Bill Sinclair
@billtngcs.bsky.social
CEO of The Neighbourhood Group Community Services in Toronto, Ontario. Mainly post about work and social issues. ceo@tngcs.org
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🌳🌳🌳 Welcome to Tree Thread: The Sequel.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌳🌳🌳 Welcome to Tree Thread: The Sequel.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
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www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Selling dreams of the future while failing to act now is not just cynical but despicable when it concerns the senior population.’ @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Ricardo Tranjan: The law allows landlords to make the elderly homeless. Whose dreams of the future is government helping?
In Quebec, New York and Germany, laws protecting elderly renters from eviction are robust. Why doesn’t Ontario?
www.thestar.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Selling dreams of the future while failing to act now is not just cynical but despicable when it concerns the senior population.’ @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Thanks for sharing! And glad to see some @tngcommunityto.bsky.social volunteers at this truly grassroots event. Thanks Helen, Nancy and Elene for raising awareness on our failure to support people with disabilities to live with dignity and without poverty!
July 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Thanks for sharing! And glad to see some @tngcommunityto.bsky.social volunteers at this truly grassroots event. Thanks Helen, Nancy and Elene for raising awareness on our failure to support people with disabilities to live with dignity and without poverty!
Sharing International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture event by our friends at Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Registration is required. Please raise awareness. We stand with refugees.
June 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Sharing International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture event by our friends at Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Registration is required. Please raise awareness. We stand with refugees.
How did I not know about this page before today!? Heritage Toronto has so many walking tours to sample and learn the history of Toronto! I am curious about the history of Church-Wellesley Village and Junction Triangle, and so appropriate for Pride Month. www.heritagetoronto.org/events/
Events
Heritage Toronto's events, including tours and other programs, engage the public to reflect on the city’s heritage.
www.heritagetoronto.org
June 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How did I not know about this page before today!? Heritage Toronto has so many walking tours to sample and learn the history of Toronto! I am curious about the history of Church-Wellesley Village and Junction Triangle, and so appropriate for Pride Month. www.heritagetoronto.org/events/
This is an important day to say OUT LOUD that refugees and immigrants are welcome at
@tngcommunityto.bsky.social
- for the past 100 years, for today, and for the future. We are all better and happier with refugees and immigrants in our community.
@tngcommunityto.bsky.social
- for the past 100 years, for today, and for the future. We are all better and happier with refugees and immigrants in our community.
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is an important day to say OUT LOUD that refugees and immigrants are welcome at
@tngcommunityto.bsky.social
- for the past 100 years, for today, and for the future. We are all better and happier with refugees and immigrants in our community.
@tngcommunityto.bsky.social
- for the past 100 years, for today, and for the future. We are all better and happier with refugees and immigrants in our community.
Thank you @allianceon.bsky.social for the Community Health Campion Award for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and 17 other Ontario organizations championing harm reduction and human rights. #Alliance2025
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thank you @allianceon.bsky.social for the Community Health Campion Award for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and 17 other Ontario organizations championing harm reduction and human rights. #Alliance2025
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Rally held outside Queen’s Park over Bill 6 which criminalizes #homelessness and conflates it with addiction.
Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation.
#ONpoli
cp24.com/video/2025/0...
Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation.
#ONpoli
cp24.com/video/2025/0...
Rally held outside Queen’s Park over bill critics say targets encampments, public drug use
Members of the Encampment Justice Coalition formed a rally outside of Queen’s Park to speak out against the Ford government’s Bill 6.
cp24.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Rally held outside Queen’s Park over Bill 6 which criminalizes #homelessness and conflates it with addiction.
Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation.
#ONpoli
cp24.com/video/2025/0...
Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation.
#ONpoli
cp24.com/video/2025/0...
Anything better than a sunny day in Kensington Market? And big welcome to "Public Butter" on Augusta - this feels so Kensington. All this and more just steps from Spadina.
May 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Anything better than a sunny day in Kensington Market? And big welcome to "Public Butter" on Augusta - this feels so Kensington. All this and more just steps from Spadina.
Thank you @jessicabellto.bsky.social for the Healthcare Advocate Award! Proud to receive it with @tngcommunityto.bsky.social KMOPS team!
May 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thank you @jessicabellto.bsky.social for the Healthcare Advocate Award! Proud to receive it with @tngcommunityto.bsky.social KMOPS team!
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As the City evicts encampments again, and the province tries to criminalize living outdoors, please come to this launch and hear about some of the reality of why people live in encampments and what their lives are like. Thursday, May 8, 7 pm, St Stephen-in-the-Field, 365 College Street, Toronto.
May 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As the City evicts encampments again, and the province tries to criminalize living outdoors, please come to this launch and hear about some of the reality of why people live in encampments and what their lives are like. Thursday, May 8, 7 pm, St Stephen-in-the-Field, 365 College Street, Toronto.
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On June 2 at 7 PM, TYPE Books is hosting a very special evening to celebrate ENCAMPMENT by Maggie Helwig, who will be joined in conversation by Michael Ondaatje. 883 Queen St. W. This is a free event - TYPE recommends you arrive early or call ahead to let them know if you need a chair.
May 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On June 2 at 7 PM, TYPE Books is hosting a very special evening to celebrate ENCAMPMENT by Maggie Helwig, who will be joined in conversation by Michael Ondaatje. 883 Queen St. W. This is a free event - TYPE recommends you arrive early or call ahead to let them know if you need a chair.
Love how quickly these were put together and I see them all over the city! #supportlocal #lovelocal
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Love how quickly these were put together and I see them all over the city! #supportlocal #lovelocal
Thank you @unitedwaygt.bsky.social for a beautiful Jane's Walk today. Loving our neighbourhood!
May 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you @unitedwaygt.bsky.social for a beautiful Jane's Walk today. Loving our neighbourhood!
I have my comfortable shoes on for a terrific Jane's Walk with @unitedwaygt.bsky.social today! Looking for nice weather! www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/friday-may-2...
kensington-market-united | Jane's Walk Toronto Festival
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I have my comfortable shoes on for a terrific Jane's Walk with @unitedwaygt.bsky.social today! Looking for nice weather! www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/friday-may-2...
Come work with me! @tngcommunityto.bsky.social is hiring for a Vice-President of Independent Living Services. Come join a fearless, progressive organization making change! charityvillage.com/jobs/vice-pr...
Vice President, Independent Living | CharityVillage
The Vice President Independent Living (Vice President) reports directly to the President and CEO of The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (TNGCS) and provides strategic leadership, direction and ...
charityvillage.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Come work with me! @tngcommunityto.bsky.social is hiring for a Vice-President of Independent Living Services. Come join a fearless, progressive organization making change! charityvillage.com/jobs/vice-pr...
Public streets and public spaces belong to all of us - both for celebration and for protest. Thank you @planningtoronto.bsky.social
Marginalized groups have long used their fundamental freedoms to advocate for social and policy changes that we now hold dear.
Read our latest op-ed in @TorontoStar, written in collaboration with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read our latest op-ed in @TorontoStar, written in collaboration with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The trouble with Toronto’s proposed ‘bubble zone’ bylaw
Governments are obliged to uphold our Charter rights. That goes for Toronto city council, too.
www.thestar.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Public streets and public spaces belong to all of us - both for celebration and for protest. Thank you @planningtoronto.bsky.social
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What Happened to #Poverty as an #Election Issue?
Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
What Happened to Poverty as an Election Issue? | The Tyee
As politicians fixate on an anxious middle class, millions of Canadians are left out of the conversation.
thetyee.ca
April 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What Happened to #Poverty as an #Election Issue?
Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
A beautiful day to vote! Quick and easy. Get out and vote this weekend if you can.
April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A beautiful day to vote! Quick and easy. Get out and vote this weekend if you can.
Signs of Spring at a @tngcommunityto.bsky.social childcare playground. Looking forward to leaves and flowers surrounding our locations and our playgrounds. Beautiful day!
April 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Signs of Spring at a @tngcommunityto.bsky.social childcare playground. Looking forward to leaves and flowers surrounding our locations and our playgrounds. Beautiful day!
Thanks for sharing this new article Right To Housing Network! canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Rent control goes a long way to solving the housing crisis
Imposed from above during an economic emergency, rent control played a significant role both in curbing out-of-control inflation and solving the housing crisis Canada was experiencing at the time. A c...
canadiandimension.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thanks for sharing this new article Right To Housing Network! canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
And another great article shared by Right To Housing Network. It is from 2023 but still applies today - except Canada did cut immigration and it is not solving the housing crisis! Let's solve problems with facts. macleans.ca/politics/sto...
Stopping immigration won’t fix Canada’s housing crisis - Macleans.ca
Housing policy researcher Carolyn Whitzman says Canada needs a national social-housing program—and much better data
macleans.ca
April 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And another great article shared by Right To Housing Network. It is from 2023 but still applies today - except Canada did cut immigration and it is not solving the housing crisis! Let's solve problems with facts. macleans.ca/politics/sto...
Thanks @moreneighboursto.bsky.social and all of the community groups deputing for affordable rental housing in Rexdale! I was proud to depute for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and share examples of similar successful projects in other residential neighbourhoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8q...
April 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Thanks @moreneighboursto.bsky.social and all of the community groups deputing for affordable rental housing in Rexdale! I was proud to depute for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and share examples of similar successful projects in other residential neighbourhoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8q...
Op-Ed: Here's an easy policy to help seniors help themselves www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/07/o...
Op-Ed: Here's an easy policy to help seniors help themselves
Whichever party wins this election should support further increases in the GIS earnings exemption to support seniors who work
www.canadianaffairs.news
April 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Op-Ed: Here's an easy policy to help seniors help themselves www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/07/o...
Thank you for these 7 important recommendations and commitments for a thriving Canada!
Canada's federal election is April 28. Our 2025 Federal Election series details the issues Canada’s political leaders must address to strengthen health equity.
First up: how can parties ensure everyone has what they need to live a healthy, engaged life?
www.wellesleyinstitute.com/elections/20...
First up: how can parties ensure everyone has what they need to live a healthy, engaged life?
www.wellesleyinstitute.com/elections/20...
2025 Federal Election series: Thriving
This has been a season of elections for people in the Greater Toronto Area, with both a provincial election campaign and now a federal campaign, all under the shadow of an unpredictable, threatening A...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you for these 7 important recommendations and commitments for a thriving Canada!