SRCHC Facilitator V2004

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WESTON: a PriorityNeighbourhood in TorontoPresented by Mimi Lau

For Facilitator: Community Research & Engagement position

South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Toronto

July 5, 2011


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Why WESTON?

Priority Area: Weston Mount-Dennis

Rapidly changing neighbourhood

Aging suburb with new investment (revitalization)

Centre for Research on Inner City Health

Rapid Assessment Tool for Small Area Health Needs (Weston)

Population Weston Mount-Dennis Weston Ward 29 (NoDa)

2006 39,842 16,470 44,42019,600 (apt.)

2001 2006 - 1.3% - 5.7% - 4.3%


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Weston: Overview of Presentation

Community Overview

Who lives here? What exists here (community/physical)

Summary of Issues and Challenges

Needs Identification were and can be

Future Research

Who to reach? How to reach them? What assistance?

Anticipated Challenges

Sources of Information

Thank You


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Who lives in Weston?

Average Income: $38,002 ($64,124 in Toronto)

Education 44.4% High School or less (26.1% - Toronto)

54.5% Post Secondary (53.7% - Toronto)Immigration and Ethnicity

63.7% foreign born (45.7% - Toronto, sim. Immigration period) Top 4 areas: African, Caribbean, Europe/Asia (slightly ^ VM)

Demographics (2006) 18.8% Children 0 14 years > 16.4% in Toronto

12.9% Seniors 65+ < 14.1 for Toronto Higher than average lone parents and lone seniors

Sources: Dunn, J.R. CRICH (June 2009) and

City of Toronto (2008) Weston Neighbourhood Profile


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What exists in Weston? physical infrastructure

Housing

62% Rent/38% Own (neighbourhood)

43.5% of renters and 33% of owners spending 30 99% of income

Average gross rent: $779

5 + storeys apartments (4060 units) or single detached houses (1675 units)

Transportation

Very to somewhat walkable (Walkscore, 2011)

TTC bus routes, Weston GO Station - rail expansion

Major arterial roads, no bike lanes (suggested route)

Other facilities limited and on/outside the periphery

Humber River, 2 City Parks, Hilltop CC, George Bell Arena, Weston CI Pool

Boys and Girls Club 2 on the southern periphery

5 community gardens located south of Eglington in Mount-Dennis within Ward 11, butoutside of Weston (2010)


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What exists in Weston?- community & human services

Unison Health & Community Services (on periphery)

2010 Merger of New Heights CH and York CS

Weston Village BIA and Weston Ratepayers & Residents

NEW - Jane Street Hub (2011)

Unison Health & Community Services plus COSTI ImmigrantServices, Macaulay Child Development Centre, MidayntaCommunity Services, North York Community House,

Yorktown Child and Family Centre

NEW COSTI Weston Employment Services (Spring 2011)


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Summary of Community Issues

Poverty with much of income spent on housing

Lower Education Level

Many foreign born Canadian Citizens then Avg. Toronto

A lot of children and youth

Limited access to locally grown food, community

gathering and recreating spaces

Changing neighbourhood GO transit expansion and NewCommunity Services eg. Jane Street Hub


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How needs were/can beidentified

Grey Literature Review informal published reports

Local knowledge - demographic data and incident reports Community discussion and anecdotes e.g. York West Meals on Wheels, now

Humber Community Seniors Services, was a church volunteer discussion

Community Based Research (various methods and tools)

Centre for Research on Inner City Health(Rapid Assessment Tool for Small-Area Health Needs)

Surveys and Focus Groups

Unison H & CS Community Scan (Surveys: Flash, Online, Network)

Discussion of Community strengths and opportunities (Focus Groups)

Knowledge sharing and integration with strategic plans Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy

United Way, Poverty by Postal Code; City of Toronto, Community SafetyPlan and Cracks in the Foundation; Toronto Summit Alliance, Enough Talk


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Who How assist How to reach

Residents,Property Owners,

and Programparticipants

- Tenants/Owners- Weston Rate Payers and Residents

Association, Weston Village BIA

- State of the Community- Needs Identification

- Future Support

-Key interviews-Surveys

-Focus groups

Service Providersand Agency Staff

- York Weston Community Services- COSTI immigrant/employment- Unison Health & CommunityServices- Humber Community Seniors

Servics

- Project plan - objectives- Community knowledge- Needs Analysis/Planning

- Focus Groups/Workshop- Advisory Committee

Institutions - Police- TDSB- City of Toronto (CDO)- Public Health

- Data collection- Community knowledge- Share Information

- Focus Group/Workshop- Advisory Committee- Knowledge Exchange

Researchers &Academics

- York, Ryerson, Toronto- Residents

- Advise/Strategy- Implement- Share Information

- Research Participation- Knowledge Exchange- Advisory Committee

Funders/Advocates - Wellesley Institute- Metcalf Foundation- United Way of Greater Toronto

- Share Information- Future funding/support- Advise/Advocate

- Knowledge Exchange/Share- Reporting- Ad hoc attendance

Future Research Approach


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Anticipated Research Challenges

Delineating the boundaries of study area, and workingwith cross jurisdictional information/data

Participant Fatigue CRICH, Academics, Unison H & CS

Timing Residents may be working numerous jobs, newprograms may need time to evaluate

Relationships amongst organizations and individuals

i.e. current discussion about being a PriorityNeighbourhood

Changing Community new residents in the future


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Main Information Sources

Dunn, J.R. (May 2009)http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/pdf/crich/pra_presentation.pdf

City of Toronto Weston Neighbourhood Profile Web Sitehttp://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns113.htm

Unison Health & Community Service (May 2011) Community Scan Reporthttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdf

Wilson, R.M., P. Landolt, Y.B. Shakya, G. Galabuzi, Z. Zahoorunissa, D.Pham, F. Cabrera, S. Dahy, and M-P. Joly. (2011). Working Rough, LivingPoor: Employment and Income Insecurities Faced by Racialized Groupsin the Black Creek Area and their Impacts on Health. Toronto: Access

Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services.
http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/pdf/crich/pra_presentation.pdfhttp://www.stmichaelshospital.com/pdf/crich/pra_presentation.pdfhttp://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns113.htmhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://unisonhcs.org/fileadmin/doc/scan/communityscan-final-web.pdfhttp://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns113.htmhttp://www.stmichaelshospital.com/pdf/crich/pra_presentation.pdf


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THANK YOU

Mimi Lau

[email protected]

(647) 500-6619
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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