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Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is advancing policy change for migrant workers through peer mentorship, leadership development, and research on the care economy. -
Wellesley Institute is applying its Thriving at Work framework to examine how early childhood educators and personal support workers experience low-wage care work — and how it can be improved. -
The Toronto Shelter Network is developing a shelter sector framework and workforce model to employ people with lived experience of homelessness and poverty. -
Building Up is exploring subtrade acquisitions to strengthen the reach and resilience of its workforce model. -
John Howard Society of Ontario is building the capacity of the employer-led Fair Chances Coalition to champion inclusive hiring practices for people with criminal records. -
North York Harvest Food Bank is exploring how its relocation can catalyze the development of a community hub focused on food access and workforce development. -
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust is expanding its portfolio of community-owned assets by mobilizing social finance and strengthening its capacity to engage in neighbourhood redevelopment. -
The Toronto Chinatown Land Trust is exploring how community-driven entrepreneurship can generate equitable job opportunities for marginalized, low-wage, and migrant workers. -
The Jane/Finch Centre is advancing the neighbourhood’s community benefits framework to reduce precarious work, increase access to good jobs, and strengthen the local employment ecosystem.
Toronto’s economic prosperity is not shared by all. Income inequality is widening and working poverty remains a growing concern.
Precarious employment, systemic barriers, and neighbourhood inequities are interconnected challenges. Addressing them requires long-term strategies that create pathways to good jobs, invest in decent work, and ensure inclusive, community-led development.
Our Inclusive Local Economies program supports a dynamic ecosystem of leaders, organizations, and ideas working to advance economic dignity and prosperity for low-income people and communities in Toronto.

















