Your next Social Planning Toronto e-bulletin will come out on July 20. In the meantime, we hope you will join us for some upcoming SPT and partner events: Toronto Open Budget Initiative Campaign Launch and Town Hall (Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 – 8:00 PM) Policy without Practice Report Launch (Wednesday, July 14, 10 AM – Noon) SPT [...]
Register for the “Policy Without Practice” SPT report release event.
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Jeremy.
Social Planning Toronto invites you to the release of a new research report, “Policy Without Practice: Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto’s Catholic Schools” Register Today!
Register for “Nonprofit Recession Rages On” SPNO report release event
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Jeremy.
The Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) invites you to the release of a new research report tracking the impact of the economic downturn on nonprofit community social services in Ontario. This one-year follow-up study looks at how community social service agencies and non-governmental funders are faring in the current climate. All are welcome. Register today!
On Thursday, February 4, OCASI, CERIS and Social Planning Toronto hosted the 2010 Research Roundtable: “Permanently Temporary: Temporary Foreign Workers and Canada’s Changing Attitude to Citizenship and Immigration”. Over 200 people were in attendance exploring Canada’s changing attitude to new comers, within both a local and global context; the program’s impact on income security, social services, and agency and organizational service delivery; and labour responses to the program.
Moving Forward, Breaking Through! A Community Planning Forum for Anti-Poverty Groups in Toronto
Posted on 31. May, 2010 by Jeremy.
Some steps forward, but many more to go: How can we push ahead and get real change?
Join with other community groups across the city fighting to end poverty; share what’s happening in your community; hear what others are doing; connect with new ideas; explore new opportunities to open the way for change.
Colour of Change Forum: Is poverty becoming more colour coded? An Action Plan for Change
Posted on 14. May, 2010 by Jeremy.
Child Poverty has been well documented as becoming ever more “colour coded” or racialized. The continuing trend shows that all levels of government and other institutions must urgently address this worsening reality to end further disparities and achieve equity for all.
Come on May 19 to get the facts and discuss a plan for action!
Community News
- Check out the latest issue of our e-Bulletin, released today!
SOUNDBITES, the Social Planning Toronto e-Bulletin, is back with an improved format and some new features. Our goal is to provide a fortnightly update of news, events, and information from Social Planning Toronto and our partners, to further our work in “promoting equitable, effective, and inclusive policies for improving the quality of life in Toronto.” [...]
- Make Sure Toronto District School Board’s Budget Meets the Needs of Inner City Students
Social Planning Toronto is an active member of the Toronto District School Board’s Inner City Advisory Committee (ICAC). With this committee we have been bringing to the board’s attention the need for more focused funding and programming to address the poverty that exists in Toronto’s inner city and is hampering the success of the city’s neediest students. We need your support to further this cause. Recently, the ICAC passed a motion asking the school board to specifically allocate more money in its 2010-11 budget to address the effects of poverty in the school system.
- Federal Town Hall Forum and Homeless Memorial
DATE: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
TIME: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
PLACE: Church of the Holy Trinity (just west of the Eaton Centre between Dundas and Queen Street).While Parliament is prorogued until March 3, it is vital that individuals and community organizations come together to talk about the experiences and needs in neighbourhoods and communities, and to put forward the expectations we have of our Federal government and political parties to meet these needs.
Recent Reports
- Video of today’s SPT Report Release Event for “Policy Without Practice”
- SPT Report Released: “Policy Without Practice”
- A Recovery-Free Zone: The Unyielding Impact of the Economic Downturn on Nonprofit Community Social Services in Ontario
- Register for the “Policy Without Practice” SPT report release event.
- Register for “Nonprofit Recession Rages On” SPNO report release event
- Report on Temporary Foreign Workers and CERIS blog
- Pre-Budget Submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
