Download or read book All Together Healthy written by Andrew MacLeod and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before have individuals faced so much conflicting information about how to be healthy: a constant rotation of fad diets, extreme workout regimens and celebrity-endorsed supplements are regularly hyped as the latest cure for all modern ills. We also maintain a massive health care system that absorbs a steadily growing share of public spending. As health has increasingly come to occupy a prominent role in our lives and headlines, however, we’ve tended to ignore that many of the the most significant contributors to making and keeping us well lie outside both the medical system and our individual control—income, education, employment, housing, environmental factors and social supports. In All Together Healthy, award-winning author Andrew MacLeod digs deep to discover how to build a healthy society, examines inequities within Canada and draws on international comparisons to assess why Canada’s high spending on health care has failed to achieve better results. Meticulously researched and enlivened with interviews and personal stories, MacLeod explains the complexities of public health policy in an immediate and approachable way, making a passionate case for how best to maximize the health of the many. In Canada, this is a moment of political optimism, where the path to a healthier society seems possible, but it is uncertain whether promised changes will happen. All Together Healthy defines what’s at stake and articulates a vision of a future where the health and well-being of all citizens is of central importance.
Download or read book The Economic Effect of Increasing BC s Minimum Wage written by and published by The Fraser Institute. This book was released on with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.
Download or read book Women s Employment in BC Effects of Government Downsizing and Employment Policy Changes 2001 2004 written by Sylvia Anne Fuller and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any errors and the opinions contained in the paper are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CCPA. [...] Overall, the availability and generosity of social supports and entitlements has eroded as the government weakens or eliminates key public services and increasingly emphasizes the necessity of individual self-reliance and participation in a de/re-regulated labour market as the only legitimate route to economic security. [...] In so doing, we consider not only policy changes that directly affect employment regulations and the availability of particular kinds of employment for women (such as the loss of public-sector jobs and changes to the provincial Employment Standards Act), but also changes that alter the conditions under which women access employment (such as changes in post-secondary education and childcare policie [...] Higher levels of education are also associated with both higher levels of employment, and a smaller gap in men and women's labour force participation rates, as documented in Table 3. Women in BC with fewer than eight years of education have only 57 per cent of the employment level of men with the same education, while those with an undergraduate degree are employed at 93 per cent of the level of t [...] As a result, the of hospital and long-term care beds, and funding cuts have eliminated number of low income housekeeping services from the home care services received by the children in the regulated disabled and frail elderly in some areas of the province.
Download or read book A Path out of Poverty Helping BC Income Assistance Recipients Upgrade Their Education written by Shauna Jane Butterwick and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2006 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction; Methodology; Policy Context; 2002: The Context Changes; Best Practices; Access; Retention; Making a Difference; After the Cuts; Conclusion; Lessons Learned; Recommendations; Endnotes; References.
Download or read book The Puck Stops Here written by and published by Institute of Public Administration of Canada. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Countering the Myths Surrounding BC s Harmonized Sales Tax written by and published by The Fraser Institute. This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benefiting Canada s Children written by Christa Freiler and published by Condition féminine Canada. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's record of support to families with children has never been exemplary. Compared to other industrialized countries and to this country's proud accomplishments in health care and income support for seniors, Canada's showing in family income and other programs has been poor. The document looks at the perspectives on gender and social responsibility. Topics covered are: introduction and overview; a social responsibility framework; the causes of poverty and vulnerability in Canada; addressing poverty and vulnerability in a post-CHST (Canada Health & Social Transfer) world; and review and assessment of the National Child Benefit and Provincial Programs.
Download or read book A Better Place on Earth written by Andrew MacLeod and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In British Columbia, like most of the world, the wealth of the richest one percent has grown exponentially in recent decades, while the majority have found their incomes stagnant or even declining. The top 10 percent in BC now hold 56.2 percent of the wealth, a greater share than anywhere else in Canada. Our richest have wealth counted in the billions while the poorest sleep in downtown doorways, or have to choose between medicine and food. Those in the middle report working harder without getting ahead and many British Columbians owe more than they own. To illustrate the wide-ranging ramifications of inequality, MacLeod interviews economists, politicians, policy-makers and activists, as well as those living on the edge: a single parent whose child support payments are clawed back by the government; a 25-year-old struggling to live on disability payments who won’t share his identity for fear of repercussions from the system; a security guard who wasn’t given bathroom breaks, didn’t drink water at work and eventually had to have a kidney removed as a result of severe dehydration. Some assume that such disparity is inevitable even in BC, a wealthy province lauded by the government as “The Best Place on Earth.” However, MacLeod deftly argues that British Columbians are living with the consequences of short-sighted public policies, and adjusting those policies can achieve a different set of results. Informative, well-researched, cautionary and hopeful, A Better Place on Earth provides an in-depth look at inequality and suggests what British Columbians can do to make sure everyone’s basic needs are met, pull back stratospheric incomes and create a fairer society.
Download or read book Pathways of Risk Resilience and Recovery Impact of Stress and Trauma on Women and Girls written by Liat Helpman and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welfare Reform in Canada written by Daniel Béland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social welfare across Canada's provinces in relation to trends and issues in the country and beyond. These conceptual, international, and historical perspectives inform in-depth case studies of social assistance reform in each province. The key issues of social assistance in Canada, including gender relations, immigrants, Aboriginal peoples, and the impact of activation programs, are addressed, as is the possibility of convergence taking place in provincial welfare policy. This book is the second volume in the Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.
Download or read book British Columbia Financial and Economic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD Economic Surveys Canada 1998 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1998-12-18 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1998 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Canada's economy examines recent economic developmens, policies and prospects. It also includes a special feature on the labour market in a knowledge-based economy.
Download or read book Active Citizenship and Disability written by Andrew Power and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. The philosophy of 'active citizenship' underpinning the Convention - that all citizens should (be able to) actively participate in the community - provides the core focal point of this book, which grounds its analysis in exploring how this goal has been imagined and implemented across a range of countries. The case studies examine how different jurisdictions have reformed disability law and policy and reconfigured how support is administered and funded to ensure maximum choice and independence is accorded to people with disabilities.
Download or read book Seniors Guidebook to Safety and Security written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guide is for seniors, their family members, care-givers, friends, and anyone else who may find it useful. It is not meant to include everything but tries to answer some common concerns when it comes to seniors' safety and security. The goal is to raise awareness of seniors' safety issues to improve their quality of life. The information in this guide can also be used to help people and their loved ones discuss this topic to help recognize a potential crime situation and show how to reduce or remove the risk"--Page 2.
Download or read book Health Manpower Policy Under National Health Insurance written by Ruth Roemer and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
