Social Planning
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Community Dispatch
Vol. 17, #4 – Youth Confidence in Learning and the Future: Mobilizing Youth as Agents of Change in Milton
May 2012 Youth Confidence in Learning and the Future is a youth engagement and research initiative that involves students as partners in school and in community change. This study examines how young people's confidence in their learning affects their aspirations,...
Vol. 17, #3 – Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper 2: Missed opportunity, even backsliding, as austerity agenda looms
February 2012 “Missing opportunity, even backsliding, as austerity agenda looms” is the headliner of the commentary of Poverty Free Ontario’s latest bulletin. Community Dispatch shares this bulletin because it is important. It gives voice to the frustrations of the...
Vol. 17, #2 – The Nonprofit Sector: Overview Of Labour Force Trends And Conditions
January 2012 Introduction The nonprofit sector has experienced many challenges in the last decade including increased funding shortages, increased demands for service and more recently, recessionary times which continue to challenge the sector. Over the past few years...
Vol. 13, #2-14 – Canada Votes Series
Canada Votes Papers 2008 The federal election is on October 14, 2008. Use Canada Votes Papers 2008 to help spark dialogue about social issues in Canada and put them on the public agenda. On October 14, 2008 Canadians will come together to choose the direction of...
Vol. 17, #1 – Open Letter The Importance Of Uploading On Community Well-Being
October 2011 At a recent Halton Health and Social Services Committee meeting (September 27, 2011), Mayor Rob Burton of Oakville brought attention to the issue of uploading of provincial costs for social services and other services that may be affected by the upcoming...
Vol. 10, #8 – Halton Voluntary Sector Human Services Labour Force Study Preliminary Survey Findings (1) Human Resources: Employee Base in Halton Nonprofit Human Services Sector
August 2006 Community Development Halton (CDH) has conducted a survey of human services agencies in the nonprofit sector in conjunction with the Regional Chairman's Joint Roundtable on the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector. The data collection period for the survey has...
Vol. 4, #1 – The Quality of Life in Halton 1998
October 1999 The Quality of Life in Halton has fluctuated over the past ten years, as the accompanying chart indicates. It has never fully recovered from the recession and its corresponding difficulties that were encountered in the early 1990s. The score in 1998 was...
Vol. 7, #3 – Growing Old in Burlington: A Report on Seniors Trends and Issues
April 2003 This edition of Community Dispatch presents the highlights of the Council's recent report: Growing Old in Burlington: A report on seniors trends and issues. This report was requested by the United Way of Burlington, Hamilton-Wentworth. Introduction The...
Vol. 9, #1 – The Draining of Community-Capacity: The Impact of Funding Structures
September 2004 The report "Community Capacity Draining: The Impact of Current Funding Practices on Nonprofit Community" (2004) authored by Lynn Eakin for the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto outlines the effects of the funding changes in the nonprofit...
Vol. 11, #3 – The Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform
November 2006 I thought it important to bring to your attention a unique experiment underway in our province. A Citizens' Assembly has been constituted to review Ontario's electoral system. The Citizens' Assembly will recommend whether Ontario keeps its current...