| New year, new
look! We've revamped the e-mailer to give it a fresher,
more compact feel. What do you think? Let
us know!
 In
the last e-mailer, we introduced you to the
ideas of Richard Florida. This month, we look at
Competing on Creativity: Placing Ontario’s Cities
in North American Context, a report prepared for the
Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
and the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity. Written
by Meric S. Gertler and Richard Florida, Gary Gates and Tara
Vinodrai, the study “examines the relationship between
talent, technology, creativity and diversity in city regions
in Ontario – and Canada more generally – and compares
these to the relationships found to exist in American metropolitan
regions.”
How
did London and other cities fare?
 Contrary
to the stereotype, the majority of Canada’s vulnerable
children are not living in low-income families, says Dr. Doug
Willms, editor of Vulnerable
Children. 37%
of children in the lowest quarter of family income are considered
“vulnerable”, compared to 28.6% in the second
lowest quarter, 25.4% in the second highest quarter and 24.2%
in Canada’s wealthiest families.
Says Dr. Willms, “these results confront the stereotype
that the majority of children who have problems at school
or display behavioural problems are from poor families: it
is simply not the case.”
Vulnerable Children, is a comprehensive
discussion of the results of the National Longitudinal Survey
of Children and Youth, for which Dr. Willms is the lead researcher.
What
are the key findings?
 The
Community-University Research Alliance Program of the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has announced
the award of $958,000 to Research Works! for child literacy.
The University of Waterloo will contribute an additional $75,000.
Learn
more about Research Works.
Investing In Children
795 Wonderland Rd. S., Suite 103
London, ON N6K 3C2
phone: 519-433-8996 fax: 519-433-6698
www.investinginchildren.on.ca
info@investinginchildren.on.ca
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