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Did you know?
A Toronto family of four with an income of $32,238 or less is classified as living in poverty according to Statistics Canada. The poverty income of Canadians varies according to the size of their communities as follows.
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What's on line? Want to learn more? Check out these sites. National Anti-Poverty Organization A non-profit organization fighting poverty in Canada. www.napo-onap.ca Human Resources Department Canada The federal government department responsible for youth employment and welfare. www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca The Students Commission www.tgmag.ca
Drug
Use
Lewine Group of the National institute of Drug Abuse.
$245.7 billion : total economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse.
+50% of estimated costs of drug abuse were associated with drug related crime. 20.4% : lost productivity of victims and incarcerated perpetrators of drug-related crimes. 19.7% : lost legitimate production due to drug-related crime careers. 18.4% : Federal drug traffic control, property damage, police, legal and corrections sear. 14.9% : resulted from premature deaths. 14.5% : lost productivity from drug-related illness. 10.2% : health care expenditures. Americans spent $57.3 billion on drugs. $38 billion : cocaine $9.6 billion : heroin $7 billion : marijuana $2.7 billion : on other illegal drugs and misuse of legal drugs.
This estimate includes illicit drugs and other drugs taken for non-medical purposes. It does not include nicotine.
Girls have a higher commitment to bilingual goals for Canada. Commitment to bilingualism is stronger among subjects with higher educational and occupational goals. The commitment of French Canadians to bilingualism was significantly higher (20%) than that of anglophone counterparts --JohnStone 1969
French/Indigenous are viewed less positively than their English counterparts.
" Stereotyping is understood to be a manifestation of prejudice" --Zieger 1989
When a large group of Black/West Indian were asked 59% said they personally experienced discrimination and those who haven't,agreed that discrimination according to race did occur in society
28% intimated that discrimination most likely occurs in school settings. --1975 Ramharan
22% to 59% increase in the number of teens who perceived racial discrimination to be a serious concern in Canada.
Young women are more likely to express concern about cultural minority, than their male counterparts.
Students from smaller communities have developed negative racial attitudes even though they have probably experienced less contact with individuals from minorities, in comparison to their urban counterparts.--Biby & Portesky 1992
Things we need to do to provide a good social program: