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City Budget Story No. 4 - The City As School Master

Year: 1921

Summary: Statistics on education expenditures in Toronto; this bulletin argues economy with efficiency is essential in the public education department.

Municipal Services: Who Should Pay?

Year: 1980

Summary: Reviews the history of individual user charges for municipal services, and outlines the political and social reasons for their limited use.

Administrative Study Of The Department Of Public Health

Year: 1915

Summary: An overview and analysis of various departments relating to public health, including hospitals, nursing, maternity and infant care, dentistry, food inspection and sanitation services. The Bureau of Municipal Research makes recommendations to improve public health, including upgrading and expanding public health office spaces modernizing administrative practices, and encouraging inter-departmental cooperation for more efficient collection of data, information and statistics related to public health.

School Story No. 5.

Year: 1916

Summary: Outlines budgetary spending on high schools and collegiates, as well as the need for accurate information and advanced accounting methods in order to provide taxpayers with a better picture of these budget figures.

New Hope For Public Housing

Year: 1963

Summary: The present system for public housing is overly complex and expensive, as well as inefficient. Outlines the effect that new legislation could have on Ontario social housing.

Here Is Food For Thought

Year: 1914

Summary: Examines expenditure on Education in Toronto, with relevant recommendations and their implications.

Some Facts About Our Schools In 1913

Year: 1915

Summary: An overview of the issues and challenges faced by Toronto public schools, including drop-out rates, rates of grade repetition, facilities, curricula and student health. Proposes solutions to make public schools run more efficiently and to improve conditions for students. Meant to encourage taxpayers to keep on top of local boards of education, and to exert pressure if it seems standards have loosened.

Do You Care How The Other Fellow Is Housed?

Year: 1914

Summary: Existing housing conditions are the result of taxation methods and lack of infrastructure improvement; citizens are encouraged to help the Board of Health solve the problem of furnishing homes and providing accommodation.

Is The Solution Of The Housing Problem A Civic Duty?

Year: 1914

Summary: The Toronto Housing Company has taken steps towards alleviating Toronto's housing problem. Planning was made possible by citizen cooperation.

Open Letter: Information on Regent Park

Year: 1952

Summary: Argues that investment for the development of Regent Park is an election issue.

School Story No. 10

Year: 1917

Summary: This publication draws upon reports of the Board of Education and highlights the issue of children who are over the normal age for their school grade due to either late entrance or lack of progress and being held back a grade.

Are All Children Alike?

Year: 1915

Summary: Attack on children with special needs and the fact that public education is wasted on them and on the need to repeat school years.

School Story No. 3

Year: 1915

Summary: Review of education budget, expenditure and accountability to the public about the school system. Considers the cost of education to each taxpayer and proposes more engagement in promoting efficiecy in public schools.

School Story No. 6

Year: 1916

Summary: Comparison of repeated grades and children above standard age in Montreal and Toronto schools and how the education system should cater to children with special needs.

Open Letter: Comment On Traffic And Parking

Year: 1948

Summary: Examines parking and traffic challenges grow as the city grows.

Be It Ever So Humble: The Need For Rental Housing In The City Of Toronto

Year: 1977

Summary: Study of the state of the rental housing market in Toronto, with an emphasis on the scope of basic need and the nature and size of the population group for assisted rental housing.

Open Letter: Homes For The Aged Story No. I Background For Action

Year: 1954

Summary: Examines the challenges municipalities face in fulfilling their responsibility to build old age homes.

BMR News Briefs

Year: 1962

Summary: News Brief about mill rates; social services provision - effects of demography and needed reform in order to improve efficiency.

The Teaching Of Local Government In Our Schools

Year: 1975

Summary: Discussion of civics studies in the school system and their insufficient treatment of the issue of local government.

Community Service And Our Public Hospitals

Year: 1920

Summary: Explores the costs of hospital administration. The relation between hospitals, municipalities, and the province needs to ensure adequate service, while avoiding unnecessary costs.

Bulletin: The Rightful Place Of Subsidized Public Housing

Year: 1959

Summary: Discusses how much public housing there should be, who should it be made available to and how much funding should be allocated for this purpose.

The Public's Right To Know

Year: 1969

Summary: In light of conflict between the public and the parks department over the withholding of information about the poisoning of ducks that could also affect residents, the bureau surveys the legal requirement of revealing such information.

The News Media And The Metro Toronto Teachers' Strike

Year: 1976

Summary: A study of the media coverage of Toronto high school teachers' 2-month long strike and it's role in shaping and reflecting public opinion and influencing the outcome of the strike.

"Caveat Emptor": The Need For Quality Control In Housing Construction

Year: 1972

Summary: The Bureau suggests possible changes to improve inadequate supervision of quality control in residential construction.

The Federal Role In Housing And Urban Development

Year: 1968

Summary: A report on the challenges presented by low housing supply and expensive housing and rental stock in the city of Toronto.

The Difference

Year: 1928

Summary: Highlights road accident fatality rates in Canada and expresses a need for regulatory changes in order to prevent them. Compares road fatality rates to the number of people killed in wars, saying "the civil war of motor accidents has lasted twenty years and shows no sign of termination."

Housing Story No.1

Year: 1946

Summary: Highlights the need for more housing, but cautions that until Toronto adopts a master plan, a zoning by-law in compliance with that master plan, and a financial policy in conformity with housing needs it will not be able to see any advance in housing, particularly for those in lower income brackets.

Brief To To The Task Force On Housing And Urban Development By The Bureau Of Municipal Research

Year: 1968

Summary: A brief submitted to the Task Force on Housing and Urban Development outlining overlooked areas of discussion in the task forces' proceedings - including reduced tax assessments for farms, the impact of municipalities withdrawing from subdivision servicing on housing costs, and the hidden costs of "satellite cities" on existing metropolitan centers

The Department Of Public Health

Year: 1919

Summary: Summary of the organization, function, activities, revenue and expenditures of the Toronto Public Health Department. Special consideration is given to the issue of infant mortality/child welfare.

Motoring Safety Story No.4

Year: 1930

Summary: Examines the ways in which legislation can prevent traffic accidents and fatalities, but also outlines ways in which roads and vehicles can and should be improved in order to make roads safer.

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City Budget Story No. 4 - The City As School Master

Municipal Services: Who Should Pay?

Administrative Study Of The Department Of Public Health

School Story No. 5.

New Hope For Public Housing

Here Is Food For Thought

Some Facts About Our Schools In 1913

Do You Care How The Other Fellow Is Housed?

Is The Solution Of The Housing Problem A Civic Duty?

Open Letter: Information on Regent Park

School Story No. 10

Are All Children Alike?

School Story No. 3

School Story No. 6

Open Letter: Comment On Traffic And Parking

Be It Ever So Humble: The Need For Rental Housing In The City Of Toronto

Open Letter: Homes For The Aged Story No. I Background For Action

BMR News Briefs

The Teaching Of Local Government In Our Schools

Community Service And Our Public Hospitals

Bulletin: The Rightful Place Of Subsidized Public Housing

The Public's Right To Know

The News Media And The Metro Toronto Teachers' Strike

"Caveat Emptor": The Need For Quality Control In Housing Construction

The Federal Role In Housing And Urban Development

The Difference

Housing Story No.1

Brief To To The Task Force On Housing And Urban Development By The Bureau Of Municipal Research

The Department Of Public Health

Motoring Safety Story No.4