Global Issues, and why they matter... by Ms. CBettio

SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES (Cristian Stroescu)

2025-06-04 17:48:20 UTC

Stouffville has many small local businesses that are in debt due to the lockdowns and pandemic. To help these small businesses I will take a walk down main street with some of my friends and try out some of the food places and if I like it I will recommend it to people so they can get more businesses.

Diversity and Inclusion - Mikaela

2025-06-04 17:51:53 UTC

Stouffville is growing and becoming more diverse. That’s a good thing, but some newcomers feel left out or they don't know how to get involved. They might face language challenges or not see their culture represented in town events and decisions.

To solve this, we can host an annual street festival that celebrates all cultures with different foods, music, and traditions. This will help people feel more included and it will also bring people together.

Environmental Management (Dylan Mellish)

2025-06-04 17:55:39 UTC

The problem in stouffville is that we have a growing population and that means that we have to expand our town to be able to have space for the other people. The Environment is in danger because when we expand we have to destroy some of the land that could of been left the way it was. I think that I can help by spreading awareness of the destruction of nature.

IMPROVING SOCIAL PROGRAMS- Abby khat

2025-06-04 17:59:30 UTC

One significant issue highlighted in Stouffville is the lack of social support within our community, such as food issues, mental health services, and homelessness. As a student, I help working towards this issue to help solve the problems stouffville has. First I could volunteer my time, I can offer my assistance at local stores and organizations. I can help organize food drives, donations, or even just with community events. I can offer my assistance at local stores and organizations, so I can help organize food drives, donations, or even just with community events. I can also start a food drive at school, making a stand and having a voice. This can catch on in our school body and make a change and a difference.

Stouffville Issues - Environmental Management (Filipp)

2025-06-04 17:59:58 UTC

I would think about building new homes and businesses in the areas that are already developed, instead of building on open green spaces. This means making neighborhoods with more homes close together, building more apartments, and mixing shops, parks, and houses in the same area. This way, we can grow the town without taking away farmland and natural areas so that we can keep Stouffville as a country town near the city.

Supporting small businesses (Lee)

2025-06-04 18:01:33 UTC

In Stouffville there are many small businesses and these businesses have lots of debt due to the high cost of starting a business and because of the pandemic and some are really struggling to stay open. A way that we could make an impact is by supporting these businesses by going out to eat more locally and by promoting people to visit stouffville. by doing this we can make a big impact on keeping these businesses open.

Affordable Housing -Anthony

2025-06-04 18:02:10 UTC

The price of housing in Stouffville has gone really out of hand, to the point where some people can't pay for some. According to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board the average price of a house is 1.29 million, which is a lot of money. I think we can cut down the prices by making more townhouses, townhouses aren't too big but aren't too small, typically a house is around double the size of a house, but near the same size.

Affordable Housing

2025-06-04 18:07:45 UTC

In stouffville the average house costs 1.29 million dollars and the price of a condo is around 776,000 dollars. That is way too expensive for a family today because the average household income in stouffville is 122,000 dollars a year. One way we can drop these prices is by building more housing because when there are less people there is less demand which would make the housing prices go down.

Ronan

Problem with Affordable Housing

2025-06-04 18:07:52 UTC

Since the everything is getting more expensive and less affordable for most canadaians. I think a way to help people to be able to get a house in the current economy is to make taller buildings and increase the space for rooms and for the people they can save money by having roommates to help with rent. This happens in Stouffville as well but not as bad in Toronto because ones famous and is a city and the other is a town and has less population. So its better to live in smaller towns to save money. -Eddie

IMPROVING SOCIAL PROGRAMS - Victoria

2025-06-04 18:26:43 UTC

There are a lot of people struggling without the support they need and require, It's mostly happening in homelessness, families going hungry and not getting proper help for there mental health. We can help these problems by increasing funding for affordable housing so fewer people are left on the streets. We can also use food banks, meal programs to help as well. Treating these issues with the urgency they deserve to make sure everyone around us has support to live safely

Diversity and inclusion (Christian Munoz)

2025-06-04 21:17:04 UTC

As our population continues to grow, our community becomes more culturally diverse. This is a good thing however some people could ruin it with racist actions and words. I will treat everyone with respect no matter who they are or where they are from. I will also do my best to stop any negative/racist behavior I see against these new cultures in public.

SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES - Maddy

2025-06-05 16:59:02 UTC

Small and medium businesses are important for our town. They create jobs and bring unique products and services to our community. To help them grow, we can shop local, share their stories on social media, and attend community events. Supporting these businesses helps Stouffville stay strong and connected.

Improving transit (ryder)

2025-06-06 17:22:41 UTC

I recomend more frequent GO trains on the north to south line and make sure buses connect with the trains schedule. This will make comuting faster and easier.