CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Child Poverty, Technological Revolution, Single Parent

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 1F90
• Professor: Shauna Pomerantz

Document Summary

Young people on the margins: globalization, rights, and social realities. You are making the highest amount of money. Beyond west is best : how do we talk about/help children in the global south without othering them, respect culture, history, economy, acknowledge local knowledge, focus on resilience not victimization. The big picture: children"s lives shaped by global, economic and political contexts: Occupy wall street: we the 99% (2011): Wealthiest 1% seen as too powerful, unaccountable. Cons for young people: eroding safety net: Local marginalization: decreased safety nets = rise in street youth: Rise in informal work (panhandling, flying a sign, squeegeeing) 1 in 5 children still live in poverty (1. 3m) 550 000 in ontario: hardest hit children: How we think of poverty in canada. Low income cut-off/poverty line: abject poverty: Zero safety net: basic needs denied, war, refugees. People who leave their country due to religious, racial, ethnic, political, or social persecution.