The Right to Learn: Access to Public Education for Non-Status Immigrants

April 06 2008

Download the full document here. Executive Summary Introduction While attending schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) in April of 2006, four non-status...

Top Ten Reasons to Support Better Community Access to School Space

January 30 2008

Improve student performance Studies have demonstrated the positive impact participation in school-based after-hours programming has by promoting greater parental involvement in school, greater student engagement, increased...

Lost in the Shuffle

October 01 2007

A groundbreaking new report on the state of homeless children in the education system was released by the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto and...

Lost in the Shuffle: The Impact of Child Homelessness on Children’s Education in Toronto

September 16 2007

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...

Breaking Down Barriers

June 21 2007

Opening up Ontario’s Schools for Expanded Community Use: 2007 Community Use of Schools Survey Results and Recommendations Download the Full Report in PDF format Executive Summary In...

Toronto Community Services Resource Guide for Non-Status Immigrants

April 10 2007

What is the Toronto Community Services Resource Guide for Non-Status Immigrants? The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto and Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre, in partnership with...

Schools@theCentre

February 28 2007

The CSPC-T hosted the “Schools@theCentre” Conference on February 16 and 17, 2007, to look at the issue of what our schools could be. The proceedings...

Breaking Down Barriers: Opening Up Ontario’s Schools for Expanded Community Use

February 15 2007

In the late 1990s, the Provincial educational funding formula no longer funded community use of schools. This had two significant effects. One, fees for community...

Faces of the Cuts: The Impact of Federal Program Cuts on Communities in Toronto

October 07 2006

Release Date: October 2006 Contributors: Beth Wilson, CSPC-T Researcher, Harriet Njiraini, CSPC-T Intern, Navjeet Sidhu, CSPC-T Intern, Zachary Tucker-Abramson, CSPC-T Intern From the introduction: On September 25, Finance Minister...

ON THE FRONT LINES OF TORONTO'S IMMIGRANT- AND REFUGEE-SERVING SECTOR

July 16 2006

Working on the front lines in the country's largest immigrant reception centre, Toronto's immigrant- and refugee-serving sector plays a central role in supporting the vast...