Joan Roberts Consulting

This issue:

1 ) REGISTER TODAY for “Common Ground – Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity”
2 ) Coming Together to Address Poverty in Toronto – Establishing Roots for Community Action
3 ) Social Planning Toronto helps lead the “Save the Census” Campaign
4 ) SPT Member Forum Responds to “Partnership Project”
5 ) News From Our Partners
6 ) Worth Repeating – How Census-Gate Will Change Canada
7 ) Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
8 ) About Social Planning Toronto
9 ) Join us on Twitter & Facebook

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Social Planning Toronto Job Posting for Part-time Coalition Co-ordinator
(Contract Position to June 30, 2011)

Social Planning Toronto is a non-profit community organization committed to independent social planning at the local and city-wide levels. We work to improve the quality of life for all people in Toronto through community capacity building, community education and advocacy, policy research and analysis, and social reporting.

Social Planning Toronto is seeking an experienced and skilled part-time co-ordinator to support the organizing efforts and co-ordination of the Coalition for Change (approximately 50 hours a month for 10 months).

The Coalition for Change is a newly established coalition with a diverse grassroots membership of organizations focused on improving the rights and conditions facing temporary migrant workers.  One of the key principles of the coalition is to support the leadership and participation of migrant workers themselves in participating in activities and campaigns to improve working conditions and immigration status in Canada.

Responsibilities & Job Duties:

• Co-ordinate all aspects of the Coalition activities and internal communication
• Support the Coalition’s development through facilitating and assisting with long-term planning and membership development
• Support the expansion and development of the Coalition by outreach, building new relationships with groups working with migrant workers and facilitate their involvement in the Coalition
• Organize and co-ordinate coalition meetings, community meetings and forums
• Develop and support the Coalition communication strategy in coordination with Coalition members ie website page and social media
• Outreach to media (print, TV and radio)
• Generate publicity and public awareness on issues facing migrant workers
• Organize and support membership led leadership training and skills training workshops for migrant workers
• Develop educational material,  fact sheets and other information as required by the Coalition

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated work or volunteer experience in co-ordinating events, forums, meetings and workshops
• Led or participated in community organizing campaigns
• Work or volunteer experience working with people whose first language is not English
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of issues facing temporary migrant workers, workers in precarious employment and immigrant workers
• Demonstrated general knowledge of immigration issues, immigration history and impact on workers
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collectively
• Proven ability to conduct outreach and communicate effectively with diverse communities
• Strong organizational skills, ability to develop work plans, meet deadlines and work collaboratively with a range of organizations
• Work or volunteer experience with media, communications and demonstrated writing skills
• Work or volunteer experience working directly with temporary migrant workers is a strong asset
• Knowledge of a second language is a strong asset

Details:

• Some evening and weekend work will be required
• The qualified candidate will be hired for 10 months beginning in September 2010 and be employed through the Social Planning Council of Toronto.  The hourly wage is $20 per hour for approximately 50 hours per month.

Social Planning Toronto is committed to employment equity, and encourages applications from women, people of colour, Aboriginal peoples, people with disabilities and other equity seeking groups.

Interested candidates are asked to submit a resume and covering letter outlining how they meet the above criteria to:
Maria Serrano
Director of Operations- Social Planning Toronto
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001
Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
FAX 416-351-0107

mserrano@socialplanningtoronto.org

Deadline for Applications is September 3rd at 5:00pm, 2010.
Interviews will take place between September 9th and 16th, 2010.

This issue:

1. Social Planning Toronto Symposium – Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity
2. Flying Blind
3. LIP Report on August 10th Town Hall Meeting
4. News From Our Partners
5. Worth Repeating – Reality of Living on Social Assistance
6. Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
7. About Social Planning Toronto
8. Join us on Twitter & Facebook

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Social Planning Toronto Symposium
Friday, September 24, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Place: Ontario Bar Association Conference Centre (20 Toronto Street, wheelchair accessible)

Advance registration is required. To register, please register by filling in the form below or send a completed registration form to Social Planning Toronto, 2 Carlton St, Suite 1001 Toronto, ON M5B 1J3 or call 416-351-0095 ext. 251 for more information. All registrations will be confirmed by e-mail.

• Conference registration is free
• Refreshments, lunch and post-conference reception included
• Space is limited. Please register early.
• Deadline for registration is Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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• This event is wheelchair accessible. Social Planning Toronto is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please indicate below if you have any particular accommodation requirements.

SOUNDBITES, the Social Planning Toronto e-Bulletin, is back with an improved format and some new features. Our goal is to provide a fortnightly update of news, events, and information from Social Planning Toronto and our partners, to further our work in “promoting equitable, effective, and inclusive policies for improving the quality of life in Toronto.” We hope you will continue to find it a useful and informative resource, and, as with any SPT initiative, we welcome your comments and suggestions.

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This issue:
1 ) PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE AND LOCATION – Register for the SPT Member Forum: Responding to the “Partnership Project”
2 ) The Fight to Keep Canada’s Long-Form Census
3 ) Social Planning Toronto Symposium – Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity
4 ) Good Jobs For All Hosts Community BBQ
5 ) News From Our Partners
6 ) Worth Repeating – Changes To 2011 Census Threaten Community Data
7 ) Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
8 ) About Social Planning Toronto
9 ) Join us on Twitter & Facebook

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This issue:

1. PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE AND LOCATION – Register for the SPT Member Forum: Responding to the “Partnership Project”
2. New SPT Study Finds Disturbing Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto’s Catholic Schools
3. York South-Weston LIP Project Update
4. Non-Profit Recession Rages On
5. Building Community from the Bottom Up
6. News From Our Partners
7. Worth Repeating – The Long Form Census – Three Papers Agree….
8. Get Involved in Social Planning Toronto
9. About Social Planning Toronto
10. Join us on Twitter & Facebook

“Policy without Practice”, an audit of all 201 Toronto District Catholic schools, released today by the Social Planning Toronto, looks at the barriers to enrollment for non-status immigrants in Toronto’s catholic schools and is a follow up to Social Planning Toronto’s 2008 report entitled: “The Right to Learn: Access to Public Education for Non-Status Immigrants”.

• To download a PDF of the report, CLICK HERE
• To download a PDF of the Press Release, CLICK HERE

Here is video footage from today’s report release event:

SPT Report Release Event for “Policy Without Practice” from Jeremy Tudor Price on Vimeo.

POLICY WITHOUT PRACTICE: Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto’s Catholic schools

• To download a PDF of the report, CLICK HERE
• To download a PDF of the Press Release, CLICK HERE

(Toronto, July 14 2010) Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) staff is largely unaware of the rights of non-status students to public education under the Ontario Education Act. This is not the fault of an individual staff person, but rather a systemic problem requiring a system wide solution at the TCDSB Board level.

“Policy without Practice”, an audit of all 201 Toronto District Catholic schools, released today by the Social Planning Toronto, looks at the barriers to enrollment for non-status immigrants in Toronto’s catholic schools and is a follow up to Social Planning Toronto’s 2008 report entitled: “The Right to Learn: Access to Public Education for Non-Status Immigrants”.

Posing as an extended family member, we conducted phone calls to all 201 TCDSB schools in the City (169 elementary and 32 secondary) We asked each if a non-status child could be enrolled and, if so, which documents were required for registration. Only 31 schools out of 201 indicated that such a child could be enrolled while 57 completely denied admission and 113 did not know if a non-status student could be registered. Out of the 31 that would accept a non-status student, 19 of them required immigration documents such as landing papers, visas or passports, to be provided in order to register.

“These numbers are quite shocking” commented Raluca Bejan, principal author of the report. “And if you only have 31 schools that will admit a non-status child and 19 of them require immigration documents, well, if you do the math, there are only 11 schools that will in fact comply with the Ontario Act and TCDSB policies in regards to the admission of non-status immigrant students.”

Despite the fact that it is the school’s responsibility to register a non-status child, many schools that did not know if a child could enroll, suggested we pursue other means in order to seek admission; 97 suggested we contact the TCDSB head office/Board and 17 recommended that we contact the TCDSB Newcomer Orientation Centre.

“This report indicates that significant staff development needs to be done to ensure that all children, and their families, know that Toronto’s Catholic schools offer them a safe, welcoming environment, regardless of their immigration status.  If this report results in just one more child being able to access the education they are entitled to, it will be worthwhile.” added John Campey, Executive Director Social Planning Toronto.

Community service organizations across Ontario report an unyielding dilemma, driven by the economic recession: how to meet increasing demand for services with falling revenues from funding sources.

A Recovery-Free Zone, a survey of 311 non-profit community service agencies across Ontario, released today by the Social Planning Network of Ontario follows up one year later on a similar survey conducted in 2009. It shows that service demand continues to rise with 68% of respondents seeing a greater demand in April 2010 than prior to September 2008. Almost 80% of respondents attribute this increase in demand as primarily or in part due to economic conditions.

At the same time, organizations are facing budget deficits and funding cuts. Twenty-six percent posted a deficit in 2009 compared to 21% in 2008. At the time of the 2010 survey, 37% of organizations experienced a reduction in total revenue, 34% stayed the same, while 29% reported an increase. Cuts from United Ways, foundations and self-generated revenue were most common although 20% reported reductions from federal government sources and 16% from provincial government sources.

”The funding outlook into 2011 is gloomy”, commented Beth Wilson, Senior Researcher with Social Planning Toronto, member of the research team and principal author of the report. “More agencies expect total revenues to fall than to increase. Although funding from government sources was the most stable in 2009, respondents do not expect this to hold in the coming year.”

Nine out of ten respondents agree that the communities they serve continue to be affected by the economic downturn. Over 60% disagree that the impact is lessening. Almost 40% are seeing an increase in number of people seeking services because their Employment Insurance (EI) has run out and an equal proportion are seeing more people apply for Ontario Works having exhausted their E.I.

Close to 50% of organizations reporting increased service demands, state they are not able to meet this increased need despite taking action including supporting more people with the same staff, increasing volunteer hours, expanding program staff time and hours, fundraising more and increasing overtime.

”Organizations can’t keep up and the impact on local communities is beginning to show,” observed Ted Hildebrand Director of Social Planning for Community Development Halton, member of the research team and principal author. “The combination of increased service demands and falling revenues is taking its toll on agencies in the form of decreased employee morale, rising stress levels, staff work reductions and increased incidence of burnout. Almost half of respondents agree that the economic downturn will have a lasting impact on their organization. None of this serves the needs of struggling communities and may even add to the burden.”

“Although many have said it is over, it is clear that we have not seen the worst of the recession,” added Peter Clutterbuck, Senior Consultant with the Social Planning Network of Ontario, and member of the research team. “We are hopeful that the Provincial Government’s recently announced initiative to re-envision its relationship with the nonprofit and voluntary sector will be the starting point to shore up the capacity of organizations to support communities, particularly in tough times.”

”We must take immediate action to invest directly in people and provide support to the nonprofit community service sector,” commented Trudy Beaulne, Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo and member of the research team. “If our government leaders look to austerity measures to reduce deficits, we can expect things to go from bad to worse for struggling communities. With the sector under-resourced to respond to urgent needs now, government cutbacks would spell disaster.”

Click here to download a PDF of the report: “A Recovery-Free Zone”

Click here to download a PDF of the report: “A Recovery-free Zone:  The Toronto Bulletin”

Click here to download a PDF of the Media Release

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE AND LOCATION

We regret that the Social Planning Toronto Membership Forum on the “Partnership Project,” which had been scheduled for Wednesday, July 21st, with special guest Helen Burstyn has been postponed to Tuesday, August 10th. The location has also been moved from the Lillian Smith Library to the Social Planning Toronto Meeting Room at 2 Carlton St. We regret any inconvenience this change in date and venue may cause.

Tuesday, August 10, 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Social Planning Toronto
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001

The Ontario Government has launched an initiative to strengthen the relationship between the Government of Ontario and the non-profit sector.  This project is co-Chaired by Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Helen Burstyn, Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This initiative is seeking answers to some key questions for our sector, including:

• What can government do to be more responsive to the needs of not-for-profits?
• What can the government do to better recognize and value the contribution made by our not-for-profit sector to our economy and our communities?
• What are the stumbling blocks your organization faces when working with the province?
• What needs to happen if we are to renew, streamline and modernize the relationship between government and not-for-profits in this province?
• What new ideas, models and innovations can help further strengthen the sector and how can government play a role?

Organizations across Ontario have the opportunity to respond to these and other questions through the “Partnership Project” website, and a limited number of other consultations across the Province are planned as part of the process.

Social Planning Toronto wants to ensure that the perspectives of our member organizations are fully represented in this process.

To this end, we are convening a “Member Forum” with three goals:

• increased awareness and shared understanding of the concerns which this process is seeking to address;
• an opportunity for members to share their perspectives, to inform their own submissions and participation in the consultative process;
• to provide direction to Social Planning Toronto in preparing its own submission to the Project.

We are delighted that Helen Burstyn, Co-Chair of the Partnership Project initiative will be able to join us for this session.  For more information on the “Partnership Project,” go to http://partnershipproject.ca/.

Participation in this event is open to individual and organizational members of Social Planning Toronto.

Advance registration is required – to register, please complete the form below or contact Margaret at 416 351-0095 x 211 or mhau@socialplanningtoronto.org

CLICK HERE to download the event flyer.

Register for the SPT Member Forum: Responding to the "Partnership Project" This forum is at capacity and registration has been closed. Thank you

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Your next Social Planning Toronto e-bulletin will come out on July 20.  In the meantime, we hope you will join us for some upcoming SPT and partner events:

1. Toronto Open Budget Initiative Campaign Launch and Town Hall (Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 – 8:00 PM)
2. Policy without Practice Report Launch (Wednesday, July 14, 10 AM – Noon)
3. SPT Member Forum – Responding to the “Partnership Project” (Wednesday, July 21, 9:30 – 11:30 AM)

Click here to view the SPT Upcoming Events Bulletin.

Social Planning Toronto invites you to the release of a new research report:

“Policy Without Practice: Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto’s Catholic Schools”

What: Report release event featuring key speakers and a Q&A period.

When: Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where: Social Planning Toronto, 2 Carlton St. Suite 1001 (Carlton St. & Yonge St.)

• All are welcome, including media.
• Light refreshments will be provided.
• This event is wheelchair accessible.
• To register for this event, please complete the form below or call Margaret at (416) 351-0095 x211

Click here to download the event flyer.

Register for the SPT report release of "Policy Without Practice" Please register for this event by filling out the following form:

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The Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) invites you to the release of a new research report tracking the impact of the economic downturn on nonprofit community social services in Ontario. This one-year follow-up study looks at how community social service agencies and non-governmental funders are faring in the current climate.

Please click here for more information and to register for the event.

On Thursday, February 4, OCASI, CERIS and Social Planning Toronto hosted the 2010 Research Roundtable: “Permanently Temporary: Temporary Foreign Workers and Canada’s Changing Attitude to Citizenship and Immigration”. Over 200 people were in attendance exploring Canada’s changing attitude to new comers, within both a local and global context; the program’s impact on income security, social services, and agency and organizational service delivery; and labour responses to the program.

The event brought together community-based organizations, researchers, policy analysts and activists to share information on current research initiatives, discuss opportunities for collaboration, and explore the possibility of connecting research and community work to policy change in face of the impacts of a rapidly expanding temporary foreign worker program in Ontario.

For more information please download the proceedings from the event and take a look at the CERIS hosted blog.

Some steps forward, but many more to go: How can we push ahead and get real change?

Join with other community groups across the city fighting to end poverty; share what’s happening in your community; hear what others are doing; connect with new ideas; explore new opportunities to open the way for change.

Saturday, June 12
10:00 – 3:00 p.m.
North York Memorial Hall
5110 Yonge Street, next to North York Civic Centre
(North York Civic Centre subway station)

Download the flyer here.

For RSVP and more information, please contact:
Mary Micallef – 416-351-0095 ext. 251 or mmicallef@socialplanningtoronto.org

• Child minding assistance available on request
• This venue is wheelchair accessible
• Refreshments provided

Child Poverty has been well documented as becoming ever more “colour coded” or racialized. The continuing trend shows that all levels of government and other institutions must urgently address this worsening reality to end further disparities and achieve equity for all.

Come on May 19 to get the facts and discuss a plan for action!

Please click here to download the event flyer: Colour of Change Forum Flyer

Wednesday 19 May 2010
2:00 – 4:00 pm
1652 Keele Street
(South of Eglinton Avenue West, 2 blocks N of Rogers Road)
Wheelchair Accessible

For further information, please contact:
Yasmin Haq-Khan
Community Planner – York
SOCIAL PLANNING TORONTO
1652 Keele Street, Toronto M6M 3W3
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For childcare, please call by May 15
416.652.9772
yasmin@socialplanningtoronto.org