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Thriving in Toronto on Ontario Disability Supports : Ten Hints
By Cheryl Smith
TORONTO, Ontario– So you’re single, middle-aged, disabled, and you live alone in
one of the most expensive cities in Canada: Toronto. Ontario Disability Supports
Program will graciously provide you with between $942.00 and $1399.00 monthly
depending on “special needs” and your ability to prove them.
Housed in the [...]
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Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review
May 2010
Table of Contents
The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
Letter of transmittal
Executive Summary
Recommended Terms of Reference
Scope of the Ontario Income Secuirty Review
Key Strategies to Guide the Ontario Income Security Review
Measurable Outcomes
The Review Process
Why Ontario Needs an Income Security Review
Introduction
From Social [...]
“Sharing The Burden”
with Stephan Cayton Briones
Sharing the Burden is “an artisitic social justice endeavour whereby people with an experience of poverty are given (inexpensive) disposable cameras with which to take pictures” and which resulted in a showing in July of 2011 at Gallery 1313 on Queen St in Toronto, Canada.
All of the equipment used [...]
Indigenous Environmental Network
“A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions.”
Yinka Dene Alliance and Allies – All Nations Statement Of Solidarity Against Enbridge Northern Gateway
WE THE UNDERSIGNED INDIGENOUS NATIONS STATE IN SOLIDARITY:
Our Nations are bound together by the [...]
Eat If & When You Can
Creamy, Brothy, Earthy, Hearty
Yunhee Kim for The New York Times; Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop Stylist: Deborah Williams.
By MARK BITTMAN
Published: March 3, 2011
I’m not anti-recipe (obviously), but some things just don’t need them — and most vegetable soups fall into that category. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for [...]
The rich get richer and the homeless get fined
by Stephen Gaetz
November 10, 2011
Homelessness continues to be a visible problem in most Canadian cities. I would say most Canadians, when they think about how we respond to homelessness, would consider emergency shelters, drop-ins and soup kitchens – charitable programs set up to shelter [...]
The long view: Frances Lankin co-chairs a massive review of Ontario’s social support structure
Paul Carlucci | Wednesday, June 01, 2011
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“Public policy,” says Frances Lankin, “is not an exercise in sheer logic.”
So call it [...]
THE COST OF CARING: Report on the Consultation on Discrimination on the Basis of Family Status
VI. HOUSING
1. Introduction
Canada, as a signatory to a number of international human rights instruments, has recognized that adequate housing is a fundamental human right. With the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, [...]
Meet Bonnie Briggs
By Cheryl Smith
TORONTO, Ontario — The colourful array of individuals walking the
pedestrian paths at Church and Wellesley includes a dancing monarch
butterfly, nearly majestic in the surrounding concrete. This eclectic choir
seems to welcome Bonnie Briggs: androgynous, enigmatic, and unlikely
“Local Hero“.
Bonnie sports an over-sized NDP-orange t-shirt, baggy corduroy dungarees
torn open at both knees, and [...]
“Sharing The Burden”
with Stephan Cayton Briones
Sharing the Burden is “an artisitic social justice endeavour whereby people with an experience of poverty are given (inexpensive) disposable cameras with which to take pictures” and which resulted in a showing in July of 2011 at Gallery 1313 on Queen St in Toronto, Canada.
All of the equipment used [...]