scholarly journals Canadian citizenship in evolution: exploring six Canadian citizenship guidebooks from 1946-2012

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Anklesaria
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Canadian Government ◽  
New Immigrants ◽  
Canadian Citizenship ◽  
Canadian Culture ◽  
Successful Integration

Six educational guidebooks on the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship for new immigrants have existed for approximately six decades, arriving alongside the first Citizenship Act in 1947. These guidebooks have been circulated by the Canadian government in the hopes of educating immigrants unfamiliar with Canadian culture and democracy as adopted from Great Britain. By understanding democratic theory and its relationship to citizenship education, this paper explores four themes (how various governments have viewed the terms and conditions of becoming a citizen, the “vision” of Canada presented in the various guides, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and what the guidebooks imply about social inclusion and the integration of new Canadians) within each successive guidebook in order to analyse how different governments over the years have prepared newcomers for citizenship in Canada, and what constitutes successful integration. By exploring the various themes of each guidebook, this paper finds that government-sponsored citizenship guidebooks are products of both domestic and international socio-political atmospheres, whose goal is to present to newcomers citizenship education, as well as a vision of Canada that reflects partisan attitudes toward various public policies.

scholarly journals Canadian citizenship in evolution: exploring six Canadian citizenship guidebooks from 1946-2012

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Anklesaria
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Canadian Government ◽  
New Immigrants ◽  
Canadian Citizenship ◽  
Canadian Culture ◽  
Successful Integration

Six educational guidebooks on the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship for new immigrants have existed for approximately six decades, arriving alongside the first Citizenship Act in 1947. These guidebooks have been circulated by the Canadian government in the hopes of educating immigrants unfamiliar with Canadian culture and democracy as adopted from Great Britain. By understanding democratic theory and its relationship to citizenship education, this paper explores four themes (how various governments have viewed the terms and conditions of becoming a citizen, the “vision” of Canada presented in the various guides, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and what the guidebooks imply about social inclusion and the integration of new Canadians) within each successive guidebook in order to analyse how different governments over the years have prepared newcomers for citizenship in Canada, and what constitutes successful integration. By exploring the various themes of each guidebook, this paper finds that government-sponsored citizenship guidebooks are products of both domestic and international socio-political atmospheres, whose goal is to present to newcomers citizenship education, as well as a vision of Canada that reflects partisan attitudes toward various public policies.

scholarly journals The Particularly Vulnerable Situation of Women Living Homeless in Madrid (Spain)

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Juan Vázquez ◽  
Sonia Panadero ◽  
Isabel Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Homeless Women ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Supporting Point ◽  
Homeless Men ◽  
Using Data

Abstract People in homeless situation are one of the major embodiments of the phenomenon of social exclusion, and women living homeless are considered a particularly vulnerable group. This paper examines different variables that may affect the situation of vulnerability experienced by women living homeless in Madrid (Spain). The study was carried out using data obtained from a representative sample of homeless men in Madrid (n = 158) and a sample of homeless women in Madrid of a similar size (n = 138). The information was gathered using a structured interview in shelters or other facilities for people in a homeless situation, on the street and in other places not initially designed for sleeping. The results show that woman living homeless are highly vulnerable compared to the domiciled population and, in some respects, to homeless men as well, especially in the number of times homeless (χ2 = 10.314; p < .01), in the time working with a contract and/or self-employed (t = 5.754; p < .001), and in the use of sedatives (χ2= 14.741; p < .001). It is however noted that homeless women show in some aspects greater strengths than homeless men. Such strengths could serve as a supporting point for their social inclusion processes. The analysis of issues that differentiate women in a homeless situation from their male counterparts could be useful for developing public policies and care resources adapted to the specific characteristics and needs of women living homeless.

scholarly journals Penitentiary and criminal inclusive public policy of discharge for the reading of literature classics

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Thais Lino dos Santos ◽  
Andre Ricardo Fonseca da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Discharge Process ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Brazilian Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Comparative

This article deals with a study about the efficacy of reading literature classics as a complementary educational activity in the discharge process. It is an attempt to construct public policies aimed at the re-education of the distressed student, escaping from the social imaginary dominated by punitive and repressive thinking regarding crime and violence. The practice of reading in criminal facilities deserves greater diffusion and application in the process of remission of the sentence, since it presents the maximum plausibility for an effective reeducation of the prisoner and its consequent social inclusion. We live in a world with a view to sustainability, where peace, justice, freedom, dignity, fraternity are in the process of achieving its highest level of effectiveness. It is no longer possible to perpetuate a criminal policy that has long demonstrated its inefficiency. It is through the practice of reading in criminal facilities, more specifically the reading of classics of the universal and Brazilian literature, that it is intended to defend a humanizing public policy, in opposition to the merely criminal policies that are still applied in the XXI century. The methodology used was qualitative, using the method of historical-comparative-sociological procedure and bibliographic research.

scholarly journals Some key points on the evaluation of public policies as related to the case of social policies

Ánfora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 54-76
Author(s):  
Joan Subirats I
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Best Offer ◽  
Evaluation Of Public Policies

This paper pretends to go deeply into the reasons that would explainjustify this dissarrengment between theory and practice, and propose some ways of advancement. Today, the policies of social inclusion almost always have strong elements of innovation, of creative adaptation to heterogeneous situations, not standarized a priori, and precisely for this reason, the elements of the proccess are very significative. It should not be strange to us, -lt is advised- that the evaluations that have this elements of proccess in mind, can be notably more powerful and useful than those that are centered exclusively in the subject "results".In these 14 points for debate, a discusion is presented about the role and results of public action, that it is not situated today only in how to make things, but it demands instruments that let also answer the questions of what public instruments must deal with, and who can best offer these effective and efficient results to these social demands channeled through these representative powers.

scholarly journals Ser inmigrante y vivir en España en un contexto de crisis internacional. Análisis crítico de la evolución de las políticas públicas de inmigración y vivienda

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 68-89
Author(s):  
Diego Pacual López-Carmona ◽  
Manuel Hernández-Pedreño
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Exclusion Processes ◽  
The Public

El acceso y la permanencia en una vivienda digna constituyen  elementos fundamentales en los procesos de inclusión social. Los inmigrantes son un colectivo tradicionalmente vulnerable ante los procesos de exclusión residencial y, desde el origen de la crisis, esta vulnerabilidad se ha visto incrementada, en gran medida por su expulsión del mercado de trabajo. Desde el enfoque de las trayectorias residenciales de los inmigrantes, se ha analizado la situación actual de la exclusión residencial de este colectivo en España. Para ello se han combinado técnicas cuantitativas con revisión de estudios previos y legislaciones. Mediante el análisis cuantitativo realizado con datos procedentes de las principales fuentes estadísticas oficiales, se han analizado las principales problemáticas que afectan a los inmigrantes en relación con la exclusión residencial. Posteriormente, se ha realizado un análisis de la evolución y el impacto de las políticas públicas destinadas a combatir la exclusión residencial de los inmigrantes en España. Finalmente, se presenta un diagnóstico de la situación actual. The access to and the stay in a decent housing are key elements in social inclusion processes. Immigrants are a traditionally vulnerable group to residential exclusion processes and since the beginning of this economic crisis, this vulnerability has greatly increased due to immigrants have been excluded from the labour market. From the approach of the immigrants’ residential trajectories, the current residential situation of immigrants in Spain has been analysed. For that purpose, quantitative techniques and the review of previous studies and legislations have been combined. By the quantitative analysis carried out with data from the official statistical sources, the main problems affecting immigrants in terms of residential exclusion have been analysed. Subsequently, an analysis of the evolution and impact of the public policies aimed at combating the immigrants’ social exclusion in Spain has been carried out. Finally, a diagnosis of the current situation is submitted.

scholarly journals Social inclusion policies and programs in the field of housing in the Republic of Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-172
Author(s):  
Suzana Mihajlović-Babić
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Housing Deprivation

Homelessness and inadequate housing were out of public policies focus in Europe for a long time. Different theoretical approaches in defining both of these terms, as well as their different manifestations, have resulted in limited activity of the European Union and European countries in formulating housing support policies and programs for vulnerable populations. The subject of this paper are housing support programs in the Republic of Serbia, with the aim of social inclusion of poor population. The objectives of the paper are to describe, analyze and compare available housing support programs in Europe and Serbia, while the method of research is content analysis of relevant political, strategic and legal documents in this field. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that there is a narrow understanding of the concept of homelessness and housing deprivation in public policies in our country, that no specific national strategy is represented and that the programs are dominantly focused on emergency and temporary accommodation services.

scholarly journals The meaning of Canadian citizenship in light of dual citizenship and multiculturalism in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoria Mirtchevsky
Keyword(s):  
Policy Formation ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Dual Citizenship ◽  
Immigration And Settlement ◽  
Canadian Citizenship ◽  
Canadian Culture

With multiculturalism informing policy formation related to immigration and settlement in Canada, dual citizenship is accepted. Many have argued that dual citizenship is problematic when it creates dual, and often times, competing loyalties, interests, and priorities; while others argue that dual citizenship is actually a positive development that is consistent with the Canadian culture of acceptance, tolerance and multiculturalism. This MRP will examine the connection between multiculturalism, the legality of dual and multiple citizenship in Canada and their effect on the meaning of Canadian citizenship for naturalized Canadian citizens holding dual or multiple citizenships.

John W. Salter, Sir William Logan, and Elkanah Billings: A Brief British Involvement in the First Decade of ‘Canadian Organic Remains’ (1859)

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cleevely
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Canadian Government ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Times ◽  
Organic Remains

John W. Salter, paleontologist of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and son-in-law of J. de C. Sowerby, was commissioned by Director William Logan to describe and illustrate Canadian fossils. The fossils were given to Salter in 1851 but publication did not take place until 1859. Decade I of Canadian Organic Remains by Salter was illustrated by steel engravings. This particular technology is virtually forgotten today, but despite difficulties in preparation eventually produced outstanding illustrations. Elkanah Billings, hired by Logan in 1856 as the first Canadian government palaeontologist, journeyed to Great Britain shortly after his appointment and studied with Salter. Billings produced the third Decade, but the first one to be published. Comparison of the Decades to similar publications of the times indicates that they accomplished Logan's goal of making Canadian fossils better known.

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