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Recommendation 7:
Prioritize UNDRIP, Indigenous sovereignty, and gender equality in all climate change related policy planning.
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Recommendation 71:
Prioritize poverty reduction strategies that target those who have a higher risk of living in poverty due to intersectional disadvantage. This includes women, single senior women, single parents, Indigenous and racialized communities, immigrants and refugees, those engaged in survival sex work and other work in grey economies, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, those living with disabilities (taking into consideration the diverse needs of those with both short and long-term disability needs), those with mental health challenges, and those with substance-use disorders.
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Recommendation 9:
Prioritize a multi-level government approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Recommendation 10:
Press all levels of government to adopt proactive pay equity legislation to eliminate wage disparities between men and Black women, Indigenous and Muslim women.
Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
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Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
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2019
2019
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Recommendation 18:
Pre-trial detention of a parent can be very disruptive for the child. It is a stressful time of transition. At the same time, as bail and other pre-trial decisions are being made concerning a parent, one cannot necessarily rely on that individual to disclose their parenting status and the situation of their children. Parents facing imprisonment have difficulties in arranging care for their children. They have limited time and resources to do so, and may not want to disclose that they have children because of concern that child welfare authorities will become involved. In some instances, chaotic family circumstances may make it difficult for the parents to make suitable care arrangements for their children, particularly in what may be a crisis situation for the family.
Delays in criminal proceedings (particularly when a parent is remanded in custody) can be disruptive and have significant impact on a child. Delays can add to the anxiety and fear experienced by the children. Children need help understanding what is happening to their parent and to themselves.
Delays in criminal proceedings (particularly when a parent is remanded in custody) can be disruptive and have significant impact on a child. Delays can add to the anxiety and fear experienced by the children. Children need help understanding what is happening to their parent and to themselves.
- Ensure that arrest and detainment procedures take into account the responsibility of parents to arrange care for their children in addition to addressing their legal circumstances.
- Ensure that bail and pre-trial detention decisions take into account, as much as is possible, the likely impact of the decision on the family and the children of the accused.
- Ensure that reporting requirements and conditions attached to a bail supervision order take account of, and do not negatively affect, an offender’s child caring responsibilities.
- Inform families about the conditions imposed by a bail supervision order.
- Avoid unnecessary delays in proceedings concerning a parent/parents in pre-trial detention.
- Assist parents facing pre-trial detention in communicating with their family and arranging temporary care for their children.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
2018
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Recommendation 17:
Place the community at the centre of the poverty reduction plan and build the suite of wraparound services around the clients’ needs, where they live.
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Recommendation 192:
Opportunities for urban Indigenous women to learn traditional and land-based healing practices and develop peer-based holistic health support programs and activities such as regular opportunities to go canoeing, pick medicines, and harvest foods.
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Recommendation 100:
Open more transition homes and low-barrier shelters that are for Indigenous women only.
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Recommendation 11:
One must attempt to facilitate the exchange of information among those agencies, institutions, and services that are able to offer care and assistance to children of parents in conflict with the law. At the same time, the privacy protection measures guiding information exchange must be respected. In that way, organizations are provided with the mandate and capacity to collaborate and share information to provide a continuum of care to the children and their families.
- Remove obstacles that hinder outreach activities and the identification of children of parents in conflict with the law by those who can offer them support and assistance. This may involve re-examining, in the light of the principle of the best interests of the child, any privacy and confidentiality protection measure or other factors hindering information exchange and collaboration among and between agencies and significant community resources. For example, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act can be upheld through individuals and families controlling access to and disclosure of personal information through informed consent.
- Develop interagency protocols regarding the sharing of information in order to facilitate supportive interventions, or review existing cooperation protocols.
- Ensure that interagency protocols clearly specify the situations in which a guardian’s or a family’s permission to share information is not required, for example when there are child and adult protection issues.
Enhancing the Protective Environment for Children of Parents in Conflict with the Law or Incarcerated: A Framework for Action
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Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, University of the Fraser Valley – School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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2018
2018
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Recommendation 9:
Non-profit and non-governmental workers should not just receive the mandate to conduct Street Sweeps, nor should civilians be “deputized” to do this work. Any alternative to Street Sweeps should be peer-led, specifically led by the community organizers who are currently experiencing Sweeps. These folks live, and survive, the realities of Street Sweeps and are best-situated to discern appropriate and long-term solutions.
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