Newcomer Youth Recreation Forum Report
Despite the many benefits of recreation in health and in settlement, newcomer youth have much lower participation rates compared to their peers. On Monday, June...
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Back to School: New Report Finds High School Students Struggling to Escape Course Selection Deadlock.
As school returns, Toronto’s students and parents are still coping with a legacy of ‘streaming', finds a new report by Social Planning Toronto. In the...
Still Streamed: How High Impact Decisions Are Shaping Students’ Futures
Across Ontario, grade 8 students are required to register for high school courses which are classified into three levels: academic, applied, and locally developed/essentials. Typically,...
Central Etobicoke Hub Preliminary Report
Central Etobicoke is a large geographic area composed primarily of wards 3 and 4, located in the west-end of Toronto. The boundaries stretch north to...
Toronto’s ‘Condo Baby Boom’ Has Started: Young Families Seeking Community Spaces As School Year Ends
Toronto’s downtown and waterfront condos are now home to thousands of preschool-aged children, finds a new report by Social Planning Toronto. The report reveals the...
New report finds Toronto faces ‘Rising Grey Tide’— Families strained as City and Province’s response lags
Toronto’s baby boomers are aging and will soon overwhelm our already backlogged city infrastructure, according to a new report released today by Social Planning Toronto....
Demographic Change In Toronto’s Neighbourhoods: Meeting community needs across the life span
Throughout 2017, Social Planning Toronto will be producing a series of reports highlighting newly released 2016 Census data from Statistics Canada and its significance for...
Desperately needed labour reform measures fall short for temporary, contract workers. New report backs stronger role for unions.
The Government of Ontario could do more for almost half of Toronto’s workers who deal with precarious work, including temporary and contract workers, a new...
Unions and the Response to Precarious Work Series
Social Planning Toronto is producing a 4-part Unions and the Response to Precarious Work series, examining the role of unions in responding to the troubling...
Growth Plan update a step in the right direction for residents struggling for affordable housing options
Social Planning Toronto welcomed Ontario’s newly updated Growth Plan as an element in the effort to address the ‘missing middle’ of reasonably priced housing in...