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 Religious Leaders' Forum
2010 ISARC Social Audit
... a provincial gathering to hear and discuss the initial findings from our community hearings on poverty
Wednesday, June 2 in Toronto
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Mark your calendars!
[updated agenda below]
Sam Sorbara Auditorium in Brennan Hall
University of St. Michael's College
In The University of Toronto
81 St.Mary Street, Toronto
Mary Street is two blocks south of Bloor, and west off Bay Street.
For more information and parking please see map. Parking is three blocks south of Bloor and west off Bay Street on St. Joseph Street.
Cost is $40 and includes lunch.
You must register ASAP.
Space is limited.
Two ways to register:
- By email and giving us the following information:
Name:
Faith Community:
Address:
City:
Postal Code:
Telephone:
Email:
If you register by email or mail, remember to send us a cheque to cover costs. $40 (includes lunch).
Please make cheques payable to:
WLS—ISARC
Mail to:
Religious Leaders’ Forum Registrar
ISARC
P.O. Box 25067 - SDM
Kitchener, ON N2A 4A5
 At our Religious Leaders' Forum on June 2, we will share our initial findings from the Social Audit. You will hear from hearing participants, service providers, and people who live in poverty and told us their stories. There will also be some theological reflection on the issue of living with poverty in our society.
Agenda for the day (tentative) is:
8:30
9:30
10:00
10:20
10:45
11:00
12:00
12:30
1:30
2:00
3:00
3:45
3:55
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Continental Breakfast
Registration
Opening and Welcome - Susan Eagle, ISARC Chair
Never Give Up - Theological Reflection by David Pfrimmer
Summary of what we heard in the local social audits
Round Tables – What did participants hear in their audit?
Michael Prue MP (NDP – critic) and Toby Barrett MP (Conservative - critic) - How we are working to eliminate poverty in Ontario
Lunch
Reports from several social audits – What has happened as a result of the your local social audit? Short Video from York Region
Round Tables – Where do we go from here with the local and provincial audit?
Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister for the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy & Minister for Children and Youth - her response to hearing a summary of the ISARC Social Audit
3:45 Closing comments and questions
3:55 Benediction |
The book from the 2010 social audit will be called Persistent Poverty: Dispatches from the Margins. To make this forum and the forthcoming book representative, we need a good sampling of conveners, rapporteurs, facilitators, and recorders – even more significant, we are inviting two people from each audit who have shared their experiences and perspectives on poverty.
All Members of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) will also be invited as our guests for lunch. Contact your MPP to say you are attending. Perhaps you can meet him or her at noon?
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