistance and related programs that called for a radically redesigned set of child be... John Stapleton, Sep 2004Federal Debt Repayment as an Instrument of Fiscal Centralization This commentary shows that the debt-to-GDP ratio, federal and total, is on a rapidly declining path, even without debt repayment. It also shows that the federal debt repayment plan will have lit... Tony Myatt and Joe Ruggeri, Jun 2004Child Tax Deception: the Proposed Child Tax Deduction This report argues that the federal Conservatives’ proposal for a $2,000 child tax deduction “is a retrograde and regressive idea...resurrected from the graveyard of Canadian public pol... Ken Battle, Jun 2004The Canadian Community Monitoring Network Environment Canada and the Canadian Nature Federation are promoting the widespread development of a Canadian Community Monitoring Network (CCMN) – a process which engages citizens in gathering data on... Anne Makhoul, Jun 2004The Dementia Respite Bungalow Three Ottawa organizations are proposing to construct a bungalow which will provide respite for 12 people with mild to moderate levels of dementia and their caregivers. The Perley and Rideau Vet... Anne Makhoul, May 2004R-e-s-p-i-t-e Spells Respect This commentary discusses the need for respite for the millions of Canadians who care at home for elderly, sick or disabled relatives. The notion of "respite as outcome" encourages a fundamental... Sherri Torjman, May 2004Aboriginal People in Canada's Labour Market: Work and Unemployment, Today and Tomorrow Les Autochtones sur le marché du travail canadien : travail et chômage, aujourd'hui et demain Has the labour market situation of Aboriginal people in Canada been improving over the last several years? This paper uses data from the 1996 and 2001 censuses to present comprehensive, factual ... Michael Mendelson, Apr 2004Culture and Recreation: Links to Well-Being Culture et loisirs : Liens au mieux-être This paper explores the importance of culture and recreation for the health and well-being of individuals and communities. It is the eighth in a series of papers written in support of the Vibran... Sherri Torjman, Apr 2004Three Choices for the Future of Medicare This paper argues that Canadians are at a crossroads in terms of the future of medicare. Critical directional decisions will be made at the First Ministers Meeting in a few months. Ottawa ... Gregory P. Marchildon, Apr 2004Reflections on Vibrant Communities Réflexion sur le projet collectivité dynamiques This is the seventh in series of papers written in support of the Vibrant Communities project. This paper reflects on the first 18 months of the Vibrant Communities experience and the Face-to-Fa... Eric Leviten-Reid, Mar 2004Learning and Evaluation for Poverty Reduction L'Apprentissage et l'évaluation dans le cadre d'initiatives de réduction de pauvreté This is the sixth in a series of papers written in support of the Vibrant Communities project, a four-year national effort to explore promising local solutions to reduce poverty. The paper discu... Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten-Reid, Mar 2004COEP: Brazilian organizations COEP – the Comitê de Entidades no Combate à Fome e Pela Vida (“Committee of entities Against Hunger and For Life”) – is a Brazilian network that mobilizes organizations to combat hunger and poverty.&n... Ann Simpson, Mar 2004EnviroCentre: Sense and Sustainability in the National Capital The City of Ottawa recently reopened the EnviroCentre, a non-profit, self-sustaining enviro-business which offers programs and information aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse ... Anne Makhoul, Mar 2004The Key to Tackling Child Poverty: Income Supports to Meet Their Needs and Assets to Support Their Future This paper discusses child poverty in Canada in terms of access to savings and assets, as well as income and public services. Middle- and upper-income families have incentives to set aside... Jennifer Robson-Haddow, Mar 2004The Disability Supports Deduction: A Big Small Step This commentary analyzes the impact of the new disability supports deduction announced in the 2004 federal Budget. Persons with disabilities who are attending school or working will benefit thro... Sherri Torjman, Mar 2004Ottawa's Annual Fiscal Follies Ottawa’s practice of underestimating the annual surplus has prevented Canadians from making informed choices about government spending. Letting surpluses lapse into debt repayment has, in fact, ... Michael Mendelson, Mar 2004Asset-Based Social Policies – A "New Idea" Whose Time Has Come? Asset-building programs invite low-income citizens to participate in forced savings plans by matching their contributions with funds from financial institutions. These programs have enjoyed wide popul... Andrew Jackson, Mar 2004Celebrating Access at the Toronto Public Library This community story focuses upon the Toronto Public Library (TPL), the second busiest library in the world with the second largest collection of materials in North America. TPL"s commitment to ... Anne Makhoul, Mar 2004Who Does What in Comprehensive Community Initiatives? Initiatives communautaires intégrées: qui fait quoi? Who Does What in Comprehensive Community Initiatives? is the fifth in a series of Caledon papers to support the Vibrant Communities initiative, a four-year national effort to explore promising local s... Sherri Torjman, Eric Leviten-Reid and Mark Cabaj, Feb 2004REFLECT: The Power of Communication REFLECT is an innovative process that was developed originally by the British nongovernmental organization ActionAid and its partners for use in adult literacy work in developing countries. It h... Ann Simpson, Jan 2004Bamfield, BC: Wonderful Things Can Happen at the End of the Road Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) created the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) in 1996, in order to encourage innovative, technology-based learning. HRDC staff and representatives f... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2004Whistler-Mount Currie Learning Communities Project Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) created the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) in 1996, in order to encourage innovative, technology-based learning. HRDC staff and representatives f... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2004Learning Communities in the Monashee Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) created the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) in 1996, in order to encourage innovative, technology-based learning. HRDC staff and representatives f... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2004Lillooet is Learning Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) created the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) in 1996, in order to encourage innovative, technology-based learning. HRDC staff and representatives f... Anne Makhoul, Jan 2004Community Development in the Upper Skeena: Death Feasts and Transformative Change Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) created the Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) in 1996, in order to encourage innovative, technology-based learning. HRDC staff and representatives f... Doug Donaldson and Anne Docherty, Jan 2004Community Renewal Renouveau communautaire This paper explores the renewal of communities through rethinking the use of community resources and building relationships among these resources for mutually beneficial problem-solving. The ‘en... Sherri Torjman, Jan 2004The Repair of Taxation This new paper from Tom Kent argues that federal taxation has become so unfair and so slack, so undermined by avoidance and evasion, that its repair is now the urgent social reform on which others dep... Tom Kent, Dec 2003New Ingredients for the Fiscal Pie This commentary argues the need for exploring possible methods of expanding the ‘fiscal pie.’ It explores one possible model put forward by PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network), a group... Sherri Torjman, Dec 2003Accountability Versus Conditionality Presented originally to the Social Policy Committee of the National Liberal Caucus, this commentary argues that the Canada Social Transfer should function temporarily as an equal per capita block fund... Michael Mendelson, Dec 2003Values of the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement The Canadian government has used 9/11 and the consequential focus on security as a cover for negotiating an agreement with the United States which would deflect Canada-bound asylum seekers who pass th... Audrey Macklin, Dec 2003Student Loans for Refugees: A Success Story in Policy Change How does policy change happen? This paper documents the achievement of one reform, access to student loans for refugees, which took five years and was championed by many. The authors lay o... Louise Slobodian and Harry J. Kits, Dec 2003Why Canada Needs a Federal-Provincial Social Security Review Now This statement calls upon the federal and provincial/territorial governments to build on the success of the National Child Benefit and undertake a comprehensive review of income supports and employmen... Ken Battle and Michael Mendelson, Dec 2003Innovation and Poverty Reduction Innovation et la réduction de la pauvreté This paper discusses the concept of innovation and explores how it can be applied to local solutions to reduce poverty. Interventions include the creation of clusters outside of the high-tech sector, ... Sherri Torjman, Eric Leviten-Reid, Nov 2003The Lanaudière Table of Partners for Social Development: A Case Study La Table des partenaires du développement social de Lanaudière : étude du cas This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé. These papers link to the... William Ninacs, with the collaboration of Francine Gareau, Sep 2003Community-Based Poverty Reduction: The Québec Experience This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé.These papers link to the ... William Ninacs, Sep 2003Renaissance Montréal: A Case Study Renaissance Montréal : étude du cas This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé.These papers link to the ... William Ninacs, with the collaboration of Francine Gareau, Sep 2003The Collective for a Poverty-Free Québec: A Case Study Le collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté : étude du cas This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé. These papers link to the... William Ninacs, with the collaboration of Anne-Marie Béliveau and Francine Gareau, Sep 2003Centraide of Greater Montréal: A Case Study Centraide du Grand Montréal : étude du cas This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé. These papers link to the... William Ninacs, with the collaboration of Francine Gareau, Sep 2003ECOF-CDEC de Trois-Rivières: A Case Study ÉCOF-CDÉC de Trois-Rivières : étude du cas This set of papers on community-based poverty reduction in Quebec was prepared by William Ninacs and his colleagues at the Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé. These papers link to the... William Ninacs, with the collaboration of Francine Gareau, Sep 2003‘Good Jobs in Good Workplaces’: Reflections on Medium-Term Labour Market Challenges The emerging focus of Canadian labour market and social policy on 'social inclusion' through paid employment is broadly appropriate (with significant caveats). However, positive outcomes for workers ... Andrew Jackson, Jul 2003Sustaining Public Pensions in Canada: A Tale of Two Reforms This paper, written for a Japanese-edited volume on pension reform in developed countries, analyzes and explains two recent public pension reform projects in Canada. The Seniors Benefit would have ra... Ken Battle, Jul 2003Think Piece: Policy Conversation on Community Learning Document de réflexion : Dialogue stratégique sur l'apprentissage communautaire This think piece was commissioned as a background paper for a Policy Conversation on Community Learning organized by the Office of Learning Technologies, Human Resources Development Canada. The paper ... Sherri Torjman, Jul 2003Compendium of Promising Crime Prevention Practices in Canada Recueil de pratiques prometteuses en matière de prévention du crime au Canada This publication documents the range of effective crime prevention practices under way throughout Canada. Members of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Community Safety and Crime Pre... Wanda Jamieson and Liz Hart, Jun 2003The Social Role of Local Government Le rôle social de l’administration locale The Social Role of Local Government is the second in a series of Caledon papers to support the Vibrant Communities initiative. The first paper in this series, Comprehensive Community Initiatives, exam... Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten-Reid, May 2003Southeast False Creek — The Struggle for Sustainability This community story describes how one Vancouver neighbourhood is translating the concept of sustainable development into practice. City planners, developers, environmentalists, design professionals a... Anne Makhoul, May 2003Child Benefits Levels in 2003 and Beyond: Australia, Canada, the UK and the US Australia, Canada, the UK and the US all have programs providing cash benefits to families with children. This study is a detailed comparison of current child benefit rates in the four countries, for ... Michael Mendelson, Apr 2003The New Liberalism: Ideas and Ideals This essay appears in H. Aster and T. Axworthy eds. (2003). Searching for the New Liberalism. Toronto: Mosaic Press of Canada. It was first presented at the Searching for the New Liberalism Conference... Sherri Torjman, Apr 2003Comprehensive Community Initiatives Initiatives communautaires intégrées This paper explores the emerging theory and practice on comprehensive community initiatives. It is one of a series of papers written in support of the Vibrant Communities project, which has embraced t... Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten-Reid, Mar 2003A Toolbox for Improving Health in Cities: A Discussion Paper This paper applies the theory of complex adaptive systems to health in cities. It describes the features of complex systems and identifies a variety of tools for promoting health in such a context. ... Sholom Glouberman, Phillippa Campsie, Michael Gemar and Glen Miller, Feb 2003Nation Building Through Cities: A New Deal for Immigrant Settlement in Canada This article offers a critique of the federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration"s proposed ‘dispersion’ policy, which is considering offering a temporary work visa that ties an immigrant to a pa... Elizabeth McIsaac, Feb 2003The 2003 Budget: Political Legacy Needs Policy Architecture ... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson, Feb 2003Seeking Sustainable Livelihoods: Constructing a Role for Community Economic Development in Technology-Cluster Growth Can technology clusters deliver sustainable livelihoods? Following the bursting of the ‘tech bubble’ worldwide, technology clusters appear capable of delivering sustainable livelihoods mainly for elit... Edward T. Jackson and Rahil Khan, Feb 2003Ontario's Shrinking Minimum Wage ... Ken Battle, Feb 2003The Federal Government Can and Should Lead the Renewal of Canada’s Health Policy Written by renowned health expert Dr. Michael Rachlis, this response to the Romanow report on the future of health care calls upon the federal government to rejuvenate Canada’s health care system. The... Dr. Michael Rachlis, Feb 2003How to Make Immigration Work Better: Countering the Defeatists ... Alan Broadbent, Feb 2003What Are Policy-Makers Saying about Respite? This report presents the findings from interviews with selected key informants who have a policy interest in respite for caregivers. The survey was carried out in January and February 2003 on behalf o... Sherri Torjman, Feb 2003Innovation and CED: What They Can Learn From Each Other Innovation et DÉC: Ce qu'ils peuvent apprendre l'un de l'autre The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between the concept of innovation and the practice of community economic development (CED). The paper first examines the practice of community economi... Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten-Reid, Jan 2003Minimum Wages in Canada: A Statistical Portrait with Policy Implications The minimum wage is one of the oldest social policies, originating in New Zealand in 1894 and spreading to Canada in the early part of the 20th century. Yet it remains highly controversial. Some peopl... Ken Battle, Jan 2003Architecture for National Child Care The case for investing in high quality child care is compelling and unequivocal. The current challenge is to develop an architecture that will help guide the construction of a Canadian child care syst... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, Nov 2002Foundations and Future of Social Policy This address was presented at the Caledon Institute's Tenth Anniversary Celebration in Ottawa on November 6, 2002.... Tom Kent, Nov 2002Foundations and Future of Social Policy in Canada: Three Short Speeches from the Caledon Institute's 10th Anniversary Celebration, November 6, 2002 The Caledon Institute marked its tenth anniversary with a day-long series of presentations and panel discussions at the Château Laurier Hotel in Ottawa on November 6, 2002. The celebration offered an ... Battle, K., Torjman, S. et al., Nov 2002Social Policy That Works: An Agenda Canada needs social policy that works, says new Caledon report. "Health care is the $100 billion gorilla of Canadian public policy. We all must hope that the forthcoming report of the Roman... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, Sep 2002The House of Commons and Common Houses This commentary on affordable housing was published as an op ed in the Globe and Mail on September 24, 2002.... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2002Population Aging, Health Care Spending and Sustainability: Do We Really Have a Crisis? This paper argues that issue of health care sustainability does not arise because of the inability of the economy or the overall fiscal system to finance rising health care costs. It arises from a com... Joe Ruggeri, Sep 2002The Bases Are Loaded This speech to the Groundswell Conference organized by the Learning Enrichment Foundation in Toronto and the Canadian Community Economic Development Network focusses upon the challenges related to the... Sherri Torjman, Ken Battle, Sep 2002A Social Vision for the New City of Hamilton This Social Vision was prepared at the request of the Social and Public Health Services Department of the New City of Hamilton and was approved by Hamilton City Council on October 22, 2002. The Vision... Torjman, S., Leviten-Reid, E. et al., Sep 2002real leaders - special edition (volume 13) This special edition of real leaders was written in conjunction with the Caledon report A Social Vision for the New City of Hamilton.In preparing this Social Vision, interviews were held with manycomm... Pamela Mollica, Karen Mollica, Sep 2002A New Era in British Columbia: A Profile of Budget Cuts Across Social Programs This paper is a summary of the wide range of reductions and cuts the BC Liberals have introduced to social programs over the past year. It documents changes in the areas of health care, education, inc... Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Jul 2002Fiscal Imbalances and the Financing of National Programs This paper explores the state of government finances in Canada. It focusses upon the growing fiscal imbalance, commonly known as vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), between the federal and provincial/ter... Joe Ruggeri, Jul 2002The ABLED Initiative: Encouraging Entrepreneurship for Persons with Disabilities Advice and Business Loans for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (ABLED) is an initiative operating out of Vancouver and Victoria. This story profiles three entrepreneurs and provides details of lessons ... Anne Makhoul, Jul 2002Canada 2015: Globalization and the Future of Canada's Health and Health Care This report describes four scenarios for future global economic and political structures – called Global Club, Shared Governance, Cyberwave and Regional Dominators – and looks at the future of health ... Michael Mendelson and Pam Divinsky, Jul 2002The Threat to Democratic Citizenship In this presentation which was made at the D.G. Willmot Lecture, Brock University, Spring 2002, Ed Broadbent discusses his views about the threat to democratic citizenship in Canada. He explores the a... Ed Broadbent, Jul 2002Promoting Access to Postsecondary Education This paper discusses the problems faced by low- and middle-income Canadians regarding access to postsecondary education. The author proposes several remedies, including increased federal funding for p... Paul Heisler, Jul 2002The Place of Cities in Canada: Inside the Constitutional Box and Out In this speech delivered at an April 2002 conference at Queen’s University’s School of Policy Studies, Alan Broadbent – one of Canada’s most influential action-thinkers on urban issues – offers a rang... Alan Broadbent, Jun 2002Medicare: It's Decision Time Decision Time for Medicare "The uncertain future of medicare does not come from public opinion. By a wide margin, most Canadians want health insurance according to the five principles that identify me... Tom Kent, May 2002Labour Market Information Needs in a Changing Economy This paper was written at the request of the Labour Market Information Working Group of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers. It identifies major gaps in labour market information, especially at the l... Sherri Torjman , May 2002Families and Schools Together Canada Family Service Canada has introduced a family involvement program in communities across the country with the assistance of local schools, school boards and a variety of funding partners. Children who ... Lisa Pridmore, May 2002CARE for Nurses Program: Helping New Ontarians Access the Profession The Creating Access to Regulated Employment (CARE) initiative for Nurses helps Internationally Educated Nurses prepare for a licensing examination. Early results have exceeded expectations.... Anne Makhoul, May 2002Magnets and Glue: New Tools for Cities This commentary was first published as an op ed in the Toronto Star under the title "World-class cities need magnets and glue." It argues that cities must invest in key areas of social infrastructure:... Sherri Torjman , May 2002real leaders, volume 12 This edition of real leaders profiles three individuals who have contributed to social well-being through their involvement in political life. John Godfrey,Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding ... Pamela Mollica, Karen Mollica, May 2002Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Canadian Economy This paper sets out the context, proposed approach and components of a system envisaged by the Maytree Foundation in which Canada values and benefits from the skills, training, education and experienc... Naomi Alboim and the Maytree Foundation, Apr 2002Power Camp: Liberating Ideas, Liberated Visions This community story profiles Power Camp, a summer day camp and off-season workshop program which collaborates with community organizations in cities across Canada. Power Camp was conceived by three ... Anne Makhoul, Apr 2002Reaching Past the Barricades: Conflict Resolution at International Summit Events World summit events have recently been marked by violence, injury and property destruction. A process for engaging police, media, politicians, activists and the general public has been developed by a ... Anne Makhoul, Feb 2002Medicure This op ed points out how the loss of the Canada Assistance Plan in 1996 shook the foundation of community supports that help keep people out of hospital and decimated the systems of community care th... Sherri Torjman , Feb 2002From Trade-Off to Trade-Up This paper, presented at the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, argues that economic competitiveness and social cohesion are not a trade-off, but rather are intrinsically linked. It discusses t... Sherri Torjman, Feb 2002The Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit La prestation d’invalidité du Régime de pensions du Canada This report presents a policy history of the Canada Pension Plan disability benefit. It discusses the strengths and unique features of this national program, trends in caseload and cost, key issues re... Sherri Torjman, Feb 2002Equalization: Will the Attacks Ever End? In this commentary, the author contends that a recent misinterpretation regarding the equalization formula not only would undermine the constitutional foundations of the equalization program but also ... Joe Ruggeri, Feb 2002Enterprising Non-profits This story describes the development of a program in British Columbia which supports non-profit organizations in their bid to diversify revenue sources by launching business enterprises. Started as a... Ann Simpson, Feb 2002Reclaiming Our Humanity This social vision paper was written on behalf of the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations, the Canadian Council on Social Development and United Way Canada. It discusses the constitutional, ... Sherri Torjman, Dec 2001Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance: Proposal for a National Disability Supports Initiative The Caledon Institute submitted this brief entitled Proposal for a National Disability Supports Initiative to the Standing Committee on Finance. The brief calls for a federal/provincial initiative tha... Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Dec 2001Constructing Knowledge and Training Curricula: Early Childhood Care and Development in Canadian Aboriginal Communities This paper discusses the partnership process in which Aboriginal communities were engaged with the University of Victoria to create a culturally sensitive and appropriate Early Childhood Care curricul... Jessica Ball and Alan Pence, Dec 2001The Lifeline Budget The Lifeline Budget was developed by the group, Our Schools, Our Communities, in support of a strong, adequately funded public education system. The paper is intended to help similar groups that are s... Mitchell Beer, Dec 2001Equalization: Let's Stick to the Principles This commentary addresses the future of the equalization agreement in Canada. The authors stress the need to focus upon its underlying principles in order to ensure the fiscal health of all regions of... Joe Ruggeri and Frank Strain, Dec 2001Growing Prospects Growing Prospects is a nonprofit organization that is providing training and employment to individuals on income assistance, helping them develop the skills required to find full-time employment in th... Ann Simpson, Nov 2001Taking Health Care to the Streets: Ottawa’s Inner City Health Project This story describes an innovative partnership which seeks to change the way that health services are delivered to homeless individuals.... Ann Simpson, Nov 2001The Toronto Food Policy Council Food security issues are increasingly preoccupying municipal governments as they grapple with the persistence of hunger, food-related health issues, waste disposal problems and other symptoms of probl... Ann Simpson, Oct 2001Opening Dialogue, Opening Minds: Encouraging Citizen Engagement The Canadian Council for International Co-operation has been testing innovative methods of engaging the public in meaningful discussion of international policy issues. This community story describes ... Ann Simpson, Oct 2001Seeds of Promise: Grandview/?Uuqinak'uuh School in Vancouver This article profiles the steps taken to revitalize an inner-city elementary school community in Vancouver"s east end. A 1997 family crisis became the impetus for change, allowing school staff to pri... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2001Toward a Comprehensive Affordable Housing Strategy for Canada Written by Steve Pomeroy, one of Canada's most knowledgeable housing experts, this report offers a comprehensive perspective on the problem of lack of affordable housing in this country and sets out a... Steve Pomeroy, Oct 2001real leaders, volume 11 This edition of real leaders shines the spotlight on youth. Founders of vastly different initiatives, Simon Jackson, Ryan Hreljac and Rahul Raj demonstrate that a powerful vision can go a long way. ... Pamela Mollica, Anne Makhoul, Oct 2001Social Housing - A Key Component of Social Policies in Transformation: The Quebec Experience This paper is a revised version of a presentation to the Symposium on Affordable Housing Policy organized by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association. The paper reports on a number of innovative ... Yves Vaillancourt, Sep 2001Partnerships 'Down Under': The Kwinana Industries Council Excellence in Education Compact An innovative partnership in Western Australia is helping to keep young people in school and prepare them for the world of work. The Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) Excellence in Education Compact i... Ann Simpson, Sep 2001Social Inclusion: A New Vision of Immigrant Settlement in Canada This commentary is the text of a keynote address delivered at the National Settlement Conference in Kingston June 2001. The address describes the settlement "journey" that immigrants experience when ... Ratna Omidvar, Sep 2001Relentless Incrementalism: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Canadian Income Security Policy This report is a comprehensive analysis of recent and ongoing changes to Canadian income security policy. The paper argues that economic factors are a necessary but not sufficient explanation for the... Ken Battle, Sep 2001From Information to Application: How Communities Learn This review summarizes selected literature sources on the subject of community learning and identifies key themes considered in these sources. The findings of this work will be applied to the subsequ... Sherri Torjman, Eric Leviten-Reid, Christopher Camp and Anne Makhoul, Sep 2001New - and Newsworthy - Ideas on Welfare Reform This commentary was prepared in response to an op ed in The Ottawa Citizen that called for a return to workhouses for welfare recipients. It was published under the banner of “New Ideas.” The commen... Sherri Torjman, Aug 2001Ottawa Should Expand the Canada Child Tax Benefit Presentation to the Commons Subcommittee on Children and Youth at Risk ... Ken Battle, Jun 2001The Philanthropic Contract: Mutual Benefit for the Public Good In this speech to the Private Foundations Canada Conference held in Toronto on June 1, 2001, Alan Broadbent explains The Maytree Foundation's approach to philanthropic giving. Broadbent is a business... Alan Broadbent, Jun 2001The Post-Welfare State in Canada: Income-Testing and Inclusion This report was prepared for the CEPRA (Consortium for Economic Policy Research and Advice) Project, "Living Standards and Income Inequality in Selected Regions," for the International and Canadian Pr... Battle, K., Torjman, S., May 2001Sustainable Development: Innovation and the Quality of Life This framework was designed for presentation at a meeting of the federal Interdepartmental Working Group on Sustainable Development. The framework focusses specifically upon the links between sustain... Sherri Torjman and David Minns, May 2001Lessons for the Russian Federation from the Reform of Income Security Programs in Canada The purpose of this follow-up note to the earlier paper for the CEPRA Project (see above) to reflect upon the findings of the research carried out on income security in Russia and to link these findi... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, May 2001Ken Battle and Eric Leviten gave the opening address at the 'Building a Winning Community' conference in Hamilton, Ontario on On April 5, 2001, the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton, Ontario sponsored a conference titled “Building a Winning Community: Visions and Challenges for the New City of Hamilton.” The ... Ken Battle and Eric Leviten, Apr 2001Read the Fine Print! The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association uses bold typeface to advise potential buyers of private insurance: “Read your contract!” While the warning is sound advice in general, it was meant... Sherri Torjman, Apr 2001Social Capital and the 'Our Millennium' National Project This report is an analysis of the Our Millennium gift registry. Our Millennium was a special project initiated by the Community Foundations of Canada to mark the new century. It was designed as a na... Sherri Torjman and Eric Leviten, Apr 2001First Stop: Front-line crime prevention Premier Arret : La prèmiere ligne en matière de prévention du crime The First Stop program is on site at the downtown bus station in Montreal to provide assistance to vulnerable people, and to help prevent crime and victimization. Part of the work of First Stop ... Ann Simpson, Apr 2001Quint: CED and Affordable Housing in Saskatoon Quint Development Corporation was formed in 1995 by residents of the five neighbourhoods that comprise the inner city of Saskatoon. This not-for-profit community organization was created to help local... Len Usiskin, Laverne Szejvolt, Mike Keeling, Mar 2001Transition to Retirement The personal stories series was launched to give families and individuals a 'voice' to tell their stories. In this story, Joan Johnson describes the challenges related to the transition to retirement.... Joan Johnson, Mar 2001Social Housing with Community Support: A Study of the FOHM Experience This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the social housing program of the Fédération des OSBL d'habitation de Montréal (Montreal Federation of Housing Non-profit Organizations). The result... Luc Thériault, Mar 2001real leaders, volume 10 This edition of real leaders profiles one individual and two groups who demonstrate that working together can make a difference in a community. Carol Ann Cole raised more than $1 million for breast ca... Pamela Mollica, Mar 2001The Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank The Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank is a food bank with a difference. Besides helping people put food on the table, it also feeds people's desire to be accepted as capable, contributing members of their... Mary McKeigan, Mar 2001Opportunity Development Accounts The Individual Development Account (IDA) is an important new tool for combating poverty. It enables people with low incomes to accumulate a substantial financial asset to be invested in a potentially ... De Rail, Mar 2001Tools for Change « Tools for Change » Young people who have been "in care" - in the child welfare system, foster homes or institutions - face many challenges. Their lives are often characterized by instability, and many bear scars from ea... Ann Simpson, Feb 2001Healthy Families, Healthy Communities Familles en santé pour des villes et des villages en santé Healthy Families programs offer education and positive social modelling to families with young children in a number of communities in Canada. This paper describes a project supported by the Crime Prev... Anne Makhoul, Feb 2001Investing Social Security Funds: Principles and Considerations Written by Edward Tamagno, a senior federal official responsible for the negotiation and administration of Canada's international social security agreements, this paper discusses the growth of “hybrid... Edward Tamagno, Feb 2001From the Ground Up: Municipal crime prevention initiatives En commençant par la base : Les programmes municipaux de prévention du crime Municipalities play a key role in crime prevention. This paper describes several municipal crime prevention projects supported by the Safer Communities Initiative. The Federation of Canadian Municipal... Ann Simpson, Feb 2001The South Shore Family Resource Association L’association des ressources familiales de la Côte Sud The South Shore Family Resource Association is an initiative supported by Health Canada's Community Action Program for Children. The Association serves the Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg counties of ... Mary McConnell, Jennifer Lamrock, Debbie Smith, Jan 2001Abuse of trust: Children and youth in the sex trade Abus de confiance : Les enfants et les jeunes de l'industrie du sexe It is estimated that more than 300,000 children and youths are involved in the sex trade in North America. Law enforcement officials, social service providers and the general public often regard these... Ann Simpson, Jan 2001Don't Slam the Door Ottawa is reacting to outcry over smuggled immigrants by threatening to tighten the borders. There are much better ways to solve this problem argues The Maytree Foundation’s Andrew Brouwer, in a Comme... Andrew Brouwer, Jan 2001Parents in Action for Education, Montreal Launched in 1999 by a community development organization in Montreal known as the Third Avenue Resource Centre, People in Action for Education offers support and information for parents from socially ... David Dillon, Jan 2001Closing the 'Revolving Door': The Toronto Drug Treatment Court Fermer la « porte-tambour » : Le Tribunal de traitement de la toxicomanie de Toronto Drug-related crime is a major problem in many Canadian communities, and studies have shown a strong link between drug addiction and repeat criminal behaviour. The traditional criminal justice system o... Ann Simpson, Jan 2001Benefits for Children: A Four Country Study Benefits for Children: A Four Country Study reports on the system of income benefits paid on behalf of children in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The study compares the s... Ken Battle, Michael Mendelson, Daniel Meyer, Jane Millar et al., Jan 2001Yes, Virginia, There is a Guaranteed Annual Income A version of this commentary was originally published in the National Post on December 13, 2000. ... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, Dec 2000Crime prevention starts at an early age Le prévention du crime débute dès le jeune age Patterns of criminal behaviour and victimization often begin in childhood and adolescence, and children and youth are priorities for the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.&nbs... Ann Simpson, Nov 2000Project Early Intervention « Project Early Intervention » Children and youth are priorities for the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention. Particular attention is being paid to fostering community action and promoting conditions that hel... Anne Makhoul, Oct 2000Street Culture Kidz «Street Culture Kidz» Fostering the healthy, secure, prosocial development of children and youth is an important component of crime prevention through social development. With assistance from the Community Mobilization Pro... Ann Simpson, Oct 2000Special Education in Ontario: Do We Care Where We're Going? This is one of two commentaries which discuss the status of special education in Ontario. Special education essentially involves tailoring and personalizing the school experience for each exceptional ... Jim Bradt, Noreen Hardwick-Leclerc, Oct 2000Booming for Whom? People in Ontario Talk About Incomes, Jobs and Social Programs Despite the Ontario government's claim that 'families are better off,' many people in Ontario are worse off and struggling to get by, says a report released today by the Caledon Institute. The report,... Kate Bezanson and Susan McMurray, Oct 2000Special Education Funding in Ontario: Bogged Down in Claims This commentary discusses the status of special education in Ontario. Special education essentially involves tailoring and personalizing the school experience for each exceptional student when the reg... Jim Bradt, Noreen Hardwick-Leclerc, Oct 2000real leaders, volume 9 This issues of real leaders takes us across the country to Ottawa, Winnipeg and Saskatoon for a look at innovative community development initiatives. Andrejs and Lorraine Berzins are working to achie... Pamela Mollica, Oct 2000Goodwill: Partnerships That Work For 65 years, Goodwill Toronto has been on a mission: to help people with disabilities and others facing employment barriers find meaningful jobs in the community. This paper describes several Goodwil... Jill Kehoe, Oct 2000Social Programs: Reconstruction Not Restoration In a brief to the Finance Committee, the Caledon Institute of Social Policy calls for the “reconstruction not restoration” of Canadian social programs. In the emerging post-deficit era, 'social reinve... Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson, Oct 2000Proposal for a National Personal Supports Fund Personal supports refer to a range of goods and services technical aids and equipment, personal services and brokerage that offset the effects of a disabling condition. These supports help ensure th... Sherri Torjman, Oct 2000Engaging Students and Communities: Voices from Nova Scotia The Southwest Regional School Board in Nova Scotia has undertaken several initiatives to increase public involvement and support for publicly funded education. Two of these initiatives are highlighte... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2000First Ministers' Last Priority This commentary points out the lack of action on the disability front, despite governments' commitment to proceed in this area. Their written promise was made in a document entitled In Unison: A Canad... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2000A Proposed Model Framework for Early Childhood Development Services Within the National Children's Agenda This proposed model framework is a follow-up to the February 2000 report entitled Ottawa Should Help Build a National Early Childhood Development System. The framework was developed in response to the... Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman, Sep 2000The Lessons of Walkerton Run Deep This commentary points out what can happen when society downplays or neglects the public infrastructure that has an impact on our health and safety. Walkerton is a tragic but instructie wake-up call.... Sherri Torjman, Sep 2000Refugees in Limbo and Canada’s International Obligations The refugee and immigrant series was launched by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy in partnership with the Maytree Foundation"s Refugee and Immigrant Program. The purpose of the series is to high... Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Judith Kumin, Sep 2000The Spirit is Still Dancing: Joe Duquette High School Joe Duquette High School in Saskatoon opened its doors in 1980 after a decade of activism by Aboriginal community members who wanted greater conrol of educational philosophy and direction. Originally... Anne Makhoul, Sep 2000Partnership for Sustainable Development: The Case of Parc de la Gaspésie Partenariat pour un développement durable : Le cas du parc de la Gaspésie After many years of negotiations, an innovative partnership of community groups and government agencies is putting in place an integrated approach to tourism in order to encourage sustainable developm... Ann Simpson, Aug 2000What Should Be Done About Medicare In this report, Mr. Kent offers a comprehensive set of measures to rebuild medicare as a firm partnership between the federal and provincial governments. First and foremost, the federal government mus... Tom Kent, Aug 2000Saying 'No' to Bullying: The 'Guets-Apens' game Dire « non » à l'intimidation! Le jeu de « Guets-Apens » With assistance from the Community Mobilization Program, the Centre Option-Prévention T.V.D.S. in Montreal has developed the prototype for a board game that addresses the issue of bullying. Guets-Apen... Ann Simpson, Aug 2000Addressing the Personal Security Issues of Women and Girls Intervenir au chapitre de la sécurité personnelle des femmes et des jeunes filles Crime and the fear of crime are two critical factors that can greatly undermine a person"s sense of security. Personal security issues are particularly important for women and girls. Various studies h... Ann Simpson, Aug 2000The New Immigration Act: More Questions Than Answers Ottawa"s proposed overhaul of the Immigration Act fails to live up to democratic principles and human rights norms. Many of the most important elements of the immigration and refugee system, such as r... Andrew Brouwer, The MayTree Foundation, May 2000The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development This paper was prepared in response to a request by the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Office of the Auditor General to clarify the meaning of the social dimension of s... Sherri Torjman, May 2000Brain Drain, Brain Gain ... Session Proceedings, Sponsored by the Maytree Foundation, May 2000Richmond School District Builds on a Strong Foundation Richmond School District Number 53 in British Columbia provides an example of gracious communication under pressure. Two years ago, the district was asked by a large group of its Asian parents to open... Anne Makhoul, May 2000People for Education: Reviving Public Debate People for Education is a citizen advocacy group working out of Toronto. The group was formed in response to recent changes in Ontario's education system. The pap |