Municipal

Urban HEART stands for "Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool."

What are the current pathways to Canadian citizenship for Toronto's residents? Are these changing? What are the barriers and what supports can we put in place?

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

(Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.)
Location: Toronto City Hall, Council Chambers 100 Queen Street West

How can the City of Toronto better connect newcomers to City services? What is working and what are some barriers?

Open Dialogue Event - Thursday, January 16, 2014

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(Registration starts at 1:00 p.m.)

Location: The 519 Church Street Community Centre, 2nd Floor Auditorium

What are the next steps in facilitating civic participation of newcomers? What are the barriers and how do we address them?

Open Dialogue Event - Thursday, January 16, 2014

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.)

Location: The 519 Church Street Community Centre, 2nd Floor Auditorium

Hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents pay local taxes and use city services, but have no say in who represents them, because they are not yet Canadian citizens. Recently, the City of Toronto's Community Development and Recreation Committee put forward a request to review “the opportunity to have permanent residents in Toronto be given the right to vote in municipal elections.” Join OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants and Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office for a panel discussion on the merits of this proposal.