On December 3, 2025, Social Planning Toronto and Dr. Naomi Lightman of Toronto Metropolitan University launched a new report, Caring about Care Workers: Centring Immigrant...

Social Planning Toronto recently hosted two online workshops with community activist Diana Chan McNally on advocacy around shelters and homelessness. Watch a recording for each...

On Tuesday, January 28, Toronto’s Executive Committee will receive an update on the Commercial Parking Levy—a potential new revenue tool that could generate over $100...

Are you a renter in Toronto planning to speak to the Budget Committee at this week’s public hearings/deputation sessions? Check out the video recording and...

Are you planning to speak to the Budget Committee at next week’s public hearings/deputation sessions? Going to submit comments to the Budget Committee, or want...

Safety can look different for different communities, especially communities who are overpoliced. How can we work together to make our communities safe for everyone? We...

What are the critical elements required to meaningfully tackle the roots of poverty and advance community wealth building in Toronto? Answering this question has been...

What are the critical elements required to meaningfully tackle the roots of poverty in Toronto? Answering this question has been the key motivating factor behind...

Join SPT, Lindsay Kretschmer (Executive Director of the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council) and Kenn Richard (consultant and author of the forthcoming Toronto Aboriginal Research Project 10-Year Legacy Review and Indigenous Prosperity Action Plan) for a conversation about Indigenous prosperity and what eliminating poverty means for Indigenous community-based organizations in Toronto.

SPT is joined by Bryony Halpin (the City’s new Manager, Poverty Reduction) and Orpah Cundangan (from The Tamarack Institute) to discuss their approaches to tackling the root causes of poverty.