Tuesday, June 30, 2009

L'Histoire de Kevin


Lorsque l'on est assisté social, bien se loger relève de l'exploit. Alors, qu'en est-il pour ceux qui, en plus, ont «l'inconvenance» d'être jeunes et malades?
Kevin, un adulte fibro-kystique de 21 ans, peut vous en dire long sur le sujet: il vient de rater sa chance d'habiter une coopérative d'habitation du centre-ville.

William Johnson : Indians and the Just Society


Forty years after Jean Chrétien's ‘white paper,' we still struggle to reconcile the Canadian square and the aboriginal circle

Friday, June 26, 2009

Delinquency is the Real Issue — Not Racism

Service Users Who Have Made the Transition to Practitioners


From service user to social worker: three professionals tell Louise Tickle how and why they made the transition

Thursday, June 25, 2009

France Sets Up Commission to Probe Burqa Use


The French parliament is setting up a six-month inquiry to study the wearing of the Islamic outfit, the burqa. On Monday French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the head-to-toe veil was not welcome in secular France.

Weather Forecasts of Great Value to Americans, Survey Finds

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Children's Aid Society Workers Should be Reined in, Critics Say

Death Toll Increases to 9 in Washington, D.C., Train Crash


District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers were at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Late-Night Host Offers Palin Another Apology


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally at the Grand River Center in this November 2008 file photo. Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there's a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman's career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno's. Collapse (Getty Images/AP Photo)

Mohit’s Film on Racism

Indians Speak Out on Australian Attacks

Monday, June 15, 2009

Youth Revolution in Iran

NATO Warship Rescues Indian Sailors

Venezuelan TV Channel Faces Closure


Supporter's of Venezuela's anti-government channel, Globovision, launch a fundraising campaign to pay off a 2 million dollar government fine.