Excerpt from conference description :
There is a great deal of interest among policy-makers and analysts in the concepts of social inclusion and social exclusion in Canada.
The plenary sessions and workshops by public policy experts and researchers address the following questions: What do these concepts mean? How do we move from experiences of exclusion to a vision of inclusion? What would a national policy agenda and politics based on social inclusion look like? What are the civic dimensions of social inclusion? How does social inclusion complement and strengthen recognition, rights and citizenship? And how can we secure the social inclusion of children and families through policies, practices and participation in areas such as labour market, economic security, child development and child care, recreation and public education, and community participation?
SUMMARIES OF THE PROCEEDINGS:
November 8, 2001
- Session #1: Social inclusion in context: From experiences of exclusion to a vision of inclusion
- Session #2: Social inclusion: The foundation of a national policy agenda
- Session #3: Social inclusion: The foundation of civic and community life
- Breakout Session A: Social inclusion in action: Transforming public policies and institutional practices - Community Services
- Breakout Session B: Social inclusion in action: Transforming public policies and institutional practices - Community Participation
- Breakout Session C: Public education and recreation
November 9, 2001
- Session #1: Securing social inclusion: Recognition, rights and citizenship
- Session #2: Securing social inclusion: Income and labour market policies
- Final two sessions: Towards a politics of social inclusion
INDIVIDUAL FOCUS PAPERS
- The social exclusion of children in North America, by Shelley Phipps and Lori Curtis
- Social inclusion? So much effort so little effect: Do we need to rethink the public domain?, by Daniel Drache
- Speaking notes, by David Miller
- The causes of persistent low income: A key barrier to social inclusion, by Michael Hatfield
- Housing and social inclusion: Asking the right questions, by Sharon Chisholm
- Social inclusion through early childhood education and care, by Martha Friendly
- Social inclusion in action - Transforming public policies and institutional practices as it relates to
community services, by Lois Yelland
- The role of recreation in promoting social inclusion, by Peter Donnelly and Jay Coakley
- Social inclusion as solidarity: Re-thinking the child rights agenda, by Michael Bach
- Focus paper, by Josephine Grey
- Focus paper for a new way of thinking, by Wayne Helgason
- Social inclusion and diversity: Fries or stir-fry?, by Jean Lock Kunz
- Social inclusion, citizenship and diversity, by Anver Saloojee
- Social inclusion: The foundation of a national policy agenda, by Marvyn Novick
- Social inclusion: The role of school boards , by Marie Pierce
- Jeter les bases de sociétés sans pauvreté, c'est possible, à la condition de "rêver logique",par Vivian Labrie
- Does work include children?, by Andrew Jackson and Katherine Scott
- Social inclusion in context: From experiences of exclusion to a vision of inclusion, by Catherine Frazee
- Social inclusion: The foundation of civic and community life, by Caroline Andrew
- Social inclusion and community participation, byPeter Clutterbuck
- Social inclusion: Foundation of a national policy agenda, by Stephan Klasen
- The dynamics of social inclusion and exclusion in public education in Canada, by Terry Wotherspoon
- Focus paper, by John Godfrey
OTHER CONFERENCE MATERIALS
- Includes press release, presenters' biographies, conference photos, interviews with selected presenters and the final conference programme.
- Perspectives on Social Inclusion working paper series from the Laidlaw Foundation