Opportunity: Researcher & Policy Analyst Position (One-Year Contract, Full Time)

October 29 2021

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

October 27 2021

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)

October 21 2021

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)

September 29 2021

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

September 14 2021

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

September 08 2021

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...

Distance-based transit fares don’t measure up: A picture of inequity in five maps

August 04 2021

Affordable, accessible, and reliable public transit is essential to Toronto residents. It affects our ability to get to work, access critical services, connect with family, friends,...

SPT and partners call for action on overcrowding in rental housing: A housing issue, a planning issue, and a racial justice issue

July 12 2021

July 21 update: Good news! Councillor Wong-Tam’s motion did not require a Council vote. City staff will now carry out the work on overcrowding in...

The City committed to human rights in housing. Let’s hold them accountable.

June 28 2021

June 22 was a shameful day for Toronto. Our neighbours who are experiencing homelessness were forcibly removed from their encampment at Trinity Bellwoods Park by...

Announcing the Recipients of the 10th Annual Frances Lankin Award!

May 19 2021

2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Frances Lankin Community Service Award! We established the Frances Lankin Award in 2011 to honour Fances Lankin on...