Bombardier Aerospace is adding two large business jets to its Global series of aircraft — one capable of carrying eight passengers non-stop to New York from Mumbai, India, the other boasting what the company says will be the largest cabin in its class.
The Global 7000 and Global 8000, featuring new wing designs and new General Electric engines, will join the Global 5000 and Global Express XRS in the lineup Bombardier introduced in 1996, the Montreal-based plane maker said Saturday.
"By extending this great aircraft family, we are once again offering a business jet travel experience that is unmatched and ahead of its time," said Steve Ridolfi, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft.
The Global 7000 is to enter service in 2016, with a cabin designed for 10 passengers that the company said will be 20 per cent bigger than the current industry leader, and a non-stop range of 13,500 kilometres. The Global 8000, to follow in 2017, will have a range of 14,600 kilometres, "farther than any other business jet," Ridolfi said.
Both planes are to have a top cruising speed of just over 900 km/h.
The new wing design will "significantly optimize aerodynamic efficiency," Bombardier said, while next-generation GE TechX 16,500-pound-thrust engines will provide fuel-economy and emissions improvements.
Other features will include windows 80-per-cent larger than on current Global aircraft, a baggage hold accessible during flight, a lie-down crew rest area and a sizable galley.
Bombardier did not provide an estimate of the cost of developing the Global 7000 and 8000 or indicate prices for the aircraft.
It noted that the specifications are approximate, as the program "is currently in the development phase and as such is subject to changes in family strategy, branding, capacity, performance, design and/or systems."
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Canada not ready for shale gas boom : Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas?
Canada’s fledgling shale gas industry faces a growing clamour for tighter regulations and greater protection of local water sources amid fears that aggressive drilling techniques carry a heavy environmental cost.
The enormous potential of shale gas resources is considered a “game changer” in the North American energy landscape, promising large supplies of relatively low-cost fuel for decades. But the industry is encountering stiff opposition in Quebec, New York state and other jurisdictions where residents and environmentalists worry that drilling techniques using chemical-laced water, a process known as fracking, pose a threat to drinking water and wildlife.
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Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas?
As Quebec holds raucous and divisive hearings over the future of its promising shale industry, a new study to be published Thursday by the University of Toronto argues that Canadian regulators are wholly unprepared for the shale gas boom that is sweeping North America.
“To date, Canada has not developed adequate regulations or public policy to address the scale or cumulative impact of hydraulic fracking on water resources,” says the report by Ben Parfitt, a Victoria-based researcher whose work was commissioned by the water program at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.
Mr. Parfitt said the federal government is virtually absent from the discussion, while provinces issue oil companies with individual water-use permits despite having little understanding of the cumulative impacts of increasing drilling activity, no public reporting on the chemicals or amount of industrial water withdrawals and no systematic mapping of the country’s aquifers.
Without a more robust regulatory approach, “rapid shale gas development could potentially threaten important water resources, if not fracture the country’s water security,” Mr. Parfitt wrote in the study, which will be formally released Thursday at a day-long Munk School conference.
The international oil industry is investing heavily in North America shale plays. Just last weekend, Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM-T17.99-0.19-1.05%) announced it is teaming up with Norway’s Statoil ASA for a $1.3-billion (U.S.) acquisition of properties in Texas’ Eagle Ford shale. As well, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) said it is investing $1-billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Eagle Ford play.
In Canada, companies like Talisman, Encana Corp., (ECA-T30.58-0.10-0.33%) and U.S-based Apache Corp. are planning massive investment in northeastern B.C. and western Alberta, notably in the prolific Horn River and Montney plays. Companies are also eager to develop Quebec’s Utica shale zone and in New Brunswick. As well, the industry is applying the drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to other oil and unconventional gas fields in Alberta and Saskatchewan – using high-pressured, chemically-treated water to break open tight formations and release the trapped hydrocarbons.
The industry acknowledges that massive expansion of shale development through hydraulic fracturing could threaten water supplies if not properly done, but insist that provincial regulators and the companies themselves are prepared to meet the challenge through water recycling, and tapping salt-water aquifers.
In northeastern B.C., “there is a realization the full-blown development in some of these shale regions is going to tax the water availability if we go forward with a traditional, business-as-usual approach to how water is used,” said Kevin Heffernan, vice-president of Calgary-based Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas, a industry-backed association.
“And certainly the industry is very, very aware that shale-gas development is water intensive and is working hard to find approaches that are going to make sense for the long term,” Mr. Heffernan said in an interview.
But Mr. Parfitt suggests the industry – with the blessing of the B.C. regulator – is forging ahead with development plans in British Columbia and elsewhere while key questions remain unanswered.
While the industry claims there is no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated aquifers, the researcher cited a number of cases in the United States where ground water was tainted during nearby drilling activity. And there is no requirement in Canada for companies to disclose what chemicals they use in fracturing – as there is in several states.
As well, there has been no assessment in B.C. – or other provinces – of how the industry will be able to dispose of massive amounts of waste water that is produced during the drilling, a key concern regarding possible surface water contamination.
“The pace of the shale gas revolution demands greater scrutiny before more fracture lines appear across the country,” he said.
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The enormous potential of shale gas resources is considered a “game changer” in the North American energy landscape, promising large supplies of relatively low-cost fuel for decades. But the industry is encountering stiff opposition in Quebec, New York state and other jurisdictions where residents and environmentalists worry that drilling techniques using chemical-laced water, a process known as fracking, pose a threat to drinking water and wildlife.
. .
Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas?
As Quebec holds raucous and divisive hearings over the future of its promising shale industry, a new study to be published Thursday by the University of Toronto argues that Canadian regulators are wholly unprepared for the shale gas boom that is sweeping North America.
“To date, Canada has not developed adequate regulations or public policy to address the scale or cumulative impact of hydraulic fracking on water resources,” says the report by Ben Parfitt, a Victoria-based researcher whose work was commissioned by the water program at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.
Mr. Parfitt said the federal government is virtually absent from the discussion, while provinces issue oil companies with individual water-use permits despite having little understanding of the cumulative impacts of increasing drilling activity, no public reporting on the chemicals or amount of industrial water withdrawals and no systematic mapping of the country’s aquifers.
Without a more robust regulatory approach, “rapid shale gas development could potentially threaten important water resources, if not fracture the country’s water security,” Mr. Parfitt wrote in the study, which will be formally released Thursday at a day-long Munk School conference.
The international oil industry is investing heavily in North America shale plays. Just last weekend, Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM-T17.99-0.19-1.05%) announced it is teaming up with Norway’s Statoil ASA for a $1.3-billion (U.S.) acquisition of properties in Texas’ Eagle Ford shale. As well, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) said it is investing $1-billion for a one-third stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Eagle Ford play.
In Canada, companies like Talisman, Encana Corp., (ECA-T30.58-0.10-0.33%) and U.S-based Apache Corp. are planning massive investment in northeastern B.C. and western Alberta, notably in the prolific Horn River and Montney plays. Companies are also eager to develop Quebec’s Utica shale zone and in New Brunswick. As well, the industry is applying the drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to other oil and unconventional gas fields in Alberta and Saskatchewan – using high-pressured, chemically-treated water to break open tight formations and release the trapped hydrocarbons.
The industry acknowledges that massive expansion of shale development through hydraulic fracturing could threaten water supplies if not properly done, but insist that provincial regulators and the companies themselves are prepared to meet the challenge through water recycling, and tapping salt-water aquifers.
In northeastern B.C., “there is a realization the full-blown development in some of these shale regions is going to tax the water availability if we go forward with a traditional, business-as-usual approach to how water is used,” said Kevin Heffernan, vice-president of Calgary-based Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas, a industry-backed association.
“And certainly the industry is very, very aware that shale-gas development is water intensive and is working hard to find approaches that are going to make sense for the long term,” Mr. Heffernan said in an interview.
But Mr. Parfitt suggests the industry – with the blessing of the B.C. regulator – is forging ahead with development plans in British Columbia and elsewhere while key questions remain unanswered.
While the industry claims there is no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated aquifers, the researcher cited a number of cases in the United States where ground water was tainted during nearby drilling activity. And there is no requirement in Canada for companies to disclose what chemicals they use in fracturing – as there is in several states.
As well, there has been no assessment in B.C. – or other provinces – of how the industry will be able to dispose of massive amounts of waste water that is produced during the drilling, a key concern regarding possible surface water contamination.
“The pace of the shale gas revolution demands greater scrutiny before more fracture lines appear across the country,” he said.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Dozens of G20 accused have charges dropped .. Charges withdrawn for 90 Quebecers
Dozens of G20 accused have charges dropped
Charges withdrawn for 90 Quebecers
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CBC News
The Crown has dropped charges against more than 100 people who were arrested during the G20 summit in Toronto.
Ninety of those defendants were Quebecers who travelled to Toronto to protest the summit, which ran June 26-27. A group of them had taken a bus from Montreal to Toronto that weekend and were sleeping on the floor at the University of Toronto graduate students' union building.
They were rounded up by Toronto police early in the morning of June 27. They were charged with a number of offences, including unlawful assembly and conspiracy-related charges.
All of those people had their charges dropped Thursday because of a lack of evidence. Many of them did not appear in court in person, rather, they celebrated on the steps of the courthouse in downtown Montreal.
Lisa Perrault, a Montreal social worker and a member of the group Anti-Capitalist Convergence, was among those arrested on June 27. She was held at a temporary detention centre for three days before being charged with unlawful assembly and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
She said dropping more charges is an admission that they shouldn't have been arrested in the first place.
"It's all to show to people that they are not welcome to say what they have to say because that's what is going to happen to them."
'Charges were frivolous'
Julius Grey, a Montreal lawyer who has been a fierce critic of the policing during the summit, agreed.
"Well, it says what we knew from the start, those charges were frivolous, there was no evidence, that they knew of no conspiracy," he said.
Some 1,100 people were arrested that weekend, but only 308 were eventually charged. Before Thursday, charges were dropped against 69 of those people. To date, only six people have been convicted.
Most of those charged were held in a makeshift detention centre, then released on bail — just like Perrault.
"My rights weren't respected," said Maryce Poisson, who was arrested along with Perrault.
"I felt really stressed about that. And I still had visions about what happened in jail. I think it is something that's really traumatic."
Montreal man arrested
Meanwhile, Toronto police announced Thursday that they had arrested a Montreal man in connection to G20-related vandalism.
Youri Couture, 22, faces six charges, including assaulting a police officer, wearing a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of dangerous weapons.
Police allege that during the G20 summit, Couture smashed the windows of a coffee shop, causing more than $18,000 in damages.
Police also allege he assaulted a police officer with a weapon during the meeting of world leaders.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/14/g20-charges-dropped685.html#socialcomments#ixzz12Oj2s7gv
Charges withdrawn for 90 Quebecers
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CBC News
The Crown has dropped charges against more than 100 people who were arrested during the G20 summit in Toronto.
Ninety of those defendants were Quebecers who travelled to Toronto to protest the summit, which ran June 26-27. A group of them had taken a bus from Montreal to Toronto that weekend and were sleeping on the floor at the University of Toronto graduate students' union building.
They were rounded up by Toronto police early in the morning of June 27. They were charged with a number of offences, including unlawful assembly and conspiracy-related charges.
All of those people had their charges dropped Thursday because of a lack of evidence. Many of them did not appear in court in person, rather, they celebrated on the steps of the courthouse in downtown Montreal.
Lisa Perrault, a Montreal social worker and a member of the group Anti-Capitalist Convergence, was among those arrested on June 27. She was held at a temporary detention centre for three days before being charged with unlawful assembly and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
She said dropping more charges is an admission that they shouldn't have been arrested in the first place.
"It's all to show to people that they are not welcome to say what they have to say because that's what is going to happen to them."
'Charges were frivolous'
Julius Grey, a Montreal lawyer who has been a fierce critic of the policing during the summit, agreed.
"Well, it says what we knew from the start, those charges were frivolous, there was no evidence, that they knew of no conspiracy," he said.
Some 1,100 people were arrested that weekend, but only 308 were eventually charged. Before Thursday, charges were dropped against 69 of those people. To date, only six people have been convicted.
Most of those charged were held in a makeshift detention centre, then released on bail — just like Perrault.
"My rights weren't respected," said Maryce Poisson, who was arrested along with Perrault.
"I felt really stressed about that. And I still had visions about what happened in jail. I think it is something that's really traumatic."
Montreal man arrested
Meanwhile, Toronto police announced Thursday that they had arrested a Montreal man in connection to G20-related vandalism.
Youri Couture, 22, faces six charges, including assaulting a police officer, wearing a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of dangerous weapons.
Police allege that during the G20 summit, Couture smashed the windows of a coffee shop, causing more than $18,000 in damages.
Police also allege he assaulted a police officer with a weapon during the meeting of world leaders.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/14/g20-charges-dropped685.html#socialcomments#ixzz12Oj2s7gv
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service shared information about Abousfian Abdelrazik with "foreign partner agencies" prior to his arrest and detention in Sudan in 2003, the federal government has admitted
CSIS shared Abousfian Abdelrazik information with foreign partner agencies
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service shared information about Abousfian Abdelrazik with "foreign partner agencies" prior to his arrest and detention in Sudan in 2003, the federal government has admitted The Canadian Security Intelligence Service shared information about Abousfian Abdelrazik with “foreign partner agencies” prior to his arrest and detention in Sudan in 2003, the federal government has admitted.
It made the admission in a statement of defence filed this week with the Federal Court in response to Abdelrazik's $27-million lawsuit against the government and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.
The 34-page defence firmly denies Canada was complicit in Abdelrazik’s 2003 arrest by Sudanese authorities and asserts Canadian officials took “reasonable steps” to assist in Abdelrazik’s repatriation to Canada.
It also says CSIS did not share any information and intelligence about Abdelrazik with Sudanese authorities before his arrest in that country.
In his lawsuit against the government, Abdelrazik alleges Canada was responsible for his detention in Sudan and violated his constitutional right to come home.
The 47-year-old Sudanese-Canadian spent nearly six years in prison or forced exile in Sudan before the Federal Court ordered the government to repatriate him last year.
Paul Champ, Abdelrazik’s Ottawa lawyer, said Wednesday the decision to share information about Abdelrazik with agencies in other countries was “improper and negligent” because, he believes, it was likely passed on to the Sudanese.
“One way or another, the information that led to his detention and arrest came from Canada,” he said.
The government’s statement says Abdelrazik came to the attention of CSIS in the late 1990s “because of his associations with Montreal-based supporters of Islamist extremism.
“CSIS had reasonable grounds to suspect that (Abdelrazik) constituted a threat to the security of Canada by virtue of suspected links to international terrorism,” the statement of defence says.
CSIS agents interviewed Abdelrazik four times between April 2001 and February 2003 outside his home or at nearby public places.
After his arrest in Sudan, two CSIS agents interviewed Abdelrazik in October 2003. The purpose, the government document says, was to collect information and intelligence on “potential security threats.”
Abdelrazik asked the agents to tell his children in Canada where he was. But the agents declined, the defence statement says.
Champ said the defence corroborates many elements of Abdelrazik’s version of events.
“For the most part, we’re really happy with the defence,” Champ said. That Abdelrazik was able to accurately recall so many meetings and discussions “shows a lot about his credibility,” he said.
One of Abdelrazik’s meetings was with Deepak Obhrai, Cannon’s parliamentary secretary. The two met in March 2008, a month before he sought refuge in the Canadian embassy in Khartoum.
The government’s defence confirms that Abdelrazik told Obhrai he’d been tortured while in custody, lifted his shirt and “briefly pointed to some places on his body.”
In response to Obhrai’s questions, Abdelrazik said he’d been beaten with a hose and made to stand for hours, adding that this was done at the request of Canada, the defence states.
It also says Obhrai asked Abdelrazik about his views on “various conflicts, including Israel and Palestine.”
Champ said the document’s account of the meeting largely corroborates Abdelrazik’s own version.
It also confirms that Obhrai “thought this was a good opportunity to question a Canadian citizen about his views on Israel and Palestine, as if that had any bearing whatsoever on his plight.”
No date has been set to hear the lawsuit, though a case management conference is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Last month, the Federal Court rejected a government motion to throw out parts of the lawsuit, as well as an attempt to have Cannon removed as a defendant.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS+shared+Abousfian+Abdelrazik+information+with+foreign+partner+agencies/3665817/story.html#ixzz12J03B7yx
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service shared information about Abousfian Abdelrazik with "foreign partner agencies" prior to his arrest and detention in Sudan in 2003, the federal government has admitted The Canadian Security Intelligence Service shared information about Abousfian Abdelrazik with “foreign partner agencies” prior to his arrest and detention in Sudan in 2003, the federal government has admitted.
It made the admission in a statement of defence filed this week with the Federal Court in response to Abdelrazik's $27-million lawsuit against the government and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.
The 34-page defence firmly denies Canada was complicit in Abdelrazik’s 2003 arrest by Sudanese authorities and asserts Canadian officials took “reasonable steps” to assist in Abdelrazik’s repatriation to Canada.
It also says CSIS did not share any information and intelligence about Abdelrazik with Sudanese authorities before his arrest in that country.
In his lawsuit against the government, Abdelrazik alleges Canada was responsible for his detention in Sudan and violated his constitutional right to come home.
The 47-year-old Sudanese-Canadian spent nearly six years in prison or forced exile in Sudan before the Federal Court ordered the government to repatriate him last year.
Paul Champ, Abdelrazik’s Ottawa lawyer, said Wednesday the decision to share information about Abdelrazik with agencies in other countries was “improper and negligent” because, he believes, it was likely passed on to the Sudanese.
“One way or another, the information that led to his detention and arrest came from Canada,” he said.
The government’s statement says Abdelrazik came to the attention of CSIS in the late 1990s “because of his associations with Montreal-based supporters of Islamist extremism.
“CSIS had reasonable grounds to suspect that (Abdelrazik) constituted a threat to the security of Canada by virtue of suspected links to international terrorism,” the statement of defence says.
CSIS agents interviewed Abdelrazik four times between April 2001 and February 2003 outside his home or at nearby public places.
After his arrest in Sudan, two CSIS agents interviewed Abdelrazik in October 2003. The purpose, the government document says, was to collect information and intelligence on “potential security threats.”
Abdelrazik asked the agents to tell his children in Canada where he was. But the agents declined, the defence statement says.
Champ said the defence corroborates many elements of Abdelrazik’s version of events.
“For the most part, we’re really happy with the defence,” Champ said. That Abdelrazik was able to accurately recall so many meetings and discussions “shows a lot about his credibility,” he said.
One of Abdelrazik’s meetings was with Deepak Obhrai, Cannon’s parliamentary secretary. The two met in March 2008, a month before he sought refuge in the Canadian embassy in Khartoum.
The government’s defence confirms that Abdelrazik told Obhrai he’d been tortured while in custody, lifted his shirt and “briefly pointed to some places on his body.”
In response to Obhrai’s questions, Abdelrazik said he’d been beaten with a hose and made to stand for hours, adding that this was done at the request of Canada, the defence states.
It also says Obhrai asked Abdelrazik about his views on “various conflicts, including Israel and Palestine.”
Champ said the document’s account of the meeting largely corroborates Abdelrazik’s own version.
It also confirms that Obhrai “thought this was a good opportunity to question a Canadian citizen about his views on Israel and Palestine, as if that had any bearing whatsoever on his plight.”
No date has been set to hear the lawsuit, though a case management conference is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Last month, the Federal Court rejected a government motion to throw out parts of the lawsuit, as well as an attempt to have Cannon removed as a defendant.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/CSIS+shared+Abousfian+Abdelrazik+information+with+foreign+partner+agencies/3665817/story.html#ixzz12J03B7yx
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
oh this is good!: Restaurant owner sues Rob Ford
The owner of a Toronto pub located on city-owned beachfront land said Tuesday he plans to sue mayoral candidate Rob Ford for libel over comments the controversial politician made earlier this year.
The lawyer for George Foulidis, who owns the Boardwalk Pub on Lakeshore Boulevard in the Woodbine Park area of the Beach, confirmed to CBC News that Ford was served with papers naming him in a $6-million libel suit.
The action came after Foulidis demanded that Ford apologize for suggesting he bribed city officials to extend his lease on the pub to 2028 without opening up the food services concession, which Foulidis has run since the 1980s, to other bidders.
Ford refused to back down from his comments.
The lawsuit says Ford made the claims "purely for political purposes."
At issue are comments Ford made to the Toronto Sun in August about the city's renewed deal with Foulidis's company, Tuggs Inc., which also expanded his licence to sell merchandise and alcohol in other parts of the beachfront.
The mayoral candidate told the Sun editorial board the contract "stinks to high heaven" and "smacks of civic corruption."
Foulidis said at the time that the comments have damaged his reputation, hurt his business and caused embarrassment to his wife and family.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/10/12/toronto-ford-lawsuit.html#socialcomments#ixzz12D6u64rQ
The lawyer for George Foulidis, who owns the Boardwalk Pub on Lakeshore Boulevard in the Woodbine Park area of the Beach, confirmed to CBC News that Ford was served with papers naming him in a $6-million libel suit.
The action came after Foulidis demanded that Ford apologize for suggesting he bribed city officials to extend his lease on the pub to 2028 without opening up the food services concession, which Foulidis has run since the 1980s, to other bidders.
Ford refused to back down from his comments.
The lawsuit says Ford made the claims "purely for political purposes."
At issue are comments Ford made to the Toronto Sun in August about the city's renewed deal with Foulidis's company, Tuggs Inc., which also expanded his licence to sell merchandise and alcohol in other parts of the beachfront.
The mayoral candidate told the Sun editorial board the contract "stinks to high heaven" and "smacks of civic corruption."
Foulidis said at the time that the comments have damaged his reputation, hurt his business and caused embarrassment to his wife and family.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/10/12/toronto-ford-lawsuit.html#socialcomments#ixzz12D6u64rQ
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ... Canada. Its name in French is Centre de Toxicomanie et de Santé Mentale.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is a consortium of mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name in French is Centre de Toxicomanie et de Santé Mentale. (The acronym CAMH is most commonly pronounced "Cam-H".)
Among the focuses of the organization are the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia, mood & anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. There is also a focus on addictions to alcohol, drugs, and problem gambling at the former ARF site. CAMH also has a Law and Mental Health Programme (forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology) and is a major research centre.
CAMH is a teaching hospital with central facilities located in Toronto and 26 community locations throughout the province of Ontario. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
In October 2008, CAMH was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Later that month, CAMH was also named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers, which was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Facilities
1.1 Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
1.2 Addiction Research Foundation
1.3 Donwood Institute
1.4 Queen Street Mental Health Centre
2 References
3 External links
Facilities
CAMH was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, the Addiction Research Foundation, the Donwood Institute and Queen Street Mental Health Centre.[2]
] Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
CAMH College Street siteThe hospital was founded in 1966 and named the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, after Charles Kirk Clarke, a pioneer in mental health in Canada.
Much of their work focuses on forensic psychology and research designed to shape public policy.[citation needed]
The former Clarke Institute building is now referred to as the College St. site of CAMH.
Addiction Research Foundation
ARF was founded in 1949. H. David Archibald, who had studied at the School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University, was hired by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario in 1949. His mandate was to determine the scope of alcoholism in Ontario. He was named executive director when ARF opened and remained in that post until 1976. Focusing initially on outpatient treatment, their first facility was Brookside Hospital in 1951, expanding to branch offices and new locations in 1954, the same year they set up in-house research. In 1961, they expanded their mission to include drugs, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation. In 1971, they expanded to a clinical teaching hospital called the Clinical Research and Treatment Institute. In 1978 ARF opened the School for Addiction Studies and expanded their international role in policy rdevelopment and research. Following ongoing recession in the 1990s, ARF was folded in 1998 into CAMH.[3]
[edit] Donwood Institute
Beginning in 1967, it had 47 beds and a 4-month waiting list in the 1980s. Focusing on substance abuse, boasted a 65% recovery rate for general population and an 85% recovery rate for physicians.[4]
[edit] Queen Street Mental Health Centre
This facility stands on what was once called the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, which opened on January 26, 1850. The facility had a series of names including the Toronto Lunatic Asylum and 999 Queen Street West.[5]
Reforms were made after a series of deaths at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre and newspaper accounts of involuntary drug treatment, electroshock therapy and prison-like conditions.[6][7]
[edit] References
1.^ "Reasons for Selection, 2009 Canada's Top 100 Employers Competition". http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-centre-for-addiction-and-mental-health.
2.^ Scrivener, Leslie (February 25, 2007). Breakout at the asylum. Toronto Star
3.^ Blocker JS, Fahey DM, Tyrrell IR. Alcohol and temperance in modern history: an international encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO 2003. ISBN 1576078337 pp. 3–4.
4.^ Shilliday, Greg (May 15, 1983). The Donwood Institute: resort of last resort. Can Med Assoc J. 1983 May 15; 128(10): 1220–1221.
5.^ Everett, Barbara (2000). A Fragile Revolution: Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors Confront the Power of the Mental Health System. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0889203423
6.^ Goar, Carol (June 13, 2008). Mental health progress and pain.Toronto Star
7.^ (January 1, 2002). No straitjacket required: a growing and vocal group of psychiatric survivors argues that diagnosing mental disorders is just a way to stifle social dissent ... This Magazine
External links
CAMH website
Among the focuses of the organization are the assessment and treatment of schizophrenia, mood & anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. There is also a focus on addictions to alcohol, drugs, and problem gambling at the former ARF site. CAMH also has a Law and Mental Health Programme (forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology) and is a major research centre.
CAMH is a teaching hospital with central facilities located in Toronto and 26 community locations throughout the province of Ontario. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
In October 2008, CAMH was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Later that month, CAMH was also named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers, which was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Facilities
1.1 Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
1.2 Addiction Research Foundation
1.3 Donwood Institute
1.4 Queen Street Mental Health Centre
2 References
3 External links
Facilities
CAMH was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, the Addiction Research Foundation, the Donwood Institute and Queen Street Mental Health Centre.[2]
] Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
CAMH College Street siteThe hospital was founded in 1966 and named the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, after Charles Kirk Clarke, a pioneer in mental health in Canada.
Much of their work focuses on forensic psychology and research designed to shape public policy.[citation needed]
The former Clarke Institute building is now referred to as the College St. site of CAMH.
Addiction Research Foundation
ARF was founded in 1949. H. David Archibald, who had studied at the School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University, was hired by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario in 1949. His mandate was to determine the scope of alcoholism in Ontario. He was named executive director when ARF opened and remained in that post until 1976. Focusing initially on outpatient treatment, their first facility was Brookside Hospital in 1951, expanding to branch offices and new locations in 1954, the same year they set up in-house research. In 1961, they expanded their mission to include drugs, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation. In 1971, they expanded to a clinical teaching hospital called the Clinical Research and Treatment Institute. In 1978 ARF opened the School for Addiction Studies and expanded their international role in policy rdevelopment and research. Following ongoing recession in the 1990s, ARF was folded in 1998 into CAMH.[3]
[edit] Donwood Institute
Beginning in 1967, it had 47 beds and a 4-month waiting list in the 1980s. Focusing on substance abuse, boasted a 65% recovery rate for general population and an 85% recovery rate for physicians.[4]
[edit] Queen Street Mental Health Centre
This facility stands on what was once called the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, which opened on January 26, 1850. The facility had a series of names including the Toronto Lunatic Asylum and 999 Queen Street West.[5]
Reforms were made after a series of deaths at the Queen Street Mental Health Centre and newspaper accounts of involuntary drug treatment, electroshock therapy and prison-like conditions.[6][7]
[edit] References
1.^ "Reasons for Selection, 2009 Canada's Top 100 Employers Competition". http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-centre-for-addiction-and-mental-health.
2.^ Scrivener, Leslie (February 25, 2007). Breakout at the asylum. Toronto Star
3.^ Blocker JS, Fahey DM, Tyrrell IR. Alcohol and temperance in modern history: an international encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO 2003. ISBN 1576078337 pp. 3–4.
4.^ Shilliday, Greg (May 15, 1983). The Donwood Institute: resort of last resort. Can Med Assoc J. 1983 May 15; 128(10): 1220–1221.
5.^ Everett, Barbara (2000). A Fragile Revolution: Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors Confront the Power of the Mental Health System. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0889203423
6.^ Goar, Carol (June 13, 2008). Mental health progress and pain.Toronto Star
7.^ (January 1, 2002). No straitjacket required: a growing and vocal group of psychiatric survivors argues that diagnosing mental disorders is just a way to stifle social dissent ... This Magazine
External links
CAMH website
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thanksgiving (Canada)
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October (since 1959), is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is also celebrated in a secular manner.
On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:
“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October. ”
Canadian Thanksgiving coincides with Columbus Day in the United States and the Dia de la Raza in most of Latin America.
Contents [hide]
1 Traditional celebration
2 History
3 References
4 External links
[edit] Traditional celebration
Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada, with the provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia being the exceptions. Where a company is regulated by the federal government (such as those in the telecommunications and banking sectors), it is recognized regardless of status provincially.[1][2][3][4][5]
As a liturgical festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental-European Harvest festival, with churches decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, and other harvest bounty, English and European harvest hymns sung on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, and scriptural selections drawn from biblical stories relating to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.[citation needed]
While the actual Thanksgiving holiday is on a Monday, Canadians might eat their Thanksgiving meal on any day of the three-day weekend, though Sunday and Monday are the most common. While Thanksgiving is usually celebrated with a large family meal, it is also often a time for weekend getaways. The Thanksgiving weekend, given that it invariably falls at the very end of the summer, is traditionally a perfect time to put away the patio furniture, close the cottage and pull the boat up, thus getting ready for the long cold winter.
Owing to Canada's proximity to the United States, American traditions such as parades and football have crossed the border and been adapted into Canadian traditions. The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Parade serves as the nation's only Thanksgiving Day parade and, as a result, gets significant national attention, being broadcast nationwide on CTV and A. Canada's top professional football league, the Canadian Football League, holds a nationally televised doubleheader known as the "Thanksgiving Day Classic." It is one of two weeks in which the league plays on Monday afternoons, the other being the Labour Day Classic. Unlike the Labour Day games, the teams that play on the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year.
Various First Nations in Canada had long-standing traditions celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops. Canada's First Nations and Native Americans throughout the Americas, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Cree and many others organized harvest festivals, ceremonial dances, and other celebrations of thanks for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in North America.[6]
Canadian troops attend a Thanksgiving service in the bombed-out Cambrai Cathedral, in France in October 1918The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean.[7] Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey. The feast was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations by Europeans in North America. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, in 1604 onwards also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.
After the Seven Years' War ended in 1763 handing over of New France to the British, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving days were observed beginning in 1799 but did not occur every year. After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the newly independent United States and came to Canada. They brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872 to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.
Starting in 1879 Thanksgiving Day was observed every year, but the date was proclaimed annually and changed year to year.[citation needed] The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed each year to reflect an important event to be thankful for. In its early years it was for an abundant harvest and occasionally for a special anniversary.
After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11 occurred.[citation needed] Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays, and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
References
1.^ "Paid public holidays". WorkRights.ca. http://www.workrights.ca/content.php?sec=9.
2.^ "Thanksgiving - is it a Statutory Holiday?". Government of Nova Scotia. http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/employmentrights/thanksgiving.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
3.^ "Statutes, Chapter E-6.2" (PDF). Government of Prince Edward Island. http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/pdf/e-06_2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
4.^ "RSNL1990 Chapter L-2 - Labour Standards Act". Assembly of Newfoundland. http://assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/statutes/l02.htm#14_. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
5.^ "Statutory Holidays" (PDF). Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada. http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/lp/spila/clli/eslc/stat_hol.pdf.
6.^ "The History of Thanksgiving - First Thanksgiving". History.com. http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=872&display_order=1&mini_id=1083.
7.^ "Canada's first Thanksgiving: Frobisher set stage for our celebrations in different spirit than U.S.". canada.com. http://www.canada.com/holidays/thanksgiving2005/story.html?id=74257801-d907-46e0-9bbd-c386515c6fe5.
On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:
“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October. ”
Canadian Thanksgiving coincides with Columbus Day in the United States and the Dia de la Raza in most of Latin America.
Contents [hide]
1 Traditional celebration
2 History
3 References
4 External links
[edit] Traditional celebration
Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada, with the provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia being the exceptions. Where a company is regulated by the federal government (such as those in the telecommunications and banking sectors), it is recognized regardless of status provincially.[1][2][3][4][5]
As a liturgical festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental-European Harvest festival, with churches decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, and other harvest bounty, English and European harvest hymns sung on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, and scriptural selections drawn from biblical stories relating to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.[citation needed]
While the actual Thanksgiving holiday is on a Monday, Canadians might eat their Thanksgiving meal on any day of the three-day weekend, though Sunday and Monday are the most common. While Thanksgiving is usually celebrated with a large family meal, it is also often a time for weekend getaways. The Thanksgiving weekend, given that it invariably falls at the very end of the summer, is traditionally a perfect time to put away the patio furniture, close the cottage and pull the boat up, thus getting ready for the long cold winter.
Owing to Canada's proximity to the United States, American traditions such as parades and football have crossed the border and been adapted into Canadian traditions. The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Parade serves as the nation's only Thanksgiving Day parade and, as a result, gets significant national attention, being broadcast nationwide on CTV and A. Canada's top professional football league, the Canadian Football League, holds a nationally televised doubleheader known as the "Thanksgiving Day Classic." It is one of two weeks in which the league plays on Monday afternoons, the other being the Labour Day Classic. Unlike the Labour Day games, the teams that play on the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year.
Various First Nations in Canada had long-standing traditions celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops. Canada's First Nations and Native Americans throughout the Americas, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Cree and many others organized harvest festivals, ceremonial dances, and other celebrations of thanks for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in North America.[6]
Canadian troops attend a Thanksgiving service in the bombed-out Cambrai Cathedral, in France in October 1918The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean.[7] Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey. The feast was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations by Europeans in North America. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, in 1604 onwards also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.
After the Seven Years' War ended in 1763 handing over of New France to the British, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving days were observed beginning in 1799 but did not occur every year. After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the newly independent United States and came to Canada. They brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872 to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.
Starting in 1879 Thanksgiving Day was observed every year, but the date was proclaimed annually and changed year to year.[citation needed] The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed each year to reflect an important event to be thankful for. In its early years it was for an abundant harvest and occasionally for a special anniversary.
After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11 occurred.[citation needed] Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays, and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
References
1.^ "Paid public holidays". WorkRights.ca. http://www.workrights.ca/content.php?sec=9.
2.^ "Thanksgiving - is it a Statutory Holiday?". Government of Nova Scotia. http://www.gov.ns.ca/lwd/employmentrights/thanksgiving.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
3.^ "Statutes, Chapter E-6.2" (PDF). Government of Prince Edward Island. http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/pdf/e-06_2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
4.^ "RSNL1990 Chapter L-2 - Labour Standards Act". Assembly of Newfoundland. http://assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/statutes/l02.htm#14_. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
5.^ "Statutory Holidays" (PDF). Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, Canada. http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/lp/spila/clli/eslc/stat_hol.pdf.
6.^ "The History of Thanksgiving - First Thanksgiving". History.com. http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=872&display_order=1&mini_id=1083.
7.^ "Canada's first Thanksgiving: Frobisher set stage for our celebrations in different spirit than U.S.". canada.com. http://www.canada.com/holidays/thanksgiving2005/story.html?id=74257801-d907-46e0-9bbd-c386515c6fe5.
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