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Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force Quick Facts
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What is it?
United Way of Greater Toronto and the City of Toronto, with support from the federal and provincial governments, have launched a year-long task
force to develop long-term, multi-pronged solutions for stronger neighbourhoods in Toronto called the Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force. The Task
Force was developed in response to the Toronto City Summit Alliance's report Enough Talk that recommended the creation of a tripartite agreement
involving all levels of government to strengthen community service infrastructure in neighbourhoods across the city.
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Scope
The Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force will:
- build an action plan for strong neighbourhoods in Toronto
- create a framework for tripartite agreements
- develop tools to determine neighbourhood assets and challenges to help neighbourhoods build on strengths and enhance quality of life in the city
- advocate for change.
The Task Force will conduct research and build upon existing research from Toronto, across Canada and internationally. It will look at current
literature related to healthy communities, neighbourhood revitalization strategies in Europe, the U.S. and Canada, socio-economic and demographic
statistics, community asset mapping models and more. United Way's report, Poverty by Postal Code: The Geography of Neighbourhood Poverty, that
documents the increase in neighbourhood poverty in Toronto from 1981 to 2001, will form a piece of this research.
The Task Force will issue an interim report during the year-long process and an action plan in spring 2005.
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Funders
The Task Force is a joint initiative of the City of Toronto and United Way of Greater Toronto with support from the Government of Canada and the
Province of Ontario.
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Members
The Task Force consists of 22 diverse leaders from government, community, labour and corporate sectors.
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Co-Chairs
Eric Gam, Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services, City of Toronto
Robert Harding, Chairman, Brascan Corporation
Frances Lankin, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Toronto
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