New Research on Youth Recreation Opportunities

Laidlaw Foundation along with other funders is increasingly concerned with the issue of lack of recreational opportunities for youth in the City of Toronto. Examination of this issue involves the consideration of social factors such as growing income gaps and the racialization of poverty as well as the geographic distribution of recreational facilities and opportunities in Toronto City's diverse neighbourhoods. Preliminary research on this topic was recently completed by Amrita Gill, who undertook a placement at Laidlaw Foundation in the first half of 2004, as part of her training in the Master of Spatial Analysis program, Department of Geography, Ryerson University.