Item - 2012.GM10.20

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on February 6, 2012 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by Government Management Committee on January 30, 2012 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on February 6, 2012.

GM10.20 - Request to Include Course on Municipalities and Neighbourhoods within Provincially Mandated Curriculum

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on February 6 and 7, 2012, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council request the City Manager to request the Ontario Provincial Ministry of Education to begin to include within the Provincially mandated curriculum, a full secondary school course on municipalities and neighbourhoods.

Background Information (Committee)

(January 13, 2012) Letter from Councillor Paul Ainslie on Provincially Mandated Curriculum
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-44596.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(January 25, 2012) E-mail from Stephen Young (GM.Supp.GM10.20.1)

GM10.20 - Request to Include Course on Municipalities and Neighbourhoods within Provincially Mandated Curriculum

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council request the City Manager to request the Ontario Provincial Ministry of Education to begin to include within the Provincially mandated curriculum, a full secondary school course on municipalities and neighbourhoods.

Origin

(January 13, 2012) Letter from Coucillor Paul Ainslie - Ward 43-Scarborough East

Summary

Letter from Councillor Paul Ainslie on a request for inclusion, within the Provincially mandated curriculum, of a full course on municipalities and neighbourhoods.

Background Information

(January 13, 2012) Letter from Councillor Paul Ainslie on Provincially Mandated Curriculum
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-44596.pdf

Communications

(January 25, 2012) E-mail from Stephen Young (GM.Supp.GM10.20.1)

Speakers

Josh Fullan, Creator, Maximum City
Miroslav Glavic

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Jaye Robinson (Carried)

Amend the recommendation to insert the words "secondary school" so that it reads:

 

The City Manager be directed to request the Ontario Provincial Ministry of Education begin to include within the Provincially mandated curriculum,  a full secondary school course on municipalities and neighbourhoods.

 


2 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Jaye Robinson (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council