Accessing community programs and services for non-status immigrants in Toronto: Organizational challenges and responses

August 16 2013

Non-status residents who live and work in Toronto face a number of barriers in accessing critical health, legal, housing and employment services that place them...

It All Begins with Space Maximizing use of public assets for engaged and healthier neighbourhoods in Toronto

June 16 2013

In the City of Toronto, while government agencies and institutions struggle under fiscal constraint and to manage growth, residents, businesses, government workers and non-profit organizations...

A Triple Threat to Equity- Changing Priorities for Toronto Schools

May 06 2013

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...

2013 Frances Lankin

February 22 2013

Social Planning Toronto2013 Frances LankinCommunity Services Award  Social Planning Toronto is pleased to announce that the Frances Lankin Community Service Awards for 2013 will be...

Toronto Shelter Providers: A Short Survey

February 15 2013

At the end of February 2013, Social Planning Toronto initiated a short survey to better understand the experiences and perspectives of Toronto shelter providers regarding...

growing income gap and the missing middle in Scarborough - Community Forum

December 04 2012

growing income gap and the missing middle inScarboroughcommunity forum Wednesday December 56:00pm – 9:00pmUniversity of Toronto –Scarborough Campus(1265 Military Trail)Instructional CentreRoom: IC 230 It is...

Community Use of Space Survey 2012

October 15 2012

Everywhere we look we see the encroachments on the hard work that we have done over the last decade to help improve community access to...

Open Letter to Toronto City Council in Support of Toronto’s Poorest Residents and the City’s Hardship Fund

November 01 2011

SPT and community partners are calling on Toronto City Council to save the City’s Hardship Fund – a program that offsets emergency medical costs for...

An Open Letter to Toronto City Council in Support of Toronto's Poorest Residents and the City's Hardship Fund

October 20 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011 Dear Mayor Ford and Toronto City Council, We urge Toronto City Council to safeguard the City's Hardship Fund - a fund...

Public System, Private Money: Fees, Fundraising and Equity in the Toronto District School Board

September 16 2011

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...