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	rbc.com - RBC Financial Group - Royal Bank Letter
		Doctors and nurses of the Canadian Red Cross teams were commended by the International Committee and the League for their work in the Congo, and presented with commemorative medals.
		Its purpose, as described in the Canadian Red Cross Society Act, is: to furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of armies in war; in time of peace or war to carry on and assist in work for the improvement of health, the prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world.
		Of the League's work it may be said that it is achieving one of the noblest aspirations of humanity: the establishment of closer ties, true understanding and a spirit of brotherly service among all nations.
	www.rbc.com /community/letter/february1963.html

	J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Woodsworth left All People's in 1913 to accept an appointment as Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League.
		When the Canadian Liberal Party nearly lost the 1925 election, Woodsworth was able to bargain his vote in the House for a promise from the Liberal government to enact an old age pension plan.
		J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J._S._Woodsworth

	Ross Dowson: A short biography
		League members who had been active in the Waffle organized a stay-and-fight campaign.
		Shortly thereafter, the NDP stood alone in opposing the War Measures Act and shortly thereafter, it ran a federal election campaign in which a high profile attack on "corporate welfare bums" became the NDP's major theme.
		It was also in the early 1980s during the constitutional crisis surrounding the repatriation of Canada's constitution that Ross took the bold and unique initiative among the revolutionary Canadian left of advocating and popularizing the call to convene a Constituent Assembly.
	www.rossdowson.com /shortbio.html

	Socialist Action/Ligue pour L'Action socialiste
		Pan-Canadian Week of Action to Condemn Sham Elections in Haiti, November 12-20, 2005
		As Liberal Minister of Community and Social Services, Sandra Pupatello, is preparing a major cut to the $250 Special Diet Supplement to basic welfare rates, protest actions against the move are growing.
		Socialist Action is in political solidarity with the Fourth International, the global Trotskyist movement active on every continent and for over 65 years in the forefront of workers' struggles against imperialism and Stalinism.
	www.geocities.com /socialist_action (2537 words)

	J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Woodsworth left All People's in 1913 to accept an appointment as Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League.
		J.S. Woodsworth is regarded as a seminal influence on Canadian social policy, and many of the social concepts he pioneered are represented in contemporary programs such as social assistance and medicare, which are held as fundamentally important across the Canadian political spectrum today.
		Woodsworth's memory is held in great respect in Canada, despite the fact that the party he founded, today called the New Democratic Party, has largely abandoned his idealistic vision of a socialist Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Woodsworth (2537 words)

	J.S Woodsworth
		Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces.
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		Woodsworth too was arrested, but in the end, the charges were never prosecuted.
	timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0031.htm (2537 words)

	James Shaver Woodsworth
		Winnipeg and became Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all the Western provinces.
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born on July 29th, 1874 at Applewood Farm near Toronto
		Woodsworth didn�t live in the area for long, though, because in 1882, when young James was only
	www.k12.nf.ca /gc/SocialStudies/chist1201/webpages/Kristie%20Ann%20Morgan/webpage1.html (2537 words)

	Information about Canada FDC: 32¢ Thérðse Casgrain (1896-1981), Suffragist
		She was a founder of both the French Junior League and the French Federated Charities, member of the Health League of Canada, and a director of the Canadian Welfare Council.
		Undaunted, Casgrain became vice-chairman of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, a Canadian political party which strived to transform the Canadian economic system into a democratic cooperative commonwealth.
		Concerned with this lack of women's political rights, Casgrain embraced the cause and became president of the Quebec League for Women's Rights.
	www.unicover.com /EA4NB5PK.HTM (2537 words)

	Journal of Canadian Studies: Class and community in Canadian welfare work, 1933-1960
		While the executive of the League consisted of a funeral director, a bank manager, a company president and the retired general manager of a major industrial firm, the Expositor especially drew attention to the fact that the Community League had an "industrial advisory committee...
		Consequently, when the Expositor described the purposively named Community League, its reporter carefully constructed a picture of cross-class co-operation.
		Not including any UAW locals, this list clearly did not exhaustively represent local welfare services committees.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_199704/ai_n8769146 (10669 words)

	Journal of Canadian Studies: Class and community in Canadian welfare work, 1933-1960
		While the executive of the League consisted of a funeral director, a bank manager, a company president and the retired general manager of a major industrial firm, the Expositor especially drew attention to the fact that the Community League had an "industrial advisory committee...
		This biographical information was supplied to me by Odette Barrington, the librarian of the Canadian Council on Social Development, from the series of CWC annual reports held in their library (specifically, from the May 1940 annual report, 31).
		The focus on public policy and state programmes is counterbalanced somewhat by the work of historians of women (e.g.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_199704/ai_n8769146 (10669 words)

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		The objectives of the Canadian Cadet Program are to develop the attributes of good citizenship and leadership in young men and women, promote their physical fitness and stimulate their interest in CF operations at sea, on land and in the air.
		Their mandate is to ensure the safety and welfare of cadets while developing in them the characteristics of leadership, citizenship, physical fitness and an interest in the CF.
		The leagues recruit cadets, and organize accommodation and sponsors for each cadet unit.
	www.vcds.dnd.ca /dgsp/pubs/rep-pub/ddm/dpr2004/sec5d_e.asp (10669 words)

	First 'Baby Bonus' cheques mailed - "That Was Then..." - CBC Archives
		• Brooke Claxton was a nationalist who lobbied for establishment of the League of Nations and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
		As registration for the family allowance opens up, Minister of National Health and Welfare Brooke Claxton visits CBC's Ottawa studios to explain the family allowance process to parents across Canada.
		He became parliamentary assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1943 and became the first minister of the new Department of National Health and Welfare the following year.
	archives.cbc.ca /400d.asp?id=1-73-206-1031-11 (573 words)

	Canada Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LocalColorArt.com
		In 1919, Canada became a member of the League of Nations and, in the Imperial Conference of 1926, Canada assumed full control of its own affairs through the Balfour Declaration.
		The current government is formed by the Conservative Party of Canada, established in 2003 from a merger of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party and the Canadian Alliance.
		The provinces are responsible for most of Canada's social programs (such as health care, education, and welfare) and together collect more revenue than the federal government, an almost unique structure among federations in the world.
	www.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Canada (5279 words)

	Maxwell Football Club - Spirit Award
		Theismann was drafted by the Miami Dolphins and Major League’s Baseball’s Minnesota Twins in 1971, but elected to play for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
		Theismann lends a great amount of time to a long list of charitable causes, many of which are concerned with the health and welfare of children.
		Theismann played in 163 consecutive games for the Redskins and heads the team& list of quarterbacks with a total of 25,206 yards passing, 2,044 completions and 3,331 attempts.
	www.maxwellfootballclub.org /content/awards/other/2003/bio_theismann.htm (464 words)

	B'nai B'rith - Psychology Central
		The organization is engaged in a wide variety of community service and welfare activities, including the promotion of Jewish rights, assisting hospitals and victims of natural disasters, awarding scholarships to Jewish college students, and opposing racism and anti-semitism through its Anti-Defamation League.
		B'nai Brith Canada (BBC) is also considered to be closer to the Likud in its views of Israel and Zionism than the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) which is officially non-partisan as to Israeli politics.
		Besides its welfare activities, B'nai B'rith is also a vocal supporter of Israel.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/B'nai_Brith (561 words)

	Resources for parents
		Copies will be made available through various social organizations such as the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Child Welfare League of Canada, the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Society and the YWCA.
		These booklets, published by Health Canada, provide information on how television violence affects children and include tips on how parents can positively influence how and what their children watch on television.
		These fact sheets will help the reader to understand the media, how it works, and how a message is conveyed.
	www.crtc.gc.ca /ENG/SOCIAL/RESOURC.htm (1151 words)

	About J. S. Woodsworth
		Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces.
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		Woodsworth never readily accepted the institutional church, disappointed in the church's lack of commitment to social justice.
	www.ccsonline.ca /About/jswoodsworth.htm (615 words)

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	welcome to Branch 133
		Chartered on the 6th of November 1928 as Branch 133 of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, deriving its charter members from the Great War Veterans Association.
		Taking its responsibilities for the welfare of veterans and their families seriously it has not shirked its duties to the health and well being of our youth, for example Branch 133 is the major sponsor of summer sports in Town.
		The clubrooms and auditorium are situated on Orr St, just north of Lake Ontario, in Cobourg.
	www.eagle.ca /legion (323 words)

	welcome to Branch 133
		Chartered on the 6th of November 1928 as Branch 133 of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, deriving its charter members from the Great War Veterans Association.
		Taking its responsibilities for the welfare of veterans and their families seriously it has not shirked its duties to the health and well being of our youth, for example Branch 133 is the major sponsor of summer sports in Town.
		This is the third location for the meetings of Branch 133; the first two being the old library space on King St and then into a converted house just up the road still on King St. Aggressive fundraising and building campaigns took place in the 1960s resulting in early completion of the Orr St. complex
	www.eagle.ca /legion (339 words)

	Tony Knowles (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Child Welfare League named Knowles as their Child Advocate of the Year in 1998.
		Knowles pushed Canadian officials to adopt his "safe passage" principle to protect Pacific salmon and their freshwater habitat, leading to the successful negotiation of the first coast wide salmon treaty in decades.
		Knowles was chair of the Western Governor's Association in 1997, two-term chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, and a member of the Pew Oceans Commission (POC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Knowles_(politician) (339 words)

	J.S Woodsworth
		Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces.
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		The events of 1919 firmly established Woodsworth as a powerful advocate for working people, and in the years that followed, he became increasingly committed to creating a fairer society, and became a confirmed socialist.
	timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0031.htm (537 words)

	Adoption newsletters in Canada (www.familyhelper.net)
		Canada's Children [Les enfants du Canada], Child Welfare League of Canada, Peter Dudding, Executive Director, 75 Albert St., #209, Ottawa K1P 5E7.
		Working with the ISS International Resource Centre in Geneva, ISS Canada researches Canadian legal and social practices regarding intercountry adoption.
		Canada's national adoption magazine, covering both pre- and post-adoption issues.
	www.familyhelper.net /ad/adnlc.html (915 words)

	welcome to Branch 133
		Chartered on the 6th of November 1928 as Branch 133 of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, deriving its charter members from the Great War Veterans Association.
		Taking its responsibilities for the welfare of veterans and their families seriously it has not shirked its duties to the health and well being of our youth, for example Branch 133 is the major sponsor of summer sports in Town.
		This is the third location for the meetings of Branch 133; the first two being the old library space on King St and then into a converted house just up the road still on King St. Aggressive fundraising and building campaigns took place in the 1960s resulting in early completion of the Orr St. complex
	www.eagle.ca /legion (915 words)

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