Building Networks to Shake Up Systems
Social Planning Toronto (SPT)
SPT is a nonprofit charitable community organization in operation for over 60 years, that challenges inequity in Toronto — through knowledge generation, debate, civic engagement, advocacy and collaboration — to spark social and policy change.
Toronto has the third-highest child poverty rate (14.7%) among large urban centres in Canada; in the Toronto Centre ward, 25.6% of families experience poverty.
Source: Statistics Canada 2021
SPT works with more than 100 partners to engage thousands of community members and groups across the city in social and economic justice issues. This includes: advocating for the human right to housing; affordable housing; strengthened community services; poverty reduction; gender, disability, and racial justice; and an equitable and inclusive City budget.
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Top Right: Social Planning Toronto supported the work of community ambassadors like Charles Zhu (left) and Kashmira Dhamani (right) through a series of trainings and providing a space for them to connect, network and support each other.
Bottom Left: Neighbourhood Summit at Metro Hall (November 2019). Photo taken by Malik Cox
We acknowledge we are on the traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. While Indigenous communities in Toronto remain strong, vibrant, and resilient, they need support to address and overcome the impact of colonialism and systemic inequalities. Furthering Indigenous reconciliation and sovereignty are integral to achieving a more fair and just society where everyone can thrive.
We aim to be an ally and to fund local Indigenous organizations.