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Toronto Youth Cabinet led push for financial literacy learning across Ontario JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com When it comes to providing a quality education, those who stand to benefit most - youth - are often left without a voice at the table.

With financial literacy set to earn increased attention in Ontario classrooms, however, students across the province may want to give thanks to the Toronto Youth Cabinet (TYC).

First established 1998 by Toronto City Council, the TYC started out as a way of getting youth involved in municipal decisions. Nearly two decades later, the group has lent a youth voice to issues ranging from housing to transit to employment to education.

With the provincial government’s late March announcement that financial literacy would be one of the major planks of a career studies pilot program, one of the TYC’s main objectives have been achieved.

Students will now get a firmer footing in terms of earning and saving, budgeting and money management.

The TYC’s focus on boosting financial literacy education started in 2016, when Prakash Amarasooriya joined the team and took on the role of school boards lead. He noted that in talking to youth about shortcomings in the education system, the lack of financial literacy education was a common refrain.

"We did research to see how financial literacy was taught in schools - we looked into the Ontario curriculum - and there were mentions of it but it wasn’t really directly addressed," said Amarasoori-

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Toronto Youth Cabinet members Edwin White Chacon (left), Prakash Amarasooriya, Bri Gardner, Riley Peterson and Tom Gleason were instrumental in making financial literacy a bigger part of the Ontario curriculum. ya. "It was dispersed throughout other courses, but it wasn’t a focus. It felt more like an afterthought."

There had been repeated calls for mandatory money skills to be taught in high school from various groups and politicians.

The TYC also approached the Ministry of Education last summer to raise the issue, but felt their initial overtures were rebuffed.

"What we got from them was that they thought they were doing a good enough job with financial literacy," Amarasooriya said.

Not content with that response, the TYC created a five-phase plan to increase the pressure on the

government to devote more class time to financial literacy. They started with a petition and followed it up with a press release, and the attention those steps garnered was enough that the final phases of their plan - taking the matter to the legislature, conducting workshops and airing videos from youth talking about the importance of financial literacy education - were not necessary.

"Fortunately, the attention we got in the media was enough that we started to see the slight differences in the minister’s statements over the next two to three weeks," said TYC ex-

ecutive director Tom Gleason. "It went from ’We’re confident things are working well’ to ’Changes are coming.’"

Gleason added that the TYC’s actions received nearly unanimous consent from people from across the political spectrum.

Amarasooriya noted financial literacy education will better prepare students for life outside the classroom in ways many core courses may not.

"It will help students take a look at their goals, values and (financial) decision-making and help them understand what their needs are and what their wants are," he said.

"They’ll also get familiar with things like mortgages, financing and leases, or TFSAs and RRSPs. Those things can be confusing or daunting when you don’t really know about them, and this will help students understand them better."

That knowledge will better enable young people to take control of their financial futures, giving them the tools they need to make smarter decisions.

Making the careers course and its associated financial literacy education mandatory will be another big win for students across the province.

"People from disadvan-

taged neighbourhoods will get as much in-school learning about financial literacy as people from affluent neighbourhoods," Amarasooriya said. "And where putting a useful topic in another course was shown to be ineffective, this will make it way more useful to students."

Education Minister Mitzie Hunter said she was happy to hear from the TYC when it approached her with its call for increased financial literacy in schools. Having taken her role in the ministry last June, she was quick to see the importance of such instruction.

"They came to me to talk about ’How do we bring this into schools?’ and I was really pleased to let them know that I was very supportive of this and wanted to see it happen," she said.

Hunter added that she was impressed with the TYC’s commitment and preparation in bringing about change, noting that having engaged youth makes the education system work better not only for the students but for the province as a whole.

"It’s very important to me that I hear (from) students and connect with them on their learning and on their education," she said. "Listening to students and allowing them to share their ideas and their perspectives around their learning is extremely important."

With the TYC and other engaged youth organizations taking on leadership roles, there will surely be no shortage of ideas and perspectives coming the minister’s way.

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Scott Weidmark leaves his mark on 12 Division DOMINIK KUREK dkurek@insidetoronto.com Toronto police Supt.

Scott Weidmark, commander of 12 Division, is retiring after 37 years in policing.

He officially steps down at the end of May, three years after taking command of the unit at Black Creek and Trethewey drives.

And, the community will miss him, said Barbara Spyropoulos, who cochairs 12 Division’s community police liaison committee (CPLC) with Weidmark.

"He’s such an excellent leader. He’s a team guy. Everybody’s input is valued and you’re treated as an equal," Spyropoulos said.

Those who work with him and for him strive for results, she said, because of his positive leadership and his work has made the community around 12 Division safer, she said.

The married father of

two makes it a point that his officers are in the community. He relies heavily on the work of the CPLC and a contingent of auxiliary officers, all to build a relationship between the public and the police.

Without the public’s support, the police can’t do their jobs effectively, Weidmark said.

"In some cases, in some neighbourhoods, in Toronto and everywhere, if police aren’t trusted, crime isn’t reported. If crime isn’t reported, we can’t do our job."

At 12 Division, which serves 11 Toronto neighbourhoods, seven of which are Neighbourhood Improvement Areas, officers are out in the communities, on foot and bike patrols, attending events, teaching kids to cook, running basketball programs, and one officer even teaches kids how to make figurines.

Weidmark said this helps develop a relationship between the police and youths and exposes them to

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Toronto police Supt. Scott Weidmark, commander of 12 Division, is set to retire. things they might not otherwise experience, and helps build social equity.

Most crimes, he said, come down to a lack of opportunity, such as access to

good work, housing, good neighbourhoods, health, recreation and more.

"Where we can, we try to influence those things and try and help build those things up. If we build those things up or are part of that, then it does reduce crime in the neighbourhood," he said.

The Scarborough-raised son of a police officer and near lifelong Toronto resident started in policing in 1979 in Edmonton and then was hired in Toronto in 1981. Promoted to sergeant in 1998, he continued to work on the front lines and at the Toronto Police College.

He designed crisis-resolution and use-of-force training. He later worked directly under then-Chief Bill Blair before coming to 12 Division.

During his career, he’s saved people’s lives, and had others die in his arms, but, in all, he said he’s had a good career.

"Not everything is perfect, but generally speaking I’ve loved every job I’ve had," he said.

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Bruce McCuaig calls on successor to build better partnerships with government and communities RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com For more than six years Bruce McCuaig was the CEO of Metrolinx, the agency tasked with building regional transit in the Toronto region and beyond. After he announced his departure from for a new post with the federal government, Metroland Media Toronto asked him to reflect on his time with the agency.

Q: How has it been since you announced your departure?

A: It’s been a whirlwind, I’ll say that. I started having conversations (about leaving) quite a few weeks ago. You always have some emotion attached toward a group of people you worked with so intensely.

Q: What have you been reflecting on as you wind down your time here?

A: Just all the progress that’s been made. When I

arrived in 2010, we were still going from a very small organization into something much more significant. We hadn’t started construction on the Eglinton Crosstown, now the tunnelling is done. UP Express is running. Presto is now in Ottawa and Toronto. Regional Express Rail is fully funded, and we’re working flat out on implementation. There’s so much which has gone on and the team has been amazing rising to every challenge.

Q: Are you concerned a change in government could mean undoing Metrolinx’s plans?

A: There isn’t a natural point where you say OK the job is done. I don’t think anyone believes that in this region. There’s always going to be a need for a Metrolinx. That’s established and I have no fear of any fundamental change.

Q: Do you have any ad-

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Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig is leaving the provincial agency after over six years to join the federal government as executive adviser at the Canada Infrastructure Bank. vice for your eventual successor?

A: Working together is the only way to get stuff done. Relationship management is key to what Metrolinx does. The other piece is focusing on delivery. I think the public feels

there’s been enough talk and planning and wants to see stuff get delivered.

The third thing is our railway and transit corridors go through people’s backyards, and if we’re going to be successful we need to effectively engage.

We need to be very good explaining why this is the right choice and ensure those communities are served well into the future.

You’re aware some Toronto residents don’t feel like they’re being listened to. They feel Metrolinx

builds projects right over them and they don’t have a choice in the matter.

I understand that perspective. The stark reality is linear corridors are rare and critically important assets. We only have a few, and that means you play with the hand you’re dealt with. I think the reality is we’re going to be using these rail corridors as opposed to creating new ones.

Now these communities are aware the corridors are going to be more utilized, how do you approach that?

Engage as early as possible and look at meaningful benefits to bring to the table. Can we satisfy everyone? I would say no, that’s not going to be possible in a large community with so many different interests, but I would suggest we’re improving.

Note: this interview was edited and condensed for clarity.

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EDITORIAL | OPINION

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Toronto’s embarrassment of riches spells trouble Toronto has always been a city bursting at the seams.

We don’t have enough road capacity for all our cars and trucks, and our public transit system is underdeveloped and overcrowded.

We are just getting a handle on our aging sewer infrastructure, which has been neglected for decades and has shown it after heavy rains.

Mitigating poverty and homelessness has been a constant struggle, and our stock of subsidized public housing cannot keep up.

Now we can add another pressure to the list of forces bedevilling Toronto: Wealth - in the form of the city’s obscenely overvalued stock of housing that is decidedly not subsidized.

According to the Toronto Real Estate Board, the price of a house in the Toronto area has risen by 33.2 per cent over the past year, and now sits at $900,000 on average.

That is good news for people who’ve bought their home in the past decade. It augurs badly for young families or anyone else hoping to put down roots in our communities through the traditional and powerful route of home ownership.

The choices for those of more limited means are unappetizing. Even those earning high-five-figure salary will have a hard time gathering a down payment and paying a mortgage on a $1-million property, but attempting to do so is one option.

Rental housing is another possibility - but hyperinflated real estate costs have had the effect of hyperinflating the rental market, too. A third option - simply seeking housing elsewhere - is the perhaps the most viable for house-hunters, but disastrous for a city.

As Canada’s largest city and the country’s major financial centre, Toronto has always been marked as a focal point for wealth, but that has never been the city’s sole identity, and certainly not its best identity. At our best, we live the city’s motto; Diversity Our Strength.

And diversity is sorely curtailed, in a city where the price of entry is on average $1 million.

It’s encouraging to see our political leadership at all three levels of government taking note, even if it is somewhat belated. Whether the actions that have so far been proposed - taxes on vacant units and offshore investor purchases to cool speculation, and changes to the Tenant Protection Act to mitigate gouging rent increases - will be enough, is another question.

There is another solution; a catastrophic market correction that will cost people their homes, but eventually set the ship right. Let us pray it doesn’t come to that.

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Prayers in the rain for troubled Jamestown The rain starts falling as they walk up Jamestown Crescent. Memories come back, every one of them painful.

"Beckles got shot at this door, right up there. We had a prayer rally up here," says Rev. Carmen Lewis.

Gordon Beckles, 46, died on his porch in March 2015.

Lecent Ross, 14, was killed as a handgun went off four months later. "Her mom is just up here. Oh, there’s just been so many of them," says Al Bowen, a local pastor.

Bowen points his borrowed pink umbrella at where Candice Rochelle Bobb, 35, was shot in a car last May. Her unborn son died three weeks later.

In front of Jamestown’s food bank, members of the Etobicoke Strategy begin

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto to pray.

They’re persistent visitors to this and other neighbourhoods, inspired by a Boston movement bringing faith leaders and police officers together on community walks.

Two women load groceries into a hatchback nearby.

Bowen asks God for more trust in Jamestown, "because when trust is in

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place, the wall of silence goes lower."

The rain and wind increase.

Andrew King, another pastor, asks God to guide police working in the community.

"Wash away the crime, the grime, Father," he says, asking God to remove the "negative element" here, to give hope to Jamestown’s children, food to its cupboards, jobs to people not working.

"They may not know it," he adds, "but we’re interceding for them, praying for them."

Vincent Crisanti, the local councillor, says the city and its Toronto Community Housing Corporation do their best. He points to new courtyard stone among the drab townhouses, more se-

curity cameras, better lighting.

Lewis greets a group of children standing outside, asks if they’re enjoying the rain.

Do the community walks work?

"You find that people are more willing to come out and talk, even with police around," says Const. Anthony Amantea, but notes there were two shootings in Jamestown this year.

"It’s hard to say whether it’s getting better."

As the group walks back to their cars, King says he lives in a safe community.

"Why can’t these people?"

Seeing they can is a responsibility for all of us.

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l Tuesday, April 18 Storytelling and Writing Program WHEN: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. WHERE: Weston Library, 2 King Street, Toronto CONTACT: 416 2419898, kent@wknc.ca COST: Free eight-week program by Weston King Neighbourhood Centre and Weston library. Call to register. l Wednesday, April 19 Word Play WHEN: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Evelyn Gregory Library, 120 Trowell Ave., Toronto CONTACT: 416-394-1006 COST: Spark your imagination with this hands-on workshop with author Karen Krossing and build your own characters, villains, and fantastical worlds. For children ages 8-12. Call to register l Thursday, April 20 The Forensic Science of Drink-

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Community Clean-Up Day at Woolner Park WHEN: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Woolner Park, Woolner Park, Toronto CONTACT: 647-7746194 COST: Community Clean-Up day at Woolner Park. Meet at entrance of Woolner Park on East side of Jane (South of Woolner Ave, behind AccessPoint). Bring friends, family, gloves and clothes you don’t mind dirtying, rakes and brooms. Garbage bags provided.

Mount Dennis Clean Up WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Lambton and Astoria, Lambton Avenue and Astoria Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: info@mountdennis.ca COST: Help clean up Lambton and Astoria avenues ravine edges.

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l Saturday, April 15 Mount Dennis Clean Up WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Dora Spencer and Weston, Dora Spencer Road and Weston Road, Toronto CONTACT: info@mountdennis.ca COST: Help clean up Dora Spencer Road and Portage Gardens Park. Meet at 10 a.m.

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l Friday, April 14 TIFF Kids International Film Festival WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King

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The dinner event will include live entertainment, a silent auction and a look back at the organization’s 30 years. Previous executive directors have been invited to attend.

Frontlines hopes for 150 people to attend the dinner, including supporters and local politicians, plus a number of its program participants who will attend through sponsorship.

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