Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 41 (2007-09-10 to 2007-09-14) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
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Family Service Toronto / Services à la famille de Toronto
355 Church St Toronto, ON M5B 1Z8 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 416-595-9230 Ext.: 238 | ||||
| Fax number: | 416-595-0242 | ||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Margaret Hancock, Executive Director | ||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | A) Types of services of our organization: 1.Changing Lives Program Unit provides personal & group counselling, family life education and community support services for families and individuals during stressful times in their lives. The Community Counselling program is delivered from FSA offices/ co-locations in the inner suburbs & downtown. 2. Family Violence Program Unit provides safety planning and support, personal & group counselling, public education and criminal justice advocacy regarding domestic violence with women, same sex violence victims; elder abuse victims, child witnesses of family violence, sexual abuse survivors & for male batters. Multi-lingual. 3. Community & Neighbourhood Development Program Unit provides community development, housing supports, convening and public education to improve social inclusion for newcomers, ethno-racial groups and young families. 5 4. Social Reform Program Unit researches and advocates for public policies to improve the lives of vulnerable groups, especially on issues experienced by the agency's service users. The National & Ontario Campaign 2000 against Child Poverty is a priority issue. 5. Options Program Unit works with adults and families with an individual with an intellectual disability to promote community inclusion. Multilingual. 6. Learn$ave is a five year Canada wide research project of Individual Development Accounts to help low income people save for education, small business or other learning opportunities. Community partners are St. Stephens, St. Christopher House and YWCA, funded by HRDC. E. Subject-matters: Areas of concern | ||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | According to FSA's by-laws, a member of FSA is defined as someone who has ¿expressed an interest in FSA, completed an application for membership and paid any prescribed fees.¿ | ||||
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | Yes | ||||
| End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 2006-03-31 | ||||
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| Name: | Jacquie Maund |
| Position title: | Coordinator, Social Reform |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Laurel Rothman |
| Position title: | Director, Social Reform |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Puclic Health Agency of Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan) | ||||||||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: Internet, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Immigration, Labour, Social Policy | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Letters and meetings with members of parliament regarding the federal budget and universal child care allowance. | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Letters and meetings with members of parliament on matters of child and family poverty. | ||||||||||||
Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
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