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New! We asked the major parties about their stance on issues that matter to TCHC voters - read what they had to say here.

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CSPC-T Newsletters

New: January 2008

COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOLS SURVEY RESULTS

The province has made some good first steps, but still has a long way to go when it comes to improving community access to school space. Read the SPACE Coalition and CSPC-T's report here.
Read the media release here.

Read the Canadian Press article that ran province-wide and watch the CTV report online

Research & Policy Updates

The Rich and the Rest of Us: The Changing Face of Canada's Growing Gap

CSPC-T Current Projects

ACTION FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD CHANGE
- Introduction
- Mount Dennis Brochure
- Project Brochure

TVO's The Agenda - Conquering Poverty

Be sure to check out the video or podcast of The Agenda from the episode "Conquering Poverty" where Senior Research Associate Armine Yalnizyan was a guest - click here!

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Research Roundtable registration full

CSPC-T’s 2008 Research Roundtable, Research for Social Change, is now FULL.  Due to space limitations, no new registrations will be accepted at the door.  Panelists’ presentations and notes will be posted to the website following the event.

NEW! CSPC-T January Newsletter

Read up on what's new in the CSPC-T newsletter, full of events, publications and news you won't want to miss.

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NEW! Council urges Parliamentary pursuit of social and economic justice.

Read Carol Goar's column with commentary by Armine Yalnizyan in the Toronto Star - December 19, 2007

NEW! Armine Yalnizyan on TVO's The Agenda

Armine Yalnizyan, the CSPC-T’s Director of Research, will be taping a discussion on “Long-Tern Solutions to Poverty” for Steve Paikin’s TVO show, The Agenda. The show will be aired on December 21, and other panelists for this discussion include: SFU Prof John Richards, Maclean’s Magazine Editor-at-Large Peter Shawn Taylor, former PC Cabinet Minister Janet Ecker, Ryerson Professor Grace-Edward Galabuzi and Peter Frampton of the Learning Enrichment Foundation.Also, read Armine's presentation to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women regarding Gender Budgeting.

NEW! Schools@theCentre Report Available

The CSPC-T hosted the “Schools@theCentre” Conference on February 16 and 17, 2007, to look at the issue of what our schools could be. The proceedings from that thought-provoking event, including the keynote address by Penny Milton, CEO of the Canadian Education Association, are now available online here.

LOST IN THE SHUFFLE REPORT RELEASED - OCT 1

Listen to CBC's The Current podcast

Read the front-page Toronto Star article A groundbreaking new report on the state of homeless children in the education system was released by the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto and Aisling Discoveries Child and Family Centre on Monday, Oct. 1. Lost in the Shuffle - the first report of its kind in Canada - shows how thousands of homeless children each year are needlessly slipping through the cracks of Toronto’s education system – and how to prevent this from happening.

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News and articles: 25 in 5 Network response to the 2007 Ontario Throne Speech - Nov. 30

Social Planning Network of Ontario response to the 2007 Ontario Throne Speech - Nov. 30

Text of the 2007 Ontario Throne Speech - Nov. 29

Op-ed by John Campey (CSPC-T) Uzma Shakir (The Colour of Poverty) and Doris Grinspun (RNAO) on behalf of the 25 in 5 Network - Urging Ontario to take a real stand against poverty -Nov. 25

CSPC-T and Campaign 2000 call for a living wage now - Sept. 19, The Toronto Star

Campaign 2000 and the Social Planning Network of Ontario call for politicians to reduce child poverty - Sept. 12

25 in 5 calls on provincial leaders to reduce poverty

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