July General Staff Meeting
Friday July 18th, 12:00 noon.
The agenda will inlcude a presentation from a staff person who works for the Eastwood Community Builders (City Community Services) and a debriefing of the upcoming move.
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Schedule for the Move to the 82 Street Location
July 21, 2008 - Accounting Department
July 25, 2008 - Everything should be packed up and ready to go by 5:00 PM
July 26, 2008 - Day Care Centre
July 27, 2008 - ELS including Computer Lab + Resource Room
July 28, 2008
- All Offices
- Storage Room if any
- Staff will help setting up the Daycare and ESL classes, Computer Lab, Resource Room, since this day is a regular working day.
- Staff setting up their own office
- Testing Internet, Telephone, Office Equipments.
- Moving non-essential items left over.
- The Move will be completed by 5:00 PM.
Welome New Staff!
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EMCN's United Way Campaign
We are starting to set up the committee for this year's United Way Campaign. If you are interested in joining the committee, please e-mail kpaufler@emcn.ab.ca
Thank you!
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EMCN Community Report
EMCN's 2007-2008 Community Report is now available.
If you would like a printed copy, please send an e-mail to kpaufler@emcn.ab.ca
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Request for Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to attend the Action for Healthy Communities end-of-session celebration several schools, to set up an EMCN display, hand out brochures and answer any questions the families may have.
If you are available on either of the following dates, please e-mail kpaufler@emcn.ab.ca ASAP
July 24, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Queen Elizabeth School
July 25, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Victoria School
Thank you!
Katrina
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Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage
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Alberta Works Policy Manual Update: Victims of Human Trafficking
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Report calls housing a human right; But tenants face race, sex, economic barriers
The Toronto Star Wed 09 Jul 2008
Page: A18
Section: News
Byline: Noor Javed
Source: Toronto Star
Focusing on housing as a human right, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released an exhaustive report yesterday to address and deal with issues of discrimination faced by tenants in rental housing across the province.
"Adequate housing is a critical element of an individual's quality of life,"
said Commission chief Barbara Hall. "Without housing, health care, education, food, clothing, and employment are irrelevant."
The report entitled Right at Home was written after a year of public meetings and submissions from hundreds of individuals and organizations.
Throughout the consultative process, which spanned four cities - Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo - the commission heard how tenants were affected by discriminatory attitudes on the basis of race, disability and income.
Tenants cited issues such as landlords posting "adults only" rental ads to discourage families, seeking sexual favours from low-income women in lieu of rent and trying to discourage applicants who are visible minorities. Also dealt with at length is the link between poverty, housing and homelessness.
The report puts forward concerns from tenants that social assistance rates and minimum wages have not kept up with increasing housing costs.
The report sets out 37 recommendations for various levels of government and decision-makers, and urges the provincial government to pass a law "to establish the right to adequate housing as a universal human right."
