Item - 2025.EX20.15

The Executive Committee:

1. Requested the Toronto Seniors’ Strategy team, in the Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division, to present to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee at its February 28, 2025 meeting, on: 

a. an update on the strategy and outreach to and consultation with disability communities in the community consultation process; and

b. how the team is using/will use an accessibility lens in preparing this strategy.

At its meeting on December 11, 2024, the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee considered Item DI10.6 and made recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Summary from the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee:

The City of Toronto is developing a third Toronto Seniors Strategy to better support aging in place, particularly for seniors who are Indigenous, Black, and who belong to equity-deserving groups.

The City of Toronto will be implementing a community consultation process to enhance the City’s understanding of the priorities of seniors and older adults in Toronto. These consultations will be a key input into the development of the next Toronto Seniors Strategy.

The experiences of seniors with disabilities must be included in this strategy, and people with disabilities should be a specific priority group for consultations.

The strategy should be designed with an accessibility lens.