...article looked into the potential barriers and the factors that restrict ethnic minority and patients from using health services. The methods used in the article were from different studies that conducted health services and the different factors in the creation of the barrier that the minority were facing. This article reviews fifty four articles from different countries, and other ethnic minorities. System level, provider level and patient level were all potential barriers that occur to newcomers. System level was a barrier due to the organization of the health care system, provider level was a barrier due to providers skills and attitude, and lastly patient level was the cause of enabling resources, and limited on resources. Furthermore,...
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...Dietary Intake and Risk Factors for Poor Diet Quality Among Children in Nova Scotia Paul J. Veugelers, PhD1 Angela L. Fitzgerald, MSc, PDt2 Elizabeth Johnston, PhD, PDt, FDC3 ABSTRACT Objective: Public health policies promote healthy nutrition but evaluations of children’s adherence to dietary recommendations and studies of risk factors of poor nutrition are scarce, despite the importance of diet for the temporal increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity. Here we examine dietary intake and risk factors for poor diet quality among children in Nova Scotia to provide direction for health policies and prevention initiatives. Methods: In 2003, we surveyed 5,200 grade five students from 282 public schools in Nova Scotia, as well as their parents. We assessed students’ dietary intake (Harvard’s Youth Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire) and compared this with Canadian food group and nutrient recommendations. We summarized diet quality using the Diet Quality Index International, and used multilevel regression methods to evaluate potential child, parental and school risk factors for poor diet quality. Results: In Nova Scotia, 42.3% of children did not meet recommendations for milk products nor did they meet recommendations for the food groups ‘Vegetables and fruit’ (49.9%), ‘Grain products’ (54.4%) and ‘Meat and alternatives’ (73.7%). Children adequately met nutrient requirements with the exception of calcium and fibre, of which intakes were low, and dietary fat and sodium...
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...QUICK FACTS Dying for a job, is the result of three years of research. Journalists with CBC's Investigative Unit navigated freedom of information laws and negotiated for data from workplace safety insurance boards across Canada. The work allowed us to help track top national trends in the workplace of today. This is the first time a Canadian media company has investigated workplace safety issues by analyzing Canada’s own data on a national level. Go back 125 years in Canada's labour history and you'll find a very different country – especially when it comes to workplace safety. If you were the victim of an accident on the job, chances are you'd be left to fend for yourself. The Canadian government was determined to join the industrial age. What had been primarily a rural economy was turning into a world of coal, steam and hard manual labour. Machines got bigger, louder and more dangerous. People were getting hurt – and dying – in large numbers on the job. Some industries, the reasoning went, were simply more dangerous than others and you had to expect accidents. It wasn't until 1914 that Canada had its first "modern" workers' compensation law The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway did much to open up the country – but at a very high price. More than 15,000 Chinese workers were imported to work on the project. More than 1,000 of them died. They were paid 30 to 50 per cent less than white workers – and often given the more dangerous jobs like working with explosives...
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...Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. Health Care System By Evelyn D. Bang October 17, 2010 Abstract Comparing and contrasting the U.S. health care system with that of other countries is not an easy task. There is a great deal of information that is not only organized in a number of different ways but also it is used to measure extensive and deviating factors. The conclusion will often depend on what is believed and which factors are the most important to the individuals performing the comparison and contrast of the different health care systems. However, the U.S. is presently considering a number of propositions in reforming its health care system and very often Canada is referred to as a potential model. Likewise, Canada at times looks to the U.S. for methods to improve its system. As a result, the pursuit for improvement in both health care systems has led to plentiful but compatible and incompatible documentation about the relative merits of the two systems (Madore 1992, para. 1). Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. Health Care System A healthcare system can be reviewed by many standards. It can be reviewed by its effectiveness and efficiency, its fairness and receptiveness to the expectations of its population. It can be reviewed through its non-discriminatory economic contributions and suitability and lastly, it can be reviewed through its population’s overall health. Comparing and contrasting the U.S and Canadian. Health care systems Both the Unites States...
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... Loblaw Companies Limited’s Jingjing Li (100090702) Assignment #1 Introduction Loblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1400 supermarkets operating under. The purpose of this report is to analyze Loblaw’s Vision, Mission, and goals, and to verify whether these statements could meet the criteria identified in the textbook. Brief recommendations are provided if any of the statements don’t meet the criteria. Vision Statement The company’s vision has three core themes: “Simplify, Innovate and Grow” (Loblaw Companies Limited, 2007 Annual report) | | Effective elements | * Memorable * Flexible * Forward- looking: Brings change and hope for the future * Graphic: Shapes the company’s strategy | Shortcomings | * Short * The language is overly broad * Not focused enough * Lack explanation about business sense | Comment and Recommendation: Loblaw’s vision statement of “Simplify, Innovate and Grow” has both strength and weakness. On the strength side, firstly the language used for the vision statement is flexible and memorable. The vision can be easily communicated. Also, it leaves room for the vision to be adjusted for different audiences. Secondly, the vision is graphic and forward-looking. It brings change, hope and a clear picture of the company’s strategy for the future. On the other hand, this vision statement...
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...the last two years, this number have only grown. In an article published July 3, 2013, The Province asserts that craft beer is almost at 20% of the market share for beer in British Columbia, while BC Business cites the Craft Brewers Association of British Columbia in stating that the market share is currently around 15% but that many brewers are experiencing sales growth between 15 and 20% per year. Canada According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in their report, The Canadian Brewery Industry, approximately 10 million Canadians drink beer and the sales of goods manufactured by the Canadian brewery industry in 2009 were worth $4,671.2 million. The Brewers Association of Canada states that beer brewed in Canada accounts for 1.2% of Canada’s GDP,...
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...improve the lives of the people throughout Canada. They provide help and assistance to millions of people in Canada by providing health service, injury prevention and preparing for disaster. Its soul mission is to execute blood supply, blood products for Canadians. It works for blood safety and security. ❖ Canadian Red Cross In the year 1909 the Canadian red cross society went through a serious tainted blood scandal. Canadian who did blood transfusion were contracted with HIV, and Hepatitis C. More than 1000 Canadian died because of HIV and around 20000 were in contact of Hepatitis C virus. The public trust on Canadian red cross destroyed. The federal government laid down an inquiry commission called Krever commission which was headed by Ontario court justice Krever. The Krever commission submitted a detailed report based on blood scandal and recommendations changes were laid on Canadian red cross and they were made to pay a fine of 4000 dollar. ❖ Stake Holders ▪ Federal Government ▪ Provincial Government ▪ Canadian Red Cross ▪ People who get infected ▪ Physicians ▪ Dr. Pierre Duplesis ❖ CSR Pillar ▪ I think that they violated ethical behaviour as one of the pillar because Canadian red cross failed to do the blood testing and screening ▪ They were negligent in providing remedies and health of the public ❖ New Canadian Blood Service ▪ A new Canadian blood service was incorporated in 1998 which replace...
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...protected. This paper introduces the research and provides a discussion on the contextual background of the research concerns and problem statement. It will identify the research problem and supporting research questions, and conclude with a list of recommendation. Contextual Background Critical Infrastructure (CI) is the lifeblood of Canada, and the high availability, reliability, integrity and confidentiality of the CI is paramount in maintaining the sovereignty, national security, and economic health and wellbeing of the Canadian society. The education sector should be created as a separate NCI because recent reports and studies emphasize that education must be a national security matter (Council on Foreign Relations, 2012). Hence, the failure of education sector can pose significant threats to national security and economic growth. Problem Statement According to Statistics Canada, there are approximately 15,500 schools (elementary and secondary), 163 public and private universities, and 183 recognized public colleges and institutes. Provinces and territories reported that there were 6.5 million students enrolled in educational institutes and 610,000 instructors (Statistics Canada, 2012). The omittance of approximately 20% of Canada’s population and 2.3% of growth domestic...
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...Rising Cost of Health Care April Scoles Instructor LeJarnaro Barnes March 9, 2014 The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world. It dates all the way back to World War II. The United States and Canada do not even compare to each other, in health care, like they once did. The problem lies within the major stakeholders of the health care system, and what they are willing to change to make it less expensive for patients. This paper will discuss the history, compare and contrast United States health care system to Canada, how the stake holders’ role affect these rising costs and it will discuss recommendations suggested by the authors of “Redefining Health Care.” First, we should discuss the major problem of our health care system. This happens to be the price. According to an article written in 2010, 17% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was spent on health care. It is supposed to increase by 18% by the year 2018 (Crissy, Larimer, Furnas, Spencer, 2010). What is Gross Domestic Product, you ask? Well, it is defined as “the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation’s border during a given period of time” (English Dictionary online). This more or less means that the cost of health care is rising, and the coverage is declining. The out-of-pocket expenses are too much for patients to pay. This in turn makes patients choose to drop their coverage, because it is too expensive, in the first place. If the...
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...Assignment 2: Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners 1.0 The Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners The treatment of mentally ill inmates has been not only a public concern, but has also been identified by Canada’s Correctional Investigator, Howard Sapers as an issue of concern in his 2014 report to parliament. Between 1997 and 2007, offenders entering the prison system with a mental disorder grew 71% in men and 61% in women (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2012). The problem at hand is that correctional institutes and their staff are not widely trained to deal with inmates who suffer from mental disorders. The result then, is that use-of-force interventions, and placement in solitary confinement, often for extended periods of time, are used as methods of dealing with unruly behaviours exhibited by these mentally ill offenders. While there are various issues surrounding mental health in the Canadian judicial system, for the purpose of this report, the discussion will be focused around inadequate methods for dealing with behaviours presented by these inmates, namely by use-of-force and solitary confinement 1.1 Use-Of-Force Techniques In Sapers 2014 report, it is reported that “28% of all use of force interventions involved an offender with a mental health concern as identified by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)” (Ministry of Public Safety, 2014). This is likely due to the fact that mentally ill inmates are more likely to self-harm, have unpredictable behaviour...
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...The Canadian pension system, funded from the Government of Canada’s general revenues is comprised of three programs. The Old Age Security (OAS) program includes the basic OAS pension, the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and the Allowance for Survivors.(social work) Old Age Security provides benefits to Canadian residents at the age of 65 and who have resided in Canada for more than 10 years after age 18. To receive the full monthly benefit of $540.12, an individual must have lived in Canada for a period of 40 or more years after the age of 18. OAS benefits are not dependant on paid employment or the income of a spouse or partner. Individuals who earn more than $69, 562 will have their OAS benefits “clawed back” and those with an income exceeding $122, 772 are not eligible to receive the OAS benefit. The Guaranteed Income Supplement provides benefits to low income seniors who are also receiving OAS. The federal government has recently introduced policy changes to the Old Age Security and (GIS) benefits, specifically increasing the age of eligibility from the current age of 65 to 67. These changes are to be fully implemented by the year 2029. As an advocate for low income seniors, the policy changes to the OAS/GIS eligibility requirements will be analysis and recommendations will be made that there is no financial reason to amend the Old Age Security Act and in doing so the adverse affects to lower income earners will be numerous. The Canadian government, under Conservative...
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...I am a student at Queens University, taking a course on the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). After conducting my own research, paired with what I have learned in the course, I want to broach the matter of food insecurity that Canadians face as a result of poverty. Food is one of the basic human rights referenced in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948, it states that “The right to food is the right of every individual, alone or in community with others, to have physical and economic access at all times to sufficient, adequate and culturally acceptable food produced and consumed sustainably, preserving access to food for future generations.” Over 50 years later, however, and hunger remains a prevalent issue throughout many first world countries, including...
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...Executive Summary At its Annual Meeting in August 2004, the Canadian Bar Association adopted a resolution1 calling for the government to go beyond the existing Indian Residential Schools Dispute Resolution process to provide a base payment to all survivors of Indian Residential Schools. The CBA recognizes the tragic legacy of Indian Residential Schools and the failure of the current options of either litigatio n or the dispute resolution process to resolve the situation. The harms caused by Indian Residential Schools are still profoundly felt by the individual students who attended the schools, as well as their families, communities and Nations. The CBA recommends that, as the next logical step towards reconciliation and restoration of the health, vitality, pride and culture of Aboriginal communities, the Government of Canada make a reconciliation payment to all students of Indian Residential Schools who were alive on January 7, 1998. January 7, 1998 is the date the government made its...
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...promotion and protection of the rights and identity of Indigenous peoples. The State of Indigenous Peoples’ Languages and Cultures in Canada Submission by Kontinónhstats - The Mohawk Language Custodians Submitted by: Kontinónhstats – The Mohawk Language Custodians 14A Sóse Onahsakenrat (Joseph Swan Road) Kanehsatà:ke, Quebec Canada J0N 1E0 Phone: 450-479-1651 Email: Ellen Gabriel kontinonhstats2@hotmail.com Hilda Nicholas kononkwe@inbox.com Table of Contents Page Executive Summary ………………………………………………………. 3 - 6 Introduction ……………………………………………………………….. 6 – 7 Current Situation ………………………………………………………..... 7 – 9 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………. 9 - 11 Recommendations ……………………………………………………….... 12 End Notes …………………………………………………………………...13 - 14 Annex 1………………………………………………………………………15 -16 Annex 2………………………………………………………………………17 Suggested Questions ………………………………………………………..18 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This submission on Indigenous languages, culture and identity demonstrates the manner in which Canada continues to practice institutionalized racial discrimination and assimilation against Indigenous peoples’ human rights and fundamental freedoms through the imposition of their policies and programs which are based upon the archaic legislation of the 1876 Indian Act. According to the ICERD’s definition of “racial discrimination”, racial discrimination...
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