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Vital Signs 2007: Toronto's annual checkup
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Mayor Miller on Toronto's health

Mayor David Miller and Rahul Bhardwaj of the Toronto Community Foundation answered your questions about Toronto and Vital Signs, a report on the city's social, economic and cultural health. Read the Q&A.
Why Toronto needs a sudden boost
Laurie Monsebraaten  
First, the good news. Toronto continues to rank among the world's most livable cities. But according to Vital Signs 2007, the Toronto Community Foundation's annual checkup on the city's social and economic health, Toronto ...
What the indicators say
A chart explains the indicators used to arrive at the conclusions in the Vital Signs report.
 
Video: Pathways to success
Pathways to Education, a neighbourhood program in Regent Park, has cut the school dropout rate from 56 per cent to 10 per cent. John Goddard takes a look at one of the students, a success story.
 
Video: Putting Stop to hunger
The Stop, as it's called, isn't your regular food bank. You see, the clients who eat the food in centre's dining room may very well be the same people who grew the food. Paul Irish reports in this Star video.
Report should motivate city improvements
Royson James  
Greatness takes time – whether you are Michael Jordan or a beta city with worldly aspirations on becoming an alpha attraction.

Toronto goes green
Catherine Porter  
Green thumbs up, Toronto!

Community foundation brokers a better future
Paul Irish  
Call it one of the city's best kept secrets.

Putting a Stop to hunger with dignity
Paul Irish  
The main ingredient in all the meals served at the Stop Community Food Centre is love.

Program sets Regent Park students on bright education path
john Goddard  
One statistic stands out. In one of the country's poorest neighbourhoods, where almost everybody lives in social housing and where two-thirds of the population lives in poverty, the high-school ...

Vital Signs: The numbers
An overview of the main areas covered by the Vital Signs report. (PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat reader.)


Region grows, Toronto stalls
A quick comparison of how Toronto is faring compared to the regions around the city.

About the Toronto Community Foundation
Read more about the foundation behind the annual Vital Signs report.