BBNC Projects

Here are some of the projects BBNC has worked on, either solely or in partnership with other community agencies, for the purpose of improving community involvement.  Click on any of the projects in the list below to jump directly to that project.

• Bridges 2 Community Project
• Expanding The Reach: Empowering Women With Disabilities
• Fresh Eyes Youth Leadership Project
• Safe Engaged Environments, Disability (SEED) Project & Final Report

Bridges 2 Community Project

Bridges 2 Community is a new, collaborative project that supports South Scarborough residents from newcomer and ethno-specific groups to have a strong voice in the creation of culturally responsive programming and skills training that meets their needs.

Click here to see our full-color flyer, or click here for an accessible text-only version of our flyer.

Expanding The Reach: Empowering Women With Disabilities

Are you a woman with a disability looking to expand leadership skills?

Want access to free workshops on healthy relationships and empowerment?

Interested in making a difference in your community?

THEN CHECK OUT SCARBOROUGH WOMEN'S CENTRE'S "EXPANDING THE REACH" PROJECT!

THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO:

• Create opportunities for women with disabilities to gain leadership skills through educational workshops and a leadership development program
• Increase the ability of women with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the Centre, by improving its accessibility
• Support women with disabilities in Scarborough to have a positive impact on the well-being of their community
• Learn with community members what it means to be truly 'accessible' to women living with disabilities

This project is offered by Scarborough Women's Centre, in partnership with Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre, Springtide Resources and East Scarborough Storefront.

Attendant Care services and light refreshments will be provided at all ETR sessions. TTC tokens are available upon request.

If you would like to become involved or want more information, contact Melissa Simas at program@scarboroughwomenscentre.ca or 416-439-7111 ext. 3.

Fresh Eyes Youth Leadership Project

Fresh Eyes is a youth-led, anti oppression project offered by the BBNC Youth Drop In centre.  During this project, run from 2010 to 2011, over 32 youth of different backgrounds and abilities increased learning of anti-oppression principles through sessions facilitated by Harmony Movement.  Through workshops, group work, drama and video production, most participating youth unpacked many factors influencing oppression, such as popular media, power and privilege.  Youth applied this learning to their lived experience of such oppressions as racism, sexism and ableism.  Among other outcomes, youth set new norms for an oppression-free youth space, took away good tools for doing peer-based advocacy on the issue, and partnered in creating an educational video titled "Fresh Eyes".

"Fresh Eyes" was generously funded by the City of Toronto's Access, Equity & Human Rights grant, with support from the United Way and the Youth Challenge fund.  It was offered in collaboration with Harmony Movement.

Click here to check out the "Fresh Eyes" video.  You can also click here to read the transcription and description for this video.

Safe Engaged Environments, Disability (SEED) Project & Final Report

BBNC is pleased to post the Final Report of the Safe Engaged Environments, Disability (SEED) Project, a 3-year community-based action research project which finished on July 28th 2011.  BBNC was one of several active partners that developed the project.  They included the lead partner, the Centre for Independent Living, Toronto (CILT), cross-disability organizations, people with disabilities in the City of Toronto and/or tenants with disabilities in Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC).

The Project was developed and carried out by persons with disabilities for persons with disabilities.

The SEED Project produced a final report called "A Safer City For All", which summarizes the safety themes that emerged out of 33 SEED focus groups with 304 people with disabilities in the City of Toronto and/or tenants with disabilities in TCHC.

The SEED Project was funded by the City of Toronto’s Community Safety Investment Program and TCHC’s Social Investment Fund.

Click here for a copy of the SEED Final Report and more information.
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