National housing / homelessness groups issued a media release today calling on Parliament to adopt Bill C-304, draft legislation to create a national housing plan for Canada.
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Michael Shapcott |
National housing / homelessness groups issued a media release today calling on Parliament to adopt Bill C-304, draft legislation to create a national housing plan for Canada.
Continue ReadingAdopt Bill C-304 – national groups urge Parliament
Michael Shapcott |
Over the next month, the federal government is preparing a critically important federal budget that responds to the current economic crisis. Now is your chance to add your voice to the growing number of Canadians who are demanding that affordable housing investments be a key part of the next federal budget. Join the Facebook group […]
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Michael Shapcott |
As the Ontario government gets set to launch its province-wide housing consultation, the Housing Network of Ontario – with partners right across the province – is asking people and organizations to sign onto our declaration: “We believe everyone in Ontario has the right to live poverty-free and with dignity in housing that is stable, adequate, […]
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One and a half million Canadian households are precariously housed, and an estimated 235,000 Canadians experienced homelessness in 2014.1 One in eight Canadian households live in housing that is either unaffordable, in disrepair, or crowded. In large cities such as Toronto, and amongst particular populations such as Aboriginal peoples and recent immigrants, this ratio is […]
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Toronto has the second highest number of high-rise communities in all of North America – but many of the structures are decaying and the neighbourhoods are distressed. Inclusionary housing is a zoning tool that could help to ensure that redeveloped Tower neighbourhoods are healthy and inclusive. Here is the WI’s presentation to the University of […]
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This systematic review of peer-reviewed literature focuses on identifying which home-based indoor air quality interventions have shown to reduce asthma morbidity among low-income children.
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Valerie Tarasuk, Steve Gaetz and Blake Poland |
Principal Organizations: University of Toronto, Department of Nutritional Sciences Partner Organizations: Youthlink Inner City, Weston-King Drop in Centre, City of Toronto, Sherbourne Health Centre, Dixon Hall, Fred Victor, CRC, Street Health Community Nursing Foundation, Daily Bread Food Bank, Second Harvest Principal Investigators: Valerie Tarasuk, Steve Gaetz, Blake Poland This project conducted a pilot study of […]
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The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation has written a background piece for The Toronto Star that welcomes the recent decision of Toronto City Council’s Executive Committee to preserve most of Toronto Community Housing’s single family homes . While saving existing affordable housing is critical important when the city’s affordable housing wait list is […]
Continue ReadingA step forward for affordable housing in Toronto – more steps required!
Scott Leon |
The pandemic and the associated recession provide an opportunity for us to reconsider the ‘normal’ state of affairs. Now is the time to envision a bold new normal and learn from the failures of the previous status quo. The old normal In the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated number of Canadians […]
Continue ReadingA new normal for ending homelessness: Collective action towards adequate support
Michael Shapcott |
As Barack Obama prepares to take his inauguration oath as President of the United States, it’s worth recalling the climatic words from the acceptance speech of Franklin Roosevelt as Democratic presidential candidate in 1932 (he would go on to be the most dynamic US president of the 20th century and, with Lyndon Johnston and a […]
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Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.