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2. Quand la banlieue était le futur.
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POITRAS, CLAIRE
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SUBURBS ,URBAN growth ,20TH century architecture ,LAND use ,CITIES & towns ,CANADIAN architecture ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,HISTORY ,CANADIAN history, 1945- - Abstract
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- 2018
3. Committing Canadian Sociology: Developing a Canadian Sociology and a Sociology of Canada.
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Matthews, Ralph
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,NEOLIBERALISM ,GLOBALIZATION ,ABORIGINAL Canadians -- Legal status, laws, etc. ,ENVIRONMENTALISM ,MANNERS & customs - Abstract
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- 2014
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4. Everyday nationalism and international hockey: contesting Canadian national identity.
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Watson, Scott D.
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NATIONALISM ,NARRATIVES -- Social aspects ,INTERNATIONAL competition ,CONTINENTALISM ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
This paper examines how hockey is used to construct and demarcate the Canadian national community from external others, namely, the USA, Europe and Russia/USSR. The paper suggests popular nationalist narratives around the sport of hockey construct difference from external others in ways that place them in tension with state and corporate interests. Drawing on the concept of everyday nationalism, this article explores how the interplay between international competition, national identity and commercial sport has made hockey an ambiguous and contested national symbol in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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5. From Ethnicity to Race in the Canadian Review of Sociology, 1964 to 2010.
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Ramos, Howard
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HISTORY of sociology ,HISTORY of periodicals ,HISTORY of economics ,RACE ,ETHNICITY ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,QUANTITATIVE research ,SOCIOLOGY ,HISTORY - Abstract
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- 2013
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6. 'Survival Employment': Gender and Deskilling among African Immigrants in Canada.
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Creese, Gillian and Wiebe, Brandy
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AFRICANS ,IMMIGRANTS ,EMPLOYMENT ,UNSKILLED labor ,SKILLED labor ,GENDER & society ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,SOCIAL history ,HISTORY - Abstract
Recent research points to a growing gap between immigrant and native-born outcomes in the Canadian labour market at the same time as selection processes emphasize recruiting highly educated newcomers. Drawing on interviews with well-educated men and women who migrated from countries in sub-Saharan Africa, this paper explores the gendered processes that produce weak economic integration in Canada. Three-quarters of research participants experienced downward occupational mobility, with the majority employed in low-skilled, low-wage, insecure forms of 'survival employment'. In a gendered labour market, where common demands for 'Canadian experience', 'Canadian credentials' and 'Canadian accents' were uneven across different sectors of the labour market, women faced particular difficulties finding 'survival employment'; in the long run, however, women's greater investment in additional post-secondary education within Canada placed them in a somewhat better position than men. The policy implications of this study are fourfold: first, we raise questions about the efficacy of Canadian immigration policies that prioritize the recruitment of well-educated immigrants without addressing the multiple barriers that result in deskillling; second, we question government policies and settlement practices that undermine more equitable economic integration of immigrants; third, we address the importance of tackling the 'everyday racism' that immigrants experience in the Canadian labour market; and finally, we suggest the need to re-think narrowly defined notions of economic integration in light of the gendered nature of contemporary labour markets, and immigrants' own definitions of what constitutes meaningful integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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7. Why Have Poorer Neighbourhoods Stagnated Economically while the Richer Have Flourished? Neighbourhood Income Inequality in Canadian Cities.
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Chen, Wen-Hao, Myles, John, and Picot, Garnett
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CITIES & towns ,NEIGHBORHOODS ,INCOME inequality ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN economy, 1945- ,CANADIAN history, 1945- - Abstract
Higher-income neighbourhoods in Canada’s eight largest cities flourished economically during the past quarter-century, while lower-income communities stagnated. This paper identifies some of the underlying processes that led to this outcome. Increasing family income inequality drove much of the rise in neighbourhood inequality. Increased spatial economic segregation, the increasing tendency of ‘like to live nearby like’, also played a role. It is shown that these changes originated in the labour market. Changes in investment, pension income and government transfers played a very minor role. Yet it was not unemployment that differentiated the richer from poorer neighbourhoods. Rather, it was the type of job found, particularly the annual earnings generated. The end result has been little improvement in economic resources in poor neighbourhoods during a period of substantial economic growth, and a rise in neighbourhood income inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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8. The Reporting of International News in Canada: Continuity and Change, 1988-2006.
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Sutcliffe, John B., Soderlund, Walter C., Hildebrandt, Kai, and Lee, Martha F.
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SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ,AGENDA setting theory (Communication) ,PRESS criticism ,JOURNALISM ,NEWSPAPER editors ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
This article examines Canadian daily newspaper editors' views regarding the status of international news reporting in Canada. It is based on a series of surveys administered in 1988, 1995, 2000, and 2006 that measured editors' assessments of issues such as the quantity and quality of international news in their papers, the importance they attach to international news coverage, the areas of the world they consider important to cover, and the sources they use for international news. The article uses the data from the surveys to determine whether 11 September 2001 affected editors' perceptions of international news reporting. This question has been widely studied in the United States, but less so in Canada. The central conclusion here is that 9/11 has had only a limited impact on editors' perceptions. The data across all four surveys demonstrate a remarkable degree of consistency in editors' assessments of international news reporting in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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9. Making Chinese-Canadian masculinities in Vancouver's physical education curriculum.
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Millington, Brad, Vertinsky, Patricia, Boyle, Ellexis, and Wilson, Brian
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PHYSICAL education ,MULTICULTURALISM ,RACISM ,SECONDARY education ,OVERSEAS Chinese ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
Our paper illustrates how males of Chinese descent in British Columbia (BC) have historically been victims of overt and subtle forms of discrimination, and describes how racism is and was integrally linked to notions of class, gender and the body. Highlighted in our historical overview are issues around race and masculinity for Chinese males as they existed (and still exist) in the BC educational system, especially in sport-related and physical education (PE) contexts. We examine how some of these issues continue to impact Vancouver's schools through Millington's (2006) study of masculinities in secondary PE which showed how that environment, while offering the potential for various masculinities to flourish, tended to promote hegemonic gender identities as 'normal'. In particular, we show how Chinese-Canadian boys, both Canadian born as well as more recent immigrants from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, continue to be subject to subtle racist understandings of Chinese masculinities - understandings that are often camouflaged by the dominant national rhetoric of multiculturalism. We conclude the paper by arguing that if indeed schools' curricula exacerbate problematic understandings of race and masculinity that underlie discriminatory behaviours and attitudes, then physical educators need the tools to develop strategies for change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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10. ThumbWars: Hitchhiking, Canadian Youth Rituals and Risk in the Twentieth Century.
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MAHOOD, LINDA
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HITCHHIKING ,YOUTH ,RISK ,AUTOMOTIVE transportation ,LIBERTY ,HIPPIES ,WARNINGS ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,SOCIAL history ,TWENTIETH century ,HISTORY - Abstract
The "coolest thing" about hitchhiking in the 1970s was "that total sense of freedom." Hitchhiking emerged in Canada the 1930s and grew in tandem with the use and reliability of cars and with road construction. In 1935, the Globe observed, "One could not go very far along the highway without meeting scores of people standing by the roadside vigorously waving their thumbs to secure lifts." Inspite of adult's warnings against taking rides from strangers, thumbing was always popular with youth, especially in the late-1960s, when the hippies linked hitchhiking on modern new motorways with participation in the youth scene. This paper examines the changing perception of hitchhiking in the twentieth century. For most of the time picking up a hitcher was perceived as an act of charity or paternalism or, in the case of females, of chivalry. A successful hitchhiking exchange is a ritual that required trust, boundary negotiation and control. However, one never knew the true identity of the hitchhiker nor the motives of the motorist, and therefore, in tandem with exciting road stories, a counter-narrative appeared in the press that challenged the commonsense assumption that rituals create social cohesion. By the 1970s, civil society's anxiety about hippies, dropouts and youth unrest, cast a dark shadow over hitchhiking, especially for girls on the road. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. Settlement and Integration Needs of Skilled Immigrants in Canada.
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Kaushik, Vibha and Drolet, Julie
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IMMIGRANTS ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,SOCIAL integration ,ECONOMIC impact analysis ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
It is often believed that the settlement and integration of skilled immigrants is moderately easy in Canada, and that skilled immigrants do well in Canada after a brief adjustment period. However, numerous barriers prevent the effective integration of skilled immigrants in the mainstream society. Despite being famous for its Federal Skilled Worker Program, which includes the immigration of skilled workers through Express Entry, Canada shows disappointing results in the economic and social outcomes of the integration of skilled immigrants. This has socioeconomic implications for the immigrants and affects their health and wellbeing. Therefore, there is a need for all those who are involved with immigrant integration to explore and be conversant about the contexts and issues faced by skilled newcomers in Canada. In reviewing the academic and grey literature on the settlement and integration of skilled immigrants in Canada, this paper highlights the challenges faced by skilled immigrants in Canada and the needs experienced by them in facing these challenges. It provides an overview of the experiences and expectations of skilled immigrants related to their settlement and integration in Canada. This paper indicates a need to evaluate the availability of immigrant services focused on skilled immigrants and the effectiveness of the existing support offered to them by various government and non-government agencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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12. Social Capital, Diversity and Giving or Receiving Help Among Neighbours.
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Mata, Fernando and Pendakur, Ravi
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SOCIAL capital ,HELPING behavior ,HELP-seeking behavior ,NEIGHBORS ,SOCIAL networks ,CULTURAL pluralism ,SOCIAL surveys ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
In this paper we look at the links between social capital and helping neighbours or receiving help from neighbours. Our data are drawn from the 2003 and 2008 Canadian General Social Surveys, both of which looked at linkages across social networks. In particular, we examine the relationship between municipal, neighbourhood and individual level ethnicity social capital formation and the level of helping amongst neighbours. Using a combination of factor analysis and random intercept model regressions, we find a strong link between social capital formation and helping, but do not find strong links between diversity, social capital and helping. This suggests that previous research, which found strong links between diversity and social capital, may be overstated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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13. Zipf’s Law and Canadian Urban Growth.
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Lalanne, Aurélie
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URBAN growth ,CITIES & towns ,DEMOGRAPHIC change ,TREND analysis ,POPULATION research ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,REGIONAL differences - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to study the hierarchical structure of the Canadian urban system and to determine the growth processes. Zipf’s law is rejected for the whole country for all periods because of a clear size-domination by a few big cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. It appears that the dynamics of growth follow a deterministic process related to existing urban size, previous growth and spatial structure. Splitting the Canadian urban system into two—east and west—permits the identification of differences that were not observable when studying the country as a whole. While size and previous growth are still important explanatory variables of growth patterns, these two systems may be distinguished one from the other from the point of view of spatial patterns of distribution of growth rates. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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14. Francophone Minority Communities and Immigrant Integration in Canada: Rethinking the Normative Foundations.
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IACOVINO, RAFFAELE and LéGER, RéMI
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FRENCH-Canadians , *COMMUNITIES , *ASSIMILATION of immigrants , *MINORITIES , *BILINGUALISM , *SOCIOLINGUISTICS , *SOCIAL history ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN history, 1945- - Abstract
This paper addresses one particular feature of Canada's accommodation of diversity -- the existence of French-language communities outside of Quebec and New Brunswick -- to show how there continues to be conceptual difficulties in reconciling Canada's many diversities. More specifically, we are concerned with conceptual ambiguities associated with the place of these minority communities in Canada's constitutive political sociology, and difficulties in promoting a coherent set of policies for their flourishing. Moreover, this paper will not simply rehash arguments about their forma and conceptual status. We are interested in illuminating a recent initiative that seeks to direct immigrants to these communities in the hope of maintaining their overall percentage of the Canadian population. This is a development that has received little attention to date from the perspective of the scholarship of multiculturalism and minority rights, and political theory more generally. We argue that the strategy to target Francophone minority communities as 'sites' of integration represents a false promise for both these communities and immigrants. This article will show that the federal framework of 'multiculturalism within a bilingual framework' obscures the realities confronting Francophone minority communities and thus their capacity to integrate newcomers, on both empirical and normative grounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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15. The Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment.
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Forget, Evelyn L.
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BASIC income ,EXPERIMENTS ,CANADIAN economy ,MEDICAL care ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
This paper has two purposes. First, it documents the historical context of MINCOME, a Canadian guaranteed annual income field experiment (1974 to 1979). Second, it uses routinely collected health administration data and a quasi-experimental design to document an 8.5 percent reduction in the hospitalization rate for participants relative to controls, particularly for accidents and injuries and mental health. We also found that participant contacts with physicians declined, especially for mental health, and that more adolescents continued into grade 12. We found no increase in fertility, family dissolution rates, or improved birth outcomes. We conclude that a relatively modest GAI can improve population health, suggesting significant health system savings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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16. Canadian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and Debates.
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LEUNG, HO HON
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MULTICULTURALISM , *DEMOCRACY , *CULTURAL pluralism , *NATIONALISM , *CANADIAN national character , *EQUALITY , *ETHNIC relations ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to re-examine the value of multiculturalism and develop an argument that it is a key policy not only for nation-building, but also for ensuring a more inclusive, equal and democratic society for Canadian citizens. First, the paper introduces the historical development of multiculturalism, emphasizing the evolving meaning of multiculturalism. A meaningful evaluation of multiculturalism requires us to reframe the understanding or interpretation of the policy in the twenty-first century Canadian context where the domestic and international situations have changed tremendously in the last forty years. With this context in mind, the paper explores in what directions multiculturalism should be developed along with other Canadian values such as equality and democracy. Finally, a working argument is put forward with a vision to broadening the scope of multiculturalism, with strong emphasis on ethno-religious diversity, to include all types of cultures, so that every citizen is drawn into an inclusive and collective process in which Canada charts its discourse of national identity and nationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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17. The Shadow of Terrorism: Competing Identities and Loyalties among Tamil Canadians.
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THURAIRAJAH, KALYANI
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IMMIGRANTS , *TERRORIST organizations , *NATIONAL character , *TAMIL (Indic people) , *SOCIAL history , *HISTORY ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
Allegations of terrorism have caused immigrant populations to be questioned with respect to their political identities and their national loyalties. Even among populations that have been raised primarily in their country of settlement, there is a concern regarding their level of attachment to the homeland. The process by which these second generation populations determine their loyalties and identities is complex and dynamic. This paper examines how Tamil Canadians negotiate both their personal and political identities in a charged environment, particularly following the designation of the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with second-generation Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto, the paper explores how the members of the dias-poric community negotiate their Canadian and Tamil identities, and the process through which they determine their loyalties between Sri Lanka -- their homeland -- and Canada -- their country of settlement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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18. MEASURING RACISM: A CASE FOR VERSTEHEN.
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Satzewich, Vic
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SOCIAL science methodology ,VERSTEHEN ,RACISM ,ANTI-racism ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN history, 1945- ,CULTURAL policy - Abstract
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- 2010
19. Birds of a Feather? Citizenship Norms, Group Identity, and Political Participation in Western Canada.
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RANEY, TRACEY and BERDAHL, LOLEEN
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COMMUNITY involvement , *CITIZENSHIP , *VOTING , *VOTERS , *MANNERS & customs ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
This paper explores how citizenship norms of duty to vote and to volunteer in one's community influence political participation, and the role of group identities in producing these norms. By showing how citizenship norms influence an array of political activities, and by drawing on social psychology literature that shows how citizenship norms are shaped by group identifications, the paper offers a more complete picture of the relationship between citizenship norms and political participation beyond traditional civic duty/federal vote models that currently dominate Canadian political research. The central argument forwarded is that not only do citizenship norms matter to political participation, but that group identities matter, too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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20. TAKING A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIAL ASSISTANCE USE IN CANADA: A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
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COOKE, MARTIN and GAZSO, AMBER
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PUBLIC welfare ,SINGLE mothers ,WELFARE state ,SOCIAL services ,HUMAN services ,PROBLEM solving ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,PREVENTION - Abstract
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- 2009
21. L'ALLONGEMENT DE LA JEUNESSE EST-IL ATTRIBUABLE À LA PRÉCARISATION DE L'EMPLOI? EXAMEN DE LA QUESTION DANS UN CONTEXTE QUÉBÉCOIS.
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FLEURY, CHARLES
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GENERATIONS ,PRODUCTIVE life span ,YOUTH ,GENERATION X ,BABY boom generation ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,LABOR market ,PARENTHOOD ,CANADIAN history, 1945- ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
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- 2009
22. THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY IN UPPER CANADA, 1833-1837.
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Neff, Charlotte
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HOME children (Canadian immigrants) ,IMMIGRANT children ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation on emigration & immigration ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,19TH century Canadian history ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,HISTORY of children ,CHARITY ,APPRENTICESHIP programs ,HISTORY - Abstract
Large scale, open immigration of unaccompanied dependent children to Canada did not commence until 1869, but it had been advocated for decades and some such immigration to the British North American colonies took place earlier in the century. The first systematic emigration of destitute British children was organized in the 1830s by the Children's Friend Society, which sent about 141 children to the Canadas from 1833 to 1836, at least 70 of whom went to Upper Canada. While the emigration scheme was short lived, it established that such children would be welcomed and that homes and work would be available for them, and it probably helped pave the way for a new wave of older juvenile immigrants in the 1850s, and for the high profile, large scale immigration of young dependent children that began in 1869 and continued for more than half a century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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23. An Antidote to the Emerging Two-Tier Organ Donation Policy in Canada: The Public Cadaveric Organ Donation Program.
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Giles, Stephen
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ORGAN donation ,PROCUREMENT of organs, tissues, etc. ,ALLOCATION of organs, tissues, etc. ,TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc. ,ORGAN donors ,HEALTH services administration ,HEALTH promotion ,KIDNEY transplantation ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
In Canada, as in many other countries, there exists an organ procurement/donation crisis. This paper reviews some of the most common kidney procurement and allocation programmes, analyses them in terms of public and private administration, and argues that privately administered living donor models are an inequitable stopgap measure, the good intentions of which are misplaced and opportunistic. Focusing on how to improve the publicly administered equitable cadaveric donation programme, and at the same time offering one possible explanation for its current failure, it is suggested that the simple moral principle of "give and you shall receive," already considered by some, be extended further. This would allow for those who are willing to sign up to be a public cadaveric donor be given a priority for receiving an organ donation should they ever require it. It is argued that this priority may provide the motivation to give that is so far lacking in Canada. This model is called the Public Cadaveric Organ Donation Program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
24. The intergovernmental dimensions of the social union: A sectoral analysis.
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Lazar, Harvey
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INTERSTATE relations ,FEDERAL government ,SOCIAL institutions ,SOCIAL policy ,PUBLIC interest ,CANADIAN politics & government ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
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- 2006
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25. Paradise Paved? Reflections on the Fate of Social Citizenship in Canada.
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Siltanen, Janet
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CITIZENSHIP ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN politics & government - Abstract
The aim of this paper is to assess the potential of the concept of social citizenship for articulating progressive policy development in Canada. I argue that the revisioning of social citizenship is hampered by a recent notion that it is part of the superseded welfare policy paradigm of the past. Many analysts characterize a shift in the objectives of Canadian social policy as a move away from a 'golden age' policy paradigm, which emphasized the social rights of citizenship, to a neo-liberal paradigm promoting market citizenship. I suggest that there is an overstatement in the current literature of the extent to which social citizenship rights were ever realized, or even pursued, in Canada. There are two tendencies toward over-generalization in the literature that obscure a more complex picture of social policy development in Canada. The first concerns the relationship between social policy and the social rights of citizenship. The blurring of these two concepts underlies some of the overstatement in the literature about the past implementation of social citizenship rights. The second tendency to over-generalization relates to the observation of a paradigm change in social policy orientation. While things may be shifting, there are grounds to believe that this is largely a within-paradigm intensification—from mean and lean, to meaner and leaner. Finally, I suggest that the conceptual foundations of the social rights of citizenship must be re-worked in a way that acknowledges contestation over the terrain and quality of the 'social' and that challenges the distinctness and priority of the 'market'. There is a continuing need to strengthen and promote the social rights of citizenship as a discursive and practical challenge to neo-liberal interpretations of the 'good' society as a 'market' society. This would involve contesting the claim that the market is the arbiter of the quality of life, and claiming the market itself as a social arena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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26. “A Success in Every Particular”: British August First Celebrations in Canada and America and the Black Quest for Unblemished Commemorations, While Critiquing July Fourth, 1834–1861.
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Broyld, dann j.
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EMANCIPATION Day (British West Indies) ,BLACK people's attitudes ,ANNIVERSARIES ,FOURTH of July ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,HISTORY ,MANNERS & customs - Abstract
British August First celebrations were an important day of the year for Blacks in North America. Elite and aspiring organizers attempted to use the holiday as a sight of excellence. Partakers understood they were watched closely during commemorations and that their slightest imperfections could be magnified to unreasonable proportions. Thereby, Blacks felt it was essential to present themselves in near “perfection” to prove that they could be “upstanding citizens.” This article asserts that the standard of outright excellence Blacks attempted to execute on August First was neither achievable nor performed by Whites at celebrations like July Fourth. While Whites could be the notorious offenders of uncivilized and imperfect behavior, First celebrations were to be as theLiberatorproclaimed an “array of virtue, loveliness, moral heroism, and true piety.” In all, when Blacks utilized the power to assemble, it was viewed more as a potential site of lawlessness and subversion, despite their efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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27. School Violence: A Moral Panic.
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Tait, Leigh Anne
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SCHOOL violence -- Social aspects ,PANIC ,YOUTH & violence ,UNITED States social conditions ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,ETHICS - Abstract
School violence in Canada and the United States is a topic of public and media concern following recent shocking incidents of student killings by their classmates in Canada and the United States. These recent school shootings have resulted in a moral panic. The focus of this paper is an analysis of various factors that have driven this moral panic. The main focus of this analysis includes society's negative portrayal of youth; zero tolerance school policies in both Canada and the United States; interest groups such as the media, educational organizations, and victims' groups; and society's concern with youth violence generally and the youth criminal justice system. As a response to public concern, zero tolerance policies have been implemented in some schools in Canada and the United States. These policies have the effect of validating the public's concern and panic which exacerbates the problem. School authorities are denied any discretionary power and mitigating factors or extenuating circumstances are often viewed as irrelevant. The media sensationalizes school violence, based on isolated events, which creates widespread fear among the public that schools are unsafe places. The media provides a distorted image regarding the nature and prevalence of school violence. Contrary to these perceptions, school-related homicides are extremely rare events. It is argued that policies and programs designed to reduce school violence must be informed by well-designed research and, at the same time, such policies and programs and the assumptions upon which they are based should be subjected to close scrutiny. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
28. The Quebec Convergence and Canadian Life Satisfaction, 1985-2008.
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Barrington-Leigh, Christopher P.
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SATISFACTION -- Social aspects ,INCOME ,SURVEYS ,SATISFACTION ,SUBJECTIVE well-being (Psychology) ,STATISTICAL research ,FRENCH-speaking people ,INCOME inequality ,PUBLIC goods ,SUICIDE ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN history, 1945- ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
Self-reported life satisfaction is increasingly measured in government and private surveys around the world. In Canada, life satisfaction questions have not been asked in a consistent manner over time, but the accumulated set of data since 1985, along with recent surveys with repeated structure, now facilitates an analysis of regional changes. Those two and a half decades reveal a significant increase in life satisfaction in the province of Quebec as compared with the rest of Canada. The scale of this increase in well-being is comparable to the imputed effect of more than a trebling of mean household income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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29. Sport and Social Inequality: Recent Canadian Research on Sport Participation.
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Donnelly, Peter
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EQUALITY ,SPORTS participation ,RECREATION ,SOCIAL reproduction ,PHYSICAL activity -- Social aspects ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
Despite the enduring, naïve and self-serving mantra that 'sport and politics should not mix', overwhelming evidence suggests that they are always mutually implicated. This is particularly the case with respect to social inequalities that, in Canadian society, are not only reflected in patterns of sport participation, but also implicated in helping to reproduce those social inequalities. But it is also evident that sport has been a platform for challenging social inequalities and for resisting those reproductive patterns. In this paper, I outline how recognition of the right to participate in sport and recreational physical activity has been recognized increasingly since the 1960s, and how patterns of participation in Canada indicate the uneven way in which that right has been realized; point out some ways in which those patterns of sport participation are implicated in the social reproduction of social inequalities; and conclude by pointing to some ways in which sport has been involved in resisting and challenging inequalities, and how the right to participate in sport and physical activity may be better realized in Canadian society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
30. SOMMAIRES.
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PUBLIC libraries ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,HISTORY of libraries - Abstract
Abstracts of the articles "Libraries and the First Nations People of Canada" by James Bartleman, "Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: a Discussion Paper," and "The Public Library in Contemporary Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward" by Umunna N. Opara are presented.
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- 2008
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31. La «nouvelle philanthropie» Coup d'œil sur les impacts de sa présence en sol québécois.
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DUCHARME, Élise
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PHILANTHROPINISM ,CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN politics & government ,SOCIAL structure - Abstract
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- 2012
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32. Families, Time, and Well-Being in Canada.
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Burton, Peter and Phipps, Shelley
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FAMILIES ,INCOME distribution -- Social aspects ,INCOME & society ,DISPOSABLE income ,LABOR market ,SINGLE mothers ,WEALTH ,POVERTY ,CANADIAN economy, 1945- ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada, 1991- ,ECONOMIC history ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
We study changes in time and money available to families with children from 1971 to 2006. Increases in incomes at the top of the Canadian income distribution since the mid-1990s have taken place without any significant increases in total family hours of paid work. On the other hand, for families in the middle of the income distribution, family income has stagnated, despite the fact that parents jointly supply significantly higher hours of paid work. If both time and money are valuable resources for the production of well-being for family members, these findings suggest that inequality in well-being has increased even more than inequality of income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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33. "We Expect Much of You": Enlisting Youth in the Policing of Marginalized Communities.
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CHAPMAN-NYAHO, SELOM, JAMES, CARL E., and KWAN-LAFOND, DANI
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AT-risk youth , *YOUTH , *MINORITY youth , *POLICE , *RACIALIZATION , *SOCIALIZATION , *YOUTH services ,RACE relations in Canada ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
In this paper, we examine a police summer program for youth from marginalized communities designed to both provide valuable experiences and opportunities as well as improve the problematic relationship between marginalized youth and police. Using the concepts of racialization, governance, and interest-convergence, we consider how such institutionally sponsored programs socialize youth into a value system that fosters self-governance and restraint, particularly in the case of youth who, because of where they live, are considered to be "at risk." Hence, they are subjected to interventions that operate in subtle ways to regulate them into what are deemed appropriate values and beliefs. We found that after six weeks of working with the police, the attitudes of the youth changed from avoidance to enthusiastic endorsements of police practices. In this way, the program worked to advance the institutional interests of the police without the organization having to confront or adjust any of its own practices and assumptions. Ultimately, the program, with its focus on attitudes, behaviour, and opportunity, promotes and achieves the kind of reform that never questions structural and systemic inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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34. “Money bound you—money shall loose you”: Micro-Credit, Social Capital, and the Meaning of Money in Upper Canada.
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Schrauwers, Albert
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BANKING industry ,CHURCH & social problems ,SOCIAL capital ,MICROFINANCE ,POOR laws ,19TH century Canadian history ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN economy ,RELIGION ,NINETEENTH century ,CHURCH history - Abstract
In late 1832, a small religious sect, the Children of Peace, completed their second place of worship, a temple, in the village of Hope in the sparsely settled northern reaches of Toronto's rural hinterland. Called by a vision to “ornament the Christian Church with all the glory of Israel,” the Children of Peace rebuilt Solomon's temple as the seat of their New Jerusalem (Schrauwers 1993; 2009). As William Lyon Mackenzie, newspaper editor, mayor of Toronto, and member of the elected assembly for the riding enthused, this three-tiered building was “calculated to inspire the beholder with astonishment; its dimensions—its architecture—its situation—are all so extraordinary” (CA 18 Sept. 1828). The Children of Peace, having fled a cruel and uncaring English pharaoh, viewed themselves as the new Israelites lost in the wilderness of Upper Canada; here they would end sectarianism and rebuild God's kingdom on the principle of charity. It is important to stress both the symbolism and the intended function of this, their second church; the highly symbolic temple was intended solely for their monthly alms sacrifice for the poor “Israelite fashion.” The Charity Fund they collected there was utilized for “the relief of the poor of the contributors, and others” (Sharon Temple n.d.: 11), as well as the support of a shelter for the homeless (Schrauwers 2009: 47). Targeted recipients included victims of a cholera epidemic in Toronto and starving pioneer settlers in the outlying districts (CA 23 Aug. 1832; Constitution 4 May 1837). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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35. INDIGENOUS CONTENTIOUS COLLECTIVE ACTION IN CANADA: THE LABRADOR INNU AND THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE GOOSE BAY MILITARY AIR BASE.
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Alcantara, Christopher
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NASKAPI (North American people) ,COLLECTIVE action ,PUBLIC demonstrations ,RATIONAL choice theory ,AIR bases ,FIRST Nations of Canada ,ABORIGINAL Canadians ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN history, 1945- - Abstract
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- 2010
36. Le travail de rue dans l'univers de la rue.
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Fontaine, Annie
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HOMELESS persons ,ETHNOMETHODOLOGY ,MEDIATION ,SOCIAL policy ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
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- 2010
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37. EMANCIPATORY LEADERSHIP : A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING EXCLUSION IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION-MAKING.
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Ashraf, Nouman
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LEADERSHIP ,DECISION making ,NONPROFIT sector ,ORGANIZATIONAL behavior ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
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- 2010
38. MEASURING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CANADA: A CALL FOR CONTEXT AND MORE INCLUSIVE APPROACHES.
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Galabuzi, Grace-Edward
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RACE discrimination ,RACISM ,LABOR market ,EMPLOYMENT discrimination ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CANADIAN economy, 1945- ,CANADIAN history, 1945- ,CULTURAL policy - Abstract
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- Published
- 2010
39. A Story of their own: Adolescent Pregnancy and Child Welfare in Aboriginal Communities.
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Ordolis, Emilia
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CHILD research ,TEENAGE pregnancy ,NATIVE Americans ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
The phenomenon of adolescent pregnancy and its relationship to child welfare in Aboriginal communities provides a useful lens through which to understand fundamental and structural problems with the current child welfare system in Canada. The following paper will examine the relationship between adolescent pregnancy and child welfare, investigate concerns with the current child welfare system, and look to the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework for conceptualizing alternative approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
40. Refugee Integration in Canada: A Survey of Empirical Evidence and Existing Services.
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Soojin Yu, Ouellet, Estelle, and Warmington, Angelyn
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ASSIMILATION (Sociology) , *SOCIAL conditions of refugees , *ASSIMILATION of immigrants , *GOVERNMENT policy , *RIGHT of asylum -- Government policy ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
While a fairly large body of empirical research and policy documents exists on immigrant integration in Canada, studies on refugee integration are scarce. This paper attempts to fill this gap. It summarizes what is known about refugees' economic and socio-cultural integration patterns in Canada and what integration services are available to them in order to identify empirical knowledge gaps and service gaps. Whenever salient and possible, the distinction among the Government-Assisted Refugees, Privately Sponsored Refugees, Landed-in-Canada Refugees and refugee claimants is made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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41. CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA.
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Crossley, Thomas F. and Curtis, Lori J.
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POOR children ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CHILDREN ,POVERTY research ,CASE studies ,CANADIAN politics & government ,GOVERNMENT policy ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
The evolution of measured poverty may reflect socio-economic developments, particular measurement choices or the effect (or lack of effect) of policy initiatives. We report a "case study" of child poverty in Canada between 1986 and 2000, a period when the elimination of child poverty was a stated policy goal, but reported child poverty rates did not change significantly. We find that the apparent persistence of child poverty in Canada is remarkably robust to measurement choices, and cannot easily be explained by socioeconomic developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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42. Le contexte de l'indépendance résidentielle au Canada.
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BILLETTE, JEAN-MICHEL, LE BOURDAIS, CÉLINE, and LAPLANTE, BENOÎT
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SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,ADULTS ,SOCIAL surveys ,LIVING alone ,LIFESTYLES - Abstract
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- 2006
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43. HAPPINESS IN CANADA SINCE WORLD WAR II.
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Hill, Roderick
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HAPPINESS , *INDUSTRIALIZATION , *REGRESSION analysis ,DEVELOPED countries ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
Where data exist, measures of average happiness in industrialized countries typically show little or no upward trend over time, despite substantial growth in real per capita incomes. This paper examines the existing Canadian data to see if they support this generalization. The Canadian data have some overall positive trend. Some simple regressions suggest that per capita real incomes are positively associated with happiness, while unemployment and inflation appear to be negatively associated with happiness, a result also found in recent studies of Western Europe and the United States. Controlling for these variables, a negative time trend emerges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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44. The Canadian Case: Cornucopia of Neglected Research Opportunities.
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Ogmundson, Richard
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SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,SOCIAL sciences ,SOCIOLOGISTS ,RACE relations ,ETHNIC relations ,BILINGUALISM - Abstract
The article focuses on the sociological research opportunities that can be found in Canada. The Canadian case offers a veritable cornucopia of research opportunities for the American sociologist. Although Canada is similar in many ways to the U.S., it also differs in significant respects. Given that many important variables can be held more or less constant, opportunities for theoretically meaningful research abound. Likewise, implications for policy are plentiful. The rapidly evolving nature of race relations in Canada might well inform discussions in the U.S. Until as late as 1975, Canada's racial minorities were a minuscule proportion of the overall population. After a change in immigration policy, the percentage reached 6.3 percent in 1986; and 11.2 percent in 1996. In the Canadian census, as well as in standard academic discussions, aboriginals are not included with visible minorities. While there is variation in the situation of visible minorities--some are quite prosperous--the situation vis-a-vis aboriginals is otherwise. The figures on poverty, unemployment, life expectancy, incarceration, murder, and so forth are extreme and show only modest signs of improvement. Canada has always been bilingual. Canada is also a bi-religious country. It used to be that Protestants outnumbered Catholics in a pattern somewhat similar to that in the U.S.
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- 2002
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45. RELIGION AND MULTICULTURALISM.
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Gall, Gerald L.
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MULTICULTURALISM ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,CRIMINAL law ,RELIGION ,CANADIAN history, 1945- ,CULTURAL policy - Abstract
This article focuses on the constitutional protection of religion (the Preamble and section 2(a)) and multiculturalism (section 27) in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It also examines the religious nature or content of many contemporary issues in Canadian society. These include the issue of religiously based arbitrations, the Hérouxville controversy, the protection of religious minorities and its effect on gender equality and the use of cultural/religious defenses in criminal law. The paper illustrates how religion is the central or core component in many contentious issues confronting policy-makers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
46. Sport, Sexuality, and the Production of (Resistant) Bodies: De-/Re-Constructing the Meanings of Gay Male Marathon Corporeality.
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Bridel, William and Rail, Geneviève
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GAY male athletes ,BODY image ,MARATHON running ,SOMATOTYPES ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2007
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47. Co-ethnic concentration and trust in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods.
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Wu, Zheng, Hou, Feng, Schimmele, Christoph, and Carmichael, Adam
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NEIGHBORHOODS ,ETHNIC relations ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,MINORITIES ,TRUST ,CITIES & towns ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between the density of people’s ethno-racial in-group in their neighbourhoods (co-ethnic concentration) and trust in their neighbours. Previous studies demonstrate that ethno-racial diversity decreases trust in others, however, these studies rely on overly broad definitions of diversity and of trust, and often do not disaggregate the effects for Whites and ethno-racial minorities. Hence, this study examines the relationship between co-ethnic concentration and trust, focusing on how this relationship may change depending upon one’s ethno-racial status. Putnam’s (2007) analysis leads to a paradox in the sense that, according to the same principle that predicts declining trust amongst Whites, increasing diversity should lead to greater levels of trust for ethno-racial minorities whose share of the population increases with diversification. The findings demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between co-ethnic concentration and trust in neighbours and that this relationship holds for Whites as well as ethno-racial minorities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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48. Narrating Canadian Political Science: History Revisited.
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Abu-Laban, Yasmeen
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POLITICAL science ,CANADIAN history ,CANADIAN politics & government ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,HISTORY - Abstract
The 150 mark for Confederation and the founding of the modern Canadian state comes at a moment when at universities across Canada it is now routine to acknowledge traditional territory, and in so doing to recognize a longer history, dating before 1867 and the establishment of European colonies (Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2016). Territorial acknowledgements also give recognition to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live on the land, as well as the ways in which land figures into Indigenous identities and ontologies in ways that are typically very different than settlers (Battell Lowman and Barker,2015: 48–68). Such acknowledgements are also happening at cultural events and even hockey games, with a Fall 2016 Heritage Classic Game on the home turf of the Winnipeg Jets believed to be the first (Lambert, 2016). As a consequence, we are living in a moment in which we are being reminded about buried and unacknowledged history, as well as about the colonial past and the colonial present. Moreover, the Canadian government devoted $500 million to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017, (“Why Exactly Are We Spending?” 2017), but clashing historical narratives have also given rise to the question of whether Confederation is actually something to rejoice (Slowey, 2016). Consider here the striking name of the new book by Kiera Ladner and Myra Tait (2017) entitled Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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49. ‘A Job That Should Be Respected’: contested visions of motherhood and English Canada's second wave women's movements, 1970–1990.
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Marks, Lynne, Little, Margaret, Gaucher, Megan, and Noddings, T.R.
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MOTHERHOOD ,FEMINISM ,FEMINISTS ,WELFARE rights movement ,ACTIVISM ,PRESSURE groups ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada ,TWENTIETH century ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,HISTORY - Abstract
This article focuses on the forgotten voices of marginalized feminist mothers—those active in welfare rights groups. These activists were primarily poor single mothers who understood motherhood differently from more mainstream feminists. Whilst they echoed mainstream feminist demands for childcare, they also supported women's right to stay at home with their children, emphasizing the role of the state. This presented a serious class-based critique in a society that increasingly saw stay-at-home motherhood as a middle-class option. This article focuses upon working-class mothers' groups, thus problematizing dominant feminist discourses and developing a more diverse history of second wave feminism in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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50. ZUSAMMENFASSUNGEN.
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PUBLIC libraries ,AIMS & objectives of libraries ,SOCIAL conditions in Canada - Abstract
Abstracts of the articles "Libraries and the First Nations People of Canada" by James Bartleman, "Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: a Discussion Paper," and "The Public Library in Contemporary Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward" by Umunna N. Opara are presented.
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- 2008
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