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Saturday July 19th 2008

Canada - Online Resources

Centre for Urban and Community Studies

July 13, 2008 - 9:35pm
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Publication
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Website
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The Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS) promotes and disseminates multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on urban issues including questions relating to the social, economic and physical well-being of people who live and work in urban areas large and small, in Canada and around the world. The Centre's site has reports, research and publications related to poverty.

( categories: Online Resources | Ontario | Canada | Poverty Research )

Indian Law Resource Center

June 28, 2008 - 8:59pm
Type of Resource: 
Website
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Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. The Center provides assistance to Indian nations and indigenous peoples in the United States and throughout the Americas. The site has legal resources and information about native nations who are working to protect their lands, resources, human rights, environment and cultural heritage.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | International | United States | Aboriginal/First Nations )

Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network Online Courses/Workshops

June 9, 2008 - 10:17am
Type of Resource: 
Course
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Website
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Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) is a non-profit organization, established in 1989 by and for families committed to future planning and securing a good life for their relative with a disability. They offer online courses on various topics including information on the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP), a course on home options available for your relative with a disability and how to create a will is a tool to ensure that your wishes for your relative with a disability are honoured after you are gone.

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Canada | Disability )

GrowingGap.ca

May 28, 2008 - 1:44pm

GrowingGap.ca is a project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives to increase public awareness about the increasing gap between the rich and the rest of us in Canada. The site hosts online resources and publications, as well as a blog.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Poverty Research )

Poor No More

May 28, 2008 - 1:36pm

Poor No More is a new documentary that will take poor Canadians on a journey to see first-hand what is being done here and in other countries to reduce and eliminate poverty. The film and the website are intended to contribute to the growing debate about how we can reduce poverty in Canada.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | International | Art/Culture )

Resources for Family Sponsorship Breakdown

May 21, 2008 - 11:40am

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 sponsored family member Understanding a Family Class Sponsorship Breakdown: Information for Sponsored Family Members or if you are a sponsor, Understanding a Family Class Sponsorship Breakdown: Information For Sponsors.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Family | Immigrants & Refugees )

Worker Advisor Resources

May 14, 2008 - 11:36am

Ontario's Office of the Worker Advisor has a large list of Workers' Compensation Boards, Health and Safety Associations, Resources for People with Disabilities, Worker Adviser and more from across Canada.

( categories: Online Resources | Ontario | Canada | Workers' Rights )

Stats Canada Low Income and Inequality Reports

March 14, 2008 - 7:04pm

You can find information, reports, studies, publications, stats and more on low income and inequality on the Stats Canada site.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Poverty Research )

Canadian Prison Law

February 21, 2008 - 1:33pm

Canadian Prison Law is a resource site of prison law cases and of statues and legislation that involve prisoners and prisons.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Legal Research | Prisoners' Rights )

PrisonJustice.ca

February 21, 2008 - 1:22pm

Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Organizing | Poverty Research )

Public Compensation Coalition

February 12, 2008 - 4:09pm

Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation system in BC and in Canada. The website has information on how to get involved and resources about the workers' compensation system.

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Canada | Organizing | Workers' Rights )

Online Applications on PovNet

January 21, 2008 - 11:18pm

Check out PovNet's Applications and Forms page and find online applications and forms and information on how to apply for welfare, disability, unemployment, student loans, housing and more by region and by topic.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada )

Falling Fortunes

January 21, 2008 - 11:16pm

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 Fortunes website has many links and resources on a living wage, as well as the report, Raising the Falling Fortunes of Young Families with Children.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Children/Youth | Family | Poverty Research )

Indicators of Well-Being in Canada

January 21, 2008 - 10:51pm

A new HRSDC website, Indicators of Well-being in Canada presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, including Homeless Shelters and Beds, Low Income Incidence and Low Income Persistence.

( categories: Government Information | Online Resources | Canada | Poverty Research )

Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women

January 2, 2008 - 9:11pm

Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) is a research institute which provides tools to facilitate organizations taking action to advance social justice and equality for all women. The CRIAW website has fact sheets, publications, and a virtual resource centre.

L’ICREF est un institut de recherche qui offre des outils pour aider les organisations à agir afin de promouvoir la justice sociale et l’égalité pour toutes les femmes. L’ICREF reconnaît les diverses expériences et perspectives des femmes; crée des espaces pour développer le savoir des femmes; établit des ponts pour briser l’isolement des régions; et assure des liens de communication entre les chercheuses et les organisations qui oeuvrent activement à promouvoir la justice sociale et l’égalité pour toutes les femmes.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Bilingual | Women )

The Poverty and Human Rights Centre

January 2, 2008 - 8:31pm

The Poverty and Human Rights Centre is an online library with a searchable database of relevant international human rights treaties, Canadian law documents, court decisions, legal briefs, and articles. There is also a Factum Library that contains litigation documents from selected Canadian human rights cases.

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Canada | International | Human Rights | Poverty Research )

The Homeless Hub

December 10, 2007 - 4:06pm
The Homeless Hub

The Homeless Hub is an online research library and information center focusing on homelessness issues in Canada. The site includes a searchable library and resource section, and personal stories of people who have experienced homelessness.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Homelessness )

Link Up: Employment for People with Disabilities

May 16, 2007 - 2:13pm

Link Up Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities is a not-for-profit website with resources for people with disabilities looking for employment and employers looking to hire people with disabilities.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Disability | Unemployment | Workers' Rights )

Social Policy Cafe

April 29, 2007 - 7:51pm

The Social Policy Cafe is a new blog, created to have a conversation about social policy in a non-partisan, respectful way.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Poverty Research )

Wellesley Institute Blog

January 7, 2007 - 1:26pm

Wellesley Institute Blog is a blog for the Toronto based institute with news, reports and research on health, housing and other poverty issues.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Blogs | Health | Housing | Poverty Research )
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