Community Development Halton Blog

Cars in a traffic jam How people travel to work shapes everyday life [1] – affecting access to jobs, transportation costs, and time available for family and community. In Halton Region, commuting patterns have shifted in recent years, first disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and now evolving into a new, more complex reality [2] . The Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) 2022 [3] provides a detailed snapshot of these changes. The survey took place in two phases (Fall of 2022

Home Suite Hope’s work supporting single parents toward stability and independence Home Suite Hope logp By Sara Cumming, PhD. In my own life, I was raised by a teenage single mother, and I became a single mother myself at 22. Through a mentor, I eventually found my way into university—and in a surprising turn of events, I went on to earn a PhD, becoming an expert in helping single mothers move from social assistance to self-sufficiency. That’s how I was introduced to the

Youth researcher Gabe Henriquez reflects on how awareness, opportunity, and community can transform service into meaningful experience. By Gabe Henriquez What have you most loved and appreciated about the work of the organization that you are involved in? It takes the two things that I have interest in. It’s a research project, and I’ve done that a lot throughout my years as a student - in high school and now in college. Now, I’m in my second year at Humber. It’s also a t