Newcomers and immigrants, share your stories!
We're seeking newcomers and immigrants to share their stories and opinions about living, and finding their way, in Toronto! Participants will be offered $75 for...
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Announcing SPT's first Director, Engagement & Strategic Initiatives
Social Planning Toronto is thrilled to announce our new Director, Engagement & Strategic Initiatives: Melissa Wong. Melissa will start on March 7, and we are all very excited! She...
Organizations Call on Mayor and Council to Address Crises With Urgent Investment and Better Budget Process
"Mayor Tory and City Councillors, our city is at a crossroads. Amid multiple and intersecting crises, if you continue to take a “business as usual”...
2022 City Budget: Learn more, get involved, and have your say!
This Thursday, January 13, the City of Toronto launches its draft 2022 Budget. Throughout the Budget process, we'll keep you informed about how you can learn...
Opportunity: Researcher & Policy Analyst Position (One-Year Contract, Full Time)
Social Planning Toronto (SPT) is an independent social planning organization. SPT challenges inequality in our city through knowledge generation, debate, civic engagement, advocacy, and collaboration,...
New City Bylaw Falls Thousands of Units Short on Affordable Housing
Opportunity Knocks: Toronto City Council's Chance to Create Tens of Thousands of Affordable Homes assesses the City’s opportunity to realize the full potential of its...
Housing in a State of Emergency: Shelters, Encampments, and Human Rights Discourses in Toronto (Seminar by the CITY Institute at York University)
This CITY Seminar will explore the tensions and ambiguities of the local state in the provision and illegalization of emergency housing. By emergency housing we...
Opportunity: Community Planner (4–5 month contract position)
Social Planning Toronto (SPT) is an independent social planning organization. SPT challenges inequity in our city—through knowledge generation, debate, civic engagement, advocacy, and collaboration—to spark...
Local implications of the federal election: Some highlights
With only one week left until the federal election, the days to come will play a critical role in shaping the next four years in...
Housing news from Council's July 14–15 meeting
Multi-tenant (rooming) house legalization goes nowhere, again Council was supposed to vote on a new city-wide framework to regulate multi-tenant houses (a.k.a. rooming houses) at its...