Canadian Muslims Faith Leaders issue call-to-action to Toronto City Council on poverty Prominent members of Toronto’s religious communities, organized under the coalition ‘Faith in the City’ marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy by urging City Council to fund the plan they unanimously passed in 2015. Speaking to the media from City Hall, Faith in
Canadian Muslims Toronto Faith Leaders to meet on child poverty (April 27, 2015) – A Multi-Faith Symposium organized by Faith in the City, an alliance of Faith communities, will be held on Thursday, April 30th at Toronto City Hall. This year, the Faith in the City Symposium will focus on developing a Poverty Reduction Strategy and specifically how that relates
Canadian Muslims Dollars and $ense studies impact of Faith communities in Toronto (March 3, 2014) – What impact do faith communities have in their local neighborhoods? Dollars and Sense, an academic study, has been launched in the City of Toronto to answer this question. “I believe there is great need for this study in order to appropriately account for services that faith
Canadian Muslims Toronto Faith Leaders concerned about growing inequality Keynote speaker Armine Yalnizyan (February 15, 2014) – Faith leaders expressed deep concern about the growing income inequality that is being experienced by citizens across the City of Toronto during a symposium held at City Hall on Thursday, February 13th, 2014. “We’re responsible to call the game for what
