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New page here December
8, 2007
Additions to the site include: Between
the Laughter: CBC Newsworld, The Lens
Tuesday,
Dec 11 at 10 pm, ET/ 7 pm PT
Comedy
is an unusual pursuit for someone who is hearing impaired. Stepen O'Keefe must
work as hard on his pronunciation as he does on his jokes. Immersing viewers in
the heard of Stephen's demanding life, the documentary follows along as he spends
time with his young son, runs a business with his wife, prepares to move into
a new home, and nurtures his blossoming comedy career. This is a humour filled
profile-from life in between comedy acts to the realities of being caught between
a hearing world and a silent one. Read More October
4, 2007
Additions to the site include: Ten
reasons to vote for Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) September
22, 2007
Additions to the site include: FAFIA
Dismayed by the Closing of Key Women’s Group
The
Canadian Feminist Alliance for
International Action (FAFIA) expresses its dismay at the closure of the offices
of the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL). As a long-standing
member group of FAFIA and collaborator on key policy issues affecting women, this
closure represents a significant loss to women in Canada. Read
More September
19 , 2007
Additions to the site include: The
October 10th Election & Referendum: July
4, 2007
Additions to the site include: The
world premiere of Stories for Hemingway's Havana
Written
and Performed by Brian Gordon Sinclair
(Recipient
of the prestigious Sir Tyrone Guthrie Award for acting)
When:
July 7, 2007 at 7 pm
Where:
OISE (Ontario Institute of Studies
in Education) 7th floor Peace Lounge, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto
(this
is a FREE event)
presented by CAPA (Coalition Against Psychiatric
Assault)
This
is a Mad Pride associated event
Read
More June
18, 2007
Additions to the site include: Call
for Participants: Study of Online Social Economy Organizations
Sherida
Ryan, a graduate student at OISE's Social Economy Centre
is seeking participants for a research study of online social enterprises.
Follow
this link for details and contact information.
June
11, 2007
Additions to the site include: MAD
Pride Day - July 14, 2007 - An International Day Recognizing Mad People’s
Movement in Toronto
Survivors!
... Consumers! ... Mad Folks! ... Allies ... Activists ...
Help
Celebrate Mad Pride Toronto!
Join
the BED PUSH - A pride parade of sorts
Gather at 1pm at
the front door of CAMH 1001 Queen Street West at 1pm.
We will march to Parkdale
Activity & Recreation Center for a celebration!  Mad
Pride Day, July 14th, an international day recognizing Mad People’s movement
has been proclaimed as such, within the city of Toronto.
Help
recognize and celebrate psychiatric survivors, consumers and mad folks
by getting involved in and supporting Toronto's first ever Mad Pride Bed Push,
a parade of sorts. The
idea of a Bed Push is inspired by our British counterparts who staged The Great
Escape Bed Push, as a Mad Pride event last year. Dressed
in Pajamas a group of campaigners pushed a psychiatric bed from Millview Psychiatric
Hospital in Brighton, 60 miles to the original site of “Bedlam” the
Bethlem Asylum in London, all the while being pursued by a giant syringe. The
aim of the stunt was to raise awareness about the poor levels of choice of treatments
and the widening use of force in the psychiatric system. When:
July 14, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Where: CAMH, 1001
Queen Street West
Speakers: City Counselor
Gord Perks, M.P.P.
Cheri DiNovo, & M.P. Peggy Nash
Call or
email us, let us know that you care
about Mad Pride by getting involved in it. Read More June
4, 2007
Additions to the site include: Women
Against Poverty Take Over Abandoned Building
See
Photos and listen to Audio from the Women
Against Poverty Collective: Housing Takeover Day Rally
and March
en
francais  Photos:
John
Bonnar: www.johnb.smugmug.com/gallery/...
Graeme
Bacque: http://tinyurl.com/327u5j
Audio:
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=23409 Articles:
CTV
Article: Police end anti-poverty group's house squat
- Sun. Jun. 3 2007 http://tinyurl.com/3cbkd7 CITYNews:
Police Clash With Protesters At Affordable Housing Rally - Sun. June 3, 2007 http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_11648.aspx
Women
Against Poverty Collective (WAPC)
- Press Release
Women
Against Poverty Demand Government Action On Housing:
Release dd June 3, 2007
May
30, 2007
Additions to the site include: Lack
of Quality Non-Profit Child Care a "Disgrace" Say Elementary Teachers
ETFO
Press Release dd May 30, 2007
Poor
quality care in licensed Ontario child care facilities documented in recent media
reports dramatically underlines the need for a national, non-profit child care
program, says the Elementary Teachers'
Federation of Ontario (ETFO). ETFO
President Emily Noble acknowledged that the Ontario government quickly responded
to concerns about quality of care by promising to post details of child care inspections
on a government website. However, the issue of unsatisfactory child care continues
to be a serious concern, she said. Read More May
29, 2007
Additions to the site include: Legal
appeal of Ontario Energy Board decision on low-income energy consumers
Low-Income
Energy Network (LIEN)
Press Release dd May 29, 2007
Today,
the Low-Income Energy Network
(LIEN) announced it will not be giving up the fight for fair energy prices
for low-income consumers in Ontario, despite a recent decision by the Ontario
Energy Board (OEB) that thwarted the group’s efforts. LIEN served notice
of its appeal to Divisional Court of the Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) decision
issued April 26, 2007 that it does not have the jurisdiction to implement rate
affordability programs for low-income residential consumers. There was a very
strong dissenting decision in this matter by Gordon Kaiser, Chair of the three-member
Board panel, who found that the OEB does have the “jurisdiction to approve
special rates for low-income consumers in appropriate cases.” Read
More
Women's
Group Applauds Amnesty International
CAEFS
- Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Press Release dd May 28,
2007
The Canadian
Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) emerged from its
Annual General Meeting in Montreal with a clear direction from its membership
to commend Amnesty International for their report on The State of the
World's Human Rights. CAEFS is a federation of 26 local, community based service
providers who work with and on behalf of marginalized victimized, criminalized,
and imprisoned women and girls. Read
More
May
25, 2007
Additions to the site include: BIZ
Futures - Self Employment Development Program
Toronto Business Development
Centre
Interested
in Starting your own Business? -
Living with a Disability?
-
Live in Toronto?
-
Have a good business idea?
-
Eligible for ODSP Employment Supports?
We
may have the perfect opportunity for you!
-
Learn how to start and operate your business
-
Nine Week intensive training program
-
Ongoing business advisor support
Next
Information Session: Friday
June 22, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
Toronto Business Development
Centre
1071 King Street West
Read More
May
24, 2007
Additions to the site include:
Stroke
Recovery Conference 2007 -- Putting the Evidence to Work for You!
August
17 & 18, 2007 - Ottawa Aims
& Objectives
Why You Should Attend
Presenters
Themes
About Ottawa
Schedule
- August 17, 2007
Schedule
- August 18, 2007
Registration
Accommodation
About
the Speakers
WHY
YOU SHOULD ATTEND: This
conference will allow YOU to meet researchers and professionals at the forefront
of stroke rehabilitation and treatment. Read More
May
18, 2007
Featured site:
Is
That Legal?
http://www.isthatlegal.ca/index.php?name=start.tenant_law
This
resource was created by Simon Shields, a lawyer whose goal in creating this site
was to "share his knowledge, experience and research regarding Ontario and
Canadian law with those in our society who most need it". The link is to
a new resource on the site --
an extensive legal
review of the new Ontario Residential Tenancies Act.
May
15, 2007
Additions to the site include: Summary
of Pro Bono Students Canada 2006-2007 ODSP Special Diet Allowance Analysis
Our
analysis examined the procedure associated with applying for ODSP Special Diet
Allowance funding, appealing special diet allowance rulings, and the various regulations
associated with this program. Based
upon our findings, we concluded that the ODSP Special Diet Allowance is failing
to meet its stated objectives. In our report we identified the major issues associated
with the current ODSP Special Diet Allowance program and recommended various steps
that maybe taken to properly resolve these issues.
May
14, 2007
Additions to the site include: Women
Against Poverty Collective (WAPC)
Women's Housing Takeover  Who
We Are
What We Are Doing
Why
We Are Doing This
When & Where
Contact
WAPC
Facts About Violence Against Women
Facts About Poverty and Women
Ways
to be Involved
We demand
Women
Against Poverty Collective Blog
http://womenagainstpoverty.blogspot.com/
May
11 , 2007
Additions to the site include:
Please
Support the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada /
Coalition pour le Droit à l’Avortement au Canada (ARCC-CDAC) 
March
30, 2007
Additions to the site include: Canada
Signs UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
Foreign Affairs and International
Trade Canada Press Release dd March 30, 2007
The
Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, today signalled Canada’s intention to be a signatory
to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read
More Read
the Release from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
March
26, 2007
Additions to the site include: The
Ontario Child Benefit & the March 22nd Provincial Budget
Read
a backgrounder on the Ontario Budget 2007 prepared by the Income Security
Advocacy Centre
March
24, 2007
Featured on the site today:
No
End to Ontario's CHILD TAX BENEFIT CLAWBACK
by Michelle Langlois, Rabble, March 23, 2007
There appears
to be some confusion over whether the federal child tax benefit clawback from
Ontario social assistance cheques has been ended by the Dalton McGuinty government
this week. Allow me to clear up the confusion: the clawback is still in full force.
Read full article here:
http://www.rabble.ca/everyones_a_critic.shtml?x=58144 March
22, 2007
Additions to the
site include: Responses
to Ontario Budget 2007 What
people are saying about McGuinty's "Don't Believe it Budget:
People
from across Ontario are saying Dalton McGuinty's "Don't
Believe it Budget" fails to deliver Low
Income Families Together (L.I.F.T.)
Too
Little, Too Late! 2007 Provincial budget offers last minute pre-election crumbs,
but does not address poverty O.D.S.P.
Action Coalition:
People with Disabilities Left in Poverty by Ontario Budget Income
Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC):
Budget
good first step, but much work remains to be done: anti-poverty activists CUPE
Ontario
Ontario's
families will wait for years to benefit from McGuinty's "war" on poverty Wellesley
Institute:
Thanks for the thoughts, but where's the money? Ontario
Federation of Labour (OFL):
Wait
...Wait ...Wait Accessibility
For Ontarians With Disabilities Act Alliance Update (AODA Alliance):
What
the Ontario Budget Includes on Disability/Accessibility John
Tory: McGuinty's Budget: No relief, few results for average taxpayers
Tory
says McGuinty missed an opportunity to use billions in extra money to help families Daily
Bread Food Bank:
Budget's Ontario Child Benefit gets thumbs up from
Daily Bread Food Bank Elementary
Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO):
Elementary Teachers Applaud Government
Focus on Education Community
Living Ontario:
McGuinty Government's Commitment to Developmental Services
Encouraging Ontario
Association of Food Banks (OAFB):
Food banks welcome focus on poverty --
OAFB welcomes
first step on a long journey to reduce poverty in Ontario United
Ways of Ontario:
Budget
Addresses Needs of Vulnerable Ontarians
February
15, 2007
Additions to the Site include:
R.E.A.L
Women of Canada Press Release, February
8, 2007
Hearings
by Status of Women Committee a Hoax
Womyn's
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- Vol. 1 Feb 06, 2006
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