We're proud to announce we’ll be working hard to elect TDSB Trustee Manna Wong to City Council in Scarborough—Agincourt. With only 26 votes on Council this is a big opportunity. Find out how to help Manna win here.

Progress Toronto is campaigning to elect a Progressive Champion to City Council in the Scarborough—Agincourt by-election being held on January 15, 2021. This is our chance to elect a progressive voice in Scarborough and with only 26 votes on Toronto City Council this by-election is an important opportunity! With just 5 weeks till election day, we need to act fast. Learn more.

Thanks to the 7,400+ people who sent their message demanding a Vacant Homes Tax, Mayor Tory announced that he will support the tax at the December 10 Executive Committee. This is a big win, but we still need to make sure the vote passes at Executive Committee on December 10 and Council the following week. Learn more how to take action here.

Join this training on Thursday, December 3. In this online workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of public narrative -- the story of self, the story of us, the story of now -- and practice telling your story to inspire others to take action. Learn from expert storyteller, Amara Possian, to perfect your personal narrative. Learn more and sign up.

In December, Toronto City Councillors will be voting on whether or not to use one of the many tools we can use to address our City’s housing crisis: implementing a Vacant Homes Tax.

The vote may be close, so we’re ramping up our campaign and need your help in the coming weeks to phone people and help them take action. COVID-19 has deepened Toronto’s housing crisis and City Councillors urgently need to hear from us so they feel public pressure to support a Vacant Homes Tax. Learn more and sign up.

You’re invited to join us on Thursday, November 26 at 7pm for our not to be missed online fundraising event. Our inspiring list of speakers include Director of International Diplomacy at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and former Toronto Mayor David Miller, Parkdale-High Park MPP Bhutila Karpoche, and the President of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union Brandon Haynes. The event will be hosted by our advisor Zahra Ebrahim. Learn more and buy your tickets here.

Facilitation is fundamental to collective action and a key skill for organizing. Good facilitation meets people where they are and draws insight from their experiences to generate ideas and make choices together - allowing people to work through differences and find a path to action built on shared values.

On November 17, Alejandra Bravo, the Director of Power Lab and Progress Toronto Board Member, will share practices for running participatory meetings and workshops that help you meet your objectives. Learn more and sign up.

On Tuesday, October 27, Toronto City Council is meeting and there will be many important items debated.

Join Progress Toronto on Tuesday, October 27 at 9:30AM via Zoom so we can watch City Council live together. While we watch the livestream, Progress Toronto will be there, online with you on our Zoom chat. We will be providing helpful info throughout the day, and can help to answer questions about process, timing, motions, and more! Learn more and sign up here.

Developing digital campaigns and strategies is crucial to winning on progressive issues, particularly now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress Toronto is excited to partner with 350.org and their Senior Digital Strategist Atiya Jaffar to provide this Digital Campaigning 101 training.

Join us on Wednesday, October 21 to learn the basics of digital campaigning, what digital campaigning can achieve, and how to create digital strategies. Learn more and sign up here.

Join Progress Toronto and the Toronto Youth Cabinet on Monday, October 19 for this workshop where you will learn the basics of making a deputation. You will learn how to choose which committee to speak at, how to read the committee agenda, how to sign up for a deputation, and how to prepare your deputation (speech). Right now, deputations at the City of Toronto are taking place online. We will review how this works and how you can prepare. Learn more and sign up here.

City Councillor Mike Layton is a long time member of the City's Budget Committee and on Thursday, October 15, he will be leading this City Budget 101 training session. Join us to learn more about the budget process, how to understand and analyse the budget, and how you can have your say. Learn more and sign up.

For decades our provincial government has let rich Toronto developers off the hook from paying Educational Development Charges (EDCs) that would help fund public schools in disrepair. The pandemic has exposed how our crumbling schools are public health hazards.

That’s why we’ve launched a campaign to close this loophole. We’re running remote phone banks to call people across our city and help them take action. Learn more and sign up to phone bank!

Join Progress Toronto on Wednesday, September 30 at 9:30am via Zoom so we can watch City Council live together. While we watch the livestream, Progress Toronto will be there, online with you on our Zoom chat. We will be providing helpful info throughout the day, and can help to answer questions about process, timing, motions, and more! Learn more and sign up here.

For decades our provincial government has let rich Toronto developers off the hook from paying Educational Development Charges (EDCs) that would help fund public schools in disrepair.[1]

The pandemic has exposed how our crumbling schools are public health hazards. Toronto's students have lost out on hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to update and repair their schools because of this regulatory loophole. Learn more and take action here.

On Wednesday, September 16, join Progress Toronto's Program and Operations Director, Erica Woods, to learn more about the legislative process, who the key players are influencing decisions, and how you can have your say.

Progress Toronto is offering 10 free trainings and workshops for our 2020 Fall Training Series! Due to COVID-19, all of our trainings are happening online.

Workshops this Fall include digital campaigning, how to meet with your local politician, City Budget 101 with Councillor Mike Layton, using your personal narrative to move people to action, and more!

Decisions made at City Hall and the Toronto School Board affect lives across Toronto. Many of those decisions are made at committees where the public has an opportunity to speak. That’s why one way to ensure representatives and the Mayor hear our concerns is by speaking at a committee.

Speaking at a committee is also known as making a deputation. Deputations are an opportunity for you to tell the Mayor, City Councillors, and TDSB Trustees your opinions and perspectives on issues they are considering.

Learn more and sign up here.

Knowing the decision-making process at City Hall is a key tool to advocate, influence decisions, and organize to win. During the pandemic, Toronto city council and committee meetings have been moved online.

Join Progress Toronto's Program and Operations Director, Erica Woods, to learn more about the legislative process, who the key players are influencing decisions, and how you can have your say. Learn more and sign up here!