[homeles_ot-l] News and Information: (1) Responses to Federal Budget, (2) new Homeless Hub website, (3) CWP Human Rights course

Thu Feb 13 11:26:31 EST 2014

Hi everyone, 

(1)  Responses to Tuesday’s federal budget

(2)  Announcement of new website from the Homeless Hub

(3)  Registration open for Canada Without Poverty’s Human Rights Online
Course

1.    Federal Budget, Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson seeks more housing cash from budget

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+Mayor+Watson+seeks+more+housing+cas
h+from+budget/9496499/story.html

FCM Analysis 

http://www.fcm.ca/Documents/tools/Analysis_Federal_Budget_2014_en.pdf

CHRA News Release: Support for affordable housing and homelessness missing
in action in the 2014 federal budget

http://www.chra-achru.ca/en/index.php/news-events/news/support-for-affordabl
e-housing-and-homelessness-missing-in-action-in-the-20/

FRAPRU Response: Le FRAPRU accuse Jim Flaherty d’avoir laissé tomber le
logement social

http://www.frapru.qc.ca/le-frapru-accuse-jim-flaherty-davoir-laisse-tomber-l
e-logement-social/

2.    Introducing the new Homeless Hub!

>From the Homeless Hub: “We’re pleased to present the new and improved
Homeless Hub website! Along with a fresh new look and more resources than
ever before, we’ve made some structural changes to the site that make it
easier to find information that is most important and relevant to you.”

You’ll find sections including: About Homelessness; Library; Doing Research;
Education; Community Profiles; Solutions; Gallery; Blog

All at: www.homelesshub.ca

3.    Registration open for CWP's Human Rights Online Course!

From: Megan Yarema
Sent: February-12-14 6:37 PM
Subject: Registration open for CWP's Human Rights Online Course!

Hi everyone, 

CWP will be hosting our Economic and Social Rights Online Course again this
spring from March 17 – April 13th.  We’ll be looking at a human rights
approach to poverty, housing, and food security as well as women’s rights
over the 4-week period and bringing in experts on each topic.  The course is
flexible as all the work is done online and we are now opening up
registration broadly to fill the remaining 30 spaces available.

If you are interested in this course, or know of someone who would be, see
the email below.  Please share widely!

Cheers, 

Megan

Canada Without Poverty would like to invite you to join us this March for a
four-week Economic and Social Rights Education online course. As part of our
human rights program, the course will give you an opportunity to learn about
the UN human rights system and how to apply a human rights framework to
social justice work in Canada.

Ending poverty is about justice, not just charity and economic and social
rights are the foundation.  Canada has international obligations regarding
the human right to food, adequate housing and an adequate standard of
living.  This course will walk you through the meaning of economic and
social rights in Canada; where they have been applied, what has been
successful, and why it is important to recognize  human rights are at the
root of addressing social challenges. Over 4-weeks, leading human rights
experts will help you walk through reading material and discussions to help
you get better acquainted with economic and social rights and how they apply
to poverty in Canada.

Important course details:

·         The course is four weeks in length and will run from Monday, March
17 until Sunday, April 13

·         Modules will be launched weekly. Themes include:  Introduction to
Economic and Social (ES) Rights, Poverty, Housing and ES Rights, the Right
to Food, and Women and ES Rights

·         ES Rights experts will join discussions each week and help
facilitate conversations

·         An online platform is used that allows for various discussions
which you can join in at anytime by posting comments

·         Cost of the course is $95.00 (due by March 12th)

The course will require a commitment of 5-7 hours per week for reading
required materials participation in online discussion rooms, as well as
attendance on two conference calls and participation in the pre and post
evaluation process.  The weekly online commitment can be fulfilled at any
time as the online classroom is open 24/7 including weekends.

<http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/economic-and-social-rights-online-course-tickets
-10595795309> Eventbrite - Economic and Social Rights Online Course

*Please note that the course will not run without full registration.
Confirmation will be given no later than Friday March 7th when registration
closes.

Megan Yarema
Director, Education & Outreach / Directrice, Éducation et Mobilisation
communautaire
CANADA WITHOUT POVERTY / CANADA SANS PAUVRETÉ
251 Bank Street, 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3

Tel: 604 613 1434 (Vancouver)

Toll Free: 1-800-810-1076 (Ottawa)

http://www.cwp-csp.ca

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Mike Bulthuis

Executive Director

Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa

171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5

613-241-1573, ext. 314

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