At the end of February 2013, Social Planning Toronto initiated a short survey to better understand the experiences and perspectives of Toronto shelter providers regarding...

In early 2009, Social Planning Toronto (SPT), in collaboration with the City‐Wide Agency Network and Toronto Neighbourhood Centres (TNC), conducted a survey of social service...

Despite ‘green shoot’ sightings of recovery in some areas of the economy, Ontario’s nonprofit recession rages on. Results of A Recovery-Free Zone, a one-year follow-up...

The Toronto Bulletin presents local results from A Recovery-free Zone, a one-year province-wide follow-up survey conducted by the Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) on...

The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of the current global economic recession on nonprofit community social service agencies in Ontario, and...

Hard Hit is a new report from the Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) documenting the one-two punch affecting nonprofit community social service agencies in...

Toronto's Social Landscape is a new resource for organizations and community groups that use demographic and socio-economic data in their work - to assist in...

Prior to the provincial Community Use of Schools Policy and funding (CUS), fees for community use of schools had risen sharply across Ontario, resulting in...

The Alexandra Park neighbourhood, located in the south west corner of downtown Toronto, is home to over 2,000 residents, and consists of both the Atkinson...

In the late 1990s, the Provincial educational funding formula no longer funded community use of schools. This had two significant effects. One, fees for community...