Kinesis
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issued: 2013-08-15
issued: 1985-06-01
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note: ■June 198£ news about women that's not in the dailies Kinesis June 1985 1 Workers fight to save Transition House Vancouver Transition House is up for grabs again, and women's groups throughout the city are outraged. They will be trying a new strategy to fight the facility's imminent closure. Transition House was directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resources until April 1984 when it came up for privatization along with 21 other social services. Privatization involves the government contracting out a service to a sponsor group, which then takes on the administration of the service. The YWCA picked up Transition House's contract, but decided to to pull out early last month saying it was a drain on staff and volunteers. Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy announced on May 17 that Transition House would close on June 30, when the Y sponsorship terminates. She has since indicated that it is unclear whether the house will actually be closed down, but workers are concerned that no guarantee for continued funding has been given. They have already been given their layoff As a new tactic against further privatization, workers and concerned supporters met on May 20 to form a registered society with the intention of submitting an application to MHR to take over sponsorship of the service. The move would put control of Transition House operation into feminist hands, rather than leav ing it up to whichever private concern decides they'd like to take it over under the auspices of MHR. Response to plans for the society have been encouraging, with Board of Directors well underway at press time. They anticipate an application to the Ministry will be made by June 10th. However, there is no way of . knowing if this new society ill get the contract. Brook Hill, a worker at Transition House, says she is worrried that the government may choose another society as a sponsor, or may close Transition House and start another facility la- r, with different workers and less money. Hill l…
note: Preceding title: Vancouver Status of Women. Newsletter. Date of publication: 1974-2001. Frequency: Monthly.
has type: Periodicals
has type: Newspapers
identifier: HQ1101.V24 N49
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0045681
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Vancouver Status of Women
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HQ1101.V24 N49
subject: Women--Social and moral questions
subject: Feminism--Periodicals
type: Text