Taylor Fuqua
ISTM 6207
October 22, 2012
Case 3
The Government of Alberta Canada Foundation Project launched in September 2001 has laid powerful plans to successfully increase cross-government initiatives. There are many robust key aspects of the GAEA approach which present an effective path to success. In particular, the GAEA has a highly visible and well managed foundation for change, a great track record of success, and displays a strong process orientation. However, according to John Chandler, Alberta's chief enterprise architect, governance of alignment with the Alberta’s architecture is "more mandate than authority." It is essential that the CIO of the Government of Alberta gain influence on a formidable governance model with greater importance on the GAEA
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The Government of Alberta Foundation project has all of their assets in line, however, in order to achieve the greatest value among linking IT investments, the project framework needs to greater align with the GAEA governance model. In projects that have such a large scope as this, a strong EA governance model when implemented correctly provides significantly improved business value of IT investments. This is a $340 million dollar a year investment over 106 ministry business processes managed by a staff of 130. Coordination is essential in the development of these IT business solutions and increased governance of the GAEA is the answer. It is a matter of the Government of Alberta CIO gaining that leadership among management executives to effectively manage this IT initiative from the top down. Alberta is currently in the engaged BA state, and this means that IT may take the backstage to fulfilling business processes. However, this is the stage to initiate governance and take great care in linking IT with business
The Canadian justice system, although much evolved, is having difficulty eliminating bias from the legal system. Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan, a 39 year old man, died on June 11 in a Peterborough hospital, while under immigration detention. He came to Canada in 1993 as a refugee and was suffering from mental, and physical health issues such as diabetes and bipolar disorder. There was an overwhelming amount of secrecy surrounding the death of this troubled Toronto man, and to this day no light has been shed on this tragedy. (Keung, 2015) An analysis of the official version of the law will reveal how race class and gender coincide with the bias within the legal system.
In Canada there is no official, government mandated poverty line. It is generally agreed that poverty refers to the intersection of low-income and other dimensions of ‘social exclusion’, including things such as access to adequate housing, essential goods and services, health and well-being and community participation. In Canada, the gap between the rich and poor is on the rise, with four million people struggling to find decent affordable housing, (CHRA) and almost 21% of children in BC are living in poverty it is crucial to address poverty (Stats Can). In class we have considered a number of sociological lens to examine poverty. Structural-functionalists maintain that stratification and inequality are inevitable and
The Sprout Foundation (TSF) in these years become a large tier 2 charity organisation. The mission of this company is to help third-world communities sustainably improve their lives, by education, clean water and health facilities. Although the organisation grown significantly, with a AUD 117 Million fund turnover per annum, the management, technical and operational areas of TSF IT Systems and policies are unresourced and are not well maintained.
He has been called a prophet, a traitor, a martyr, a visionary and a madman, but whatever one thinks of him, Louis Riel, remains one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history. Does this man who has continued to haunt Canadian history for more than a century after his execution, deserve all of those descriptions? After reading three different interpretations of the rebellions, it is still difficult to decide which is closer to the truth. All three authors retold the Metis history and although they differ on crucial issues, there was agreement on the basic facts. The primary difference amongst the three authors was whether the Canadian and Manitoban governments acted in good faith in carrying out the terms of the Manitoba Act, whether John A. MacDonald purposely deceived the Metis as to what Canada’s intentions were with respect to the Canada-Metis Agreement and to what extent were there deceptions in the administration of the Metis land grants. How these three historians attempt to encapsulate Riel’s life, accomplishments, and mistakes is very different. How they attempt to separate fact from fiction and decide whether Riel was justified in his actions against the government is written from three very different perspectives. Where their sympathies lie, how subjective they are and how they interpret the facts is quite evident, but there are many sides to history and every side must be examined if a fair judgment is to be made.
I don’t believe that the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was genuinely motivated to protect Canadian culture. From reading the article in Globalization 101 it appears that the Canadian government saw magazines coming in from the United States as an opportunity to add a new tax to a product that was entering their market space. Although this was changed shortly after the dispute was settled by the WTO (1997). It appears that the Canadian government moved more towards wanting a ‘cultural uniqueness’ after the United States threatened to impose retaliatory measures against Canadian steel, textiles and apparel, wood products and plastics.
Poverty is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as a lack of something or when the quality of something is extremely low. All over the world, poverty is present. Charles Darwin once said in the Voyage of the Beagle: “if the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions” (Charles). First Nations across Canada are being put into a position of poverty and the Canadian Government are to blame. The Canadian government is only worsening the problem, rather than helping our First Peoples. The First Nations are disconnecting them from their traditional way of living, not funding their given lifestyle and not raising any awareness of the issue of Aboriginal poverty. But why should Canadian’s help the Aboriginals?
1. According to the 2011 census data, there were 9,389,700 families in Canada. Numbers in each of the diverse form of the Canadian families have increased. About 20 per cent since 1981 has risen for married couple families while the number of common-law unions has more than the quadruple since 1981. However, married couples have remained the most dominant family form but compared to other years the number is declining with time. In 2011, 64, 575 were same-sex couple families. About one-third of the couples was married while the rest fell into the common law couples. There exist a lot of diversity in Canadian families. Even though, blended families were added in the 2011 census, they have always existed and have been increasing over the years.
Canada is well-known for its diverse and complex cultural mix of people. Because there is such a broad variety of people living in Canada, there is bound to be some disconnect when it comes to the idea of true equality. “An absolute definition of poverty focuses on essentials, suggesting that poor families have inadequate resources to acquire the necessities of life (food, clothing, and shelter)” (Brym, Lie, 2012). When a person is deprived of their necessities of life, it is considered to be an obstruction upon their rights and freedoms as a Canadian citizen. “Currently, 14% of Canadians are living in poverty, with much higher rates for single-parent mother families, unattached female seniors, urban Aboriginals, and recent immigrants” (Reutter,
An unenthusiastic response to Target’s expansion into Canada resulted in upsettingly low success rates this year. The recent implementation of 127 stores nation-wide has cost the corporation nearly $1 billion in retail sales. Although the future of Target Canada appears to be gloomy, it is with hope that providing the public with adequate knowledge of the corporation and their plans for the future, they will be encouraged to support this potentially booming discount retailer.
The healthcare system in Canada has been heralded as one of the best in the world. It has been cited as a model for other countries grappling with spiraling healthcare costs, quality of care, and access to care (Evans and Roos 1999). Even politicians from the United States have looked to Canada’s system as a model for their own health care reform efforts. Canadians spend significantly less on healthcare than their neighbors to the south, the United States (Kliff 2012). However, Canada’s healthcare system is not perfect. Some might critique the long waiting periods for appointments or the limited resources readily available for citizens. Harsher critics of the Canadian healthcare system simply oppose state sponsored healthcare. Canada’s system might demonstrate some faults, but in a
Poverty is a serious issue in Canada needs to be addressed promptly. Poverty is not simply about the lack of money an individual has; it is much more than that. The World Bank Organization defines poverty by stating that, “Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time”. In Canada, 14.9 percent of Canada’s population has low income as Statistics Canada reports, which is roughly about two million of Canadians in poverty or on the verge of poverty. In addition, according to an UNICEF survey, 13.3 percent of Canadian children live in poverty. If the government had started to provide efficient support to help decrease the rates of poverty, this would not have been such a significant issue in Canada. Even though the issue of poverty has always been affecting countries regardless of the efforts being made to fight against it, the government of Canada still needs to take charge and try to bring the percentage of poverty down to ensure that Canada is a suitable place to live. Therefore, due to the lack of support and social assistance from the government, poverty has drastically increased in Canada.
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In 1989 all parties in the federal government unanimously agreed to eliminate child poverty in Canada. There was no plan and consequently the number of children living below the poverty line has steadily risen. The poverty of children cannot be addressed without dealing with the poverty of adults. Those provinces with a poverty strategy in place have seen some success in reducing the effects of poverty, while the provinces without strategies in place have seen their poverty levels increase. The most interesting solution that is currently out there revolves around a guaranteed annual income to assist in raising people below the poverty line to the poverty line. Though this is one possible solution, it requires that Canada recognize poverty
Effective IT governance depends on three critical pillars which are leadership, organization and decision rights, flexible and scalable process and use of enabled technology.