Social Planning Toronto

Share Your Stories about Fees and Fundraising with the Ministry of Education!

Posted on 16. May, 2011 by admin.

The Ministry of Education is asking for feedback on its Draft Guidelines on Fundraising and Social Planning Toronto and the TDSB Inner City Advisory Committee want your voice included. Please follow this link to submit your confidential comments about the impact that fundraising (and fees) have had on your experiences with the education system, either as a student, as a parent or as a community member. Your feedback will be included into a submission to the Ministry and will help us formulate recommendations for the government on this issue. Also consider attending our public consultation at Fairmeadow School (17 Fairmeadow Ave.) June 7th at 9:30 to have your say in person.

Please contact Lesley Johnston at ljohnston@socialplanningtoronto.org or (416) 351-0095 x216 if you have any questions or for more information.

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Common Ground Symposium Draft Proceedings PDF Now Available for Download

Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by admin.

On September 24, 2010 Social Planning Toronto brought together on “common ground” over 250 participants from a broad range of sectors, including education, health, social services, labour, academia and community to explore a widely debated and timely concept of Schools as Community Hubs. This symposium event, COMMON GROUND Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity was a follow-up of a conference, Schools@theCentre, hosted by SPT three years ago and featured thirteen distinguished speakers, who shared their experience, expertise, visions and wide range of perspectives on three themes:

• Exploring Visions, What’s on the Table,
• If Hubs are the Solution – What’s the Problem?
• Barriers and Opportunities

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Press Release: Common Ground – Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity

Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by admin.

Today, Friday September 24th, Social Planning Toronto will convene over 300 specialists, school and community planners in a symposium to examine both international and local best practice with the innovative use of “schools as community hubs”.

“Against the backdrop …

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Make Sure Toronto District School Board’s Budget Meets the Needs of Inner City Students

Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by admin.

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.

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Ontario’s Knowledge Economy: The Economic Impact of Post-Secondary Education

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by admin.

The Ontario government must set targets for attracting more low-income, disabled, rural and aboriginal students to higher learning in order to fight poverty and boost the province’s economic recovery.

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