A group of youth sports volunteers gathered at an East York library meeting room on March 3 to talk strategy, after many groups were blindsided by a small item hidden in the 2012 City of Toronto budget that resulted in tens of thousands of dollars in new permit fees. The meeting was run by East [...]

Dear Applicant: TCDSB will be accepting application for summer subsidized Community Use of Schools (CUS) from July 2 to August 10, 2012. Please note, priority will be given to organizations that: 1. Offer free or minimally charged programs to the participants. 2. Whose enrolment is 80% from the immediate surrounding community served. 3. Apply with [...]

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.) [...]

SPACE has learned that the TDSB is looking to increase permit fees by 22% starting in January 2012 for most organizations and in September 2012 for continuing education. This increase does not seem to be spelled out in the background documents for the current consultations on the 2011/12 budget. If you want to provide input [...]

Applications for FOYT School Space and hosting FOYT Summer Students open on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 and close on Friday, April 1, 2011. Applications for student employment open on Monday, March 28, 2011 and close on Friday, April 22, 2011. Applications can be obtained from www.tdsb.on.ca/focusonyouthtoronto. If you have any question, please do not hesitate [...]

Dear Community Partner, INVITATION TO PRIORITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE USER ORIENTATION SESSION You are invited to the annual Priority Schools Initiative (PSI) User Orientation Session at the following venues: Toronto East: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 6: 00p.m. – 8: 00p.m. Lester B. Pearson CI – Library 150 Tapscott Road, Scarborough, M1B 2L2 Toronto West: Thursday, [...]

Norm Beach and Tam Goossen recently published an article in NOW Magazine exploring the potential of schools to be used at community hubs: “As the Toronto District School Board, in a perfect storm of demographic shifts and funding shortfalls, considers putting dozens of under-enrolled schools on the chopping block, it’s time for some extra-curricular thinking.” [...]

On Monday – October 25, 2010 – community residents across Ontario will vote for new municipal councils (mayors and councillors) and school board trustees. You can help make sure the issue of affordable, equitable community access to space in public facilities, such as schools and municipal spaces like libraries and recreation centres, will be raised [...]

From the TCDSB. For more information and the application see attachments. Dear Applicant, The TCDSB will be offering subsidized Community Use of Schools (CUS) from July 5 to August 20, 2010. Due to the overwhelming response for the Community Use of Schools program, we have adopted a new application process. Priority will be given to [...]