Scarborough Civic Action Network (SCAN)
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The Scarborough Civic Action Network (SCAN) is a non-partisan network that supports civic engagement activities across Scarborough to address inequities.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined July 2012
Looking for work? Want to boost your job search skills? Join our FREE Virtual Employment Skills Workshop 🖥️ Sept 30 | 6-8 PM | Online ✅ Résumé & interview tips ✅ Job search strategies ✅ Labour market insights Register: https://t.co/dPPhqFy0Eo
#Scarborough #EmploymentSupport
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We’re hosting an engaging capacity-building event focused on all things employment; resume building, cover letter writing, entrepreneurship and navigating the Canadian job market. We will be bringing...
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📣 SCAN is launching a city-wide safety campaign! We’re asking Scarborough: What makes you feel safe (& and what makes you feel unsafe?) Share your voice here: https://t.co/XLjJJHxL4K
#ScarboroughSpeaks
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Toronto is proposing zoning changes to bring back neighbourhood shops & services - cafés, barbers, small stores, even expanded home-based businesses. Will this make communities more vibrant, or raise concerns about traffic & noise? Share your thoughts: https://t.co/mf2hx6hgRJ
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On Aug 27, SCAN hosted a Community Safety Event with @SCHCOnt, @TPS41Div & @Fernie_Youth. Safety and its many forms is at the core of a thriving, healthy community, and we are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to listen to resident and partner voices.
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NEXT THURSDAY: Renoviction By-Law Infosession! Join TAC + the Toronto Housing Secretariat for an infosession on your rights and legal responses when faced with a Renoviction. Sign up in our link below or email us at tac@torontotenants.org https://t.co/16yHOWgXjE
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📢 Join us for the Community Safety Dialogue on Aug 27, 6–8 PM at Dorset Park Hub (1911 Kennedy Rd, Unit 105, Scarborough). 🗣Share your ideas, connect with neighbours & local orgs, and help build a safer, stronger community. Register Here: https://t.co/me4Vn8UlY1
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We’re hosting an engaging community event focused on bringing together local organizations, residents, and service providers to foster dialogue, share resources, and promote collective action toward...
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Over a year into Toronto’s Multi-Tenant Houses Framework, critical action is needed to prevent displacement and protect affordable housing. Our feedback to the City calls for a human rights-based approach to ensure safe, secure and affordable homes:
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Toronto Life recently featured the federal government’s $80 million commitment to building a new nine-storey rental residence in Toronto’s Bedford Park, including 43 affordable units for renters earning below the city’s median household income. Our Manager of Policy, Sara Beyer,
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RENOVICTIONS are pushing renters out of their homes, but you have rights! Join us Aug 6 in Scarborough for a free workshop with FMTA, CCHR & R2HTO on how to fight back, spot violations, and stay housed. Register: https://t.co/GZ1L3ENFGd
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Renting in Toronto? Know your rights & your landlord’s responsibilities. RentSafeTO helps ensure apartment buildings are maintained and safe to live in. RentSafeTO Website: https://t.co/yrQsBy67V6 Interactive Building Score Map: https://t.co/zuoCrz104p
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Apartment buildings that are three or more storeys and 10 or more units are required to register with the City’s RentSafeTO program and undergo building evaluations at least once every two years....
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This means... 🔁 Tenants have the right to return 💰 Compensation for tenants is required ⚠️ Fines for landlords up to $100K for violations Protecting renters. Holding landlords accountable. #TOpoli #Renovictions
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Toronto’s new Renoviction Bylaw takes effect July 31, 2025 - Landlords must now get a licence before evicting tenants for renovations (N13).
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Frontline workers! Join us Monday, July 28 @ 10 AM for Housing on the Line: Introduction to Rent Arrears - a free Zoom workshop for those supporting tenants at risk of eviction. Register: https://t.co/Z86AIGESpK
#TenantRights #EvictionPrevention #HousingJustice #TorontoHousing
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It’s time to reconnect! Join SCAN’s Championing Youth Safety community dialogue on July 23 @ 6PM. Let’s talk, listen, and build something better, together. 📍 ACSA Community Services - Dorset Park Community Hub, Scarborough (Unit 105 - 1911 Kennedy Road, Scarborough, M1P 2L9)
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At the same time, needs have skyrocketed. 1 in 5 Torontonians said they couldn’t afford enough food. 1 in 4 said their income isn't enough to get by. Well-being has declined across all groups.
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📉 Volunteering dropped from 37% to 25% 📉 Donations dropped from 75% to 63% 📉 Group participation cut nearly in half That’s 300,000 fewer donors, $180M lost, and 36 million volunteer hours gone, in just four years!!!
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When was the last time you showed up for your community, not online, but in person? Civic engagement in Toronto is in crisis. Volunteering, donations, group participation... all way down since 2018. (Source: Toronto Social Capital Study 2022)
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📉 Volunteering dropped from 37% to 25% 📉 Donations dropped from 75% to 63% 📉 Group participation cut nearly in half That’s 300,000 fewer donors, $180M lost, and 36 million volunteer hours gone... in just four years.
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Katherine Grzejszczak was dismissed from her role at York Region after sharing peaceful political views online. No one should lose their job over constitutionally protected speech. Public accountability matters. #FreeSpeech #CdnPoli Read more here:
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TORONTO – CUPE Ontario is calling out City of Vaughan politicians for overreach in the firing of a long-serving York Region paramedic and for subjecting a dedicated employee to trial by social media....
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The Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan is headed to Community Council on July 8, 2025 🏙️ 📄 Agenda Item SC24.3: https://t.co/7VRPMffP3V Thanks to everyone who shared their voice! 💬 #ScarbTO #CityPlanning
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