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When inequality in Canada goes up, child well-being goes downRecord numbers of children in Canada are living in poverty in spite of an all-party resolution in 1989 to end child poverty by the year 2000.
When inequality in Canada goes up, child well-being goes downAccording to UNICEF, Canada is one of the more unequal societies for children and youth, ranking 26th of 35 rich nations on indicators like health, education, income and life satisfaction.
When inequality in Canada goes up, child well-being goes downAccording to UNICEF, Canada is one of the more unequal societies for children and youth, ranking 26th of 35 rich nations on indicators like health, education, income and life satisfaction.
Culture is Healing in Indigenous CommunitiesA United Nations report showed that of the bottom 100 communities in Canada on the Community Well-being Index, 96 were Indigenous communities.
Culture is Healing in Indigenous CommunitiesThe Conference Board of Canada has ranked 117 health regions in Canada and found that Indigenous communities were at the bottom, mostly affected by social problems affecting health. That’s the effect of systematically undervaluing a whole group of people. That’s trauma in real life.
Slow down and stop the killingMost collisions between pedestrians and vehicles are, one could argue, “by design” – policy design, that is.
Slow down and stop the killingAt 30km per hour, the probability of a collision and the probability of fatal collisions are both very small. Increase the speed, and the risk for both collisions and resultant deaths increases dramatically.
Slow down and stop the killingReal-life experiments conducted in Europe show that imposing low speed limits decreases the number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities.
Slow down and stop the killingOur outdated rules meant to protect all those using the road have not yet caught up to the deadly reality of our new plus-sized vehicles.
Slow down and stop the killingMore than 300 pedestrians are killed by motorists in Canada each year. In Toronto alone, 163 pedestrians have been killed since 2011.
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