The sense of hope that is accompanying the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Presidency is powerful and hard to resist. Like most people around the world, we here at the Wellesley Institute send our congratulations and best wishes to the President-elect. The process of change, which came to be a powerful organizing theme […]
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Change coming to Washington!
The sense of hope that is accompanying the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. Presidency is powerful and hard to resist. Like most people around the world, we here at the Wellesley Institute send our congratulations and best wishes to the President-elect. The process of change, which came to be a powerful organizing theme […]
Hefty housing costs stay local in "good news / bad news" provincial funding deal
Good news: The Ontario government, along with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the City of Toronto, jointly announced earlier today a plan to upload the costs of several provincial income assistance programs back to the provincial level over the next decade. This will give municipalities some significant fiscal breathing room – as it […]
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Federal election 2008: Digging into numbers shows some surprises
Most people agree that civic engagement is one important measure of a healthy community. And one key indicator is participation in democratic processes, including federal elections. On that score, a quick review of the numbers from Tuesday’s general election paint a dismal picture and point to a discouraged electorate; as well an electoral structure that […]
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Homelessness: Solutions From Lived Experiences
Principal Organizations: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto Partner Organizations: Wellesley Institute, Regent Park, Street Health, Ontario Women’s Health Network, St.Michaels Hospital, York University, Ryerson University Principal Investigator: Izumi Sakamoto This report presents shared findings and recommendations from eight community-based, participatory research projects on homelessness in Toronto; six of the eight projects […]
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The state of the nation’s housing – federal election 2008
Housing insecurity at record levels One-in-four Canadian households pay 30% or more of their income on housing – that’s three million households, or close to eight million women, men and children. Housing is the biggest expense for low, moderate and middle-income households; housing costs over the past decade grew faster than inflation even though incomes […]
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News flash: Feds extend housing / homeless investments but freeze dollars
Just three days before it triggered an election, the federal government quietly approved a five-year extension of Canada’s national housing and homelessness programs that were due to expire. But it has frozen the dollars despite growing need, according to a backgrounder from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on Friday. “On September 4, 2008, the Government […]
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Reverse the housing cuts: New federal affordable housing investment required
As Canadian rental and ownership housing markets teeter on the brink of major crisis, the federal government has made further drastic cuts in affordable housing investments in 2008 – and even more cuts are set for the end of the current fiscal year.
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Better Off in a Shelter?
A Year of Homelessness & Housing among Status Immigrant, Non-Status Migrant, & Canadian-Born Families A new research report from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Urban and Community Studies / Cities Centre by Emily Paradis, Sylvia Novac, Monica Sarty, and J. David Hulchanski offers these troubling findings: Women in Toronto without permanent resident status −
MultiFaith Alliance to End Homelessness
The Wellesley Institute is partnered with Toronto’s MultiFaith Alliance to End Homelessness (MFATEH) to engage faith communities in practical and effective solutions. The MFATEH is an alliance of faith organizations focused on housing and homelessness in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Its member organizations include: