Help build a new national housing plan for Canada from the community up. The Wellesley Institute would like to to take 20 minutes or so to complete an on-line survey as a first step in joining an emerging national housing and homelessness network that is working towards a national housing strategy that would support Canada’s diverse communities and meet their housing needs. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Feb. 8, 2010
Tell us your local housing / homelessness priorities and actions! Take our on-line survey
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Feb. 6, 2010
YongeStreet: New on-line urban magazine…
The Wellesley Institute is partnering with YongeStreet, a new on-line urban magazine that focuses on health, equity and innovation – three of our top priorities. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Feb. 3, 2010
The answer to everything (with puppets)
Why are equal societies better for everyone? Look here for the answer to everything – with puppets! This amusing and amazing three-minute video gives a quick taste, and leaves you wanting to know more of the sophisticated analysis in Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s powerful book on inequality – The Spirit Level. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Brian Eng
On: Jan. 29, 2010
School4Civics training program aims to increase participation by diverse communities in Toronto politics
Application deadline: February 16
Program dates: March 6 to June 5
Get more infomation and apply today
School4Civics is a program aimed at training and mentoring promising leaders from diverse communities to organize political campaigns or run for office. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Wellesley Institute
On: Jan. 21, 2010
Two new reports explore the fragility and resilience of youth
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, instability and marginalization. Yet, in spite of their hardships and a sometimes confusing and complicated array of services, many youth are able to demonstrate remarkable resilience in their coping strategies and identities. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 20, 2010
Housing, health, human rights forum webcast live Jan 21 and 22
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 Jan 21 and 22. Watch them here. Keynote speaker for the forum is Miloon Kothari, former United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Other experts include Audrey Chapman, Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine; and Michael Shapcott, Director of Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute. Details of the two-day forum are here. Here are more details about the sessions that will be webcast: Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 19, 2010
Respect housing / human rights, warns OMB as it strikes down restrictive Kitchener planning rules
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 2010 that struck down restrictive Kitchener by-laws. Municipalities are legally bound by the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 18, 2010
Veteran MPP Jim Bradley named Ontario housing minister
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 in an Ontario cabinet shuffle announced this afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 18, 2010
MLK: Time for total, direct, immediate abolition of poverty
“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 ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967. We join with our American colleagues and friends today in honouring Dr. King and his powerful legacy, and in re-committing to his vision of healthy and inclusive communities.
By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 15, 2010
Post-webinar call to action – Build a national housing plan from the community up!
Please join our on-line dialogue to build a national housing plan for Canada
- Take action.
- Share your news.
- Identify your priorities.
- Learn from others.
- Discover new resources.
Over 100 community housing and service providers, government officials, academic experts and others participated in a webinar on Jan. 15 with Senator Art Eggleton on the new Senate of Canada report Read the rest of this entry »
