PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
ANNUAL REPORTS
2023 Annual Report: Future proofing
Read about future proofing the community, systems, and ourselves, to build resilience.
Archived reports
Storefront strategy and history
Our Playbook
Our strategic directions for 2024-26
Equity Framework
Co-created with residents
The Connected Community Approach
A unique model for community development that builds trust
The Little Community That Could (Cathy Mann)
The origin story of The East Scarborough Storefront
Theory of Change
Our framework for decision making, and the case for the purpose, power and potential of the Connected Community Approach as a new community development paradigm.
research and case studies
Case Study - Emergence in Complex Social Change
by Jilliane S. Smith Fourth Quadrant Partners
The Inter-agency Services Collaboration Project
by Joan Roberts and Pauline O’Connor, The Wellesley Institute
Community Hubs & Climate Change: A Feasibility Assessment
by Emmay Mah, Dusha Sritharan, and Shannon Holness, Envriomentum, Toronto Community Benefits Network and the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA)
Toronto’s Inner Suburbs: Investing in Social Infrastructure in Scarborough
by Deborah Cowen and Vanessa Parlette, University of Toronto
Youth-focussed local research
Feet in Motion: Lessons from Feet in Motion Youth Employment Survey (2018)
by The East Scarborough Storefront Staff
by The Students Commission of Canada
by Let’s Inspire for Today Initiative (L.I.F.T)
Literacy Now! Exploring Challenges, Capacities and Opportunities for Improved Literacy in KGO (2018)
by The Reading Partnership
Raising the Village online database
a project of Toronto Child & Family Network
Supports for Success: East Scarborough Community Report (2018)
by The Wellesley Institute