Projects and Initiatives
Completed Projects
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Employment and Skills Strategy, under which financial assistance is
provided to employers to encourage them to hire youth to help them in
acquiring employment and/or career related skills.
program for work related to administration, career development, human
resources, and accounting.
Services of Peel and University of Toronto – Mississauga Campus. The
project is called “Mothers and Daughters – Building Bridges through
technology”. The project flyer includes details on how to participate.
Family Services of Peel was successful in a very competitive proposal process and was awarded 3 year funding to address Human Trafficking. The focus of this project is to increase the capacity of service providers in Peel Region to be able to effectively support women survivors of trafficking and their families on their journey to recovery and healing.
The Human Trafficking Advisory Committee provides advice, guidance, support, and recommendations with regards to the project, addressing Human Trafficking in Peel.
The committee members are:
- Sandra Rupnarain
- Monica Riutort
- Angela Carter
- Alma Arguello
- Dr. Firdosi Mehta
- Dr. Hanni Stoklosa
- Dr. Susan Bartels
- Katarina MacLeod
- Nikki Clarke
- Svjetlana Delic
Minutes:
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (Nov. 22/18)
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (Sept. 20/18)
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (May 31/18)
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (Mar. 1/18)
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (Nov. 23/17)
- Human Trafficking Advisory Committee Minutes (Sep. 25/17)
Project Documents:
- Human Trafficking Needs Assessment (May 2019)
- Human Trafficking Call to Action
- Human Trafficking Presentation to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
- Human Trafficking Presentation to Peel Regional Council
- Human Trafficking Project Press Release
- Human Trafficking Project Poster
- Human Trafficking in Canada, Ontario, and Peel
- Human Trafficking Preliminary Literature Review
- Human Trafficking Bibliography
- Engage communities in a locally-driven process
- Facilitate a local planning process
- Organize events and activities
The Family Services of Peel, including the Peel Institute of Research and Training, in partnership with Institute for Management & Innovation at the University of Toronto is developing an evidence-based Family Needs Framework through their study that focuses on fully understanding the needs of government-assisted refugees and immigrants.
By doing this, the framework hopes to establish better services for Peel government assisted refugees and immigrants. Upon completed research, the Family Needs Framework should inform settlement practices, impact immigrant and refugee services, and further develop the existing literature on newcomer integration.
The Peel Family Pathways Project Advisory Committee provides advice, guidance, support, and recommendations with regards to the project.
The committee members are:
- Ali Salha
- Berna Bolanos
- Marta Orellana
- Najma Iqbal
- Zari Gill
- Sandra Rupnarain
Peel Region’s senior population is increasing at three times the rate of the rest of Ontario and Canada. Our initiative aligns to the Regional Priority of Elder Abuse, a social issue that has been defined by the United Nations (2020) as a “single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person”.
The objectives of the Project are to:
Update, collect, analyze, and summarize existing evidence of the needs of seniors in the Region of Peel, by applying quantitative and qualitative methods.
To strengthen advocacy by building and expanding the network of organizations and volunteers, and to search for solutions of the documented needs of seniors in the Region.
We encourage you to become involved in this Project by becoming a member of the Peel Elder Abuse Prevention Network or the Seniors Project Advisory Committee.
For more information about the Seniors Project, contact:
Monica Riutort Director, Peel Institute of Research & Training, at Family Services of Peel via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 905-270-2250 or 647 927 5579.
Ongoing Projects
416-301-1195 or
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- Family Services of Peel: Mobile Clinic Poster
- Sex Trafficking 101
- Recognizing the Signs
- Canadian Statistics
- Support for Survivors