University of Toronto: The importance of citizen led budgeting
PBP’s Josh Lerner delivered the keynote talk at the University of Toronto’s Big Cities, Big Ideas panel on May 5th, discussing the benefits, challenges, and possibilities of participatory budgeting. PB has been practiced in Toronto since 2001 through Toronto Community Housing, and more recently through City and school pilot processes. The panelists discussed how PB […]
Youth and Participatory Budgeting in Toronto
A short interview on youth involvement in participatory budgeting at Toronto Community Housing, with Abdulle Elmi, a wise young participant:
PB at Toronto Community Housing
For the past month I was in Toronto researching and working on participatory budgeting at Toronto Community Housing. This year was a transition year, which made for an even more interesting and ambitious process. The article below gives a glimpse into how it worked this year, and it includes a short video. Participatory Budgeting – […]
Toronto Community Housing PB Update
Toronto Community Housing (the city’s public housing authority) recently posted on its website a new overview of its participatory budgeting process. This is probably the clearest description of a PB experience in North America, and of PB in public housing. See: http://www.torontohousing.ca/key_initiatives/community_planning
