The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 16

POOR QUALITY ORIGINAL A16 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1987 SGDimGnimiiiiGd toEU page Or General REVIEW OF ADVOCACY FOR VULNERABLE ADULTS IN ONTARIO The Review of Advocacy has been initiated to consider the issue of non-legal advocacy services for vulnerable adults, such as the frail elderly, the mentally disadvantaged, the psychiatrically disabled and adults with physical disabilities, who are living in institutional care settings and in the community. The nature of advocacy services, in general, involves assisting disadvantaged individuals to obtain services to which they are entitled, offering them advice in order to help them make their own decisions, and make representations on their behalf to improve and supplement the services that currently are available to them. The Review of Advocacy will involve a thorough study of the need for non-legal advocacy in this province, as well as an analysis of the concept of advocacy and the consideration of options for the effective delivery of non-legal advocacy services in Ontario. An important aspect of the Review will be to consider ways in which the advocacy programme could be coordinated with existing government social service programmes, as well as with existing legal and volunteer advocacy agencies, groups and individuals in the community. Written briefs are welcomed and should be submitted before April 1, 1987 to II i ii TrraMii ii ii i i ij M''lir JL-llli 1 "MI'Ihu.

SaJi'M-iiOVt'l'-i hi. tmmw fv-. 'i A 6 'vr: Lm (,, ti ATTN: Paul J. Podesta' Executive Assistant Review of Advocacy for Vulnerable Adults 180 Dundas Street West 22nd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5G1Z8 (416)965-6335 From page A1 story: New general won't skirt battles for equality does she feel the military should set up "targets or quotas" to raise the numbers of women in the forces. "I do believe the mixed-gender unit is the way to go," Hellstrom says, and that means women in combat roles but only if they qualify.

Women will get the chance to qualify for "hard combat" in tri- als, as yet unscheduled, by the Defence Department, i "What happens in those trials, that will determine what direction the military will take," Hellstrom says. Previous trials in which women iwere tested in "near combat" roles were not encouraging for those who favor women at the front. I The tests, which concluded in 'October 1985, assessed women in combat support roles and showed women soldiers were barely Uolerated by their male counter-! parts. A report said that almost half of the men considered the service- women to be "women first, trade-spersons second, and soldiers nev-er." The men complained that wom-'en lacked the strength to do the "job. Women saw it differently, "It's not the job," one said.

"It's the men and the constant putting jdown." Hellstrom is acutely aware that she is breaking ground with every she takes. But it's not her style to call attention to herself. "I know I am a role model but i I prefer to do things quietly." Her new job begins in July at headquarters in Ottawa at a salary of about $65,000. Hellstrom 1 will direct the careers of male and female officers in all three branches of the service. Response to her promotion has been "overwhelmingly positive," she says.

Reuter photo socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in October 1985 designed to cut runaway inflation and a record current-account deficit. On strike: Greek workers demonstrate in central Athens Thursday against a tough economic austerity program introduced by Greek Help us break the bonds of disability. Please support the Ontario March of Dimes in their efforts to develop ability in disabled adults. MMsMtM mMM wMM MM? Mi MM If 111 M'-MM i MM MM 11 f.v;i isi3a mm "m'mm tiiiAf 3 fmi mm mm i llllili 111 Kill e1 inl'lwil tiIII mmmM mjSM I II mM mmmmp v-Mf if I 1 s-M I Vaccine i From page A1 story: I Vaccine may eliminate infant meningitis of the disease worldwide, says David Klein, bacterial vaccines program officer of the U.S. Na- tional Institute of Health.

In Canada, about 500 children are reported to get the disease every year. Locally there are about two cases a month at the Children's Hospital of Eastern On-; tario. International trials of the vac- cine, conducted by the U.S. organization and the Finnish government, have involved more than 100,000 infants. Smaller-scale tests have also been carried out in Canada.

Official results are likely to be I published this spring or summer, but the tests have been over-; whelmingly successful, say Gor-' don and Klein. "It could eradicate this disease," says Klein. The vaccine seems to be safe, i and stimulates the production of antibodies in babies, says Dr. John Furesz, director of the de-' partment of biologies at Health I and Welfare Canada, which li-! censes vaccines for use in Canada. Before the vaccine is made available, published reports of the tests must prove it prevents the disease.

Dr. E.W. Pearson, director of clinical and medical affairs at Connaught, met with department officials this week. He doesn't anticipate any problem. Connaught has applied for a licence which initially would be for children at least 18 months of age.

An application for use in babies as young as two months will be made later. Population From page A1 sjory: National capital area among fastest growing in Canada tion, losing 627 people, or 3.6 per cent. The city's population is now 18,165. Ottawa Mayor Jim Durrell was "not surprised by the numbers, saying the region's planners keep close tabs on projected growth. Ottawa isn't growing much compared to the suburban areas because there is little room to expand, he said.

In the Outaouais, the population rose 6.8 per cent to 210,554. Gatineau added 5,590 to its population, a 7.5-per-cent hike to 80,578. Hull, for the first time in eight years, showed a 2.4-per-cent increase, growing by 1,372 to 57,937. Aylmer grew by 8.7 per cent, raising its population to 28,660, making it the fastest growing of the three major Outaouais municipalities. Buckingham, the fourth largest municipality in the Outaouais region, is also the fastest increasing since 1981 by 9.3 per cent to 8,738.

Three other outlying Outaouais towns, Thurso, Monte-hello and Maniwaki, showed decreasing populations. I 1 few I -mMm -rl. i A ArL A I A 1 YUjJ.