Social Planning Toronto and the SPACE Coalition release their report entitled Another Winter, Another Spring: Toronto Youth Speaking Out about Space, highlighting the lack of accessible, affordable and appropriate space in Toronto for the City’s youth A report released on July 5, 2011 by Social Planning Toronto and the SPACE Coalition (Saving Public Access to [...]

Toronto’s youth face barriers in accessing the space they need to work, gather and play Social Planning Toronto and the SPACE Coalition release their report entitled Another Winter, Another Spring: Toronto Youth Speaking Out about Space, highlighting the lack of accessible, affordable and appropriate space in Toronto for the City’s youth July 5th, (Toronto, Ont.) [...]

With funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Education through this initiative, TDSB has opened the doors of 77 schools to provide not-for-profit organisations and groups, free after-hours access to school facilities in communities that need it most.

From this TDSB webpage, you can access info on a number of subjects including the new Priority School Initiatiave (PSI- free permits after school in 77 TDSB schools). This section of the site also lists the names and links to the 4 new Community Use of Schools Facilitators.

Community organizations can apply for free use of space in 77 Toronto District School Board schools to run programs under the Priority Schools Initiative (PSI) program. Find which schools are available here.

2009 SPACE Report – Progress and Pitfalls: A Review of Community Use of Schools and Access to Municipal Spaces details the current status of the Community Use of Schools program.

ÉNONCÉ DE VISION Nous croyons que l’utilisation communautaire de l’espace public est la pierre angulaire des voisinages et des communautés en santé. ÉNONCÉ DE MISSION SPACE jouera un rôle de leadership en vue d’offrir un maximum d’espace public aux fins d’utilisation communautaire à l’échelle de la province, en particulier dans les écoles, au moyen d’un accès [...]

This list was compiled by the SPACE Coalition to encourage people to more effectively advocate for the community use of schools.

1. Améliorer le rendement des élèves Des études ont montré que la participation à des programmes après l’école offerts en milieu scolaire a une incidence positive, parce qu’elle favorise une plus grande implication des parents, un engagement accru des élèves, une meilleure disposition à l’égard des devoirs, une volonté d’apprendre et de meilleurs résultats scolaires [...]