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December
29, 2002
announcement added to Events Calendar
R
E S I S T A N C E O N T R I A L
Public Meeting
to Oppose the Prosecution of OCAP - Ontario Coalition Against
Poverty
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003 - 7 PM, OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St.
W.
Ontario Health Coalition
(OHC) HEALTH ACTION ASSEMBLY
Urgent
Province-Wide Strategy-Setting Meeting Post- Romanow & Pre-Election
Saturday,
January 18, 2003 | Toronto
For more info contact Natalie Mehra at the OHC: ohc@sympatico.ca
www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca
Our
citizenship is on the rocks
- "We must shed real light on the fates of those who flounder
outside our society" says activist Catherine Frazee
by Catherine Frazee, Globe and Mail, Dec 28
December 28, 2002
Take Action on Medicare:
Crucial decisions that will affect our future will be made
in the upcoming First Ministers’ meeting on health care planned
for early 2003. Prime Minister Chrétien and the Premiers
must hear strong and loud the voice of Canadians who are eager
to strengthen Medicare. We urge you to sign the online petition
that we have created demanding full implementation of the Romanow
Report recommendations. It only takes a minute! Please access
the petition at: www.petitiononline.com/romanow/
December
25, 2002
announcement added to Events Calendar
What:
Symposium: MamaWORK: Transgressing Towards the Future ---
symposium on the revolutionary politics of mothering against the
grain.
When:
Saturday, January 11th, 2003 - day long event
Where:
519 Church Street Community Centre (East Room) Toronto
You'll find more details in the info and program sections - http://mamawork.liberationtechnology.net
December
24, 2002
Lifetime
ban from welfare: a message from the station that cares?
(Newstalk 1010) Commentary by Jonathan Nzouankeu
December 21, 2002
Seasons
Greetings from
the Board & Volunteer Staff of DAWN Ontario
Holiday
Greetings
Merry Christmas Greetings
Happy Hanukkah Greetings
Happy Kwanzaa Greetings
December
20, 2002
additions
to the site:
Poverty's
bitter fruits
- The
welfare system's emphasis on "the shortest route to employment"
instead guarantees long-term need
by Barb Anello and Jacquie Chic, Op/Ed, Toronto Star, Dec.
20
Letter
Writing Campaign to Ban the Welfare Bans
1.
The
Hon. Brenda Elliott, Minister of Community, Family,
& Children's Services
email: minmcss@gov.on.ca
online form: http://www.gov.on.ca/CSS/page/minister.html
Send a holiday greeting to the MCFCS Minister with the demand
that her government work towards implementing each and every one
of the Rogers
Inquest recommendations directed at her Ministry ASAP! Remind
Minister Elliott that Ontarians are fed up with the Tories' draconian
policies that unfairly target poor people! Demand an end to the
Bans!
2.
Conservative
MPP phone/fax
http://dawn.thot.net/ontario-mpp.html#1
Conservative MPP email addresses
http://dawn.thot.net/ontario-mpp.html#2
Ontario MPP List
http://www.ontla.on.ca/Members/biographies/index.htm
3.
Letters
to Editor contact info
Toronto
Star:
email: lettertoed@thestar.ca
| fax: 416.869.4322
Globe and
Mail:
email: letters@globeandmail.ca
| fax: 416.585.5085
Northern
Life:
email: lifeedit@northernlife.ca
|
fax: 705-673-4652
National
Post:
email: letters@nationalpost.com |
fax: 416.442.2209
Ottawa
Citizen:
email: letters@thecitizen.southam.ca
December 19, 2002
additions
to the site:
Verdict
of Coroner's Jury into the death of Kimberly Ann Rogers
Rogers
Inquest jury recommends eliminating the lifetime and temporary
welfare ban!
Gosselin
Decision from Supreme Court
MAJORITY LEAVES RAY OF HOPE FOR CANADA’S POOR
MINORITY FINDS RIGHT TO ADEQUATE LIVING STANDARDS
CCPI (Charter Committee on Poverty Issues) Press Release dd
Dec 19, 2002
Human
Rights and Housing Groups see positive signs in Supreme Court
Poverty Decision (Gosselin)
CERA & BEWG Press Release dd Dec 19, 2002
Breaking News
The Supreme Court released its decision today in the case of
Louise Gosselin. The appeal was dismissed and the case lost
on a 5-4 split decision.
"The appeal
from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal),
Number 500-09-001092-923 (Louise Gosselin), dated April 23,
1999, heard on October 29, 2001 is dismissed. L'Heureux-Dubé,
Bastarache, Arbour and LeBel JJ. are dissenting."
source:
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/com/2002/html/02-12-19.3.html
December
18, 2002
recommended
link:
Petition
to Oppose “Article 23”
In September
24, 2002, the Hong Kong government published proposals to implement
Article 23 of the Basic Law. The deadline for the consultation
period is December 24, 2002. The new law would give the Hong
Kong authorities the power to proscribe any organization which
'either has as its objective to engage in any act of treason,
secession, sedition, subversion or theft of state secrets (espionage);
or is affiliated to a mainland organization which has been proscribed
in mainland China by the Central Authorities, in accordance with
national law on the ground that it endangers national security.'
Read
More =>
Sign
an Online Email Petition
started by the Global Coalition Against Article 23 at http://www.againstarticle23.org/en/emailform.php
You have the
option at this link to send an email to Hong Kong and other world
leaders at the same time.
Sign the Online Signature Campaign form
Against Article 23 at
http://www.againstarticle23.org/join/index.php?action=add
Through
the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) is a nationally
recognized non-profit center and first National Resource Center
for Parents with Disabilities. They provide direct services, training,
materials and research concerning families in which a child, parent
or grandparent has a disability or medical issue.
December
17, 2002
additions
to the site:
Divorce
Act Amendments Announced by Pamela Cross
Advantages
|| Disadvantages
|| Conclusion
Divorce
Act available online:
Take Action
on Custody and Access in Your Community - Lobby Material from
OWNCCA Now Available
December
16, 2002
additions to the site & recommended link:
Follow
this link to read an Op/ed by Barbara Anello - Rogers
Inquest Jury to Deliver Verdict & Recommendations on same day
as Supreme Court renders judgement on Gosselin Appeal
The
Supreme Court has announced that judgment in the Louise Gosselin
appeal will
be rendered on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 9:45 am
How interesting
that Gosselin decision will be rendered at the same time
when the 5-member Jury from the Kimberly Rogers Inquest will deliver
their
verdict and recommendations in Sudbury.
Background
http://www.equalityrights.org/ccpi/back.htm#back
On October
29, 2001, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an historic
case - the first claim under the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms and
the first claim under human rights legislation to a right to an
adequate
level of social assistance for those in need.
There is a
lot riding on it for poor people and for human rights in Canada.
The Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI) has been granted
leave to
intervene. So have the National Association of Women and the Law
(NAWL) and
Rights and Democracy, previously the International Centre for
Human Rights
and Democratic Development, headed by Warren Allmand.
About the
case
http://www.equalityrights.org/ccpi/back.htm#case
Significance
of the Case
http://www.equalityrights.org/ccpi/back.htm#sig
December
15, 2002
recommended links:
Don't
Buy Me GAP For X-mas
http://www.behindthelabel.org/gap/
Take
Action!
Tell Everyone You Know: "Don't Buy Gap This Holiday Season!"
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/antigap
In
factory after factory—in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Indonesia,
Cambodia, Mexico, and southern Africa—workers making Gap
clothes have reported beatings from supervisors, desperately low
wages, unsafe working conditions, and harsh repression when they
stand up for their rights. This holiday season, join hundreds
of thousands of concerned people across the country in helping
Gap workers fight back. Tell the Gap that you are taking Gap products
off your holiday list this year. And most important, share this
message with everyone you know. Through this international campaign,
we can make the Gap improve the lives of thousands of workers
around the world. Read
More =>
L.O.
Combat Violence Against Women
Women's Aid Centres in Israel
Herzlia Hedera Rishon Le Zion
Shelters for abused women and their children; Day seminars/lectures;
2nd stage housing; Hotline for women in Hebrew; Hotline for women
in Russian Hotline for children;
Training hotline volunteers
December 14, 2002
additions to the site:
Please
endorse the Human
Rights Statement Against Psychiatric Persecution (Online) Petition
to the UNO Human Rights Commission in Geneva
December
12, 2002
additions to the site:
A
Critical Analysis of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act
and Social Citizenship Rights in Ontario
By Tanya Hyland, B.A. Hons. A research paper submitted to
the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (reprinted
with permission)
December
10, 2002
Announcement of upcoming event
Dialogue
on Citizenship
Ryerson University's Institute for Disability Studies and
Philia, a national coalition of individuals and organizations
concerned with citizenship and disability, are co-hosting an important
Dialogue with Catherine Frazee and Michael Ignatieff.
Join Michael and Catherine in dialogue with each other and with
the audience. The discussion will be moderated by Suhana Meharchand,
Broadcaster, CBC Television and Newsworld.
When: Friday, December 13, 2002
Doors open at 6 p.m. - Dialogue is at 7 p.m.
Where: Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard Street East, Toronto
, Ontario CANADA
You may register by phone, email or online:
by phone: 416-923-6579 | email: philia@enablelink.org
| online: www.enablelink.org
Admission is free - Donations to the Toronto Food
Bank gratefully accepted.
Please reserve ahead for wheelchair seating, ASL interpretation
and/or individual considerations.
December
7, 2002
additions to the site
Online
Petition to Canadian Government re: Missing/Murdered First Nations
Women A
PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ON THE INVESTIGATION OF UNSOLVED
CASES OF MISSING/MURDERED FIRST NATIONS WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY
- In light of the fact of our nation's apparent disregard of the
recommendations made by the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of (1999)
in Manitoba; including the shameful behavior of law inforcement
in Vancouver, BC resulting in many unnecessary deaths of known
missing women; the fact that many of those are First Nations women;
We, the undersigned appeal to the Governing agencies of Canada
with the following petition. Read
More =>
The
life and death of Kim Rogers - Was it suicide or an accident?
Witnesses debate welfare policies
by
Kate Harries, Ontario Reporter, Toronto Star, Dec. 7
Victoria
Women Boycott BC Government's Dec 6 Event
December 6, 2002
additions to the site
LIFE*SPIN
Media Release
LIFE*SPIN - Low Income Family Empowerment - Sole
Support Information Network
announced today the launch of a research project in London entitled
“Impact of Modern Welfare Reforms on the Safety and Equality
of Women Abused in Their Intimate Relationships” with the
hope and goal that the information gathered will lead to welfare
changes that help women and honour those whose lives are directly
affected by abuse. Read More =>
December 4, 2002
announcement
Participation
and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS):
A profile of disability in Canada
StatsCan has released the PALS report profiling disabilities in
Canada as gathered in the 2001 census - One
out of every seven Canadians aged 15 and over - an estimated 3.4
million people - reported some level of disability in 2001, according
to a new report profiling people whose everyday activities are
limited by a physical or psychological condition or by a health
condition. Read
More =>
OCAP
- Funding Appeal
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
2002 placed
huge strains on OCAP's resources. We had to fight to defend dozens
of members and supporters in the courts in the face of intensified
(and unsuccessful) efforts to criminalize and destroy our organization.
Read More =>
December
3, 2002
additions to the site
Meenu
Sikand's Story
Featured Article this International
Persons with Disabilities Day
reprinted
from www.coolwomen.org
Auditor's
Report released today lambbasted the Conservatives for their contract
with Andersen Consulting/Accenture
Sub-Committee
on the Status of Persons with Disabilities begins its consultation
with Canadians today on the Canada Pension Plan Disability program
December
2, 2002
additions to the site & announcements:
Ontario
Social Safety NetWork (OSSN)
OSSN
General Meeting
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002 from 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Income Security Advocacy
Centre
425 Adelaide Street West, 5th floor, Toronto
Draft Agenda: Local Reports; Pay the Rent & Feed the Kids Campaign
update; ODSP Action Coalition Campaign update; Report on Kimberley
Rogers Inquest; OCSJ Plan of Action; Income Security Advocacy
Centre consultation with low income groups/individuals. For more
info call
email: greyj@lao.on.ca Toll
free: 1-866-245-4072 Toronto: 416-597-5821 ext. 5151
website: http://dawn.thot.net/ossn
Ontario
Coalition for Social Justice (OCSJ)
OCSJ General Assembly
Dec. 13, 2002 from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Holy Trinity Church – Toronto
Important meeting to plot our plans for the upcoming year.
Your participation is vital.
For registration or further info, contact OCSJ coordinator, Sarah
Blackstock at
email: ocsj@ocsj.ca website:
www.ocsj.ca Tel:
416-441-3714
Additional
responses have been added to our page Responses
to Final report by the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health
Care in Canada
November
30, 2002
additions to the site:
View
Pictures from the SWAN (Somerset West Action Network)
Bus Visit from Ottawa to Sudbury to Attend the Coroner's Inquest
into the Death of Kimberly Rogers - Photo
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November
29, 2002
additions to the site:
Another
Insult to Canadians with Disabilities
Finance Minister John Manley exits from the Commons to
Avoid Vote on proposed changes to the Disability Tax Credit
CCRA
now turns its attention on low-income parents
Questionnaires sent out to parents claiming the child tax credit
asking inappropriate questions - failure to return form threatens
a suspension of the Child Tax Benefit
Subcommittee
on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
The Subcommittee
expects to begin its on-line consultation with Canadians concerning
the CPP Disability program soon and will provide more details
as they become available.
Recommended
Website:
Sick
Humor Postcards
Cartoon postcards on life with disability operated by Sharon
Wachsler, a feminist disability humour columnist & cartoonist.
http://www.sickhumorpostcards.com/
The site was designed to be accessible to people using screen
readers. With
the exception of four cartoons, the Sick Humor Postcards site
is primarily
text.
Sharon writes
and draws about issues that don't usually make it to the light
of day -- One of her most popular columns is "Pap Goes the Wheezer,"
about going for her yearly gyn exam and the access problems she
encountered. Another of her columns at AbilityMaine.org deals
with menstruation. Her cartoons that get a big response are often
feminist views of illness and medical care (such as "The CFIDS
Diet" cartoon)
November
28, 2002
additions to the site:
Responses
to the final report by the Romanow Commission on the Future of
Health Care in Canada
NUPGE
- Report Card on the Romanow Report (amended
Nov. 29)
On
November 28, 2002 the Commission on the Future of Health Care
in Canada delivered its Final Report to Canadians.
Final
Report
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada
Complete Final Report: Pages (i - xxxiv, 1-357) Adobe Acrobat
PDF, 2.4 MB
Individual
chapters available here
Rapport final
Guidé
par nos valeurs : L'avenir des soins de santé au Canada
Rapport
final complet: Pages (i - xxxviii, 1-387) Adobe Acrobat PDF, 2.6
MB
Les
chapitres sont disponibles ici
November
22, 2002
additions to the site:
Groups
Take Feds to Court for Failure to Enforce
Canada Health Act -
Media Release dd Nov 22 2002
Keep
Thunder Bay Women's Shelter Open
November
13, 2002
additions to the site:
Access
to ODSP - Ontario Disability Support Program Campaign
(DRAFT document)
GM
Labelling: Canada is crawling before industry & USA
Council of Canadians - press release dd Nov. 13, 2002
Beware
of Hydrozilla
A political web animation from Straight Goods' own Jim
Kempkes and the creator of the Hydro Hotheads. http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewConsForum.cfm?REF=284
Disability
applicants suffer flawed decision-making of tribunal
by Reuel S. Amdur published in Straight Goods - Case histories
of failed appeals underline political tilt of system http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature.cfm?REF=728
November
12, 2002
additions to the site:
Welfare
loses human touch
Consulting fees could have been better spent being put back
into social services Dateline: Monday, November 04, 2002
by Maggie Hughes - published on Straight Goods
The rational for the changes to Ontario’s Welfare Programs was
to stop welfare fraud, according to the governments’ website.
But cuts to income were just the start of several changes including
a total revamping of the way Social Service were to be delivered.
Following in the steps of the “Clinton” welfare reform act, and
using the services of Anderson Consulting, the Tories took a sledgehammer
approach to not only the way programs were going to be delivered,
but who would be allowed welfare at all.
Read
More =>
November
11, 2002
additions to the site:
Challenging
Homelessness and Poverty as Human Rights Violations - Update
on CERA's Test Case Litigation
November
3, 2002
additions to the site:
Shameful
attack by Ottawa on people with disabilities
Small tax credit targeted for cutbacks despite $71 billion
in surpluses
NUPGE - national union of public and general employees - Nov.
1, 2002
The National Union of Public and General Employees says
it's shameful of the federal government to be cutting back on
a tax credit of less than $1,000 a year for Canadians with disabilities
when it is projecting surpluses of $71 billion over the next six
years. Read More =>
October
31, 2002
additions to the site:
Larger
investment in Canada's poorest needed: report
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Media Release
dd- Oct 31 2002
P
O P E S Q U A T I N D A N G E R
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Emergency
Meeting
Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM
1510 King Street West
October
25, 2002
additions to the site:
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest
Week
2 Summary: Oct. 24
October
24, 2002
additions to the site:
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest
Week
2 Summary: Oct. 21 - 23
The
Inquest into the death of Kimberly Rogers: WHO SHOULD CARE, AND
WHY? by Pam Kapoor, NAPO
October
23, 2002
additions to the site:
The
Lesbian Breast Cancer Project
If
you are a lesbian* and you have experienced
a breast cancer diagnosis, or gynecological cancer ... We want
to talk with you! We are ...the Lesbians and Breast Cancer Project
Team, and we're gathering the stories of lesbians from across
Ontario who have experienced a breast cancer diagnosis. We're
also interviewing a small number of lesbians with gynecological
cancers. Read More =>
October
22, 2002
additions to the site:
Interview
with V.P. CUPE, Hamilton - Wentworth Region
In an effort to clarify the effects of the new Social Service
Program, the writer conducted several interviews in the Hamilton
- Wentworth community, the first city to use the new re-vamped
computer system.
October
19, 2002
additions to the site:
A
SCAB by Jack London (1876-1916)
Posted in solidarity with
the workers on the street in Sudbury locked
out by the Sudbury Star - where 3/4 of the workers in the
mail room are women and the rate of pay is $7.05 per hour!
October
18, 2002
additions to the site:
Degree
of Women's Homelessness Underestimated, Study Finds
Sistering & CWHN Press Release dd Oct. 17, 2002
October
17, 2002
additions to the site:
Ontario
Social Safety NetWork (OSSN)
http://dawn.thot.net/ossn
Income
Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
www.incomesecurity.org
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest Alerts
Updates
from public interest groups & media coverage
write
a letter to the editor
October
16, 2002
additions to the site:
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest: 2nd day
Ontario Social Safety NetWork (OSSN) Synopsis - October
16, 2002
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest: first day
Ontario Social Safety NetWork (OSSN) Synopsis - October
15, 2002
TOP of page
October
11, 2002
additions to the site:
Inquest
into Kimberly Roger's Death Starts Tuesday - dd
Oct. 11, 2002
Press Release - Ontario Social Safety NetWork (OSSN); Ontario
Legal Clinics' Steering Committee on Social Assistance (SCSA);
Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
October
9, 2002
additions to the site:
Poverty
& Women's Health
Poster
adapted and used with permission from the
Women's Health
Clinic
www.womenshealthclinic.org
WOMEN,
INCOME AND HEALTH IN MANITOBA: - An Overview and Ideas for Action
written by: Lissa Donner
with contributions from: Angela Busch and Nahanni Fontaine
prepared for: Women’s Health Clinic, Winnipeg
July 2000 - Revised January 2002
Kimberly
Rogers Inquest Information #1
National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO-ONAP)
Oct. 9, 2002
October
8, 2002
additions to the site:
Self-Employment
Info & Resources
CHIC
Hospitality Consulting Services
(Claire
Belilos)
Organizational and Customer Service
Solutions
#2007-1011 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.V6E1T8
Tel: (604) 685-8449 PST (pacific time zone)
http://www.easytraining.com
Read excerpts of Easytraining Insights Digital at
http://www.easytraining.com/insights.htm
October
1, 2002
additions to the site:
Featured
Website:
Anne
Sharlene McLearon Art Gallery
332 Sunnyside Court Canada London, ON, N5X 3N2
www.asharlene.com
Sharlene McLearon
- the Artist and Reiki Master from southern Ontario who created
the beautiful portrait entitled "Angel
With Child" of Kimberly Rogers.
Sharlene uses her art as a mechanism to enlighten people to world
injustices.
DAWN Ontario salutes Sharlene McLearon,
an amazing Woman and Artist and we are porud to announce Sharlene
as our newest Phenomenal Woman!
Technology
Info, Tips, FAQs You Can Use!
September
30, 2002
additions to the site:
Check
these statistics on spousal homicide published in The Daily, Statistics
Canada's official release bulletin
An
International Call for Solidarity & Action against Home Depot
September
24, 2002
additions to the site:
Falun
Gong Woman Who Exposed Human Rights Abuses on Chinese Cable TV
Dies from Police Brutality -- 20 Wrongful Deaths Confirmed in
21 Days
recommended
link:
GirlztoGirlz.com
Aims to promote female evolution by connecting women to be virtual
best friends; Visit the chat rooms to discuss the issues that
are of concern to you. On the site, you'll find a chat agenda
where you can schedule events and discuss topics.
September
23, 2002
recommended
link:
Visit
OnWIN at www.on.workinfonet.ca
Founded in
1998, Ontario
WorkInfoNet (OnWIN) is dedicated to providing Ontarians
with career and employment information. The OnWIN web site features
a searchable directory of 700 work- and career-related web sites
in Ontario. OnWIN is one of 13 provincial and territorial WorkInfoNets,
each presenting high-quality web resources for employment search
and career decision-making. WorkinfoNets are non-profit corporations
supported by federal and provincial government funding.
The Internet
technology used by OnWIN levels the playing field for all Ontarians.
People anywhere in the province have equal access, providing they
can connect to the Internet. This means that technology can help
those in rural areas, First Nations' communities, small towns
or large urban centres. And information is quick to find; OnWIN's
motto is: "Just one or two clicks to local information".
For example, you can choose from a list of user groups
and immediately get a list of Ontario resources for disabled people.
September 17, 2002
additions
to the site:
Welfare
loopholes for recipients – what you need to know
by Reuel S. Amdur
TOP of page
September
16, 2002
additions
to the site:
Federal-Ontario
housing update - September 2002
September
15, 2002
additions
to the site:
Medical Savings Accounts,
Let's not add to the costs
by:
Evelyn L. Forget, University of Manitoba; Raisa B. Deber, University
of Toronto; Leslie L. Roos, University of Manitoba
September
13, 2002
additions
to the site:
Open
Letter to Journalists & Media Re: APEC & The Persecution
of Falun Gong
September 12, 2002
Solidarity
Announcement:
Please
help support Straight
Goods!
They've had a summer from hell with their computers. Tech problems
truly have them on the ropes. Straight Goods urgently needs your
help to survive and continue its work of informing Canadians.
Join today and support independent journalism. Get password access
and discounts on events like our November 9 Toronto media panel
with LaPointe, Miller, Salutin, Zerbasias and others.
September
11, 2002
additions
to the site:
Toronto
Woman’s Sister Gains Early Release from Chinese Labour Camp;
Canadians Campaign to Rescue Imprisoned Falun Gong Relatives in
China
September
6, 2002
additions
to the site:
Important
News and A Call for Action for Accessible Education
PCB
Alert: DEADLINE IS TODAY, Sept 6 to Comment on Bennett Hazardous
Waste Incinerator in Kirkland Lake
Recommend
website: mopaul.com
- The illustration, "St.
Jessica & the Dragon," depicts a ferocious looking
dragon's head emerging from a closet. A silhouette of a woman
in a wheelchair sits in the hallway outside the closet, holding
a sword up and ready for the dragon. Both cast dramatic shadows.
September
5, 2002
additions
to the site:
Communications,
Energy & Paperworkers Union -
(CEP) - Fairpay Rally - Saturday, Sept. 7th
- Markham
In a media
advisory issued on Wednesday, Sept.5th, the Communications,
Energy & Paperworkers Union (CEP) confirmed that it has
not reached a pay equity settlement with Bell Canada for CEP members
- current and former Bell Canada telephone Operators. The settlement
reached by the company union representing clerical employees at
Bell is calculated per person to be less than 20 cents for every
dollar owed by Bell and is less than the offer rejected by CEP
Operators in 1999.
The settlement
may not be acceptable to the Human Rights Commission, which has
jurisdiction in the pay equity dispute. The rally is still scheduled
for this Saturday, Sept.7th, beginning at the Markham
Fairgrounds, at McCowan Ave and Elgin Mills in Markham.
It will go ahead as planned - despite a deliberate attempt by
anti-union forces to manipulate news in an effort to reduce participation
in the CEP rally, and despite a court injunction.
The
rally & festival will include a short march, free BBQ, and a "buck-a-beer"
bar. Now it's more important than ever that you come out to
show your support - and to join us in the fun! Help us to
show Bell that they can't short-change Operators. Read
More =>
TOP of page
September
4, 2002
additions
to the site:
Join
the Consultation
Women,
Communication Rights
and the Internet
Sept. 23 - Oct. 25, 2002
|
|
-
Participation
(email discussion runs from Oct 7 - 25)
Access and the Right to
Communicate
-
Impact
The
Effect of the Internet on Women's Lives
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Empowerment
Using the Internet
for Information, Learning and Work
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Strategies
Using
the Internet for Women's Equality
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Participation:
Access and the right to communicate
A discussion of participation is about rights and barriers. The
right to communicate is a human right, and it is central to social
struggle. This discussion is about our rights and what happens
to them when we want to be online but can’t get access. Getting
online and staying there is fast becoming a right and has become
a critical access issue. If we are to have the opportunities of
participating and communicating we need to be online.
The
Participation email list will run from Oct. 7 - 25, 2002
Discussion will focus (but will not be limited to) questions
such as:
- How easy
is it for you to get online?
- Have you
encountered barriers to getting online?
- Do you
find the internet is welcoming to women?
- Do you
find the internet is offensive to women?
- Are you
stereotyped when you’re online?
- Do women
and men have the same opportunities to get online?
- How easy
is it to contribute online?
- Is it easy
to find feminist voices online?
The
Participation email list will be moderated by Barbara
Anello. Please contact Barbara if you want more information.
More information
will be posted in the coming weeks re: the consultation and specifically
the Participation email list.
September
3, 2002
additions
to the site:
Assessment
of the Gender Orientation of NEPAD By Sara Hlupekile Longwe
Nepad and Globalisation: Some Initial
Thoughts Alternative Information & Development Centre
(AIDC) South Africa
Brief
Independent Analyses against & for NEPAD
Nepad:
Smokescreen or Essential Strategy? Chris Landsberg, Co-Director:
Centre for Africa’s International Relations, University of the
Witwatersrand
Nepad:
Fiction or Fantasy? Peter Vale, Senior Professor at the School
of Government and Professor of Social Theory, University of the
Western Cape
September
2, 2002
additions
to the site:
European Disability Rights Groups Confront
the "Slippery Slope" of Euthanasia
by Mike Ervin
DEATH
BENEFITS OR MY DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
by Kathleen Williams
August 30, 2002
additions
to the site:
Friends
of Falun Gong Rescue Committee - Postcard Campaign
asking the
Hon. Jean Cretién, Prime Minister of Canada, to hear the
voice of the growing list of Canadians requesting that he clearly
and publicly condemn the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners
in China when he meets with Jiang Zemin, the President of China,
during the APEC Summit in October 2002.
August
29, 2002
additions
to the site:
Rohypnol
- One of the "Date Rape Drugs"
has spread throughout the country in bars, parties, and on the
club scene. Arm yourself with the knowledge to avoid such drugs
and avoid becoming a victim. Read More
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August
27, 2002
additions
to the site:
The
Infography www.infography.com
This site offers great promise as the new and better online reference
resource. The publisher, Fields of Knowledge, has impaneled
thousands of professors and other experts to recommend what they
each consider to be the superlative sources of information about
her or his subject specialty. Read
More =>
Help
Save the Earth
Join DAWN Ontario and others all over the world by participating
in the first ever Online Global Poll
on the Environment for the UN Earth Summit in Johannesburg.
It only takes 5-7 minutes. Do your part. Make your voice heard.
Be a part of history. It is important. Click
here or on the banner below to begin.
TOP of page
August
26, 2002
additions
to the site:
Repression
in South Africa including Against Canadian Activists
2
Pope Squat appeals from OCAP: City Council (Sept 12) and renovations
August 24, 2002
additions
to the site:
Amanda
Minderlein's Story
Amanda is an 18 year old girl living with a rare cancer called
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma. Amanda is our phenomenal
young woman of summer 2002.
August
23, 2002
additions
to the site:
Riding
The Bus With My Sister by
Rachel Simon (2002)
ISBN: 0618045996; $23.00 |
Hardcover: 256 pages
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Publication Date: 08/26/2002
Description: Rachel Simon’s sister Beth
is a spirited woman who lives intensely and often joyfully. Beth,
a woman with a developmental disability, spends her days riding
the buses in her Pennsylvania city. The drivers, a lively group,
are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. Read
More =>
August
22, 2002
additions
to the site:
Women
of Conscience: A Report on the Persecution of Female Practitioners
of Falun Gong in the People’s Republic of China
August 21, 2002
additions
to the site:
Canadian
Broadcast Standards Council Rules Against China's Propaganda Attacking
Falun Gong in Canada
INVITATION
TO PARTICIPATE in a Study of Students with Disabilities Graduating
Are you a person with disabilities who graduated or expects
to graduate from university or college in 2002? The Canadian
Centre on Disability Studies would like to talk with you about
participating in a national study examining the school-to-work
transition experiences of post-secondary students with disabilities.
We need to know about your successes, the obstacles you encounter,
and the factors that contribute to your successes. Read
More =>
Updates
added to Justice with Dignity - Kimberly
Rogers site: Press releases and
recent media coverage
Press
Release dd August 16, 2002 - Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/press3.html
Sudbury
newspaper's response to Blatchford story in The National Joke
Northern Life dd Thursday, August 15, 2002 - Editor's Opinion
by Vicki Gilhula
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/vg1.html
(Northern Life is a community newspaper in Sudbury with three
editions per week. It has a large circulation.)
Kimberly
Rogers: Blatchford.....we were duped
The Sudbury Star dd Friday, August 16, 2002 by Lara Bradley
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/lb1.html
Inquest
may look at Tory welfare cuts
Woman died while confined for welfare fraud
Toronto Star dd Aug. 16, 2002 by Harold Levy
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/hl1.html
Remembering
Kimberly Rogers By Jennifer Keck
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/jk1.html
(Jennifer Keck
was a professor of social work at Laurentian University, an active
researcher on women's issues, labour and health care, and a passionate
social advocate. Jennifer died of breast cancer on June 12, 2002.
She was 48.)
Overdose,
not heat, blamed for welfare martyr's demise
Globe and Mail Update dd Thursday, August 15 – Online Edition,
by Darren Yourk
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/dy1.html
August
20, 2002
additions
to the site:
Housing and Homelessness Network in Ontario
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