Government Documents Repository
A project to capture Canadian government documents in a repository.
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- The insertion model or the workfare model? the transformation of social assistance within Quebec and Canada
- abstract: In this policy research document from Status of Women Canada, Sylvie Morel compares social assistance in Quebec and Canada, with some reference to Ontario and New Brunswick. Using J.R. Commons institutionalist theory, she compares the concept of $(3z$(Bworkfare$(3y$(B to the more open $(3z$(Binsertion$(3y$(B model instituted in France. Canada, she concludes, is generally evolving toward the workfare concept, while Quebec takes a softer approach. Her recommendations include reinforcing the central role of the family.
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- The learning circle : classroom activities on First Nations in Canada : ages 12 to 14
- abstract: The Learning Circle has been produced to help meet Canadian educators' growing need for elementary learning exercises on First Nations. The Learning Circle is organized in thematic units, each with its own teaching activities. Units are designed to give teachers and students simple but effective exercises, projects and activities that will encourage students to learn more about First Nations. Educators can follow some of the exercises as stand-alone units on First Nations topics, or integrate them with existing curricula on Aboriginal peoples.
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- The learning circle : classroom activities on First Nations in Canada : ages 8 to 11
- abstract: The Learning Circle has been produced to help meet Canadian educators' growing need for elementary learning exercises on First Nations. The Learning Circle is organized in thematic units, each with its own teaching activities. Units are designed to give teachers and students simple but effective exercises, projects and activities that will encourage students to learn more about First Nations. Educators can follow some of the exercises as stand-alone units on First Nations topics, or integrate them with existing curricula on Aboriginal peoples.
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- The learning city
- abstract: The learning city is a city that approaches sustainable development as an ongoing educational process. This paper focuses particularly on the role of universities and colleges in the learning city, examining the different dimensions of sustainability education and best practices from British Columbia, across Canada and internationally. Lessons from this are applied to envisioning a new Centre for the Learning City in Vancouver2s new Great Northern Way Campus.
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- The planning city
- abstract: This paper looks at sustainability as a dynamic, continuous process of sharing and exchanging knowledge and experiences, and of learning through action. It contributes to this learning process by reviewing key trends and challenges that confront those responsible for planning cities in Canada and overseas. Examples of urban planning innovations and experimentations are drawn from a sample of cities and taken from the perspective of the urban planner who is usually a central actor in efforts to articulate, plan for and implement urban sustainability. The paper concludes with key findings, and offers direction about processes, structures and methods that could enhance the effort to achieve urban sustainability.
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- The report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- abstract: Summary of major recommendation and responses to the report.