Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long

Autor/in	Rothman, Laurel
Titel	Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty for Too Long
Quelle	In: Education Canada, 47 (2007) 4, S.49-53 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1253
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Poverty; Low Income; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Job Development; Low Income Groups; Child Welfare; Family Income; Correlation; Child Development; Role of Education; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Armut; Niedriglohn; Schulleistung; Ausland; Kindeswohl; Familieneinkommen; Korrelation; Kindesentwicklung; Bildungsauftrag; Kanada
Abstract	Canada faces steep, yet surmountable challenges in its efforts to significantly reduce child and family poverty. Most recent data indicate that more than one million Canadian children and their families live in low-income households. Although the House of Commons unanimously resolved to "seek to achieve the goal of eliminating poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000," almost one child out of every six still lives in poverty. Despite economic growth and strong job creation in the country, Canada's record on child and family poverty is worse now than it was when the House of Commons' commitment was undertaken in 1989. Campaign 2000 contends that poverty and income inequality are major barriers to the academic achievement and the healthy development of children, the cohesion of communities, and, ultimately, to the social and economic well-being of Canada. In this article, the author talks about the persistence of poverty in Canada and its impact among low-income families and children. Given the clearly demonstrated link between poverty and learning, the author calls on educators to be aware of the breadth and depth of the problem and become advocates for strategies to address it. (Contains 5 figures and 12 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10