An Inclusion Lens

Workbook for Looking at Social and Economic Exclusion and Inclusion

Prepared by
Malcolm Shookner
Population Health Research Unit
Dalhousie University
and
Social Inclusion Reference Group
Atlantic Region

June 2002

PDF Format (411 KB)

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Health Canada.

 

Également disponible en français sous le titre
Une optique d'inclusion :Cahier d exercices pour un regard sur l'exclusion et l'inclusion socio-économiques

Contents may not be reproduced for commercial purposes, but any other reproduction, with acknowledgments, is encouraged. Please credit the source as follows:

An Inclusion Lens: Workbook for Looking at Social and Economic Exclusion and Inclusion. 2002. Produced by Malcolm Shookner, Population Health Research Unit, Dalhousie University, for the Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

An Inclusion Lens

Creating Your Own Lens

Questions About Social and Economic Exclusion
Questions About Social and Economic Inclusion
Looking Through the Inclusion Lens

Inclusion Lens Template

Developing Your Action Plan

Glossary of Terms

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Endnotes

 

For more information contact.

Atlantic Regional Office
Population and Public Health Branch
Health Canada
1525 - 1505 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3Y6
Tel: (902) 426-2700
Fax: (902) 426-9689
E-mail: pphatlantic-spspatlantique@hc-sc.gc.ca
Web site: www.pph-atlantic.ca

 

© HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA(2002) as represented by the Minister of Health.

 

The author wishes to acknowledge the support and assistance of the Social Inclusion Reference Group members who contributed their time and expertise to the creation of this document:

 

Sandy Bentley, Interministerial Women's Secretariat, Prince Edward Island

Tryna Booth, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada

Marie Corinne Bourque, Go Ahead Seniors, New Moyra Buchan, Canadian Mental Health Association, Newfoundland and LabradorBrunswick

Fiona Chin-Yee, Population and Public Health Branch,Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada

Josephine Grey, National Anti-Poverty Organization

Judy Hughes, Pictou County Persons with Disabilities Partnership Society, Nova Scotia

Stephanie Hunter, FemJEPP

Stella Lord, Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women

Margie Macdonald, Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada

Peggy Mahon, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia

Léo-Paul Pinet, Centre de Bénévolat de la Péninsule Acadienne Inc., New Brunswick

Maureen O'Connell, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Michael Rushe, Human Resources Development Canada

Linda Snyder, Atlantic Centre for Excellence in Women's Health

Special thanks go to my colleague, Mike Pennock, Population Health Research Unit, Dalhousie University, for his contributions, and to the Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada, for providing the leadership and funding to develop the lens.

Please note that this document was published by Health Canada prior to the announcement of the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada on September 24, 2004. Any reference to Health Canada should be assumed to be to the Public Health Agency of Canada.