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Benefits:
-plethora of resources in York Region

Challenge:
-access to transportation and distance of schools
Christine and Sarah

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Challenges:
-lack of diversity
-transportation to schools; some schools do not have direct access to busses.
Benefits:
-Lots of STEM programs
-resources: libraries, community centers

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Benefits-
New soccer fields at many of the schools
Lots of outdoor space, field space
Multiple parks within the school yard
Lot of in school programs- extra programs for students

Challenges-
Play structures not fully accessible/inclusive

Julia, Ryan, Justin

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Benefits:
- Access to lots of recreation resources (i.e. trails, bike paths, etc.) leading to a better quality of life

Challenges:
- Hard to balance recreation and school
- Hard to access financial support resources
Sarah & Christine

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Challenges: Many families are first generation immigrants so there could be an issue with many ELL who struggle grasping English language instruction.

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Benefits:
-variety of parks and recreational activities
Challenges:
-lack of accessibility for places of worship.
-limited resources and spaces for marginalized groups to get together.

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Benefits:
- A lot of mental health services for families and children
- Drop in centres, that are free of charge
- Community centres and libraries
- Multiple health care offices, offering various services
- Access to recreation (outdoor trails)

Challenges:
- Bus routes (going across the city rather than to downtown)
- Affording housing and other living expenses

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Benefits
- Having a community centered approach to education is beneficial
- Bringing a community referenced approach to schools where the curriculum, pedagogy and lessons are culturally relevant to students, allowing them to become active participants in their learnings

Challenges
- due to the fact that there is a direct relationship between class background of individuals and the neighbourhoods in which they live, schools located in an area that is a low income level area, these schools may not have sufficient resources or funding provided to them (research supports this)

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Challenges: Not enough support for ELL learnings (funding)

Benefits: Community supports for recently immigrated families helping them boost their English skills.

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Benefits:
-opportunities to volunteer in the community
-resources such as libraries and tutoring centers
Challenges:
-lack of transportation in alignment with events that take place

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Benefits:
-for students who are in need of academic and community resources, they will benefit from this community programming regardless
-fun, interactive way for students to connect with others

Possible challenge:
-due to the distance and already busy schedule of students, there may be low attendance to community programming at school

Sarah and Christine

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Group 11: Olivia, Madeline, Hannah & Joseph

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Group 11: Olivia, Madeline, Hannah & Joseph

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Benefits: School partnerships can play an an important role in supporting school planning, fundraising and help improve student success. Educating children and youth is an important and shared responsibility.

Challenge: Demographics- if their are a lack of resources in the area schools may not be able to fund/participate with partnerships.

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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-partnerships in the community can influence our identities as educators through improving our fluency with understanding where our students are from and our positionality in that community.

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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Group 12- Bidemi Keshinro, Lauren De Fulviis, Nicole Iaccino, Angel Love

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-Having a partnership with the community will enhance our ability to be present and properly advocate for the community and our students that live there.

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Group 8 Brampton: Nikisha, Jessica and Shi

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Group 8 Brampton: Nikisha, Jessica and Shi

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Benefits:

-a lot of organizations which provide after school programs

-diversity culture

-Highest educational attainment in the second generations

Challenge:

-transportation to school

-Poverty rates are going up

-minimal First Nations

-Housing have taken up so many spaces, so many people go to Mississauga or Toronto to participate in activities