Anxiety disorders are surprisingly common in children and teenagers, affecting approximately 10 per cent of them. Unfortunately, 80 per cent of anxiety disorders in this age group go untreated.
What are anxiety disorders? Why do they occur? What can be done? To help parents learn how to deal with anxiety disorders in their children, AnxietyBC is bringing a skills building seminar to Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 19. (more…)
In what is considered one of the most significant disability initiatives since the International Year of the Disabled in 1981, Canada’s federal government has launched a new tax-deferred savings plan for people living with a disability.
The government has also created the Canada Disability Savings Grant and the Canada Disability Savings Bond. (more…)
Vancouver housing activist Am Johal is coordinating a hunger strike to shame the federal government into reinstituting a national housing program. Canadians from coast to coast can participate by spending a week on a liquid-only diet. The hunger strike began on December 30th and it will continue through the coming B.C. election and the 2010 Olympics. [source: www.straight.com] (more…)
We devote our full program this week to a review of some of the stories that made the news in 2008…month by month…from the perspective of social issues as they unfolded…primarily in the Nanaimo region. We also look forward to what 2009 might bring to the community. (more…)
