Social and Community Economic Development Planning in Toronto

“Social and Community Economic Development Planning” is a BSI project is comprised of four internships associated with four non-profit partner organizations engaged in organizing, advocacy and planning for affordable housing and community supports in low-income, racialized and marginalized neighborhoods. The shared context for this work is the ongoing gentrification in downtown Toronto , coupled with displacement pressures associated with transit-led redevelopment in suburban regions of the GTA. Two projects entail research that will support the partner in developing community benefits strategies associated with major infrastructure redevelopments. Two focus more explicitly on researching possibilities for supporting the development of community land trusts that could take land off the market in perpetuity and preserve affordability for low-income residents and businesses as well as social enterprises. The partner organizations, who are among Canada’s leading practitioners of community economic development, will benefit from background research to support strategic planning, popular education and engagement of low-income and marginalized constituencies.

Faculty Supervisor:

Katharine Rankin;Lindsay Stephens;Jason Spicer

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Partner:

Black Urbanism Toronto;North York Community House;Jane/Finch Centre;The Neighbourhood Land Trust

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

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