On Wednesday, March 29, TWCA attended BetterTO's Salon on the Toronto Housing Crisis. BetterTO invited urban planner Sean Galbraith and advocate/academic Emily Paradis to speak about the housing crisis, what it is and what...
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21Mar
Federal budget: Gender based analysis watch!
The federal budget is set to be released on March 22, 2017 and, with its release, we should be seeing some gender-based analysis! Meaning, there should be analysis of how components of the budget affect people of different genders. And...
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Canada Post Review
This year, the Canada Post is undergoing a review. "The goal of the Review is to help put Canada Post on a self-sustaining footing, while providing valuable services for Canadians well into the future." A big part of the review is...
Read More24May
Equity & Inclusion Workshops at City Hall
It was with great pride and pleasure that TWCA co-organized and co-sponsored 2 days of training on equity and inclusion for City of Toronto and GTA municipality staff, and members of the social justice community here in Toronto. This marked the...
Read More09Feb
The Tale of City Budgets – Act II
Story and photos by TWCA intern Maju Tavera This is a continuation of a fictional story. Read Act I here.
Scene one:
The scene takes place in a busy underground subway station. There are sounds of the train, steps and voices. Two women... Read More27Jan
The Tale of City Budgets – Act I
Story and photos by TWCA intern Maju Tavera This is a hypothetical conversation of two women who run into each other in the bus. They chat about the City Budget. Zoë: Hi Laura Laura: Hi Zoë The two women talk about their lives… Zoë: Do...
Read More11Sep
If you think that housing should be an election issue…
Check out the Canadian Rental Housing Index! It's a new interactive tool that tracks renter income, affordability and overcrowding for the first time in more than 800 cities and regions across the country and in all 338 federal ridings. The...
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What about federal social programs?
The longest ever federal election campaign continues, but we're feeling the strength of the silence on lots of key issues.
Did you know that only 25% of federal MPs are women? One-quarter of Parliament to represent half of Canada!
06Aug
Dangling the Childcare Carrot
My fingers shook with excitement as I opened the all-too familiar brown envelope from the Government of Canada. I read the brief letter and gave a whoop of joy! An extra $60CAD every month for the monthly Universal Child Care...
Read More18Jun
Advancing Equity and Inclusion: A Guide for Municipalities
Toronto Women's City Alliance was pleased to be a national partner in a working group that came together to create a new national guide for advancing equitable municipal policy in Canadian cities. For the past year, organizations and municipalities from across...
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