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Life

Our LIFE section will include  housing, and food&health will be combined. See submissions. There will also be an opportunity to comment on each article, to contribute your own information or experience, and of course, to use the resources we share with each other.

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Life



Mayor Miller spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon March 8th, 2010
Toronto Mayor David Miller says he received the shortest briefing he's ever had about a federal budget since he's been mayor. Mayor Miller spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon shortly after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled the latest budget in Ottawa. Flaherty said a combination of government spending restraint and economic growth would erase the deficit — now ...

Walkom: The Art of Reverse Class Resentment
By Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist Class resentment used to be the preserve of the left. That workers were too poor could be blamed on the fact that bosses were too wealthy. If governments needed money, the preferred solution – rhetorically at least – was to make the rich pay. These old-style resentments encouraged both Marxist economics ...

“Reports from the Hood” by c.smith
"There Goes the Neighborhood" St Clair West and Bathurst  Toronto, Ontario You have to enlarge these to get the full impact. Remember these are blaring billboards. I wonder how the new kids in town are gonna take to the old kids in town- Nameres (a shelter that services Natives, and other men) for instance, and all the ...

David Thomasson Challenges Premier Dalton McGuinty & the ODSPA
The ODSPA is the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, the legislation that created and "operates" ODSP. My case is that the legislated process violates each person's right to due process, the right to be innocent until proven guilty by a fair and impartial tribunal, etc. I know it is a dense & complicated argument, it is ...

Laugh Your Arts Off For Mental Health
Laugh Your Arts Off For Mental Health (LYAO4MH) is a community collaboration of mental health organizations and agencies who have come together to provide the community with a fun-filled evening designed to embrace our mental health with laughter, art and culture. We have created an event that celebrates and showcases local talents of people in our community living ...

Neuroplasticity and the Dali Lama: Tibetan Monks in the Lab #1
Part 2 & 3 available in audio, community resource or health

Neuroplasticity and the Dali Lama: Tibetan Monks in the Lab # 2


FREE WORKSHOPS – space remaining Centre For Social Innovation
FREE WORKSHOPS - space remaining it's Discover CSI Month here at the Centre for Social Innovation and we've got some incredible workshops happening this week. Most workshops are sold out or close to sold out, but you can still squeeze in to a few of them. There's more information on our website, but here are a few highlights: Feb. 24, ...



Health



Bipolar Disorder Treated With Nutritional Supplement

 
Subject: Bipolar Disorder Treated With Nutritional Supplement
LoveCry Majic sent a message to the members of LoveCry, The Streetkids Org.
October 5, 2000
Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary have found that a nutritional supplement has significant
benefits for people with a psychiatric condition known as bipolar disorder. Mental health researchers Bonnie Kaplan, PhD, [...]



Social Benefits Tribunal reinstates benefits for grandchild: CLEONet

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Social Benefits Tribunal reinstates benefits for grandchild
Mar 04, 2010 03:00 am
In a recent decision being hailed by advocates, the Ontario’s Social Benefits Tribunal has sent a clear message to the Ontario government and municipal social services administrators that their practices are out of step with the law.
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25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction March 3: Special Diet Program in Peril: Take Action Now!

25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
March 3: Special Diet Program in Peril: Take Action Now!
1. Quote of the Week
2. Tribunal Says Special Diet Program Discriminates
3. No Cuts to Special Diet: Take Action Now!
4. People’s Blueprint on Social Assistance Online
5. ISARC Social Audit Begins
6. SARAC Update
7. Down but Not Out: New Report
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B.C. Police Officer Ordered Not to Discuss Drug Policy and Harm Reduction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2010
CONTACT: Tom Angell, LEAP – (202) 557-4979 or media@leap.cc
B.C. Police Officer Ordered Not to Discuss Drug Policy and Harm Reduction; Civil Liberties Advocates File Complaint With Victoria Police Board
VICTORIA, BC – An international group of cops, judges and prosecutors who oppose the “war on drugs” is criticizing a gag order [...]



Art Eggleton as a Champion of Social Justice by Carol Goar

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