Social Planning Toronto

• ‘Tired of the word resilience’: Canada’s racialized communities navigate ongoing pandemic

  Vulnerabilities like living situations are often left out of the conversation when it comes to discussing higher rates of COVID-19 in racialized communities.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 14, 2021
  
• Nearly 5% of Toronto population can’t speak English or French: report

  Speaking is an important form of communication and people use thousands of words daily to complete simple tasks, but a new study has found almost five per cent of people living in Toronto cannot speak English or French, Canada’s official languages.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2018
  
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• More Toronto residents living isolated lives: report

  An organization which authors a quality of life study for the city says more people than ever are leading more insular lives.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2018
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• TDSB diverts $61M from provincial funding grant for marginalized students: report

  The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is under fire for diverting $61 million in provincial funding for marginalized students and instead using it to shore-up its general revenues.

  Education

  Jan 12, 2017
• Poverty costs Toronto more than $4.4B annually: report

  A new report released on Monday by non-profit group Social Planning Toronto concludes that poverty costs the city between $4.4 and $5.5 billion a year.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2016