Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: **Resources: Social Issues:

  • 2011 CCRC Report to UN on CRC

     

    Title:Right in principle, right in practise: implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada.
    Corporate Author: Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
    Subject:Child care – Canada|split|Children – abuse, prevention|split|Children – child welfare system|split|Children – foster care, adoption|split|Children – Indigenous|split|Children – services, planning|split|Children – statistics|split|Discrimination|split|Poverty – child poverty
    Publisher:Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
    Date of Publication:2011
    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.07 CHILDREN/2011 CCRC-Report-to-UN-on-CRC.pdf

  • 2011 English Report Card

     

    Title:Revisiting family security in insecure times: 2011 report card on child and family poverty in Canada.
    Corporate Author: Campaign 2000
    Subject:Poverty – child poverty|split|Family – finances|split|Poverty – working poor|split|Poverty – statistics|split|Poverty – income distribution|split|Children – Indigenous|split|Child care – Canada|split|Housing – affordable, social housing
    Publisher:Campaign 2000
    Place of Publication:Toronto
    Date of Publication:2011
    Abstract:

    This report discusses child and family poverty trends in Canada. It also recommends strategies and government policies that could be adopted to address this serious social problem.

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.11 FAMILY/2011 EnglishReportCard.pdf

  • 2011 Alternate Federal Budget 2011

    Title:Rethink, rebuild, renew: a post-recession recovery plan.
    Variant Title:Alternative federal budget 2011
    Corporate Author: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
    Subject:Government of Canada – budget
    Publisher:Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2011
    Abstract:

    The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) urges Ottawa to address Canadians’ real financial worries rather than sideline them in the political bluster brewing over a federal budget and possible election.
    With the release of its annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), the CCPA proposes a federal budget that connects with what matters to Canadians: post-recession job and household debt worries, pension concerns, worsening income inequality and climate change.

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.05 INCOME/2011 alternative_federal_budget2011.pdf

  • 2011 Restoring Minimum Wages

     

    Title:Restoring minimum wages in Canada
    Author(s):Battle, Ken
    Subject:Employment – wage issues
    Publisher:Caledon Institute of Social Policy
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2011
    Abstract:

    A severe recession with its tight fiscal aftermath is not a time when one expects improvements in social policy. But there is a bright spot for one of Canada’s oldest social programs – minimum wages, which have risen substantially in recent years in every province and territory except one (British Columbia). And BC just announced an end to its lengthy freeze on the minimum wage, starting with an increase on May 1, 2011.
    The national average minimum wage rose from $6.54 an hour in 1965 (in constant 2010 dollars) to a peak of $9.92 in 1976, then fell to $7.01 in 1986. But it increased again to reach $9.16 in 2010 – just 76 cents below the mid-1970s high.
    The recent increase in minimum wages across Canada is due in part to the creation of poverty reduction strategies, which have focused attention on minimum wages.
    The report argues that the provincial and territorial governments should – in conjunction with key actors including business, labour, experts and social groups – work together through a transparent process to define what constitutes an adequate minimum wage (e.g., equal to the poverty line, or a percentage of average earnings) and how to protect its value over time through some form of indexation (e.g., to the cost of living, or to the change in average earnings).
    The report also compares minimum wages in Canada to other countries.

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.05 INCOME/2011 restoring_minimum_wages.pdf

  • 2011 Resource Binder

    Title:Resource binder
    Author(s):Buchynski, Dawn|split|Bardley, Jess
    Subject:youth – sexuality
    Publisher:Equality Revolution for Youth Association
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2011
    Abstract:

    A collection of resources for LGBTTIQ youth in the Edmonton community, and for those who work with them.

    Language:English
    Material Type:Information Package

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.09 YOUTH/2011 resource_binder.pdf

  • 2011 Rebuilding Professional Lives

     

    Title:Rebuilding professional lives: immigrant professionals working in the Ontario settlement sector.
    Author(s):Türegün, Adnan
    Subject:Immigration – employment, foreign qualifications
    Publisher:CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre
    Place of Publication:Toronto
    Date of Publication:2011
    Abstract:

    This study looks at the reality of a particular group of foreign-born and -trained professionals in Ontario. These are the professionals who did not get to practise their respective professions after immigration but acquired a new profession in the form of settlement work. The study detects their pre-immigration education and work history, the reasons they left their countries of origin or permanent residence for Canada, the expectations they had, the choices they made about pursuing professional practice, the efforts they put towards that or some alternative goal, and their eventual professional reconstitution as settlement workers.

    Language:English
     
    Material Type:Article

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F06 IMMIGRATION/2011 rebuilding_professional_lives.pdf