Facilitation is fundamental to collective action and a key skill for organizing. Good facilitation meets people where they are and draws insight from their experiences to generate ideas and make choices together - allowing people to work through differences and find a path to action built on shared values.

On November 17, Alejandra Bravo, the Director of Power Lab and Progress Toronto Board Member, will share practices for running participatory meetings and workshops that help you meet your objectives. Learn more and sign up.

On Tuesday, October 27, Toronto City Council is meeting and there will be many important items debated.

Join Progress Toronto on Tuesday, October 27 at 9:30AM via Zoom so we can watch City Council live together. While we watch the livestream, Progress Toronto will be there, online with you on our Zoom chat. We will be providing helpful info throughout the day, and can help to answer questions about process, timing, motions, and more! Learn more and sign up here.

Developing digital campaigns and strategies is crucial to winning on progressive issues, particularly now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress Toronto is excited to partner with 350.org and their Senior Digital Strategist Atiya Jaffar to provide this Digital Campaigning 101 training.

Join us on Wednesday, October 21 to learn the basics of digital campaigning, what digital campaigning can achieve, and how to create digital strategies. Learn more and sign up here.

Join Progress Toronto and the Toronto Youth Cabinet on Monday, October 19 for this workshop where you will learn the basics of making a deputation. You will learn how to choose which committee to speak at, how to read the committee agenda, how to sign up for a deputation, and how to prepare your deputation (speech). Right now, deputations at the City of Toronto are taking place online. We will review how this works and how you can prepare. Learn more and sign up here.

City Councillor Mike Layton is a long time member of the City's Budget Committee and on Thursday, October 15, he will be leading this City Budget 101 training session. Join us to learn more about the budget process, how to understand and analyse the budget, and how you can have your say. Learn more and sign up.

For decades our provincial government has let rich Toronto developers off the hook from paying Educational Development Charges (EDCs) that would help fund public schools in disrepair. The pandemic has exposed how our crumbling schools are public health hazards.

That’s why we’ve launched a campaign to close this loophole. We’re running remote phone banks to call people across our city and help them take action. Learn more and sign up to phone bank!

Join Progress Toronto on Wednesday, September 30 at 9:30am via Zoom so we can watch City Council live together. While we watch the livestream, Progress Toronto will be there, online with you on our Zoom chat. We will be providing helpful info throughout the day, and can help to answer questions about process, timing, motions, and more! Learn more and sign up here.

For decades our provincial government has let rich Toronto developers off the hook from paying Educational Development Charges (EDCs) that would help fund public schools in disrepair.[1]

The pandemic has exposed how our crumbling schools are public health hazards. Toronto's students have lost out on hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to update and repair their schools because of this regulatory loophole. Learn more and take action here.

On Wednesday, September 16, join Progress Toronto's Program and Operations Director, Erica Woods, to learn more about the legislative process, who the key players are influencing decisions, and how you can have your say.

Progress Toronto is offering 10 free trainings and workshops for our 2020 Fall Training Series! Due to COVID-19, all of our trainings are happening online.

Workshops this Fall include digital campaigning, how to meet with your local politician, City Budget 101 with Councillor Mike Layton, using your personal narrative to move people to action, and more!

Decisions made at City Hall and the Toronto School Board affect lives across Toronto. Many of those decisions are made at committees where the public has an opportunity to speak. That’s why one way to ensure representatives and the Mayor hear our concerns is by speaking at a committee.

Speaking at a committee is also known as making a deputation. Deputations are an opportunity for you to tell the Mayor, City Councillors, and TDSB Trustees your opinions and perspectives on issues they are considering.

Learn more and sign up here.

Knowing the decision-making process at City Hall is a key tool to advocate, influence decisions, and organize to win. During the pandemic, Toronto city council and committee meetings have been moved online.

Join Progress Toronto's Program and Operations Director, Erica Woods, to learn more about the legislative process, who the key players are influencing decisions, and how you can have your say. Learn more and sign up here!

Ever wanted to meet with your local politician but didn’t know where to begin or what to say?

On Tuesday July 14, join Progress Toronto's Executive Director Michal Hay and Toronto Community Benefits Network’s Campaigns Manager Kumsa Baker for this training. You'll find out why meeting with your local politician matters and how you can prepare for your meeting to make sure your voice is heard. Learn more and sign up here.

Developing digital campaigns and strategies is crucial to winning on progressive issues, particularly now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress Toronto is excited to partner with 350.org and their Senior Digital Strategist Atiya Jaffar to provide this Digital Campaigning 101 training.

Join us on Tuesday, July 7 to learn the basics of digital campaigning, what digital campaigning can achieve, and how to create digital strategies. Click here to learn more and sign up!

Progress Toronto is offering 6 free trainings and workshops for our 2020 Summer Training Series! Due to COVID-19, all of our trainings are happening online.

This Summer, workshops include digital campaigning, how to meet with your local politician (including virtual meetings), using your personal narrative to move people to action, and more! Click here to learn more and register.

Join Progress Toronto on Monday June 29 at 9:30am via Zoom so we can watch City Council live together. Toronto City Council is meeting and there are many important items on the agenda including defunding the Toronto police, the City’s response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, anti-Black racism, COVID-19 response and so much more! Click here to register and learn more.

Thousands joined us live for our conversation on defunding the police and investing in communities. You can still watch the panel! Click here to catch up and see what the panelists had to say.

You’re invited to join us on Thursday, June 25 at 6:30pm for an unprecedented and not to be missed online fundraising event: a live online cooking demo with activist, author, and award-winning Chef Joshna Maharaj! As Joshna takes you through a delicious recipe she will be in conversation with the ever-inspiring Paul Taylor, Executive Director of FoodShare. Find out more.