June 22, 2023 – Outrageous response Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) Stop Barrie City Council Criminalizing Homelessness This approach to a problem reaches the apex of Not-in-my-backyard – go to someone else’s backyard. … [Read more...]
March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report
March 29, 2023 by
March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report Amnesty International (Canada) Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights “2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of … [Read more...]
Feb 10, 2023 – Human decency…
February 10, 2023 by
Feb 10, 2023 – Human decency… CP24.com – Joshua Freeman Toronto says no to immediate 24/7 warming centres, but will study the idea further Toronto City Council has taken a double decision against warming centers and against declaring … [Read more...]
RJ cost effective…
November 28, 2022 by
Nov 29, 2022 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) – Restorative Justice saves money - Why me? Economic Evaluation of Restorative Justice found that the cost-social benefit of RJ was £14 for every £1 invested The Why me? in the UK has tabled a report on a … [Read more...]
5 C’s…
September 23, 2022 by
Sept 23, 2022 Passblue - Laura E. Kirkpatrick ‘You Owe Us’: Youths Tell World Leaders at UN to Get All Kids Back in School Here’s the revised suggested fundamental curriculum for schooling – from reading, writing and arithmetic to “critical … [Read more...]
Polarization…
March 24, 2022 by
Mar 24, 2022 Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) - 50th anniversary Democracy under threat? Polarization and public policy in Canada - IRPP 50th Anniversary event series: What should be on Canada’s policy radar? IRPP is inviting direct … [Read more...]
Well-being…
July 19, 2021 by
July 19, 2021 Public Policy Magazine (Max Bell Institute – Canada) Amr Soliman Budgeting for well-being This is a critique first published on June 21, 2021 in response to the April federal budget. But is raises a point that begs an answer for … [Read more...]
Home for Father’s Day…
June 20, 2021 by
June 20, 2021 (Ed note: Father’s Day may be a good time to pause for a moment to remember the families pained by the incarcerated family members. Canadian Families Correctional Network works to ease that pain, to cope with the separation, and to … [Read more...]