Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: **Digital Resources

  • 2010 Infants of Depressed Mothers

    Title:Infants of depressed mothers living in poverty: opportunities to identify and serve.
    Corporate Author: The Urban Institute
    Subject:Children – general|split|Poverty – child poverty|split|Women – poverty|split|Health issues – mental health
    Publisher:The Urban Institute
    Place of Publication:Washington, DC
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    Depression in parents poses serious risks to millions of children in the United States each day, yet very often goes undetected and untreated. The risk can be very great for babies and toddlers, who are completely dependent on their parents for nurturing, stimulation, and care—and for poor families that do not have the resources to cope with depression. But depression is treatable and opportunities to reach these families and connect them to help already exist within multiple systems. In this brief, we take a first-time national look at the characteristics, access to services, and parenting approaches for infants living in poverty whose mothers are depressed (we focus on mothers as they are often the primary caregivers). We also identify current service systems that could intervene and help depressed mothers find support.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.07 CHILDREN/2010 infants_of_depressed_mothers.pdf

  • 2010 Best Interest of Children

    Title:In the best interests of children and families: a discussion of early childhood education and care in Alberta.
    Corporate Author: The Muttart Foundation
    Subject:Child care – Alberta|split|Children – general|split|Education – general
    Publisher:The Muttart Foundation
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    The Muttart Foundation has prepared the current paper to encourage discussion of how Alberta can best approach its support for early childhood education and care. A parallel paper aims to encourage a similar discussion in Saskatchewan. The Foundation considers early childhood education and care a public good that benefits all children and families. It sees public support for early education and care as a prudent investment that has the potential to foster child development, to support families, and to help address the inequities in opportunity that appear early in a child’s life. The paper, written with input from researchers and practitioners, is a starting point. The discussion of how best to support children and their families requires the input of many stakeholders and must take into account different values, ideas, and experiences. It must acknowledge and make sense of competing interests while remaining grounded in what research tells us about early childhood education and care. At minimum, the development of sound public policy, and the implementation of effective supports for children and their families, requires a deep understanding of the issues central to early childhood education and care. It also requires a vision of an Alberta in which all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential: one that remains in the best interests of children and their families.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.08 CHILD CARE/2010 best_interests_of_children.pdf

  • 2010 Immigration for Young Citizens

    Title:Immigration: for young citizens.
    Author(s):Kent, Tom
    Subject:Immigration – general
    Publisher:Caledon Institute of Social Policy
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    Immigration to Canada is in chaos. The federal government’s response to the problems has been to shuffle much of its responsibility to provincial governments and to employers recruiting for ostensibly temporary work. In the resulting confusion, the national purpose for immigration is lost. Some easements, such as better settlement services and language upgrading, are widely urged but little done. At best, they are only band-aids. Fundamental changes are needed.

    Table Of Contents:

    Mobility’s winners and losers 1 Youth is the priority 2 Shuffled responsibility 3 Temporaries 5 The special non-Canadians 6 Notwithstanding 7 Some orphans, no grannies 8 New selectivity 9 Citizens only 10 Taxpayers all 12 In sum 14 Conclusion 15

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F06 IMMIGRATION/2010 immigration_for_young_citizens.pdf

  • 2010 Immigrant Mental Health

    Title:Immigrant mental health
    Variant Title:La santé mentale des immigrants
    Citation:Issue of “Canadian Issues” (Summer 2010)
    Subject:Immigration – health issues|split|Health issues – mental health
    Publisher:Metropolis
    Place of Publication:Ottawa
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    This collection of articles illustrates a broad spectrum of knowledge on migrant mental health, building and assessing evidence from a variety of sources: clinical practice, community-based research, population surveys and health surveillance. The articles address a range of conceptual, methodological and measurement issues and identify key data and research gaps.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Collection of Articles

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F06 IMMIGRATION/2010 immigrant_mental_health.pdf

  • 2010 Hunger Count 2010

    Title:HungerCount 2010: a comprehensive report on hunger and food bank use in Canada, and recommendations for change.
    Corporate Author: Food Banks Canada
    Subject:Food security – hunger, health|split|Food security – statistics, studies
    Publisher:Food Banks Canada
    Place of Publication:Toronto
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    Over the last two years, food bank use in Canada has risen by 28% – an unprecedented rate of growth. After four consecutive years of decline, demand for food banks has skyrocketed since the 2008-09 recession. This year, every province experienced an increase in the number of individuals requiring help, and nearly three-quarters of all Canadian food banks helped more people than in 2009. HungerCount shows that the effects of the recession are still being felt across the country. In March of this year, 80,150 people accessed a food bank for the first time – approximately the same level as twelve months earlier. March is a typical month for food bank usage, which means that more than 80,000 people walk through the door of a food bank for the first time every single month. The need for food assistance increased almost across the spectrum this year: food banks saw more adults, children, and youth; more families with children and more single people; more women and men; more Aboriginal people; more seniors; more people with disabilities. The picture of those who access food banks has remained remarkably consistent over the years, and 2010 is no different: 38% are children or youth under age 18; 51% of assisted households are families with children, and nearly half of these are two-parent families. A large percentage of those needing support (40%) are single-person households, many of them counting social assistance as their primary source of income. Though fewer people with jobs accessed food banks this year, households with income from current or recent employment are, at 17% of the total, still a significant proportion of those helped.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.15 HUNGER/2010 HungerCount2010.pdf

  • 2010 Housing Vulnerability Health

    Title:Housing vulnerability and health: Canada’s hidden emergency.
    Corporate Author: Research Alliance for Canadian Homelessness, Housing, and Health
    Subject:Housing – temporary, emergency, homelessness|split|Housing – studies, surveys|split|Health issues – poverty
    Publisher:Research Alliance for Canadian Homelessness, Housing, and Health
    Place of Publication:Toronto
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    For the first time in Canada, we have the numbers to show that people who are vulnerably housed face the same severe health problems – and danger of assault – as people who are homeless. The number of people experiencing the devastating health outcomes associated with inadequate housing could be staggering. There are about 17,000 shelter beds available across Canada every night, but almost 400,000 Canadians are vulnerably housed. This means that for each person who is homeless in Canada, 23 more people are vulnerably housed – paying more than half of their monthly income for rent, and living with substantial risk of becoming homeless. Key findings: People who don’t have a healthy place to live – regardless of whether they’re vulnerably housed or homeless – are at high risk of serious physical and mental health problems and major problems accessing the health care they need. Many end up hospitalized or in the emergency department. 40 per cent of people who don’t have a healthy place to live have been assaulted at least once in the past year, and one in three have trouble getting enough to eat. Key recommendations: We’re calling for the federal government to respond by setting national housing standards that ensure universal, timely access to healthy (i.e. decent, stable, and affordable) housing.

    Language:English
     Material Type:Report

    D. HOUSING/2010 housing_vulnerability_health.pdf