This study explored some vital issues faced by on-reserve women's shelter directors and staff. Specifically, this study deals with the problems that many of these shelters face in their communications and transactions with Band Chiefs and Councils because of the way INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada) funding flows. This study uncovers advantages and disadvantages of incorporating on-reserve shelters as non-profit entities with a governing Board of Directors, determines the advantages of an incorporated non-profit shelter entering into a Comprehensive Funding Arrangement (CFA) directly with INAC to receive funding, and explored the advantages and disadvantages of the NACAFV (National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence) becoming the administration vehicle for flow-through funding for First Nations on-reserve shelters.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) scheme may be impressive on paper, but in practice, the Board fails to deliver needed support to victims of crimes. Unable to deliver on its mandate due in a timely way, or at all. Low budget and a consequent loss of independence from Ministry direction and government interference. Delivery of compensation is up by overly-bureaucratic processes, unnecessary delays such as waiting for a criminal justice process to be finished before processing applications, and inflexibility. Using a number of specific cases to illustrate the different ways in which the system is broken, the report concludes with a number of recommendations for remedying the system so that it may deliver on its promises.
This booklet seeks to promote a fair and accurate portrayal of people with disabilities. It recommends current and appropriate terminology. People with disabilities are asking Canadians, and the media in particular, to use respectful terms and images when writing and speaking about them or about issues that affect their lives. Attitudes can be the most difficult barrier people with disabilities face in achieving full integration, acceptance, and participation in society. We must be thoughtful about how we present information to move away from negative attitudes and shape positive ones. There are two sections in this booklet. The first has information on terminology and images that relate to people with disabilities. The second section looks specifically at recommendations for the media in its portrayal of people with disabilities.
This joint report is a brief summary of some of the major developments in federal policy and practice as they impact on immigrant and refugee women in Canada, covering the period 2006 - 2011. This report attempts to capture some of the major concerns regarding policy and practice developments, taking into account that the economic disadvantage of immigrant and refugee women, and particularly racialized women, can make them more vulnerable to unintended and negative impacts of legislation, policy and practice. Areas covered include: immigration, refugee protection, temporary migrant labour, citizenship and immigrant settlement, plus a separate section on trafficking of women.
Report by: Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), Ontario Coundil of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), Metro Toronto Chinese And Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (MTCSALC), and Colour of Poverty Campaign (COPC)
In January, 2006, OAITH made a submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regarding Bill 27: An Act to amend the Arbitration Act, 1991, the Child and Family Services Act, the Family Law Act, and the Children's Law Reform Act. Focusing on the Arbitration Act and the Children's Law Reform Act, OAITH raises concerns about the unequal power between men and women in mediation and arbitration, the private vs. public nature of family law mediation, and do not recognize the full impact of abuse in relationships.
In January 2007, OAITH made a submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs as part of the province's Pre-Budget Consultations. The submission makes recommendations built around the "10 Steps to End Violence Against Women" as part of the Step It Up campaign launched the previous year.