Brian was recently in the news after his complaint to Toronto’s integrity commissioner resulted in city councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, being docked three months of pay for violating council’s rules on accepting gifts and benefits.
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We’re currently accepting applications for the 2015 – 2016 articling year. We’re looking for like-minded progressive people to join our team. Please submit your application (including cover letter, resume, reference letters and copies of your transcripts) by Friday, July 4 to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!
Celia Chandler will be at the CHF Canada AGM in Ottawa on June 4th and 5th participating in the Co-operative Management Conference and Member Education Forum. With over 750 attendees, the AGM is the largest co-op housing event in Canada. We’re thrilled to be part of it this year. On Wednesday June 4th Celia will participate in a town hall titled “Responding to the changing needs of co-op members.” On Thursday June 5th she will lead a workshop titled “Learning to make your case at the Landlord and Tenant Board.”
We’re very pleased to announce that Laura Bowman is the provincial NDP candidate for York-Simcoe. Laura grew up in Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury and maintains many ties with the area. Regular readers of our blog will recall her articles on development issues in the Lake Simcoe region.
She plans to campaign on curtailing sprawl, improving transit infrastructure, protecting water, affordable housing, local agriculture, improving local employment opportunities and municipal and planning reform.
Laura will continue working at Iler Campbell until the election, in which we wish her all the best. For more about her and her platform, visit her website at laurabowman.ca.
Shelina Ali will be leading a workshop on minute taking, Saturday April 26, at the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto’s 2014 Spring Member Education Event. Her workshop, entitled Minutes Matter, aims to take the mystery out of taking minutes for housing co-ops.
For more info about the event, see the brochure here (PDF).
If you’re interesting in having us lead a workshop for your event or organization, let us know. We’d love to hear from you.
Celia Chandler and Lauren Blumas will be presenting at the Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation Spring Education Conference this Saturday in Cambridge. Their workshop will explore human rights issues and issues that people claim are human rights issues in co-op housing. They’ll address how to determine which issues are really human rights issues, what to pay attention to in by-laws and policies concerning human rights, how to respond when questioned and what to do if you receive a human rights application.
If you’re interesting in having us lead a workshop for your organization, let us know. We’d love to hear from you.
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