1st Jun, 2009

St. James Town Festival!

Come join us for fun in the sun on Saturday June 13th, starting at 9:00am!
There will be lots of food and activities for people of all ages.
The festivities will be located on Bleeker Street, behind the Wellesley Community Centre.

Should permanent residents who are not Canadian citizens have the right to vote in municipal elections?
Join Mayor David Miller, Councillor Janet Davis and an international panel to discuss
the question.
Date: Wednesday June 10, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber
City Hall
100 Queen Street W.
For more information or to request accommodation: 416-397-0443

Do you wonder how decisions affecting your neighbourhood are made?
Wish you were more involved in your community and the city?
If you have questions, we have answers.
The City of Toronto invites you to learn about your City government through the first Toronto Civics 101 program, starting this fall. In just six sessions you can find out […]

Join fellow St. James Town residents, the St. James Town Neighbourhood Action Group and the St. James Town Safety Committee to help beautify the neighbourhood. Come help out on Mayor David Miller’s Community Clean-up Day on Saturday, April 25. People will be meeting at the 275 Bleeker Street building at 11am!  See you there!

We’re looking for the GTA’s future political leaders

“The power of political training is the power that we need to create a just and equitable society.”Zahra Dhanani, 2008 School4Civics participant

Do you dream of transforming your community through politics?
DiverseCity: School4Civics can help.
Through workshops, networking events, webinars and teleseminars, this nine-month program trains and mentors promising leaders […]

Through a Community Mapping process, newcomer residents’ views were gathered, compiled and then shared with the larger community in an effort to communicate perspectives and invite further community conversations. Information was gathered through individual hand drawn maps. The eighteen hand drawn maps are supported with a narrative in the words of the map maker that […]

The first research report work of The Wellesley Institute’s St. James Town Initiative: Neighbourhood and Health, Tackling Inequity through a Community Based Initiative on the Social Determinants of Health. This Photo Voice project demonstrates that newcomer residents’ health and wellbeing are affected at the neighbourhood level, and by factors that are largely not within the […]

13th Nov, 2008

City Hall Round Table

On November 13th, the SJT Working Group ‘SJT Residents for a Healthier Neighbourhood’  presented the main findings from the Photo Voice, Community Mapping and Concept Mapping projects to Toronto City Hall officials. There were 16 individuals representing the different departments in attendance.
 If you would like to view the presentation and report, please click on Research […]

Community Voices Photo Exhibit at Toronto City Hall Rotunda: A Vision Come True
 

The St. James Town (SJT) Initiative ‘Community Voices’ Photo Exhibit which ran from September 23-26th at City Hall was a big success!  The display of St. James Town resident’s ideas and perceptions of their neighbourhood and its implications on health captured through Photo […]

11th Apr, 2008

The Flowers

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A resident of St. James Town, Toronto, speaks about a photo she took, using a bouquet of flowers as a metaphor for Canadian society.