What works in Toronto
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Evidence snapshot for Toronto
Toronto has established itself as a hub for inclusive design and skilled-immigrant employment support. The Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University operates with ~20 staff and has secured $2.9M in major grants (Hewlett Foundation and federal funding) to build inclusive technology and open education, while Fable raised $15.4M CAD total ($2M seed in 2020, $13.4M Series A in 2022) to scale disability-led accessibility testing with enterprise clients. TRIEC's Mentoring Partnership has logged 27,000+ mentoring matches since 2004, with participants 2.5x more likely to secure good-quality jobs and 85% of employed mentees in permanent, full-time roles—a model since replicated in six other Canadian cities and New Zealand. Together, these practices demonstrate Toronto's significant capacity in accessibility innovation, disability inclusion, and labour-market integration for skilled immigrants.
Drawn from: Inclusive Design Research Centre (OCAD University) — Open-Source Inclusive Design · Fable — Accessibility Testing and Co-Design with People with Disabilities · TRIEC Mentoring Partnership · TRIEC Mentoring Partnership — Toronto's Skilled-Immigrant Employment Bridge · Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations — Reverse-Mentoring Digital and Online-Safety Training · Ontario's Pay Equity Act (1987) — Mandatory Job-Comparison Pay Equity, With Gaps in Small and Non-Union Workplaces · MaRS Discovery District · Canada's University Salary Disclosure Laws — Public 'Sunshine' Lists and a 20–40% Narrower Faculty Gender Pay Gap
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +52 pts 100 here · 48 average
Evaluation evidence +26 pts 75 here · 49 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +22 pts 75 here · 54 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +8 pts 82 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Evaluated outcomes -12 pts 67 here · 79 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -14 pts 50 here · 64 average
Inclusiveness / equity -14 pts 28 here · 43 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Efficiency -16 pts 17 here · 33 average
Effectiveness -18 pts 50 here · 68 average
Sustainability / continuity -20 pts 58 here · 78 average
Impact on gender equality -38 pts 33 here · 71 average
Achievement / evidence -38 pts 50 here · 88 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -56 pts 33 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Toronto. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Inclusive Design Research Centre (OCAD University) — Open-Source Inclusive Design · 100
Fable — Accessibility Testing and Co-Design with People with Disabilities · 96
TRIEC Mentoring Partnership · 91
TRIEC Mentoring Partnership — Toronto's Skilled-Immigrant Employment Bridge · 91
Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations — Reverse-Mentoring Digital and Online-Safety Training · 88
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Backed by strong evidence
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- Backed by strong evidence
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- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more