Edmonton Social Planning Council

Category: **Digital Resources

  • 2010 BC2010 Report Card

     

    Title:2010 child poverty report card
    Corporate Author: First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
    SPARC BC
    Subject:Poverty – child poverty
    Publisher:First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
    Place of Publication:Vancouver
    Date of Publication:2010
    Table Of Contents:

    This BC Child Poverty Report Card includes nine fact sheets on child poverty in BC: Fact Sheet #1 R Rates Fall, But Child Poverty Still Widespread Fact Sheet #2 C Child Poverty Over the Years Fact Sheet #3 C Child Poverty by Family Type Fact Sheet #4 C Child Poverty and Working Parents Fact Sheet #5 Families with Children on Welfare Fact Sheet #6 I Incomes of Families with Children – Growing Inequality Fact Sheet #7 C Child Poverty and the Importance of Government Help Fact Sheet #8 What Needs to Happen Fact Sheet #9 BC BC BC’s Opportunity to Lead Appendix M Measures of Poverty

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.07 CHILDREN/2010 BC2010reportcard.pdf

  • 2010 Bullying in Alberta Suggestions for the Future

     

    Title:Bullying in Alberta: suggestions for the future.
    Author(s):Seymour, Tiffany
    Editor:Hoyer, Jennifer
    Subject:Children – abuse, prevention|split|Education – planning, policy|split|Social inclusion, exclusion|split|Social issues – social planning, policy
    Publisher:Edmonton Social Planning Council
    Place of Publication:Edmonton
    Date of Publication:2010
    Abstract:

    This report provides an analysis of anti-bullying initiatives in place in Canada, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Examples of programs commonly used in each country are selected, evaluated and discussed in relation to their appropriateness for use in Canada.

    Such an investigation and analysis is important as the Alberta government has been exploring possible anti-bullying legislation, including the recently unsuccessful Bill 206. The Bill was designed to allow increased police involvement in dealing with school bullying and would have effectively restricted an administrator’s options when implementing appropriate disciplinary action for bullies.

    A more effective intervention program would encourage school-wide involvement while also encouraging student responsibility and ownership over bullying issues. Each bullying case is unique and thus requires individualized intervention, not the net-widening program proposed by Bill 206.

    Language:English
    Material Type:Report

    F. SOCIAL ISSUES/F.09 YOUTH/2010 Bullying in Alberta Suggestions for the Future.pdf

  • Strategic Drivers of Alberta’s Nonprofit Sector

    Title: Strategic Drivers of Alberta’s Nonprofit Sector
    Author(s): Scott, Marc-Elie
    Subject: Non-profit organizations – general
    Publisher: Institute for Nonprofit Studies
    Place of Publication: Calgary
    Date of Publication: 2010
    Abstract: This report examines strategic drivers that influence the future of the nonprofit sector in Alberta. A literature scan and key informant interviews provide experience and expertise for analysis of the importance of various strategic drivers.
    Language: English
    Material Type: Report

    B. NON PROFITS/B.01 ADMINISTRATION/2010 strategic_drivers.pdf

  • 2010 A Legacy of Commitment to Community: The Edmonton Social Planning Council After Fifty 1990-2010

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.D OTHER HISTORICAL/2010 A Legacy of Committment to Community- The Edmonton Social Planning Council After Fifty- 1990-2010.pdf

  • 2010 June fACT Sheet Elder Abuse

    ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.B FACT SHEETS/2010 June Elder Abuse Fact Sheet.pdf

  • Underemployment and Unemployment within ethno-cultural communities in Edmonton

    Underemployment and Unemployment within ethno-cultural communities in Edmonton: an Environmental Scan and Database. Report by the Multicultural Health Brokers Coop, December 2009.

    (not available online – contact the ESPC library or the MHBC to read this report)

    This report takes a look at barriers to employment faced by immigrants to Edmonton. It does this through the eyes of these immigrants by providing their perspectives as gathered in focus groups and surveys.
    This report is based on quantitative and qualitative data from Edmonton’s ethnic communities. The data identifies several key issues in this group:

    • Unemployment for immigrants is more than seven times the provincial rate.
    • Trained professionals have difficulty gaining employment.
    • Non-native English speakers have more difficulty finding work than native English speakers.
    • Information about employment prior to immigration is inadequate.

    Despite all these barriers, attitudes towards employment in Canada, once it is attained, are mostly favourable.

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