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		<title>New Stats Can study: Youth crime patterns in Toronto neighbourhoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once showed a map of Toronto&#8217;s 2005 summer of shootings to a sociologist at the University of Hawaii and, without ever having visited our city, she was able to point out the main commercial districts, transit lines and low-income areas. These are the areas where urban crime cluster, she explained. Perhaps easily apparent, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2737&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power and privilege in Saskatoon and Toronto: Recognition of racism as foundational element of social determinants of health</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/power-and-privilege-in-saskatoon-and-toronto-recognition-of-racism-as-foundational-element-of-social-determinants-of-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[determinants of health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking recently at an event hosted by the Wellesley Institute, Dr. Cory Neudorf  leans forward in his seat when asked a question related to the social determinants of health (SDOH) of people of colour and Aboriginal peoples. It&#8217;s not what you expect from a public servant, and his answer shows the commitment he has to making real [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2731&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growing class divide means some children may be denied a generational legacy</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/growing-class-divide-means-some-children-may-be-denied-a-generational-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once, as part of a group exercise to identify personal values, I had to answer the question, &#8220;For what would you be willing to die?&#8221; &#8220;I would rush into the street to save a child!&#8221; I said. My colleague nodded his agreement and we talked a little more about how becoming a parent changes your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2692&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>102 Things NOT To Do, If You Hate Taxes (Canadian version)</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/102-things-not-to-do-if-you-hate-taxes-canadian-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adapted by Sandra Guerra and Diane Dyson from Stephen D. Foster Jr. Posted in: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/05/18/102-things-not-to-do-if-you-hate-taxes/ – May 18, 2011 So, you’re a citizen who hates taxes? Please kindly do the following. Do not use a hospital. Do not use Canada Pension or Old Age Security. Do not become a member of the military. Do not ask the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2710&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pros &amp; cons of collecting demographic data to improve educational equity for students</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/pros-cons-of-collecting-demographic-data-to-improve-educational-equity-for-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, more than sixty school board staff and community members from Ottawa and the GTA area gathered at York University for a roundtable on the topic of student demographic data and educational equity. Sponsored by the Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research, the project hopes to corral the various ways boards are using non-academic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2668&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A cohesive vision of how to measure the strength of local community services</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/protecting-local-services-in-toronto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbourhoods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a timely piece of research, given the current budget debates at the municipal level, St. Michael&#8217;s Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH) released a report titled Community Service System in Toronto neighbourhoods: What should the City pay attention to? The report concluded &#8220;Torontonians want the Community Service System to offer programs that are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2621&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A critical look at international city rankings</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/a-tough-analytical-look-at-international-city-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Well, big deal,&#8221; the Montreal Gazette sneered in Montreal and its place in the world, its editorial response to a recent international survey on urban quality-of-life. Montreal was behind Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. As a native Montrealer, I have to concur with the Gazette&#8217;s summary: &#8230;rankings tend to favour an ideal, cleanly scrubbed and tidily tended city [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2608&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The complex origins of vacant and abandoned homes in a neighbourhood</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/the-complex-origins-of-vacant-and-abandoned-homes-in-a-neighbourhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gentrification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent lessons from the housing crash in the United States described families simply walking away from their homes, leaving their front doors unlocked, because they couldn&#8217;t afford to carry their mortgages anymore. Financial abandonment is one of the starkest reasons residences are left untended. However, like most things, it&#8217;s always more complicated. Just how empty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=751&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Census 2011 looms as a failure</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/census-2011-looms-as-a-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t convince my own mother to do the long form census from Statistics Canada. Oh sure, she, the mother of a researcher, meant well but it is v-e-r-y long. At least, I console myself,  she recycled the form, meeting that civic participation bar. A colleague explained that he had tried to complete the on-line the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2567&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wellbeing Toronto</title>
		<link>http://belongingcommunity.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/wellbeing-toronto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long awaited, Wellbeing Toronto is launching this morning through the City of Toronto website. Keep hitting refresh! It will be here soon. The Toronto Star has given a sneak peek in today&#8217;s edition. The site lets users select and map , across the City&#8217;s 140 social planning neighbourhoods, from a menu of indicators, ranging from one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belongingcommunity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21349062&amp;post=2545&amp;subd=belongingcommunity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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