Journal articles: 'Housing policy – Ontario – Toronto'

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Nistor, Adela, and Diana Reianu. "Determinants of housing prices: evidence from Ontario cities, 2001-2011." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 11, no. 3 (June 4, 2018): 541–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-08-2017-0078.

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Purpose This paper aims to present a panel data econometric model of the main determinants of house prices in the ten largest census metropolitan areas (CMA) in Ontario, Canada, for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011. The impact of immigration on the housing market in Canada is little researched; however, immigration plays an important role into the economy of Canada. According to Statistics Canada, not only is immigration key to Canada’s population growth but also without immigration, in the next 20 years, Canada’s population growth will be zero. The motivation for this study is the bursting of housing bubbles in some developed countries (e.g. USA). The authors analyze variables that are related to the immigration policy in Canada, accounting also for the impact of the interest rate, income, unemployment, household size and housing supply to analyze housing price determinants. The study investigates the magnitude of the impact of the top three leading categories of immigrants to Canada, namely, Chinese, Indian and Filipino, on the housing prices in Ontario’s largest cities. The results show the main factors that explain home prices over time that are interest rate, immigration, unemployment rate, household size and income. Over the 10-year period from 2001 to 2011, immigration grew by 400 per cent in Toronto CMA, the largest receiving area in Ontario, while the nonimmigrant population grew by 14 per cent. For Toronto CMA, immigrants, income, unemployment rate and interest rate explain the CA$158,875 average home price increase over the 2001-2011 time period. Out of this, the three categories of immigrants’ share of total home price increase is 54.57 per cent, with the corresponding interest rate share 58.60 per cent and income share 11.32 per cent of the total price growth. Unemployment rate contributes negatively to the housing price and its share of the total price increase is 24.49 per cent. Design/methodology/approach The framework for the empirical analysis applies the hedonic pricing model theory to housing sales prices for the ten largest CMAs in Ontario over the years 2001-2011. Following Akbari and Aydede (2012) and O’Meara (2015), market clearing in the housing market results in the housing price as a function of several housing attributes. The authors selected the housing attributes based on data availability for the Canadian Census years of 2001, 2006 and 2011 and the variables that have been most used in the literature. The model has the average housing prices as the dependent variable, and the independent variables are: immigrants per dwelling (Chinese, Indian, and Filipino), unemployment rate, average employment income, household size, housing supply and the interest rate. To capture the relative scarcity of dwellings, the independent variable immigrants per dwelling was used. Findings This study seems to suggest that one cause of high prices in Ontario is large inflows of immigrants together with low mortgage interest rate. The authors focused their attention on Toronto CMA, as it is the main destination of immigrants and comprises the largest cities, including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and Oakville. Looking over the 10-year period from 2001 to 2011, the authors can see the factors that impact the home prices in Toronto CMA: immigration, unemployment rate, household size, interest rate and income. Over the period of 10 years from 2001 to 2011, immigrants’ group from China, India and the Philippines account for CA$86,701 increase in the home price (54.57 per cent share of the total increase). Income accounts for CA$17,986 increase in the home price (11.32 per cent share); interest rate accounts for CA$93,103 of the average home price increase in Toronto CMA (58.60 per cent share); and unemployment rate accounts for CA$38,916 decrease in the Toronto average home prices (24.49 per cent share). Household size remain stable over time in Toronto (2.8 average household size) and does not have a contribution to home price change. All these four factors, interest rate, immigrants, unemployment rate and income, together explain CA$158,875 increase in home prices in Toronto CMA between 2001 and 2011. Practical implications The housing market price analysis may be more complex, and there may be factors impacting the housing prices extending beyond immigration, interest rate, income and household size. Finally, the results of this paper can be extended to include the most recent census data for the year 2016 to reflect more accurately the price situation in the housing market for Ontario cities. Social implications The fact that currently, in 2017, the young working population cannot afford buying a property in the Toronto CMA area means there is a problem with this market and a corresponding decrease in the quality of life. According to The Globe and Mail (July 2017), a new pool in 2017 suggested that two in five Canadians believe housing in this country is not affordable for them. Further, 38 per cent of respondents who consider themselves middle or upper class believe in no affordability of housing. The Trudeau Government promised Canadians a national housing strategy for affordable housing. Designing a national housing strategy may be challenging because it has to account for the differential income ranges across regions. Municipal leaders are asking the government to prioritize repair and construct new affordable housing. Another reason discussed in the media of the unaffordability of housing in Toronto and Vancouver is foreign buyers. The Canadian Government recently implemented a tax measure on what it may seem the housing bubble problem: foreign buyers. Following Vancouver, in April 2017, Ontario Government imposed a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents. This tax is levied on houses purchased in the area stretching from Niagara Region and Greater Toronto to Peterborough. Originality/value Few studies use Canadian data to explain house prices and analyze the effect of immigration on housing prices. There is not much research on the effect of the immigrants and immigrants’ ethnicity (e.g., Chinese, Indian and Filipino immigrants), on the housing prices in Canada cities. This study investigates the impact of the most prevalent immigrant races (e.g., from China, India and the Philippines) on housing prices, using data for Canadian major cities in Ontario within a panel data econometric framework. This paper fills this gap and contributes to the literature, which analyzes the determinants of housing prices based on a panel of cities in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Singh, Ranjita, Philip Walsh, and Christina Mazza. "Sustainable Housing: Understanding the Barriers to Adopting Net Zero Energy Homes in Ontario, Canada." Sustainability 11, no. 22 (November 7, 2019): 6236. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11226236.

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Buildings in Canada account for a significant amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and net zero energy building technology has been identified as part of the solution. This study presents a conceptual model identifying barriers to the adoption of net zero energy housing and tests it by administering a survey to 271 participants in a net zero energy housing demonstration project in Toronto, Canada. Using multivariate correlation and multi-linear regression analyses this study finds that of all the innovation adoption variables it was the construction and design quality that was the most significant contributor to the adoption of a net zero energy home by a potential home owner. This study found that the (a) extra cost compared to a conventional home, b) lack of knowledge about the technology associated with a net zero energy home or (c) not knowing someone who owned a net zero energy home were not significant barriers to accepting net zero energy homes. Our results suggest that policy-makers should promote the diffusion of net zero energy home technology by encouraging housing developers to include net zero energy homes in their collection of model homes, with an emphasis on quality design and construction. Furthermore, engaging in trust building initiatives such as education and knowledge about the technology, its related energy cost savings, and the environmental benefits would contribute to a greater acceptance of net zero energy homes.

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Struthers, James. "The Provincial Welfare State: Social Policy in OntarioA NECESSITY AMONG US: THE OWEN SOUND GENERAL AND MARINE HOSPITAL, 1891-1985. David Gagan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990.ACTIVISTS AND ADVOCATES: TORONTOS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 1883-1983. Heather MacDougall. Toronto: Dundum Press, 1990.PRIVATfZATION AND HEALTH CARE: THE CASE OF ONTARIO NURSlNG HOMES. Vera Ingrid Tannan. Toronto: Garamond Press, 1990.METRO’S HOUSING COMPANY: THE FIRST 35 YEARS. Michael McMahon. Toronto: The Metropolitan Toronto Housing Company Ltd., 1990.UNBALANCED: MENTAL HEALTH POLICY IN ONTARIO, 1930-1989. Harvey G. Simmons. Toronto: Wall & Thompson, 1990." Journal of Canadian Studies 27, no. 1 (April 1992): 136–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.27.1.136.

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Weisberg, Sheri. "Housing policy for persons with mental illness in Ontario." Administration and Policy in Mental Health 21, no. 3 (January 1994): 227–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00707488.

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Rudoler, David, Claire de Oliveira, Binu Jacob, Melonie Hopkins, and Paul Kurdyak. "Cost Analysis of a High Support Housing Initiative for Persons with Severe Mental Illness and Long-Term Psychiatric Hospitalization." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 63, no. 7 (March 25, 2018): 492–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743717752881.

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Objective: The objective of this article was to conduct a cost analysis comparing the costs of a supportive housing intervention to inpatient care for clients with severe mental illness who were designated alternative-level care while inpatient at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. The intervention, called the High Support Housing Initiative, was implemented in 2013 through a collaboration between 15 agencies in the Toronto area. Method: The perspective of this cost analysis was that of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. We compared the cost of inpatient mental health care to high-support housing. Cost data were derived from a variety of sources, including health administrative data, expenditures reported by housing providers, and document analysis. Results: The High Support Housing Initiative was cost saving relative to inpatient care. The average cost savings per diem were between $140 and $160. This amounts to an annual cost savings of approximately $51,000 to $58,000. When tested through sensitivity analysis, the intervention remained cost saving in most scenarios; however, the result was highly sensitive to health system costs for clients of the High Support Housing Initiative program. Conclusions: This study suggests the High Support Housing Initiative is potentially cost saving relative to inpatient hospitalization at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

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Temby, Owen. "Policy symbolism and air pollution in Toronto and Ontario, 1963–1967." Planning Perspectives 30, no. 2 (October 13, 2014): 271–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2014.956782.

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Noble, Amanda, Benjamin Owens, Naomi Thulien, and Amanda Suleiman. "“I feel like I’m in a revolving door, and COVID has made it spin a lot faster”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada." PLOS ONE 17, no. 8 (August 22, 2022): e0273502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273502.

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Purpose Research has shown that youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) face barriers to social inclusion and are at risk for poor mental health. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening the health, wellbeing, and economic circumstances of people around the world, this study aims to assess the impacts of the pandemic on YEH in Toronto, Ontario, as well as to identify recommendations for future waves of COVID-19. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with YEH (ages 16–24, n = 45) and staff who work in one of four downtown emergency shelters for youth (n = 31) in Toronto, Ontario. Results YEH experienced both structural changes and psychosocial impacts resulting from the pandemic. Structural changes included a reduction in services, barriers to employment and housing, and changes to routines. Psychosocial outcomes included isolation, worsened mental health, and increased substance use. Impacts were magnified and distinct for subpopulations of youth, including for youth that identified as Black, 2SLGBTQ+, or those new to Canada. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic increased distress among YEH while also limiting access to services. There is therefore a need to balance health and safety with continued access to in-person services, and to shift the response to youth homelessness to focus on prevention, housing, and equitable supports for subpopulations of youth.

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Zuker, Jesse. "Green Buildings Policy: An analysis of three market-oriented innovations." Ekistics and The New Habitat 71, no. 424-426 (June 1, 2004): 90–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e200471424-426231.

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The author graduated from the University of Toronto with a self-designed major in Environment and Architectural Studies. For the past year he has been working on implementing the Province of Ontario's green building program and currently works for Ontario Infrastructure.

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Chenoy, Neville, Suzanne Jackson, Trevor Hancock, and Karin Domnick Pierre. "Enhancing Health — A New Agenda for Ontario." Healthcare Management Forum 2, no. 2 (July 1989): 32–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0840-4704(10)61373-7.

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Recognizing that changes in demography, the social environment, economics, technology and political trends are under-lying factors affecting health, Paradigm Health in Toronto examined these considerations to assess change to achieve a positive vision of health. Phase I of the study looked at opportunities and threats from the broad external environment affecting health, examined the internal strengths and weaknesses of the present Ontario health system, and analyzed the participants in the system. Phase II identified the important strategic issues gathered from the environmental study, and the strategies which could deal with these issues.

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Zhang, Beibei. "Social policies, financial markets and the multi-scalar governance of affordable housing in Toronto." Urban Studies 57, no. 13 (November 26, 2019): 2628–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098019881368.

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While housing has been a central object of financialisation, questions regarding how multi-scalar states shape the financialisation of housing remain under-researched. I address this knowledge gap through a case study of the financialisation of affordable housing in Toronto. By analysing pertinent policy documents, I examine the roles and relationship of the federal, provincial and local states in the financialisation of affordable housing. Two findings are highlighted. (1) Although policies from all levels of government show traits of financialisation – in terms of both the connection between social policy and financial markets, and financialised ideologies prevailing in policy discourses, the extent and pattern of the manifestation of financialisation are distinct. This research thus calls for a nuanced understanding of the state’s role in the financialisation of housing from a multi-scalar perspective. (2) Affordable housing policies usually do not give an explicit definition of ‘affordable’. By scrutinising the policy specifications, I found that the target group is mainly moderate-income, rather than low-income, households. It will be increasingly difficult for low-income households to meet their housing needs.

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Plotkin, Howard. "The Iron Creek Meteorite: The Curious History of the Manitou Stone and the Claim for its Repatriation." Earth Sciences History 33, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 150–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.33.1.2457k54466405851.

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Canada's Iron Creek meteorite, a 320 lb (145 kg) Group IIIAB medium octahedrite iron, was long venerated by the First Nations in Alberta as their sacred Manitou Stone, but it was taken without authority from them by Methodist missionaries in 1866. That began the meteorite's long odyssey, as it was transferred first to the Methodist Mission in Victoria (now Pakan) Alberta; then to the Red River Mission in Winnipeg, Manitoba; then to the Wesleyan Methodist Church's Mission Rooms in Toronto, Ontario; then to Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario; then to the campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario; then to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto; and finally to the Provincial Museum of Alberta (now the Royal Alberta Museum) in Edmonton. In recent years, a First Nations movement to repatriate the meteorite to a place near its original find site has been initiated. As of now, the meteorite remains on display at the Royal Alberta Museum's Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture, where it is a prized showpiece. The present paper explores the curious history and cultural significance of this fabled meteorite, its long odyssey, the issues surrounding the claims for its repatriation, the Royal Alberta Museum's present policy, and a possible way forward.

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Whitzman, Carolyn, Katrina Raynor, and Louise Frost. "Collaborative Governance for Affordable Housing in Toronto and Melbourne." Canadian Planning and Policy / Aménagement et politique au Canada 2020 (October 1, 2020): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/cpp-apc.v2020i0.13272.

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Policy formation and implementation have largely shifted from a top-down government-led process, to a collaborative governance approach characterised by complex and opaque partnerships, weakly steered by the state. We use 36 interviews, undertaken in Toronto and Melbourne between 2015 and 2018, to assess procedural accountability in these two cities: the extent to which policy outputs developed through a partnership approach are fair, transparent, rational, and intentional. We find that both cities fail the basics of procedural accountability, and that there is little shared understanding amongst key partners – local and provincial/state policymakers, non-profit and private sector housing providers, and philanthropic and private sector finance providers – about the definition and missing quantum of affordable housing, let alone a sense of how to move forward.

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Williams, Robert J. "“If you build it …” Business, Government and Ontario's Electronic Toll Highway." Canadian Journal of Political Science 39, no. 1 (March 2006): 185–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423906239994.

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“If you build it …” Business, Government and Ontario's Electronic Toll Highway, Chandran Mylvaganam and Sandford Borins, Toronto: University of Toronto Centre for Public Management, 2004, pp. ix, 164.This monograph analyzes an extraordinary tale of public policy making in Ontario: the construction and management of an innovative toll highway now known as the 407/ETR (Express Toll Route).

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Goldhar, Jodeme, Clare Adie, Nancy Webb, and Laurie Harrison. "The Baycrest SARS experience: the human side." Australian Health Review 26, no. 3 (2003): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah030014.

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Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada was one of the cities severely impacted by Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome (SARS). SARS required the health care system to respond quickly and efficiently. This paper describes thesituation and response at a large public academic aged care centre.

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Durbin, Anna, Yona Lunsky, Ri Wang, Rosane Nisenbaum, Stephen W. Hwang, Patricia O’Campo, and Vicky Stergiopoulos. "The Effect of Housing First on Housing Stability for People with Mental Illness and Low Intellectual Functioning." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 63, no. 11 (June 19, 2018): 785–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743718782940.

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Objective: Housing First (HF) has been linked to increased tenure in housing for homeless people with mental illness, but the effect of HF on housing stability for people with borderline or lower intellectual functioning has not been examined. This study of homeless adults with mental illness in Toronto, Ontario assessed whether the association between housing stability and HF differed for adults with borderline or lower intellectual functioning, compared to adults with above borderline intellectual functioning. Method: This study included 172 homeless adults with mental illness from the Toronto site of the At Home-Chez Soi randomized trial that compared receiving HF relative to treatment as usual. This sample was divided into two intellectual functioning groups: 1) adults with borderline or lower intellectual functioning (IQ < 85, 16%), and 2) adults with above borderline intellectual functioning (IQ ≥ 85, 84%). We compared these groups by modelling the percentage of days stably housed using a linear multivariable generalized estimating equation and included interaction between treatment and intellectual functioning. An interaction between treatment and time was also included. Results: There were no overall differences in housing stability for individuals with borderline or lower intellectual functioning compared to people with higher than borderline intellectual functioning in either the HF or the treatment as usual groups. Conclusion: This study is the first to demonstrate that for homeless adults with mental illness, borderline or lower intellectual functioning did not significantly affect housing stability. This accentuates the need for more research and potentially wider consideration of their inclusion in housing interventions, such as HF.

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Winton, Sue. "Coordinating Policy Layers of School Fundraising in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: An Institutional Ethnography." Educational Policy 33, no. 1 (October 23, 2018): 44–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0895904818807331.

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In this article, I report findings from an investigation into the politics and coordination of school fundraising in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Theoretically grounded in institutional ethnography and critical policy analysis, the study began from the standpoint of parents asked to give money to their children’s school(s). I show how provincial and TDSB funding, parent involvement, fundraising, and school council policies organize parents’ experience of school fundraising. I also explore how participating in fundraising enables parents to meet neoliberal expectations of a “good parent” and how through their efforts to secure advantages for their children, fundraising parents are accomplices in the privatization of public education. I conclude by discussing possibilities for intervention into the social organization of school fundraising in TDSB schools.

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Greenfield, Emily, and Nancy Berlinger. "Research to Strengthen Policy, Practice, and Advocacy on Housing for Aging Societies." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 708–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2492.

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Abstract Population aging alongside other global trends—such as urbanization, widening economic inequality, and climate change—accelerate the need for systematic efforts to improve housing for diverse individuals, families, and communities as they age. This symposium features gerontological research explicitly designed to advance policy, practice, and advocacy on aging and housing. The first presentation demonstrates the use of data from U.S. surveys to better characterize the nature of current and future challenges in access to affordable, accessible, and safe housing for older adults. The second paper presents findings from a mixed-methods action research project in Toronto involving tenants living in properties managed by the second largest senior housing provider in North America. The paper indicates how findings on facilitators and threats to aging in place directly inform policy implementation on integrated services in Toronto. The third paper presents findings from a longitudinal, in-depth interview study with leaders of age-friendly community initiatives in suburban New Jersey, demonstrating the simultaneous challenges and opportunities of embedding housing advocacy at the local level within broader age-friendly community change efforts. The fourth paper presents three case studies based on interviews with key stakeholders involved with anti-displacement housing preservation and public housing organizing in New York City, highlighting the often invisible work of older, lower income, African American women at the center of advocacy efforts to preserve affordable housing. Guided by interdisciplinary critical work on ethical responses to population aging, the discussant will integrate themes from the papers to propose a framework for research, policy, practice, and advocacy.

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Kulisek, Larry, and Trevor Price. "Ontario Municipal Policy Affecting Local Autonomy: A Case Study Involving Windsor and Toronto." Articles 16, no. 3 (August 7, 2013): 255–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1017734ar.

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During the first great burst of urban growth in Canada from the beginning of the 20th century and on into the 1920s it was generally the municipalities, either singly or collectively, which fostered policy innovation and new services. Provinces generally did little at that time, either to foster new policies or rein in local autonomy. It was only after the economic setbacks of the depression and a renewed spirit of urban development after 1945 that provincial direction over municipalities became much more significant. This paper is a case study of two major policy crises which threatened the viability of the whole municipal system in Ontario. In the 1930s the Border Cities (Metropolitan Windsor) faced bankruptcy and economic collapse and placed in jeopardy the credit of the province. In the early 1950s the inability of Metropolitan Toronto to create area-wide solutions to severe servicing problems threatened to stall the main engine of provincial growth. The case study demonstrates how a reluctant provincial government intervened to create new metropolitan arrangements for the two areas and accompanied this with a greatly expanded structure of provincial oversight including a strengthened Ontario Municipal Board and a specific department to handle municipal affairs. The objective of the policy was to bolster local government rather than to narrow municipal autonomy.

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Mullally, Sasha. "Health Care Practitioners: An Ontario Study in Policy-Making Patricia O'ReillyHealth Care Practitioners: An Ontario Study in Policy-Making Patricia O'Reilly Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, 432 p., $24.95." Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 19, no. 1 (April 2002): 293–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cbmh.19.1.293.

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Khan, Mehedi, and Douglas Young. "When “Just Right” Is Not Right: Pushing back against austerity in Toronto." Radical Housing Journal 1, no. 1 (April 4, 2019): 211–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.54825/jxnk4028.

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In Toronto, selected social housing communities are being ‘revitalized’ in partnership with the private sector. This move is widely embraced by policymakers, politicians and social service agencies all of whom applaud its utility in transforming neighbourhoods of concentrated poverty into mixed-income communities. However, residents and community groups criticize this form of top-down neoliberal governance as regulating the morality of space. We explore here the met and unmet demands of residents of three social housing communities targeted for revitalization in Toronto, and highlight resident wins and losses and share lessons for housing activists involved in other similar situations. We see this provocation as part of a multi-scalar push back against austerity in housing. Specifically, while the 2008 crisis did not directly affect Canadian housing, it did play a role in solidifying austerity-as-common-sense as the over-arching frame of neoliberal governance at the local, provincial and national scales. As the examples in this article underscore, this has had significant and damaging impacts on hegemonic housing policy, with government action on housing being strategically limited in ambition.

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HACKWORTH, JASON, and ABIGAIL MORIAH. "Neoliberalism, Contingency and Urban Policy: The Case of Social Housing in Ontario." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 30, no. 3 (September 2006): 510–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00675.x.

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Evans, Allison. "Tent encampments in Toronto, Canada: Excavating Northern housing informalities." Radical Housing Journal 4, no. 2 (December 21, 2022): 25–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.54825/zxlp1314.

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This paper examines the ambiguities of municipal state regulation in relation to the dwelling practices of Toronto’s unhoused population. This paper argues tent encampments are a persistent mode of urban informality in the global North, where tents and other small structures provide a source of housing, particularly in cities with limited housing options. Using the City of Toronto as a case study, this paper analyzes how urban informality is reproduced and mediated by state policies, protocols, and actors. The findings suggest the local state—at times ambiguous and negotiated relative to an array of actors, property relations, and desirable formalities—routinely clears encampments from public property. The city’s enforcement and regulatory regime often removes tent encampments without rehousing people, thus contributing to cyclical patterns of informal urbanization. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research to better understand the similarities, differences, and nuances of this mode of urban informality in global North cities and to open the regulatory and policy field to options beyond criminalization.

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Skaburskis, Andrejs, and Diana Mok. "The Impact of Withdrawing Subsidies for New Rental Housing: Projections for Toronto and the Rest of Ontario." Housing Studies 15, no. 2 (March 2000): 169–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673030082342.

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Sheppard, Christine, Tam Perry, Andrea Austen, and Sander Hitzig. "Promoting Aging in Place in Social Housing." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2494.

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Abstract As cities around the globe plan for current and future older cohorts, there is a need to explore innovative housing models to help older adults age in place. This paper presents findings from an action-research academic/community partnership on a new service model at Toronto Community Housing, the second largest social housing landlord in North America and home to 27,000 older adults. As Toronto works to improve delivery of housing/support services, more knowledge was needed to understand the inadequate and inconsistent delivery of services to tenants. Interviews/focus groups with older tenants and service providers (N=116) identified challenges related to unit condition (e.g., pest control) and tenancy management (e.g., arrears), and that the fragmentation of housing and health services negatively impacts older tenants’ abilities to access supports and age in place. The presentation will conclude with discussion of planning and policy decision making approaches relevant to both Canadian and American contexts.

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Hachem, Laureen D., George Kourtis, Swapna Mylabathula, and Charles H. Tator. "Experience with Canada’s First Policy on Concussion Education and Management in Schools." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques 43, no. 4 (May 4, 2016): 554–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2016.41.

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AbstractBackground: In response to the rising incidence of concussions among children and adolescents, the province of Ontario recently introduced the Ontario Policy/Program Memorandum on Concussions (PPM No. 158) requiring school boards to develop a concussion protocol. As this is the first policy of its kind in Canada, the impact of the PPM is not yet known. Methods: An electronic survey was sent to all high school principals in the Toronto District School Board 1 year after announcement of the PPM. Questions covered extent of student, parent, and staff concussion education along with concussion management protocols. Results: Of 109 high school principals contacted, 39 responded (36%). Almost all schools provided concussion education to students (92%), with most education delivered through physical education classes. Nearly all schools had return to play (92%) and return to learn (77%) protocols. Although 85% of schools educated staff on concussions, training was aimed at individuals involved in sports/physical education. Only 43.6% of schools delivered concussion education to parents, and many principals requested additional resources in this area. Conclusions: One year after announcement of the PPM, high schools in the Toronto District School Board implemented significant student concussion education programs and management protocols. Staff training and parent education required further development. A series of recommendations are provided to aid in future concussion policy development.

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Baskin2, Cyndy. "Aboriginal Youth Talk About Structural Determinants as the Causes of Their Homelessness1." First Peoples Child & Family Review 14, no. 1 (August 31, 2020): 94–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1071289ar.

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This article explores structural determinants as possible causes of the homelessness of Aboriginal youth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It includes a brief literature review and provides some of the findings of a recent research project, which implemented an Aboriginal research methodology with homeless youth in Toronto. These findings point to a strong link between Aboriginal children growing up in poverty and involvement in child welfare and becoming homeless as a youth. Suggestions for positive change at the policy-level are offered in order to prevent the next generation of Aboriginal children growing up to become homeless youth.

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Baskin, Cyndy. "Aboriginal Youth Talk about Structural Determinants as the Causes of their Homelessness." First Peoples Child & Family Review 3, no. 3 (May 19, 2020): 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1069395ar.

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This article explores structural determinants as possible causes of the homelessness of Aboriginal youth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It includes a brief literature review and provides some of the ﬁndings of a recent research project, which implemented an Aboriginal research methodology with homeless youth in Toronto. These ﬁndings point to a strong link between Aboriginal children growing up in poverty and involvement in child welfare and becoming homeless as youth. Suggestions for positive change at the policy level are offered in order to prevent the next generation of Aboriginal children growing up to become homeless youth.

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Honzawa, Ayako, and Masato Dohi. "The policy linkage of the municipal and provincial government brought by the Food Policy Council in Toronto, Ontario." Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan 53, no. 3 (October 25, 2018): 372–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.53.372.

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Hitzig, Sander, Christine Sheppard, and Andrea Austen. "Using Implementation Science to Support a Research and Public Policy Sector Older Adult Social Housing Partnership." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.365.

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Abstract One quarter of the residents in the City of Toronto is comprised of older adults, and this number is expected to continue to grow dramatically over the next few decades. The development of evidence-based interventions to meet the health and social care needs of Toronto’s aging population can be hampered by failing to account for broader implementation considerations that can adversely affect successful uptake. The present initiative provides a case-example of a research and public policy sector partnership that used an implementation approach to co-design an older adult social housing model for low-income older adult groups. Implementation science is the study of the uptake of research evidence into practice. Our team used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to support the planning, implementation and evaluation process of a new social housing model for older adults by: 1) identifying all relevant stakeholders; 2) generating evidence via qualitative interviews/focus groups, a scoping review, secondary data analysis, and an environmental scan; 3) facilitating large scale stakeholder consultation events with older adults, front-line practitioners and other community agencies; 4) supporting the development of an evaluation framework; and 5) providing opportunities for knowledge exchange and transfer across each phase of the initiative. An implementation science approach has augmented the ability of the City of Toronto to optimize the co-creation of housing strategies aimed at improving the overall wellness of vulnerable older adults living in social housing. Further, a number of valuable lessons were learned on how to foster successful research and public policy relationships.

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Gazso, Amber. "Dueling discourses, power, and the construction of the recovering addict: When social assistance confronts addiction in Toronto, Canada." Critical Social Policy 40, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 130–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261018319839158.

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In this article, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of policy documents and in-depth interviews with seven caseworkers and 28 benefit recipients to explore how two discourses, ‘work first’ and ‘distance from the labour market,’ inform how persons living with addiction access and then experience social assistance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Drawing in Foucauldian insights on power, I reveal the conceptualisation of benefit recipients’ eligibility for Ontario Works through these two discourses and how this is replete with ideological assumptions and disciplining power relations, constitutive of a subject position of ‘the recovering addict’, and suggestive of social control implications. I argue that the coercion and regulation of benefit recipients’ lives on Ontario Works has not disappeared but transmuted for Torontonians living with addiction, and conclude by considering the governance of this population as biopower.

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Mensah, Joseph, and Christopher J. Williams. "Socio-structural Injustice, Racism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Precarious Entanglement among Black Immigrants in Canada." Studies in Social Justice 16, no. 1 (January 24, 2022): 123–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.26522/ssj.v16i1.2690.

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As several commentators and researchers have noted since late spring 2020, COVID-19 has laid bare the connections between entrenched structurally generated inequalities on one hand, and on the other hand relatively high degrees of susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 on the part of economically marginalized population segments. Far from running along the tracks of race neutrality, studies have demonstrated that the pandemic is affecting Black people more than Whites in the U.S.A. and U.K., where reliable racially-disaggregated data are available. While the situation in Canada seems to follow the same pattern, race-specific data on COVID-19 are hard to come by. At present, there is no federal mandate to collect race-based data on COVID-19, though, in Ontario, at the municipal level, the City of Toronto has been releasing such data. This paper examines the entanglements of race, immigration status and the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada with particular emphasis on Black immigrants and non-immigrants in Toronto, using multiple forms of data pertaining to income, housing, immigration, employment and COVID-19 infections and deaths. Our findings show that the pandemic has had a disproportionate negative impact on Black people and other racialized people in Toronto and, indeed, Canada.

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Hicks, Lisa K., Patrick O’Brien, Michelle Sholzberg, Nicole Veloce, Anne Trafford, and Doug Sinclair. "Tackling overutilization of hospital tests and treatments: Lessons learned from a grassroots approach." Healthcare Management Forum 31, no. 5 (August 22, 2018): 186–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0840470418781172.

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Recent data suggest unnecessary medical testing and treatment is relatively common in Canada. A number of harms to patients can arise as a result of unnecessary tests and treatments. In addition to patient harm, unnecessary tests and treatments add to the cost of medical care. Inspired by the Choosing Wisely campaign, St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, developed a hospital-wide program to address many different forms of overutilization at our hospital. The program prioritizes harm reduction over cost-containment and aims to create sustainable change through grassroots clinician engagement. This article will review important lessons learned from the St. Michael’s experience.

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MacDonald, Susan K., J. Edna Beange, and Peter C. H. Blackford. "Planning for Strategic Change? A Participative Planning Approach for Community Hospitals." Healthcare Management Forum 5, no. 3 (October 1992): 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0840-4704(10)61213-6.

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Strategic planning is becoming to hospitals what business case analysis is to private corporations. In fact, this type of planning is becoming essential for the professional management of Ontario hospitals. The participative strategic planning process at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is an example of how a professionally structured and implemented strategic planning process can be successfully developed and implemented in a community hospital. In this article, the environmental factors driving planning are reviewed and the critical success factors for the development and implementation of a strategic plan are examined in the context of TEGH's experience.

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Foreman-Mackey, Annie, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Miroslav Miskovic, Gillian Kolla, and Carol Strike. "‘It's our safe sanctuary’: Experiences of using an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Ontario." International Journal of Drug Policy 73 (November 2019): 135–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.019.

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Helferty, Natalie. ""Localization": A means to reduce negative transportation impacts in the "natural city"." Ekistics and The New Habitat 71, no. 427-429 (December 1, 2004): 233–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e200471427-429193.

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The author runs "Natural Heritage Consulting" in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She is a former Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University having taught Applied Ecology as a joint program between the School of Occupational and Public Health and the School of Urban and Regional Planning. She has provided environmental policy input on government initiatives such as the formation of the Greenbelt around the City of Toronto in her capacity as a member of the Province of Ontario's Greenbelt Task Force. The text that follows is a revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the Natural City conference - "Success Stories" - organized by the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto from 31 May to 2 June, 2006.

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Nichols, Naomi, and Jessica Braimoh. "Community Safety, Housing Precariousness and Processes of Exclusion: An Institutional Ethnography from the Standpoints of Youth in an ‘Unsafe’ Urban Neighbourhood." Critical Sociology 44, no. 1 (August 29, 2016): 157–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0896920516658941.

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Using the alternative sociological approach, institutional ethnography, this article reveals how experiences growing up in social housing (re)produce conditions of oppression that exacerbate housing precariousness and other forms of exclusion. Data were generated through participant observation, textual analysis and in-depth qualitative interviews with Young People of Colour living in vulnerable urban neighbourhoods, designated as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas in Toronto, Canada. Findings reveal how discourse, policy and practice related to community safety comprise an institutional nexus, connecting policing with social housing. These intersectional institutional relations create conditions of continuous housing precarity; youth street involvement and homelessness; increased involvement in the youth criminal justice system; and a belief among economically marginalized Young People of Colour that the state does not care about their safety and inclusion.

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Mbuagbaw, Lawrence, Wangari Tharao, Winston Husbands, Laron E. Nelson, Muna Aden, Keresa Arnold, Shamara Baidoobonso, et al. "A/C study protocol: a cross-sectional study of HIV epidemiology among African, Caribbean and Black people in Ontario." BMJ Open 10, no. 7 (July 2020): e036259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036259.

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IntroductionAfrican, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities are disproportionately infected by HIV in Ontario, Canada. They constitute only 5% of the population of Ontario yet account for 25% of new diagnoses of HIV. The aim of this study is to understand underlying factors that augment the HIV risk in ACB communities and to inform policy and practice in Ontario.Methods and analysisWe will conduct a cross-sectional study of first-generation and second-generation ACB adults aged 15–64 in Toronto (n=1000) and Ottawa (n=500) and collect data on sociodemographic information, sexual behaviours, substance use, blood donation, access and use of health services and HIV-related care. We will use dried blood spot testing to determine the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection among ACB people, and link participant data to administrative databases to investigate health service access and use. Factors associated with key outcomes (HIV infection, testing behaviours, knowledge about HIV transmission and acquisition, HIV vulnerability, access and use of health services) will be evaluated using generalised linear mixed models, adjusted for relevant covariates.Ethics and disseminationThis study has been reviewed and approved by the following Research Ethics Boards: Toronto Public Health, Ottawa Public Health, Laurentian University; the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto. Our findings will be disseminated as community reports, fact sheets, digital stories, oral and poster presentations, peer-reviewed manuscripts and social media.

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Axler, Helena, Gail J. Donner, Ene Underwood, and Laura Van de Bogart. "Planning for Complex Change: Insights from the Metro Toronto District Health Council Hospital Restructuring Project." Healthcare Management Forum 10, no. 2 (July 1997): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0840-4704(10)60877-0.

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Restructuring and large-scale organizational change have become facts of life in Ontario's health care sector in recent years. Nearly every jurisdiction in Ontario has undergone systemwide hospital restructuring studies, and individual hospitals have increasingly turned to large scale re-engineering processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. One example of planning for significant change was a hospital restructuring study undertaken by the Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council between 1993 and 1995. This article provides an overview of key insights gleaned from the project, including an analysis of the effectiveness and utility of some of the major planning strategies and tactics employed to realize project objectives. Given the organizational, process and communications issues faced by the study, many of the insights provided will be relevant to other groups engaged in planning for large-scale change processes, who face tough decision making in similarly complex environments.

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Munawar, M., M. Fitzpatrick, H. Niblock, and J. Lorimer. "Autotrophic and heterotrophic indicators of ecological impairment in Toronto Harbour and coastal Lake Ontario." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 21, no. 3 (July 3, 2018): 293–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2018.1508935.

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Labonte, Ronald. "Healthy Public Policy in Canada: A Survey of Ontario Health Professionals." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 9, no. 4 (January 1989): 321–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/efw1-bp4v-hvx1-mn37.

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“Healthy public policy” has become a catchphrase of the “new” health promotion. The concept, however, remains vague and lacking in practice. A survey of Ontario public health workers was conducted in June 1988, using the World Health Organization's Second Health Promotion Conference Declaration on Healthy Public Policy as a source of policy statements and action areas. Results are constrained by a low response rate (22.5%, N = 180), but indicate a high degree of support for healthy public policy concepts by senior level public health workers. Social environment policy issues (notably child poverty and unaffordable housing) are highest ranked priority issues, although physical environment (pollution) ranked most important when respondents were asked to choose a single issue. Lifestyle health issues are relatively low-ranked, although they remain priorities for action by respondents and their employers. The Canadian and Ontario Public Health Associations are thought to have the best analyses of healthy public policies, but are not seen as prominent policy actors. Government and media are considered weakest in their analysis of healthy public policy. Respondents' comments indicate a willingness to strengthen their role, and that of their health associations, in advocacy for healthy public policies.

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McKeever, Patricia D., Helen M. Scott, Mary L. Chipman, Katherine Osterlund, and Joan M. Eakin. "Hitting Home: A Survey of Housing Conditions of Homes Used for Long-Term Care in Ontario." International Journal of Health Services 36, no. 3 (July 2006): 521–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/764r-nqy9-rxev-3fgt.

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De Sousa, Christopher. "Trying to Smart-In-Up and Cleanup Our Act by Linking Regional Growth Planning, Brownfields Remediation, and Urban Infill in Southern Ontario Cities." Urban Planning 2, no. 3 (August 24, 2017): 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v2i3.1026.

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The reuse of brownfields as locations for urban intensification has become a core strategy in government sustainability efforts aimed at remediating pollution, curbing sprawl and prioritizing renewal, regeneration, and retrofitting. In Ontario, Canada’s most populous, industrialized, and brownfield-laden province, a suite of progressive policies and programs have been introduced to not only facilitate the assessment and remediation of the brownfields supply, but to also steer development demand away from peripheral greenfields and towards urban brownfields in a manner that considers a wider regional perspective. This article examines the character and extent of brownfields infill development that has taken place in three Ontario cities (Toronto, Waterloo, and Kingston) since the provincial policy shift in the early 2000s. Using property assessment data and cleanup records, the research finds that redevelopment activity has been extensive in both scale and character, particularly in Toronto where the real estate market has been strong. While the results are promising in terms of government efforts to promote smarter growth that builds “in and up” instead of out, they also reveal that government could be doing more to facilitate redevelopment and influence its sustainability character, particularly in weaker markets.

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Fallon, Barbara, Mark Kartusch, Joanne Filippelli, Nico Trocmé, Tara Black, Parlin Chan, Praveen Sawh, and Nicolette Joh-Carnella. "Ten Answers Every Child Welfare Agency Should Provide." International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience 6, no. 1 (May 7, 2020): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1069074ar.

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A university-child welfare agency partnership between the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and Highland Shores Children’s Aid (Highland Shores), a child welfare agency in Ontario, allowed for the identification and examination of ten questions to which every child welfare organization should know the answers. Using data primarily from the Ontario Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (OCANDS), members of the partnership were able to answer these key questions about the children and families served by Highland Shores and the services provided to children and families. The Ontario child welfare sector has experienced challenges in utilizing existing data sources to inform practice and policy. The results of this partnership illustrate how administrative data can be used to answer relevant, field-driven questions. Ultimately, the answers to these questions are valuable to the broader child welfare sector and can help to enhance agency accountability and improve services provided to vulnerable children and their families.

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Linovski, Orly. "Shifting Agendas: Private Consultants and Public Planning Policy." Urban Affairs Review 55, no. 6 (February 6, 2018): 1666–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087417752475.

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Despite concerns about the privatization of urban planning practices, there is little known about the professional actors involved in this restructuring. Private-sector consultants, though beholden to the same professional standards as public-sector employees, face competing pressures of an entrepreneurial fee-for-service business model. This article examines the role of planning consultants in shaping public policy agendas, by analyzing the redevelopment of Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario. Drawing from interview and archival data, I find that private-sector planning consultants had influence in prioritizing policy agendas by propagating the need for sped-up processes and allowing landowners to “pay for priority.” The fluidity of professionals between firms, sectors, and projects reinforced the perceived value and neutrality of consultant expertise. These strategies worked to erode the differences between public- and private-sector planning processes, resulting in a high degree of influence for development interests.

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Han, Lu, Chandler Lutz, Benjamin Sand, and Derek Stacey. "The Effects of a Targeted Financial Constraint on the Housing Market." Review of Financial Studies 34, no. 8 (April 20, 2021): 3742–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhab047.

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Abstract We study how financial constraints affect the housing market by exploiting a regulatory change that increases the down payment requirement for homes selling for $\$$1M or more. Using Toronto data, we find that the policy causes excess bunching of homes listed at $\$$1M and heightened bidding intensity for these homes, but only a muted response in sales. While difficult to reconcile in a frictionless market, these findings are consistent with the implications derived from an equilibrium search model with auctions and financial constraints. Our analysis points to the importance of designing macroprudential policies that recognize the strategic responses of market participants.

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Pamidimukkala, Anupya, Fei Dong, Jessica Ip, and Pamela Zeng. "Diving into Debt: A Study on Factors Related to Debt Risk Score in Toronto." STEM Fellowship Journal 2, no. 1 (July 1, 2016): 22–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.17975/sfj-2016-005.

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This study aimed to find the correlations between data found regarding debt risk and the 140 neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario. Debt risk was compared with select variables from available data, including education, health, environment, housing, economics, demographics, transportation, recreation, and safety. The purpose of this study was to help civilians and the government identify possible factors that lead to higher debt risk, as well as find solutions to reduce it. The data was retrieved from Open Data Toronto. A simple linear regression model was built to determine the factors that have a seemingly great correlation with debt risk. It was concluded that the percentage of people who receive social assistance, the percentage of people who applied for rent banks, and the number of reported sexual assaults in a neighbourhood had a positive correlation with increased debt risk. The result is that an age-adjusted rate of people who received breast cancer screening had a negative correlation with increased debt risk. Through the results, several solutions could be proposed to reduce debt risk. More education on safety and health can enable citizens to become more responsible and aware of their financial state. Giving other forms of aid that are not monetary may be beneficial in helping people get out of debt and become more financially independent.

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Yau, Matthew, Christine Sheppard, Jocelyn Charles, Andrea Austen, and Sander Hitzig. "Delivery of Community Support Services for Older Adults in Social Housing." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 910–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3348.

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Abstract Community support services are an integral component of aging in place. In social housing, older adult tenants struggle to access these services due to the siloed nature of housing and health services. This study aims to describe the relationship between community support services and social housing for older adults and examine ways to optimize delivery. Data on government-funded community support services delivered to 74 seniors’ social housing buildings in Toronto, Ontario was analyzed. Neighbourhood profile data for each building was also collected, and correlational analyses were used to examine the link between neighbourhood characteristics and service delivery. Fifty-six community agencies provided 5,976 units of services across 17 service categories, most commonly mental health supports, case management and congregate dining. On average, each building was supported by nine agencies that provided 80 units of service across 10 service categories. Buildings in neighbourhoods with a higher proportion of low-income older adults had more agencies providing on-site services (r = .275, p < .05), while those in neighbourhoods with more immigrants (r = -.417, p < .01), non-English speakers (r = -.325, p < .01), and visible minorities (r = -.381, p < .01) received fewer services. Findings point to a lack of coordination between service providers, with multiple agencies offering duplicative services within the same building. Vulnerable seniors from equity-seeking groups, including those who do not speak English and recent immigrants, may be excluded from many services, and future service delivery for seniors should strive to address disparities in availability and access.

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McDougall, Andrew. "Comparing Quebec and Ontario: Political Economy and Public Policy at the Turn of the Millennium Rodney Haddow Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015, pp. 392." Canadian Journal of Political Science 51, no. 1 (November 16, 2017): 193–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423917001081.

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Chin, Anchor, Andy Lai, and Joseph Y. J. Chow. "Nonadditive Public Transit Fare Pricing Under Congestion with Policy Lessons from a Case Study in Toronto, Ontario, Canada." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2544, no. 1 (January 2016): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2544-04.

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Fulthorpe, Roberta R. "Woodshock Forestry Conference, held at the Holiday Inn—Downtown Toronto, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during 17–19 October 1985." Environmental Conservation 13, no. 1 (1986): 83–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900036055.

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