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1/15/2009

10/28/2005
St. Clair Avenue
The City of Toronto has proposed major changes to transit along St. Clair Avenue. Links to The City of Toronto’s “St. Clair Transit” plans and some reactions to it can be found below:

9/13/2005
Where's Home? 2005
A Picture of Housing Needs in Ontario

6/15/2005
Towards a New City of Toronto Act

5/20/2005
Progress Report - City of Toronto Act

4/29/2005
Bob Rae Releases Post-Secondary Review
Former Premier Bob Rae's review of post-secondary education in Ontario.

11/3/2004
Immigrants to Canada Still Face Major Barriers to Fully Integrate into Workforce
For additional material please visit http://www.ppforum.ca/index.html

7/28/2004
Our Waterfront: Gateway to a New Canada
The Development Plan and Business Strategy for the Revitalization of the Toronto Waterfront

7/28/2004
Our Toronto Waterfront
Gateway to the New Canada

7/15/2004
Great Arts = Great City: Toronto Arts Initiative
The Toronto Arts Initiative is aimed at eliminating, within ten years time (by 2012), the arts sector revenue gap

7/14/2004
Yes, in my backyard
A guide for Ontario's supportive housing providers

7/8/2004
University Education in Ontario - Shared Goals & Building Blocks
Goals to ensure that the province’s higher education system is able to play its part in securing the economic and social progress of Ontario

7/8/2004
Funding the Freeze, Funding the Future
A response to the proposed tuition freeze in Ontario

7/8/2004
Investing in the Quality and Accessibility of Higher Education in Ontario
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs

7/7/2004
Report on the Status of Regulated Child Care 2004 Municipal Budgets
Informal survey on regulated child care programs and service levels

6/1/2004
Factors Influencing Visitor's Choices to Visit Urban Destinations
The main objective of this study was to estimate the impact of building additional attractions on increasing tourist visitations to selected North American cities and, in particular, to Toronto and Ottawa.

4/15/2004
Culture and Recreation: Links to Well-Being
Explores the importance of culture and recreation for the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

4/15/2004
Culture and Recreation: Links to Well-Being
Explores the importance of culture and recreation for the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

4/13/2004
Canadians Attitudes Towards Financing Post-Secondary Education: Who Should Pay and How?
Canadians attitudes towards financing post secondary education: Who should pay and how?

4/1/2004
Enhancing Ontario's Competitiveness Through Investment in Higher Education
Ontario lags when compared to its U.S. reference group1 in terms of investment in universities and, as a result, misses many of the benefits that world-class institutions such as the University of California at Berkeley or Los Angeles can pass on to their communities.

4/1/2004
A Sampling of Success Stories of Federal and Povincial Investment in University Research
The Ontario Council on University Research is pleased to present the third edition of Research Success Stories.

4/1/2004
2004 Ontario Pre-Budget Submission
Focus on Cities

4/1/2004
A View of Ontario: Ontario’s Clusters of Innovation
Relentless innovation and upgrading of productivity are the keys to international competitiveness in the modern economy.While Ontario has some firms that belong in the ranks of the world’s best, the overall economy is not where it needs to be.

3/14/2004
Travel Indicators
Toronto Tourism Indicators for March, 2004

3/8/2004
2004-2005 Federal Budget- Response
Paul Martin’s first budget as Prime Minister did contain more new programs for students than usual; however, a serious flaw underlies all of the proposed programs. The absence of any commitment to restore federal funding to the provinces will create more pressure to increase tuition fees.

3/1/2004
Beyond the New Deal for Cities
Confronting the Challenges of Uneven Urban Growth

2/4/2004
Great Arts/Great City - 2003 Report Card
In February, 2003, Toronto Arts Council Foundation (TACF) launched its Great Arts/Great City Initiative. This “Report Card” is a concise account of progress made during the first eleven months of this important work and priorities for 2004.

1/22/2004
TD Economics Topic Paper
Investing in a post secondary education delivers a stellar rate of return

1/1/2004
Report on Public Consultation - Winnipeg
In late September 2003, the City of Winnipeg unveiled its “early ideas” for a New Deal that could lead to a major restructuring of the municipal taxation system.

1/1/2004
URBAN STORIES: The Next Chapter
Toronto Public Library’s Strategic Plan 2004–2007

1/1/2004
Labour's Transit Workbook
This workbook is about labour-oriented transit solutions in Canada's largest urban centre.

1/1/2004
Vital Signs 2003: Toronto's Annual Check-up
Vital Signs 2003 is a report card on our city that the Toronto Community Foundation will publish every fall.

1/1/2004
Poverty By Postal Code
The Geography of Neighbourhood Poverty: 1981–2001

12/1/2003
Diversity or Disparity?
Child Care Policy and Programs in Canada

Provincial and Territorial Approaches to Inclusion

11/1/2003
The Skills Advantage: Opening Doors for Youth and New Canadians
Final Report of the Skills Task Force

9/1/2003
Public Education in Ontario's Cities
Ontario’s urban school boards receive an average of 7% less per pupil than boards in the rest of the province.

7/15/2003
Culture Plan: for the Creative City
The Culture Plan demonstrates that Toronto's arts, culture and heritage assets are essential to Toronto's economic future as well as its quality of life, and that our competitors are already moving on these fronts. This plan outlines Toronto's strengths and weaknesses and proposes measures to enhance our assets and reverse our difficulties.

7/14/2003
The Toronto Report Card on Housing & Homelessness 2003
In 1999, the Mayor’s Homelessness Action Task Force recommended that the City produce a report card to monitor homelessness over time to see if it is getting better or worse and how governments are responding. The City of Toronto released report cards in both 2000 and 2001. Now on a two-year reporting cycle, the City presents this report card for 2003.

6/17/2003
Affordable Housing in Canada: In search of a new paradigm
TD Economics Special Report

6/14/2003
TB or not TB? There is no question
Report of A Public Inquiry into the State of Tuberculosis Within Toronto's Homeless Population

5/30/2003
Five Year Tourism Action Plan
At its meeting on October 10, 2002, the City of Toronto’s Economic Development Committee struck a new subcommittee to lead the development of a plan to revitalize Toronto’s tourism industry.

5/1/2003
Crumbling and Aging: Ontario's School Buildings
Ontario’s school buildings are going without needed repairs, maintenance and renovations.

5/1/2003
The Quality of Public Education in Canada
What do we measure and how do we measure it? What can we learn when we consider other dimensions of success? What are some examples of success from across the country?

5/1/2003
Immigrants in Canadian Cities: Census 2001 - What do the data tell us?
In the 1990's new immigrants did not integrate into the Canadian labour market as effectively as previous cohorts of immigrants.

4/1/2003
The Schools We Need
A New Blueprint for Ontario

4/1/2003
Affordable, Available, Achievable.
Practical Solutions to Affordable Housing Challenges

3/1/2003
Waterfront Scan & Environmental Improvement Strategy Study
Opportunities from Past to Future

2/1/2003
Nation Building Through Cities: A New Deal for Immigrant Settlement in Canada
In June 2002, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration proposed a ‘dispersion’ strategy for the settlement of skilled immigrants across Canada.

2/1/2003
The Case for A Greater Toronto Area Transportation Authority
Whether it is congestion on our roadways or the inadequacy of our public transit systems,individuals and businesses are confronted every day with the fact that the region’s transportation system is in a state of disrepair.

12/15/2002
Opening the Doors: Making the Most of Community Space
A Report Prepared by the United Way of Greater Toronto’s Task Force on Access to Space

11/1/2002
Architecture for National Child Care
The case for investment in national child care

9/15/2002
False Economy?
A Study of Need in Toronto’s Non-Profit Arts Sector

8/1/2002
The Early Years Study Three Years Later
From Early Child Development to Human Development: Enabling Communities

4/1/2002
Fulfilling the Promise: Integrating Immigrant Skills into the Canadian Economy
The Maytree Foundation envisages a system in which Canada values and benefits from the skills, training, education and experience of skilled immigrants by expediting labour market entry in their field of expertise.

3/18/2002
Research, Policy and Practice: Early Childhood Development
Correlation between economic inequity and child development

2/1/2000
Toronto Competes: An Assessment of Toronto’s Global Competitiveness
Over the past ten years, the Toronto regional economy has experienced a profound transformation, yet the evidence at the end of the decade suggests that the region has weathered its challenges admirably.

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