The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is the largest school board in Canada and has a total operating budget of approximately $2.8 billion. The Ministry...

Across Ontario poverty is deep and persistent; 1.6 million people lived in poverty in 2008 (Campaign 2000, 2010, pg. 2). Child poverty is worsening with...

This research project is a follow-up to Social Planning Toronto’s 2008 report entitled, “The Right to Learn: Access to Public Education for Non-Status Immigrants”, which...

Access to public education for children and youth in Ontario, regardless of immigration status, is both a right and a requirement under provincial law. Yet...

Kid Builders Research Project Phase 3 examines the educational needs of homeless children living in Toronto and the links between homelessness and school success. The...

Download the executive summary or full report in PDF format. Executive Summary Immigrants to Toronto arrive in one of the most diverse cities in the world. Census data shows...

One of the key tasks facing most immigrants to Toronto is the acquisition of English as a Second Language (ESL). But while there is broad...