Toronto is no longer a “city of neighbourhoods” but has become a “city of disparities”. That is a key finding of powerful new research from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Urban and Community Studies. The “City of Disparities” research bulletin, The Three Cities Within Toronto: Income Polarization among Toronto’s…
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Remembering the victims of the Rupert fire
…held on Thursday, December 13, at 11 a.m. at the site of the former Rupert hotel at Queen and Parliament Streets in the east end of downtown Toronto. Everyone is welcome to attend this short memorial. In 1989, when the fire roared through the Rupert, I was a community worker…
Toronto’s 2008 Municipal Budget Needs To "Seed" 10-Year Housing Strategy
A look at Toronto’s 2008 operating budget, its 10-year housing strategy, and the need to reverse urban development trends. …
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Brrrrrr… it's dangerously cold!
…outside, such as homeless people. The onset of winter, especially in the lead-up to the December holiday season, always prompts a renewed interest in the health of Toronto’s homeless. The sad reality, as Dr. David McKeown, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, reported based on the results of a 40-year epidemiological…
Don't cannibalize TO's affordable housing stock
…the 500 households, and the rest could be put into a repair fund to help deal with the estimated $300 million repair backlog at Toronto Community Housing Company. The problems that Toronto is facing in keeping up with a huge maintenance bill for the 90,000 social housing units that it…
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Federal throne speech Tuesday: Three questions…
The Speech from the Throne, which will be read on Tuesday, October 16, sets the key objectives for the federal government in the next session of Parliament. The throne speech, along with the budget (which is usually released in February), are the two most important annual policy statements of the…
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Cruel news from the streets of Toronto
Streethealth, a community-based nursing group in downtown Toronto, is releasing a new survey of the health conditions of homeless people today (Wednesday, September 19). Based on a detailed review of more than 360 homeless people, the new study builds on the ground-breaking 1992 Street Health report. It makes for grim…
Building a great city!
Toronto is the biggest city in Canada, and among the half dozen largest cities in North America, but our city is suffering from a lack of investment in social and physical infrastructure (everything from affordable housing to public transit). Toronto Mayor David Miller launched a new web site today that…
The Street Health Report 2007
…health care. This study was conducted in the winter of 2006/2007 by Street Health, a community-based health care organization working with homeless and under-housed people in downtown Toronto. The report discusses the nature of homelessness in Toronto and its root causes, followed by an exploration of the daily living conditions…
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Toronto’s 2006 Street Needs Assessment: Moving To Action
Experts and advocates agree: Toronto’s 2006 homeless street count was fatally flawed and does not provide reliable data to make important decisions about the allocation of funding for shelters, services or housing. This document presented to the Toronto City Council’s Community Services Committee on July 5, 2006 discusses the issues…
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