tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84941471004056272002024-02-08T12:39:19.466-08:00Silvia Straka's SWRK1310 Class Blogsilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-90645479875772460032011-10-05T06:27:00.000-07:002011-10-05T06:27:48.724-07:00Problems Staying Logged into BloggerSome of you are having a problem staying logged into Blogger.<br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=2c21ddcfbeb2e442&hl=en">Here is some advice</a> from the help forum, thanks to forum member Naomi Price.<br />
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<blockquote>Try a different login procedure.<br />
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</div><div>If that does not help, try again.</div>1. Clear cache, cookies, <b>and </b>sessions (not just cache or cookies) - then restart the browser.<div>2. Login to Blogger using "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.blogger.com</a>".</div><div>3. Do not check "Remember me".</div></div></blockquote> These instructions seem to be solving the problem for most people. Please let me know if you still have problems after following these steps.<br />
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Silviasilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-23727602161751545272011-10-05T06:18:00.000-07:002011-10-05T06:18:01.261-07:00Welcome to Blogging!Congratulations on getting your blogs up!<br />
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I am looking forward to participating in your conversations about social welfare policies, how they are shaped by underlying ideologies, and how they impact different groups of marginalized people in our society.I can already see that you are a creative group!<br />
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Try to get your first blog entries up by the end of the month, so Angie and I can give you some feedback. If you are uncertain, you may email Angie your draft and ask her to look it over before you post it.<br />
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Have fun! <br />
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Silviasilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-51473539038405201422010-11-03T06:22:00.000-07:002010-11-03T06:32:03.982-07:00Social Policy VideosI have added a Youtube player to this blog. It's on the left side just below the class blogs. It contains videos I have selected for you. Some have been shown in class and others are supplementary material to illustrate and help you to better understand course content.<br /><br />It would be perfectly acceptable for you to comment on a Youtube video in a blog post, in the same way you would comment on a news item you have found online.<br /><br />Evaluate Youtube videos the same way as you would assess any other source. If it's a speaker like Jack Layton, you already know it's authoritative and you will be getting a social democratic perspective on something. If it's a couple of guys doing a drunken rant in someone's basement... well... it may or may not be entertaining, but it is probably not too great a source for an academic assignment.<br /><br />However, even an unknown individual's video can have value if you post it and then critique the underlying ideology.<br /><br />Note: Do NOT post any videos with hate speech of any kind, even if you want to critique it.<br /><br />So there are many excellent Youtube videos out there, but you can't take anything at face value until you identify who has made it and from what perspective.<br /><br />Silviasilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-58697965373393081092010-10-21T20:17:00.000-07:002010-10-21T20:31:37.286-07:00Identifying and naming of groups of people...If you're wondering about how to properly refer to a group of people, a good rule of thumb is to find out how they like to refer to themselves.<br /><br />In terms of the groups whose issues you are exploring for your blogs, here are some guidelines for how to refer to them:<br /><br />Avoid "elderly". Instead, use "older adults" or "seniors". I suggest also avoiding the term "elders" to refer to older people, because it has a very specific meaning among Indigenous people and not all of their older people are elders. The reason we avoid "elderly" (even though lots of researchers, especially in the medical professions still use it) is because it gives a picture of people who are frail and sick. The APA manual says it's considered pejorative and says not to use it.<br /><br />Use "people with disabilities" instead of "the disabled" or "physically disabled people". The reason is that the "person" should come first. A person with a disability is not mainly a disability; they are mainly a person who also happens to have a disability.<br /><br />"Indigenous" is the preferred term in our Faculty of Social Work and we are guided in this by our Indigenous faculty who have expressed this preference. However, you will encounter different people in this group who have different preferences for how they are named and you should always respect that person's preference. Actually, before calling an individual Indigenous, you should identify them as Cree or Ojibway or Mik'maq... if it's even relevant to the discussion at all.<br /><br />The Canadian government uses the term "Aboriginal". This is not offensive and it's commonly used, but some people don't like it because it's the colonizer's term. <br /><br />Both "Indigenous" and "Aboriginal" refer to First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Dene peoples. These are the most inclusive terms. "Native" has fallen out of use in recent years. It's also important to remember that "First Nations" covers many different nations, with different languages, histories, cultures, beliefs, and traditions.<br /><br />There is a similar situation among the Queer community, as I mentioned last class. Your best option is to ask people how they want to be named. You can't go too far wrong with LGBTTQ. Queer is also in use, but some people in the community find it a problematic term because they still have memories of how it has been used as an insult. Be careful again to recognize that there are many different identities all lumped together under this label and it's almost impossible to make generalizations that apply to all the members of this community.<br /><br />That's it for now. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about naming and identities.<br /><br />Silviasilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-53269017166066389672010-10-21T19:56:00.000-07:002010-10-21T19:59:22.985-07:00CapitalizationJust a reminder...<br /><br />When you are referring to an ideology, do NOT capitalize (neoconservative, liberal). When you are referring to a political party, you should capitalize (the Liberals - referring to members of the Liberal Party of Canada; Harper, a Conservative.... -- referring to the Conservative Party of Canada).<br /><br />Also note that if you talk about people with neoconservative ideology, they are called "neoconservatives" (not "neoconservatisms").<br /><br />I'll try to add tips like this as I go along and find some common glitches in your posts.<br /><br />I'm enjoying working my way through your entries!<br /><br />Silviasilviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-65396564556121119362010-10-16T19:27:00.000-07:002010-10-16T19:40:17.877-07:00Examples of neoconservative topics to blog onDear Students,<br /><br />I prepared a list of neoconservative topics for you to blog on. It's posted on Angel, but I'm not able to access the Angel email right now to inform you about it. Hopefully you are also checking this blog for news.<br /><br />I hope you find it helpful.<br /><br />Silvia<br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> <w:enableopentypekerning/> <w:dontflipmirrorindents/> <w:overridetablestylehps/> </w:Compatibility> 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line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;">Examples of Neoconservative Topics to Blog On</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Older Adults:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/conservatives-ignoring-canada%E2%80%99s-home-care-challenge/">Conservatives ignoring Canada’s home care challenge</a>,” Liberal Party of Canada, July 28, 2010, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lawrence-martin/policy-pinched-liberals-eye-home-care-plan/article1733342/">Policy-pinched Liberals eye home care plan</a>”, The Globe and Mail, Sep. 30, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.carp.ca/advocacy/adv-article-display.cfm?documentID=4851">Conservatives pushed by Harper to embrace pension reform before key meeting</a>”, CARP, June 10, 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/news-release/callous-conservative-response-to-family-care-plan-an-insult-to-caregivers/">Callous Conservative response to family care plan an insult to caregivers</a>,” The Liberal Party of Canada, Oct. 6, 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/letters/Conservatives_fail_seniors_when_it_comes_to_housing_101666533.html">Conservatives fail seniors when it comes to housing</a>”, Red Deer Advocate, Aug. 28, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://news.therecord.com/article/743804">Federal policy changes in the works for seniors are no coincidence</a>”, The Record, July 12, 2010</span><a href="http://news.therecord.com/article/743804"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Immigrants & refugees</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/17/harper-tamil-migrants.html">Tamil ship could lead to law change: Harper</a>”, CBC, Aug. 17, 2010</span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/17/harper-tamil-migrants.html"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/Canada+avoid+European+style+anti+immigration+backlash/3571302/story.html">Can Canada avoid European-style immigration backlash?</a>”, Windsor Star, Sept 24, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://immlawyer.blogs.com/my_weblog/2010/01/immigration-2010.html">Immigration 2010</a>, Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Blog, Jan. 3, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/02/immigration-guide-gay-rights-kenney.html">Gay rights section nixed for immigrants’ guide</a>”, CBC, Mar. 2, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.nupge.ca/node/2025">Stop scapegoating immigrants for the economic crisis: UFCW Canada</a>”, National Union of Public and General Employees, Feb. 12, 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >People with Physical Disabilities (Visible and Invisible)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.burnabynow.com/health/Harper+delivers+goods/2803731/story.html">Harper delivers the goods: New RDSP plan devised for people with physical or intellectual disabilities</a>”, Burnaby Now, Oct. 31, 2009 </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://njnnetwork.com/2010/07/harper-government-makes-direct-attack-on-canadas-disabled/">Harper government makes direct attack on Canada’s disabled</a>”, Not Just the News Network, July 26, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.marchofdimes.ca/dimes/people_with_disabilities_caregivers/advocacy/current_issues/Party+Platforms.htm">Ontario March of Dimes – Party platforms </a>(scroll down for Conservative) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://rdsp.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/election-platforms-what-different-parties-are-saying-about-disability/">Election platforms: What different parties are saying about disability</a>”, RDSP Blog, Sept. 25, 2008</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/enoughs-enough-say-disability-groups/">Enough is enough, say disability groups</a>”, Fast Forward Weekly, Feb 21, 2008, </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://dstewart.org/rant/CPP-D.php">Blog post</a> on Conservative government’s position on disabilities, D. Stewart<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“ <a href="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/06/24/14504976.html">Soldiers squander disability payouts</a>”, CNews, June 24, 2010</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/albertavotes2008/story/2008/02/06/tory-aish.html">AISH change will help people with disabilities: Stelmach</a>” CBC, Feb 6, 2008</span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/albertavotes2008/story/2008/02/06/tory-aish.html"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >People with Mental Disabilities (Mental Illness, Dementia, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disabilities)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/716944--conservative-agenda-will-stuff-prisons-advocates-say">Conservative agenda will ‘stuff prisons’, advocates say</a>”, Toronto Star, Oct 27, 2009 </p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/13/nb-blais-mckee-report-mental-health-1243.html">Mental health review will be revisited: Blais</a>”, CBC news, Oct. 13, 2010 </p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Workers+mental+health+employers+responsibility/3607423/story.html#ixzz119Sb91Y8">Workers’ mental health is employers’ responsibility</a>”, Vancouver Sun, Oct 1, 2010 </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mentalhealthcoalitionns.info/mhndp.pdf">NDP critique</a> of Nova Scotia Conservative Party’s performance on mental health issues, May 2009</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/11/24/liberals-want-tory-mp-to-apologize-for-calling-unemployed-citizens-no-good-bastards.aspx">Tory MP apologizes for calling unemployed citizens ‘no good bastards</a>’”, National Post, November 24, 2009<a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/11/24/liberals-want-tory-mp-to-apologize-for-calling-unemployed-citizens-no-good-bastards.aspx"></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >“<a href="http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/20931">My meeting with Chris Summerville</a>”, Travis Erbacher’s blog, Dec. 2, 2009</span></p>silviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-23425397190965483492010-10-06T07:39:00.000-07:002010-10-06T07:41:55.904-07:00Privatization of Home Care<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >NOTE: This post has also been cross posted to my </span><a href="http://swrk4200.blogspot.com/">SWRK4200 CLASS BLOG</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><br /></span></div>According to Mullaly (2007), "neo-conservatives have called for a return to the economic values of the private marketplace" (p. 72). This includes a strong trend to the privatization of functions normally considered a state responsibility. One of these areas is home care.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.cha.ca/documents/Home_Care_in_Canada_From_the_Margins_to_the_Mainstream_web.pdf">recent report </a>by the <a href="http://www.cha.ca/">Canadian Healthcare Association</a> indicates that private spending on home care now outstrips public spending. There is an increasing trend to shifting the responsibility for home care to the the private sector. One of the many impacts is that for older people who can't afford to pay for care, informal caregivers (mostly women) have to carry much more of the care.<br /><br />Having worked in a Quebec <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLSC">CLSC</a> specializing in the development and provision of services to older people, I observed the superiority of public home care services over most for-profit services. Our workers, who had to fulfill certain educational requirements to be hired, were paid a fair wage, unionized, received benefits, and were properly trained. Private sector workers are paid much less (for example, <a href="http://www.ochu.on.ca/Home_care_Privatization.html">an Ontario study</a> shows they are paid $6 per hour less in that province).<br /><br />In my Quebec CLSC, our home care workers were part of the multidisciplinary health care team. They are the professionals who see the older person on a day-to-day basis. Often it was the home care worker who drew our attention to serious problems such as elder abuse and they were often an important part of the solution. When home care services are privatized, they no longer have this connection with the larger health care team and it is the older person who often suffers.<br /><br />I suspect this trend to privatizing home care and health care will continue under a Conservative government, even though there is some evidence that privatizing home care does not save money in the long run (<a href="http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/dl441252l9p2127g/">Shapiro, 2006</a>) and a Winnipeg experiment to do so was deemed a failure (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11211556">Shapiro, 2000)</a>. The Romanow Commission called for a <a href="http://www.chsrf.ca/other_documents/romanow/pdf/homecare_e.pdf">National Strategy on home care</a> and we are still waiting for it -- a strategy that will ensure that every older person has equal access to the services they need.</span>silviastrakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125105594366395336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494147100405627200.post-35019817272082766902010-09-15T10:37:00.001-07:002010-09-15T10:42:39.496-07:00Welcome to SWRK 1310 and to this blog!This is the first time I am using blogging as a major means of communication for a course. For many of you, it will be your first ever venture into the world of blogging. Knowing that most of you are Facebook users, you will see that it's not too big a stretch, since both blogs and Facebook are different types of social media.<br /><br />I will be setting this blog up over the next week with lots of resources and links to help you with the course material. I will also be accompanying you in your reflections and blogging on course content by doing the same in my own blog here.<br /><br />So welcome... and I hope you enjoy the course!<br /><br />SilviaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0