February 16, 2010
A study on family financial health in Canada shows that personal debt is an increasing problem. The study says that in 2009 the average household debt climbed to $96,100, creating a debt to income...
Debt and Consumer Law, Family, All of Canada
March 30, 2009
A couple of reports have looked at the links between income, women, and childcare in Canada.
Stats Canada just released a report that shows that a sizeable earnings gap exists between Canadian women...
Children and Youth, Family, Women, All of Canada
March 30, 2009
http://www.childcareontario.org/ - Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care works for more access to quality child care, for more affordable child care and to improve child care services in Ontario.
Children and Youth, Family, Women, General resources, Ontario
March 11, 2009
A new study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has found that today's poor and middle class families in BC are in worse financial shape than their parents’ generation. The study...
Family, Poverty Research, British Columbia
September 20, 2008
After more then twenty-five years the New York City municipal government has finally decided to settle a lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society to draw attention to homeless families. The lawsuit...
Family, Homelessness, Housing, United States
May 21, 2008
CLEONet has two links to resources published by the Ontario Council of Associations Serving Immigrants (OCASI) about family sponsorship and what to do if the sponsorship breaks down if you are a...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, All of Canada
February 21, 2008
PIVOT Legal Society has released a report, Broken Promises: Parents Speak out About B.C.’s Child Welfare System (in PDF), that finds children are all too often apprehended as the first form of...
Children and Youth, Family, British Columbia
January 22, 2008
Falling Fortunes project is a two-year national project which aims to identify strategies to improve the income and wages, including the living wage, of young families and their children. The Falling...
Children and Youth, Family, Poverty Research, General resources, All of Canada
November 14, 2007
A list of links to Income Assistance and Child Cares Forms in NWT (in PDF).
Children and Youth, Family, Welfare, Northwest Territories
March 26, 2007
The Ontario government promised that the 2007 Ontario Budget would tackle child poverty. This budget introduces the new Ontario Child Benefit which is suppose to help Ontario families with lower...
Children and Youth, Family, Welfare, Ontario
February 17, 2007
Code Blue for Child Care, a national campaign to protect child care is accusing the Conservative government of abandoning child care. Code Blue has issued Harper and his government an "F" in three...
Children and Youth, Family, Organizing, British Columbia, All of Canada
September 17, 2006
The fifth edition of the Single Mothers' Survival Guide is now online. The guide has information for single mothers in Nova Scotia on accessing social assistance, legal aid, child support, and other...
Children and Youth, Family, Organizing, Women, General resources, Nova Scotia
September 12, 2006
Le site web / Website: http://netfemmes.cdeacf.ca/les_ressources/bottin/
Cette page de recherche vous permet de sélectionner un thème (à partir de la liste ci-dessus) et une région du Québec; l'engin...
Family, Violence, Women, General resources, Québec
July 7, 2006
http://www.somalifamilyservices.org/ - this group assists refugees and immigrants in need, focusing on the particular needs of the Somali Families and Individuals living in the City of Ottawa,...
Ethnicity and Race, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, General resources, Ontario
July 7, 2006
http://www.mcis.on.ca/ - Multilingual Community Interpreter Services is a registered non-profit agency that provides interpretation services to non-English/French speakers who are victims of...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Violence, General resources, Ontario
May 4, 2006
The Manitoba government is giving all families who are getting Employment and Income Assistance, the full federal Universal Child Care benefit. This policy is part of several adopted by the Manitoba...
Family, Welfare, Manitoba
April 1, 2006
A 150 page StatsCan report examines family income and low income in Canada (in PDF), and StatsCan's 'the Daily' reports highlights of selected sections of the full report.
Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
November 5, 2005
Rainbow Lodge, a 32-unit transitional housing facility that will provide support to homeless families opened in Calgary. This project will be managed by a Tri-Agency Committee that includes Métis...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Alberta, Family, Homelessness
May 22, 2005
The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued a press release of the announcement in February 2005 that most spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
January 23, 2005
The latest issue of the newsletter of the B.C. Institute Against Family Violence focuses on the connection between family violence and homelessness from a variety of communities - women, youth,...
Family, Homelessness, Violence, British Columbia
July 6, 2004
The Ontario Employment Standards Amendment Act (Family Medical Leave) 2004, will provide up to eight weeks of job-protected leave for employees who wish to take time off work to provide care or...
Family, Health, Workers' Rights, Ontario
July 6, 2004
The BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses and the BC Association of Specialized Victims Services and Counseling Programs have a Family Law Resource Manual for Community Based Advocates Assisting...
Family, Legal Research, Violence, Women, British Columbia, General resources, Yukon
March 15, 2004
Statistics Canada has released the low income cutoffs (LICOs) for 2003 and low income measures (LIMs) for 2001, before and after tax. LICOs are income thresholds, determined by analysing family...
Family, Government Policy, All of Canada
January 5, 2004
Manitoba will stop clawing back the National Child Benefit Supplement from individuals on social assistance. The changes, including details of improvements in basic income assistance rates, were...
Children and Youth, Family, Welfare, Manitoba
October 12, 2003
"My kids are supposed to grow up healthy yet I can't even afford to buy them food." A report by the Community Nutritionists Council of BC and Dietitians of Canada - BC Region, a low income family...
Family, Foodbanks and Food, British Columbia
August 27, 2003
The Social Planning and Research Council of BC has produced a report on child and family poverty in BC for the B.C. Federation of Labour. The report A Path to Poverty: A Review of Child and Family...
Children and Youth, Family, Poverty Research, British Columbia
November 29, 2002
StatsCan's publication, The Daily, recently featured a story regarding the release of family income figures for the year 2000. "After-tax income rose for the fifth straight year in 2000 ... At the...
Family, Poverty Research, All of Canada
May 18, 2002
Parenting On Your Own, the Manitoba Women's Advisory Council's online resource for single parents, advises single parents of their rights and to list the services and supports that are available in...
Family, Women, Manitoba, General resources
October 1, 1999
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/dispute/famrules.htm - this webpage provides a list of the rules governing Family Court in British Columbia.
Family, British Columbia, General resources
