Improving the Odds
Improving the Odds

Author: Cameron Crawford

Publisher: North York, Ont. : Institut Roeher = Roeher Institute

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13:

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This research on employment programs for people with disabilities draws on focus group sessions, specially designed & administered surveys, interviews with employers, and analysis of several of Statistics Canada's large population surveys. Chapter 1 describes the employment situation of people with disabilities and chapter 2 explores the intergovernmental, funding, & program context for addressing the low employment of people with disabilities. Chapters 3 to 10 look at a range of measures needed for participation in education, training, & employment and key issues that people with disabilities are encountering related to these measures. The measures include labour market integration programs, assessment & counselling services, labour market information services, education & training programs, disability supports, financial & technical supports, general community employment measures & opportunities, human rights and anti-discrimination measures, and supports for employers. The final chapters summarize the findings and suggest some potential solutions to further the employment of people with disabilities.

Collaboration in Public Services
Collaboration in Public Services

Author: Bill Jenkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1351323660

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The International Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL) serves as a forum for scholars and practitioners of public policy to discuss ideas and developments as a community dedicated to enhancing the contribution of evaluation to government. From the group's studies has emerged a concern with the impact of public management reforms. Collaboration in Public Services examines collaboration in the delivery of public policies and identifies the challenges for policy and program evaluation. Written by a mix of academics, program managers, evaluators, and auditors, this volume explores the forms and challenges of collaboration in different national contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the notion and manifestations of collaboration and discusses emerging issues. Chapter 2 examines partnerships and networks of public service delivery. Chapter 3, drawing on Dutch and British data, reveals the QUANGO as both a collaborative end and means. Chapter 4 analyzes Israel's push to enhance collaboration with voluntary organizations. Chapter 5 examines the Canadian and Danish experiences. Chapter 6 suggests that the creation of markets to improve quality has not been totally successful at least in Nordic countries. Chapter 7 suggests that traditional service values such as trust and parliamentary accountability are challenged by the complexity of collaboration, but, using illustrations from Canada and other OECD countries, argues that results-based governance can increase trust, flexibility, and empowerment. Chapter 8 demonstrates from Dutch and Canadian experiences that auditor responses to collaborative delivery tend to overlook traditional roles as guardians of accountability on behalf of parliaments. Chapter 9 deliberates the efficacy of programs involving multiple partners. Chapter 10 discusses the lessons and challenges of evaluation and collaborative government.

Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada
Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada

Author: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Institute of Intergovernmental Relations

Publisher: IIGR, Queen's University

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0889118493

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In Federalism, Democracy and Labour Market Policy in Canada the authors provide comprehensive assessments of the current state of governance within the areas of income support for the unemployed, active labour market measures, and youth policy. The analysis focuses on how the current state of governance reflects a combined commitment to specific social policy goals, principles of federalism, and democratic oversight of the policy making process.;This volume sheds new light on the complex nature of the intergovernmental regimes governing labour market policy. It makes recommendations concerning how different governance structures might better serve both Canadians and the federation.

Training the Excluded for Work
Training the Excluded for Work

Author: Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780774810074

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In recent years job training programs have suffered severe funding cuts and the focus of training programs has shifted to meet the directives of funders rather than the needs of the community. How do these changes to job training affect disadvantaged workers and the unemployed? In an insightful and comprehensive discussion of job education in Canada, Cohen and her contributors pool findings from a five-year collaborative study of training programs. Good training programs, they argue, are essential in providing people who are chronically disadvantaged in the workplace with tools to acquire more secure, better-paying jobs. In the ongoing shift toward a neo-liberal economic model, government policies have engendered a growing reliance on private and market-based training schemes. These new training policies have undermined equity. In an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs. This book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and students interested in policy, work, equity, gender and education.

Collaboration in Public Services
Collaboration in Public Services

Author: Bill Jenkins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1351323660

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The International Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL) serves as a forum for scholars and practitioners of public policy to discuss ideas and developments as a community dedicated to enhancing the contribution of evaluation to government. From the group's studies has emerged a concern with the impact of public management reforms. Collaboration in Public Services examines collaboration in the delivery of public policies and identifies the challenges for policy and program evaluation. Written by a mix of academics, program managers, evaluators, and auditors, this volume explores the forms and challenges of collaboration in different national contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the notion and manifestations of collaboration and discusses emerging issues. Chapter 2 examines partnerships and networks of public service delivery. Chapter 3, drawing on Dutch and British data, reveals the QUANGO as both a collaborative end and means. Chapter 4 analyzes Israel's push to enhance collaboration with voluntary organizations. Chapter 5 examines the Canadian and Danish experiences. Chapter 6 suggests that the creation of markets to improve quality has not been totally successful at least in Nordic countries. Chapter 7 suggests that traditional service values such as trust and parliamentary accountability are challenged by the complexity of collaboration, but, using illustrations from Canada and other OECD countries, argues that results-based governance can increase trust, flexibility, and empowerment. Chapter 8 demonstrates from Dutch and Canadian experiences that auditor responses to collaborative delivery tend to overlook traditional roles as guardians of accountability on behalf of parliaments. Chapter 9 deliberates the efficacy of programs involving multiple partners. Chapter 10 discusses the lessons and challenges of evaluation and collaborative government.

Federal-provincial Collaboration
Federal-provincial Collaboration

Author: Donald J. Savoie

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0773503749

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What implications does the GDA approach have for federal-provincial relations? How does it relate to the constitutional division of responsibility? What advantages and drawbacks does it hold for Canada's political system? More generally, what can we conclude about the GDA approach?

Federalism in Action
Federalism in Action

Author: Donna E. Wood

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1487503105

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Federalism in Action assesses how Canada's public employment service is performing after responsibility was transferred from the federal government to provinces, territories, and Aboriginal organizations between 1995 and 2015.

Urban and community development in Atlantic Canada, 1867-1991
Urban and community development in Atlantic Canada, 1867-1991

Author: Carleton University History Collaborative

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1772824062

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This book offers the first comprehensive overview of community development for the Atlantic Provinces. The authors take a collaborative approach to their research question and contribute more than just a survey on urban development. They also create a framework for understanding the relationship between the development of towns and cities in Atlantic Canada and in other parts of the country.