Year: 1982
Summary: Examines the phenomenon of bachelorettes (furnished, one-room rental units) and consequences for housing in Toronto.
Year: 1981
Summary: Assesses the role of recreation at the municipal level, considering major benefits and financial constraints.
Summary: Examines increased contracting of municipal services to the private sector. Recommends that a number of factors, not just cost-savings, must be taken into account.
Year: 1980
Summary: Addresses the issue of school closures, reviewing the decision-making process and providing a case study of The School Board of Etobicoke.
Summary: Reviews the history of individual user charges for municipal services, and outlines the political and social reasons for their limited use.
Year: 1978
Summary: Evaluates instruction on local government in Ontario secondary schools. Includes summaries of workshops held around the province to gain a better understanding of how to improve instruction.
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.
Year: 1976
Summary: Describes how various Ontario municipalities handle their animal control responsibilities. The objectives, scope of services, financial costs and results of different programs are identified.
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.
Year: 1975
Summary: Survey of the Oro Township school system as an example of how the consolidation of the school system into larger units has affected education in the six years since it took place.
Summary: Discussion of civics studies in the school system and their insufficient treatment of the issue of local government.
Summary: A scan of waste management practice and authorities in Ontario and how they play out in various cities, emphasizing the need for a more comprehensive strategy of waste management, recycling and renewable energy.
Year: 1973
Summary: Scan of existing public libraries' systems in Toronto area and suggestions for moving forward without harming the research-encouraging tier of the public library.
Summary: Toronto must find a new way to dispose of waste, after having used lake Ontario, incineration and landfills. There are economic and social advantages to turning to recycling.
Summary: The education system is trying to address too many problems at once and therefore is not accomplishing any of the hoped for changes.
Year: 1972
Summary: The Bureau suggests possible changes to improve inadequate supervision of quality control in residential construction.
Year: 1971
Summary: Discusses the legal structure of land easement and the possibilities of using this method for creating recreation spaces.
Summary: Describes the importance of learning from past rehabilitation projects of low-income housing.
Summary: Discussion of division of responsibilities regarding education and citizen's involvement in decision-making.
Year: 1970
Summary: Discusses principles for playground planning and the need for Toronto to invest in playgrounds in areas like Regent Park.
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.
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
Summary: A report on the challenges presented by low housing supply and expensive housing and rental stock in the city of Toronto.
Summary: Suggests the implications of transferring the authority of the Toronto Housing Authority to the province: the city would experience financial gains, while the province would gain control and authority. Discusses Regent Park.
Year: 1964
Summary: Draws attention to important issues in the 1964 election.
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.
Year: 1962
Summary: Discusses whether Metro should make capital grants for hospital construction, or the province accept greater responsibility for coordinating and financing hospital construction.
Summary: The introduction of sewer charges in Metro Toronto could have two major advantages: equitable distribution of service costs and diversification of municipal revenue.
Summary: News Brief about mill rates; social services provision - effects of demography and needed reform in order to improve efficiency.
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.