Translations of Toronto Community Resource Guide for Non-Status Immigrants – 2010 Edition Now Available for Download
Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by admin.
Social Planning Toronto has released Chinese, English, Spanish and Tamil versions of the 2nd edition of the Toronto Community Resource Guide for Non-Status Immigrants. The resource guide is a directory of community services and programs in which residents lacking secure immigration status in Toronto can access, including health, housing, shelter, settlement, food banks and education. The resource guide contains over 130 different community agencies and organizations and lists over 170 office/service locations across the city.
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Check out the latest Issue of our e-bulletin, Soundbites. (November 16, 2010)
Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by admin.
- Research & Policy Forum: “Can we talk?” The relationship between the nonprofit sector and the Ontario government.(Dec 9, 2010)
- Packed Hall Renews Call to Feds for Action on Affordable Housing
- Nearly One-Third of New City Council Endorses Call for More Open, Participatory and Inclusive Budget Process
- News From Our Partners
- Worth Repeating – Rank ya very much: A primer on ranked ballots
- Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
- About Social Planning Toronto
- Join us on Twitter & Facebook
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Register for the December Research & Policy Forum
Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by admin.
“Can We Talk?” The relationship between the nonprofit sector and the Ontario government.
Join us for an important discussion of current opportunities and challenges for the sector in its relationship with the provincial government.
Speakers:
- Lynn Eakin, Lynn Eakin and Associates, and Ontario Nonprofit Network
- Margaret Hancock, Family Service Toronto, Ontario Nonprofit Network Steering Committee, and the Community Social Services Campaign
- Kathy Johnson, CUPE and the Community Social Services Campaign
Issues:
- Update on the Partnership Project
- Sector implications of recent provincial bills including:
- Bill 16 (wage freeze)
- Bill 65 (corporations act)
- Bill 122 (procurement policy)
LOCATION CHANGE: Due to popular demand, this event has been relocated to Metro Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street (just north of College and west of Yonge, near College subway), 2nd Floor Auditorium (this event is wheelchair accessible)
When: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to noon
All are welcome. As space is limited, registration is required. Register online by submitting the form below or call Mary Micallef at (416) 351-0095 x251.
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A Snapshot of Recent Developments in Mount Dennis
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by admin.
By Cutty Duncan, SPT Project Coordinator – ANC Mount Dennis
Resident Planning
Since fall 2006, Social Planning Toronto has been leading an Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) project in the Mount Dennis area. ANC’s goal is to strengthen high need, underserved neighbourhoods in Toronto by bringing residents together to share ideas and work with the rest of the community on strategies to improve neighbourhood conditions. There are 13 ANC projects in the city, all funded and supported by United Way Toronto.
ANC Mount Dennis focuses its efforts on supporting the youth population in the area, as well as residents coming together to organize activities in both the Emmett Avenue and Trimbee-Oxford sections of Mount Dennis. Priority setting is a key element of community organizing as it
focuses action on real concerns and issues in the neighbourhood. Summer 2010 saw residents participate in neighbourhood-based planning sessions that identified the following as local priorities:
- Community space for residents to meet and to participate in community programs,
- Employment opportunities (for both youth and adults)
- Social activities for residents (adults and youth) to connect with each other
- More programs for children and youth
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Check out the latest Issue of our e-bulletin, Soundbites. (November 1, 2010)
Posted on 01. Nov, 2010 by admin.
- REGISTER NOW! The Other Home Show: Town Hall on the Federal Government’s Role in Solving Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis
- Reporting back from the October Research & Policy Forum: “What’s at Stake: Women, City Services and the Municipal Election.”
- A Snapshot of Recent Developments in Mount Dennis
- News From Our Partners
- Worth Repeating – Fighting for the right to be counted
- Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
- About Social Planning Toronto
- Join us on Twitter & Facebook
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