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Author(s): Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, TDRC
Organization: TDRC
Publication Date: 2008
Toronto Disaster Relief Committee; TDRC
GRADES: Grade 11 Law, Grade 10 Civics, Grade 11 IAPS, Grade 12 Challenge and Change, Grade 9-12 Health and Physical Education (Mental Health unit*can also be included in elementary HPE resources)
Complete website available (http://tdrc.net/resources/public/TeachingGuide.htm)
Includes lesson plan ideas and community orientated research activities
Includes links to reading comprehension activities
Text-to-te...
Author(s): Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, TDRC
Organization: TDRC
Publication Date: 2008
Division: Primary
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education
Complete website available (http://tdrc.net/resources/public/TeachingGuide.htm)
Includes lesson plan ideas and community orientated research activities
Includes links to reading comprehension activities
Text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world based questions and connections (Links to additional resource websites)
This curriculum is designed to assist th...
Author(s): C. Crowe, K. Hardill, TDRC
Publication Date: 1993
Demographic information, nurses advocating behalf of clients for equal access to health and social services. With no address or telephone number, homeless people are usually excluded from census and health surveys that use these routes for communicating with respondents. In Ontario, for example, public health agencies and the Ministry of Health have generally failed to gather information on the health status of homeless men and women. Of the data...
Author(s): TDRC, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Publication Date: 2007
Information on some of TDRC campaigns. Project information is updated on a regular basis so check back often.
Author(s): TDRC, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Publication Date: 2007
Contains images, slides and speaking notes. Presentation to Mr. Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing.
Author(s): TDRC, National Anti-Poverty Organization
Publication Date: 2007
The National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO) opposes the Harper Government's plan to implement a $725 million tax cut. Media Release - NAPO
Author(s): TDRC, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Publication Date: 2007
A video about the failure of New York City's homelessness strategy, an approach now being tried in Toronto.
Author(s): TDRC, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Publication Date: 2007
The operating budget 2007 for the housing needs in Toronto is available at http://wellesleyinstitute.com. If you have a question about a provincial or national housing issue, please contact Michael Shapcott, co-chair of the National Housing and Homelessness Network (NHHN) at 416-972-1010, ext. 231. You can email him at michael@wellesleyinstitute.com
Author(s): TDRC, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Publication Date: 2007
A list of achievements of TDRC for the year 2006