Canadian Social Trends

The Winter 2008 issue of Canadian Social Trends has just been issued. Canadian Social Trends is published by Statistics Canada and discusses the social, economic, and demographic changes affecting the lives of Canadians. This issue features some really good articles:
Inuit in Canada: Selected findings of the 2006 census,
Selected findings of the aboriginal children's survey 2006,
plus several articles about eldercare and retirement.
Clicking on the link above will bring you directly to these articles.
(N.B. We have the print copy of this periodical in Central Library)

General Rick Hillier Retires

General Rick Hillier announced his retirement yesterday. Succession plans are already underway. General Hillier will be leaving behind a strong legacy. Read more at CBC by clicking here.