Family Matters; the Lebanese Success Story:
In this commentary, AIMS Board member Wadih M. Fares asks, do we underestimate family and community when focusing on “economic immigration”?
The Beacon – 01 February 2011
Join Bill Black at the Halifax Club, where he will discuss demographics in Nova Scotia. Read about Canada's wireless industry, secure and green energy, and multiculturalism.
We Need More Nova Scotians
Bill Black of www.newstartns.ca writes that attracting and retaining new immigrants can make a necessary difference in Nova Scotia.
Getting It Right from the Start: An Argument for Early Childhood Care
The website, Social Policy in Ontario, directed followers to AIMS' paper on early childhood education, as a must-read for those interested in education and out children.
Education is the fast road to get kids out of poverty
Chronicle-Herald columnist Marilla Stevenson uses AIMS' research on early childhood education to make her point in this column.
The Muddle of Multiculturalism:
In this paper, Salim Mansur, an Associate Professor in the faculty of social sciences at the University of Western Ontario, takes a look at Canada's multiculturalism policy in light of the reality of the 21st century.
Report: Subsidize early care, education
AIMS' report on early childhood education made headlines. This article explains how assistance for at risk children will benefit the economy and society in the long run.
See Dick Grow Old, See Jane Retire:
This paper examines the choices for child care and concludes Government funding for vulnerable children is a good investment of taxpayers dollars.
Getting it right from the start:
Halifax – Government support of early childhood education and care programs for poor and vulnerable children is a worthwhile investment. That’s one of the conclusions of a new paper released today by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS). The paper suggests the poorest families receive a full subsidy, but the amount be reduced as [...]
‘The numbers are pretty bad’
AIMS President & CEO Charles Cirtwill suggests one way that New Brunswick can boost its employment figures is to make the province attractive for business. He says government can't spend its way to prosperity.