Youth, as the saying goes, is supposed to be the best time in your life. But for many youth in Toronto, this period in their lives is marked by vulnerability, Continue Reading…
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Youth, as the saying goes, is supposed to be the best time in your life. But for many youth in Toronto, this period in their lives is marked by vulnerability, Continue Reading…
Two of the four sessions of the two-day forum “Housing, Health and Human Rights: Exploring the connections in Canada and globally” will be webcast live on Continue Reading…
Equity and human rights are critical components of land use planning, according to a precedent-setting decision by the Ontario Municipal Board in January of Continue Reading…
Veteran MPP Jim Bradley, who has served in the Ontario Legislature for more than 30 years, has been named the new Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Continue Reading…
"The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men Continue Reading…
As the people of Haiti struggle in the aftermath of the terrible earthquake, the community sector has a vital role in meeting the incredible challenges. A Continue Reading…
Ontario housing minister Jim Watson resigned earlier today so that he can seek election at Mayor of Ottawa in the fall elections, and former housing minister Continue Reading…
The British government wants to make reducing health and other inequalities between richer and poorer people a central consideration in the policy-making Continue Reading…
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament for three months in late December, he also froze the progress towards creating a long overdue national Continue Reading…
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