Reading Time: 4 minutes Disponible en français. All over the world, many people who menstruate lack access to safe, hygienic menstrual products, or the means to manage their periods with dignity. Menstrual Hygiene Day, established in 2013 by the German non-profit WASH United, is… Read More ›
Social affairs and population
Executive Summary – Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada
Reading Time: < 1 minute Disponible en français In Canada, the systems of early childhood education and care services are different from one province or territory to another; they differ significantly in their affordability, accessibility and rate of participation. These factors affect the labour force… Read More ›
International Women’s Day 2021: Ensuring a Gender-Responsive Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes Disponible en français. International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated every year on 8 March. The UN Women’s IWD theme for 2021 is “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World.” The theme recognizes the disproportionate effects of… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Recognition of the Foreign Qualifications of Immigrants
Reading Time: < 1 minute Disponible en français. Qualification recognition is the process of verifying that the knowledge, skills, work experience and education obtained in another country is comparable to the standards established for Canadian professionals and tradespersons. Far from simple, this process is different… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Canada’s Retirement Income System
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – Le système de revenu de retraite du Canada) The purpose of Canada’s retirement income system is twofold: to alleviate poverty among seniors and to help seniors who are better off to avoid significant declines in living standards when… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Defining and Enumerating Homelessness in Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – L’itinérance au Canada : définitions et recensements) In 2019, the Government of Canada implemented Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy, which replaced the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. A key goal of Reaching Home is to increase… Read More ›
Inequities in COVID-19 Health Outcomes: The Need for Race- and Ethnicity-Based Data
Reading Time: 5 minutes 8 December 2020, 8:50 a.m. (Disponible en français : Inégalités des répercussions en santé de la COVID‑19 : besoin de données sur la race et l’ethnie) For Indigenous peoples, Black Canadians and other racialized groups, race and racism are important… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Canadian Citizenship: Practice and Policy
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – La citoyenneté canadienne : pratiques et politiques) Canadian citizenship can be obtained through birth on Canadian soil, by descent through birth or adoption outside of Canada to a Canadian citizen, or through naturalization (the… Read More ›
The Status of Gender Equality in Canada: Reflecting on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La situation de la progression de l’égalité des genres au Canada : le 25e anniversaire de la Déclaration et Programme d’action de Beijing) September 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Food Insecurity in Northern Canada: An Overview
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – L’insécurité alimentaire dans le Nord canadien : aperçu) Food insecurity is generally defined as a situation that exists when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food. In 2017–2018, 12.7%… Read More ›