ࡱ> ?A<=> W=bjbj "bjjW9lTTTTTTTh 4 $hP , , , , : ACCCCCC$b gTgTT, , |6T, T, AAyy(TTA, D vh ypAz20 `A+jAhhTTTTNational Childrens Alliance (NCA) E-mail Digest, week of 30 August 3 September, 2004  CALENDAR 1. Youth Working Group Meeting Tuesday, 7 September, 2-3:30pm 2. Ottawa members meeting 15 September 2004, at NCA, 331 Cooper, Suite 707, Ottawa, 560-5843, 9am-12pm 3. Toronto members meeting and Special Workshop on Funding in the Voluntary Sector 22 Sept, 2004, Laidlaw Foundation Boardroom, 365 Bloor St E, Toronto, (416) 964-3614, 9am-1:30pm  NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS: 1. Conference Symposium 2004: Changes, Challenges and New Directions 2. Conference Staying the Course: Literacy and Health in the First Decade 3. Conference Child Care for a Change! Shaping the 21st Century 4. Conference Bridges and Foundation Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing Conference 2004 5. Conference Fostering Peace in Individuals, Families and CommunitiesImagine! 6. Conference People, Power and Voluntary Organizations 7. Employment opportunity with Canadian Child Care Federation  ISSUE ALERT: Olympic athletes strive for victory over childrens challenges  CALENDAR: 1.The members of the Youth Working Group of the NCA are reminded that a planning meeting will take place on Tuesday 7 September from 2 to 3:30pm. Health care and child care were highlights of the Governments election night promises; however, Canadas youth and their growing challenges seem to have fallen off the radar. We will be planning the content and logistics of the proposed NCA national Round Table on creating a National Youth Agenda. NCA members who are not currently on the Working Group but who would like to join are welcome please e-mail  HYPERLINK "mailto:tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com" tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com in advance for the dial-in numbers. 2. Please RSVP for either of the meetings below by calling Tara at 560-5843 ext. 225 or by e-mail at  HYPERLINK "mailto:tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com" tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com : Ottawa members meeting on 15 September, please RSVP by Friday September 10. Toronto members meeting on 22 September, please RSVP by Friday 17 September. Please note that the Toronto meeting will consist of the NCA business meeting from 9am-11:30am, followed by a presentation/workshop by Katherine Scott of the Canadian Council on Social Development on Funding Issues in the Voluntary Sector, from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Nonprofit and voluntary sector organizations in Canada are groaning under the strain of a new funding regime that seriously impedes their ability to perform vital work on behalf of millions of Canadians. Funding Matters a study published by the CCSD chronicles how a decade of cost-cutting and restructuring has changed the way organizations survive and thrive in what has become a competitive and volatile fiscal environment. This study assesses the impact of these important changes on the capacity and long-term sustainability of nonprofit and voluntary organizations. Funding Matters raises questions which are of concern to all NCA members: what can we do to create a more stable and predictable funding environment? How can we ensure access to adequate levels of funding that cover the cost of operations and enable the pursuit of organizational goals? Katherine will present an overview of her study and lead a discussion on directions for funding reform. The presentation and luncheon are open to all, so please feel free to distribute this invitation. If you are able to come, please RRVP to Tara Ashtakala at the NCA Ottawa office by phone or email: Tel: (613) 560-5843 ext. 225; E-mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com" tara@nationalchildrensalliance.com. Lunch will be provided.  NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS: The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) is hosting Symposium 2004 in Toronto on 20 and 21st September. Every year, leaders of charitable and nonprofit organizations, governments and socially conscious businesses gather at the Symposium to discuss the pressing issues facing our society, while sharing information, discussing strategies and networking with peers. Featured speakers include: Dr. David Suzuki, sharing his views on how innovative thinking can help society find ways to live in balance with the natural world. The CCP and Statistics Canada will release the results of their National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, the most comprehensive research ever undertaken on Canadas third sector. The best corporate-community partnerships will be in the spotlight at this years Imagine New Spirit of Community Partnership Awards, hosted at Torontos Carlu theatre. In addition to this exciting programme, the new entity resulting from the merger of the CCP and the National Voluntary Organization (NVO) will be launched, an organization that promises to be a powerful catalyst for renewal and empowerment of both the voluntary/charitable sector and communities. As our members know, the NCA is a project under the umbrella of the CCP and eventually of the new organization; as one of the few remaining voices of NVO, it is important for NCA members to attend this meeting and become part of the new organization, to ensure that the voices of the thousands who work on the front-lines of service delivery, research and activism for children whom our coalition represents, have a place in this new body that will be the face of the entire nonprofit and voluntary sector in Canada. For more information and to register, please visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.ccp.ca/symposium" www.ccp.ca/symposium. Canadian Public Health Association is co-hosting, with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health, October 17-19, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa. The Conference themes will be: building best practices in literacy and health, focusing on language and culture, building knowledge in literacy and health and building healthy public policy. The event will consist of plenary presentations, poster displays, oral presentations, workshops: abstracts are posted on the conference website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth" www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth. Some of the speakers include: the Hon. Joyce Fairbairn, Senate of Canada, Jan Kehehti:io: Longboat, Traditional Healer, Mohawk Nation; Dr. Ilona Kickbusch, Senior Advisor, PAHO; Ellen Szita, Adult Literacy Advocate and subject of award-winning film, Ellens Story. The goals of the meeting are to provide a national forum in which to discuss what is being done to improve the health of Canadians with low literacy skills and to provide an opportunity to share knowledge, skills and practical tools to identify future actions in practice, policy and research in the area of health and literacy. For more information and to register, please see  HYPERLINK "http://www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth" www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth. Canadian Council on Social Development will be hosting a national conference on the politics, policies and priorities of child care in Canada, 12-14 November, 2004, in Winnipeg. This is the first major national child care policy conference in two decades and presents a unique opportunity to strengthen the pledge the Prime Ministers pledge of building a national child care and early learning system. Join MPs, Senators, provincial and municipal representatives, academics, members of the media, social activists and practitioners for three days of lively discussion and debate. For more information or to register, visit the conference website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.ccsd.ca/subsites/childcare/" www.ccsd.ca/subsites/childcare/. The Bridges and Foundation Conference on Urban Aboriginal Housing will be held at the Quality Hotel in Saskatoon, November 1-3, 2004. The goal of the Project is to build functional, sustainable relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations to design and develop culturally supportive communities and quality, affordable housing options. The Conference will highlight the findings of 20 research projects under the three Conference themes of: Protocol, Knowledge Sharing and Policy Change. Areas of interest include: Home Ownership, Affordable Housing, Rental Housing, Elder Housing, Apprenticeship, Business Planning and Financing. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will hold a Pre-Conference Mini-Symposium on Aboriginal Housing Research on 1 November. Sponsored by the University of Saskatchewan, City of Saskatoon and CMHC. For registration and information, please visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.bridgesandfoundations.usask.ca/conferences" http://www.bridgesandfoundations.usask.ca/conferences . Family Service Canada is holding its national conference from 21 to 23 October at the Hotel Delta in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Come enjoy three days of plenary session, leadership awards, panel presentations, workshops, FSCs annual general meeting and of course, Cape Breton hospitality, food, music and breathtaking scenery. The Keynote Speaker will be none other than Stephen Lewis, Special UN Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Panellists are experts in cultural and psychological factors in corporal punishment, community policing, youth violence and conflict resolution and restorative justice approaches. Workshops will look at Social Entrepreneurship, families experiencing incarceration, fostering peace through education, facilitating peacemaking among war-traumatized newcomer communities in Canada, childrens creative responses to conflict, creating communities we want, parent leadership for a better world, reciprocity in relationships, homophobia and bullying. For more information and to register, please visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.familyservicecanada.org/conference/2004/index_e.html" http://www.familyservicecanada.org/conference/2004/index_e.html. The School of Policy Studies of Queens University is hosting the Fifth Annual National Forum of the Public Policy and Third Sector Initiative, 22-23 October in Kingston, Ontario. Presentations and Discussions will include: Reporting on People Power in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector, Building Capacity and Government-Voluntary Sector Relationship, A Human Resources Sector Council A Working Session. Some of the speakers and panellists: Hugh Segal, President, Institute for Research on Public Policy; Paddy Bowen, Exeuctive Director, Communitarium: the Citizen and Community Participation Project; Karen Jackson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Workplace Skills, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada; and Janice Gross Stein, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto and regular CBC National News commentator on international politics. Register early for reduced registration fee. For more information, please visit:  HYPERLINK "http://www.queensu.ca/sps/thirdsector.htm" http://www.queensu.ca/sps/thirdsector.htm. 7. The Canadian Child Care Federation is looking for a dynamic, strategic and collaborative individual to lead its Development, Marketing and Communications team. As a member of the executive team, this senior leader is responsible for developing strategies and implementing the development, marketing and communications plans for the organization. The position requires a dynamic, strategic and collaborative approach in delivering against the organizations results-based management accountability framework (RMAF). The successful candidate will show a demonstrated commitment to promoting healthy child development, a capacity to network with funders and national organizations, and a knowledge of early learning and child care policy. Salary: $ 51,000 $ 64,000 commensurate with experience. Benefits and other advantages are offered. For more information about this position, please contact: Lynda Kerr, Director, Business Operations, Canadian Child Care Federation, 383 Parkdale Avenue, Suite 201, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4R4, Fax: (613) 729-3159, Email:  HYPERLINK "mailto:lkerr@cccf-fcsge.ca" lkerr@cccf-fcsge.ca . Deadline for applications is September 13, 2004.  ISSUE ALERT: Olympics and Olympians strike gold for the worlds children: The Athens Olympics produced its share of medalists and record-breakers; apart from their proud countries of origin, children across the planet are benefiting from the accomplishments, both on and off the sporting field, of these athletes. Moroccos double Olympic gold medallist Hicham El Guerrouj will be using his popularity and fame on the track later this year to promote a United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) early childhood development campaign targeting children in the critical toddler phase. Proceeds from greeting cards by Mr. El Guerrouj, an active UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, will go to early childhood projects on the health, nutrition, cognitive and social skills development for young children up to the age of three. His close rival, Kenenisa Bekele, who won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters race, has become UNICEFs latest Goodwill Ambassador. Kenenisa is using his talent and fame to help end the stigma and discrimination faced by children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. He takes a special interest in the situation facing orphans and vulnerable children in Ethiopia. NGOs, too, have used the Athens Olympics to launch new initiatives highlighting the benefits of sport and recreation for healthy development in children: Toronto-based Right To Play hosted a Roundtable Forum in Athens to underscore the increasingly important role sport is playing in the fight against HIV/AIDS and as a tool for conflict resolution and peace. Best practice examples of Sport for Development programs were highlighted and a key theme of the dialogue centered on how to further engage governments from the northern and southern hemispheres to commit increased financial and non-financial resources to these initiatives. Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik used the Round Table to call for the establishment of an international Working Group to identify best practices and make specific policy recommendations on how best to incorporate sport for development into national policy frameworks and international development assistance programs. Canadas Minister of State (Sport), the Hon. Stephen Owen is a member of the Working Group.  You are receiving this e-mail as a member of the National Childrens Alliance General Distribution List. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply to this e-mail with the subject Remove. 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This invitation is brought to you by: Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children International Institute for Child Rights and Development (University of Victoria) National Childrens Alliance Society for Children and Youth of BC December 16th, 2003 Dear Colleague: Re: The Convention on the Rights of the ChildImplementation, Monitoring and Moving ForwardAn Invitation to Senior Government and Non-governmental Policy Personnel  A Forum for Moving Forward The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, the Society for Children and Youth of BC, and the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (University of Victoria), are inviting you to participate in a two-part series of meetings in collaboration with the National Childrens Alliance to: review Canadas progress in implementing the Convention; gather information and explore techniques and resources available that use the Convention as an effective policy, legislative and research tool; and develop plans for moving forward on implementing Canadas commitments under the Convention and the National Action Plan for Children. Canadas delegation to the UN Committee, including the youth participants, and other senior government officials and non-governmental organizations are among the invitees. Forum Outcomes This session will provide participants with opportunities for obtaining and sharing information on: Canada's international and domestic commitments to children, taking into consideration the recent UN Committees observations on Canada as well as Canadas National Plan of Action for Children; evidence-informed practice and its implications for realization of childrens Convention rights; the Conventions legal status in Canada and its increasing use in Canadian courts; challenges and opportunities for implementation and monitoring of the Convention through the public policy process; existing tools and practices for developing and evaluating policy using the Convention lens, and how to facilitate greater implementation and monitoring of the Convention and Canadas National Action Plan; and Coordination and planning necessary to move forward. The Ottawa Sessions/Registration Information The first part of the process will involve two days on January 29-30, 2004, in Ottawa at the Volunteer Place Bnvoles, 333 Gilmour Street. Facilitators and speakers will include international and national experts in public policy and the Convention. Approximately 50-60 persons will be invited to participate. Follow up to the session is planned for the fall of 2004. Please confirm your participation in the January 29-30 forum by completing the attached registration form and forwarding it to  HYPERLINK mailto:rhull@sympahico.ca rhull@sympatico.ca electronically or to 613-925-0475 by fax by Monday January 19th An information package will be provided to registered participants. If you have further questions, you may contact Diane Hull directly by telephone at (613) 925-5672. The Timing is Right Now is a good time to explore how government and the voluntary sector can collectively take action to ensure greater realization of childrens rights in Canada. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has recently completed its review of Canadas second progress report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and has reiterated our federal, provincial and territorial obligations to children. Canadas draft National Plan of Action on Children was recently released in early December. Tools for policy makers to promote compliance with the Convention are available, and initiatives to improve monitoring of childrens rights and well being are currently underway at the national and provincial levels. The role of government in developing and implementing public policy that reflects Canadas commitments under the Convention is a crucial one, and the non-governmental sector shares in this responsibility through its work with and on behalf of children. As UNICEFs Executive Director, Carol Bellamy, has stated: The fact that virtually every country in the world has committed itself to a code of binding obligations towards its children gives us tremendous hope for the future and puts childrens rights at the cutting edge of the global struggle for human rights. It also places a tremendous responsibility on governments and civil society to live up to these commitments. We very much look forward to your involvement in this process. This opportunity is being offered at no charge through funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage and we gratefully acknowledge their support. 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