Common Ground - Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity (Toronto)

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Common Ground - Schools as Community Hubs: The Vision, The Challenge, The Opportunity (Toronto)

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Friday 24 September 2010, 09:00 - 17:00

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Social Planning Toronto Symposium

In Toronto, a variety of organizations and individuals, from Cabinet Ministers to Mayoral candidates, from Boards of Education to staunch critics of the educational status quo, have been promoting the concept of schools as community hubs. Three years ago, Social Planning Toronto hosted the Schools@theCentre conference to focus on the central role of schools in communities. On Friday, September 24, we will have an opportunity to bring together a broad range of individuals and organizations to continue that conversation, exploring the diverse visions for schools in community, the barriers which exist to progress, and the opportunities which currently exist to make progress toward a reality in which schools are at the heart of their communities.

Sessions topics:

Exploring Visions: What’s on the Table
If Hubs are the Solution, What’s the Problem?
Barriers and Opportunities
Creating Realities: Discussion and Recommendations

Speakers will include:

Ranu Basu, Associate Professor of Geography, York University
Cassie Bell, Coordinator, Inner City Advisory Committee, TDSB
Denise Campbell, Director Community Resources, City of Toronto
David Clandfield, Immediate Past Principal New College, University of Toronto, and Former Trustee, Toronto Board of Education
Cathy Dandy, Director, Parent and Youth Engagement, Kinark Child & Family Services and Trustee, Toronto District School Board
Diane Dyson, Manager of Planning and Research, WoodGreen Community Services
Annie Kidder, Executive Director, People for Education
Hugh Mackenzie, Economic Policy Consultant, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Ginelle Skerrit, Executive Director, Warden Woods Community Centre
Chris Spence, Director of Education, Toronto District School Board

Refreshments, lunch and post-conference reception included

Conference registration is free.
Advance registration is required. (Registration deadline is September 15, or when capacity is reached. Space is limited.)
To register, please register on line at http://socialplanningtoronto.org/news/register-for-common-ground-schools-as-community-hubs-the-vision-the-challenge-the-opportunity/ OR send completed registration form to Social Planning Toronto, 2 Carlton St, Suite 1001 Toronto, ON M5B 1J3 OR call 416-351-0095 ext. 251 for more information. All registrations will be confirmed by e-mail.
This event is wheelchair accessible. Social Planning Toronto is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please inidicate any particular accommodation requirements when registering.