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The Difference between Diversity and Employment Equity

Breakfast Programs Urged for Schools

Social Planning Toronto releases first-ever poverty profiles of the city’s 44 wards on Destitution Day

Nearly a quarter of Toronto residents live in poverty: James

Ontario Budget 2012: Will the budget avoid harm to children, low-income Ontarians, and women?

New Generation of Thinkers Link Inequality, Innovation and Prosperity(CCPA February 2012)

Metcalfe Report on Working Poor in TorontoThe poor in Toronto: They're working but not getting any richer(The Globe and Mail)

Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say(New York Times February 10, 2012)

"Why we're seeing the ugly new face of capitalism" (Globe and Mail)

Canada's top principals include nine right here in the GTA (Toronto Star, January 27, 2012)

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success

Finnish Education

More unequal, less complacent

A bold inner-city project brings medical care to kids at school

Kohn - Poor Teaching for Poor Children

Carol Goar's Editorial Article November 25, 2011

October 25, 2011 - The 99% know all about inequality

October 21, 2011 - Index provides a wider measure of progress

October 4, 2011 -Toronto Vital Signs Report

Teachers see challenges through poor kids' eyes

Town Crier article on new pediatric clinic at George Webster E.S. (Originally published in Riverdale-East York print edition(s) )

Toronto Star January 28th, 2011 – Editorial
Back to Niagara school board: Poor students deserve better

To Close Achievement Gap, US Must Address Major Health Risks for Urban Minority Youth, Study Finds

Recently ICAC was invited to attend the launch of the Model Schools for Inner Cities second Pediatric Clinic launch. Congratulations to the George Webster School Community!

Standard tests: More questions than answers-Toronto Star Article from series by Rick Salutin “If data-based results are so helpful, why do they make education worse?”
Beyond Rankings, Looking at the Big Picture from EQAO Data(Blog article by York University Faculty of Education Professor)
April 27, 2011 -“Poverty rate is on the rise among households with children in the developing world”