Advancing Our City is a dynamic, ongoing conversation that began at the ELNstudio in December 2009. ELNers and experienced city-builders identified emerging issues in the Greater Toronto Area, and the key challenges and ideas that came out of this conversation will inform both the ELN’s initiatives and the 2011 Toronto City Summit.
Find the latest reports, articles, and other information on the future of the Toronto region here.
Boston Consulting Group: Partnership and Action: Mobilizing Toronto’s Financial Sector for Global Advantage
Commissioned by the Toronto Financial Services Working Group. Executive summary pp.7-10.
The Conference Board of Canada: Leaders on Leadership: Mayo Schmidt—An Organization Built to Change
The Leaders on Leadership series synthesizes Canadian leaders’ insights. As President and CEO of Viterra Inc., Mayo Schmidt believes that the leader’s primary role is to set the standard for the organization in terms of ethics, integrity, and values.
Frontline Partners with Youth Network: Frontline Systems of Support (F-SOS) Project (executive summary)
The F-SOS project aims to identify gaps in organizational support as well as promising practices for appropriately addressing frontline workers’ experiences of grief and trauma. Full report here.
Greening Greater Toronto: Stepping Up for a Greener, Greater Toronto
A roadmap for making the GTA the greenest city region in North America.
Martin Prosperity Institute: Getting to Work: Strength in Services
Presentation on the service sector at the national, provincial, and local level.
Martin Prosperity Institute: Service Class Prosperity in Ontario
Working paper series: Ontario in the creative age. Executive summary p.3
Martin Prosperity Institute: Low Wage Service Workers: A Profile
Working paper series: Ontario in the creative age. Executive summary p.3
Martin Prosperity Institute: Supersized and Precarious: The Service Class in Canada
If policy makers wish to secure future prosperity, an understanding of the issues facing service workers, the country’s largest group of workers, is vital.
Metrolinx: The Big Move: Transforming Transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (preface)
Regional transportation plan adopted November 2008. Full report here.
Metrolinx: The Big Move: Mobility Hubs
Backgrounder on mobility hubs as potentially vibrant places of connectivity, activity, and destination.
Metrolinx: Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area School Travel Household Attitudinal Study
Backgrounder on issues surrounding children and youth travel.
Ministry of the Environment: Climate Change Action Plan: Annual Report 2008-09
The Ontario government’s response to climate change. Introduction pp.3-6.
Toronto Community Foundation: Toronto’s Vital Signs (Toronto Star edition)
Toronto’s Vital Signs provides a snapshot of trends in our city, highlighting progress we should be proud of and challenges that need to be addressed for quality of life.
Wolfe, David A.: 21st Century Cities in Canada: The Geography of Innovation
2009 CIBC Scholar-in-Residence David A. Wolfe examines the social, political, and economic dimensions of Canada’s city-regions, and the way these factors influence urban development and success.
