Research guides: CITB03: Social Planning and Community Development: Home

Learning Outcomes

Search Strategies

You will explore the City of Toronto website to find census and demographic data for your neighbourhoods, and staff reports to help support your recommendations for your assignment.
You will identify a list of keywords specific to your topic in order to retrieve relevant newspaper articles in a library database for your Urban Communities & Neighbourhoods assignment.
You will learn to design and refine search needs and search strategies as necessary and based on search results.

Catalogue Search

Key e-Resources

Neighbourhood Profiles
City of Toronto Website
You can use the search box in the top right corner of the page. Try searching for "staff report" + your topic. Read the report for titles of further relevant documents from the city.

CBCA Reference & Current Events

Canadian Public Policy Collection (Scholars Portal Books)
This is a collection of materials from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups and think-tanks materials.
ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS: After you click on the link, choose "Canadian Public Documents Collection" from the Collection drop-down menu below the search box.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.

Undergraduate Research Events & Prizes

The University of Toronto is well-known for its dynamic research environment, and U of T Scarborough is committed to fostering opportunities for undergraduate research experiences. As part of this commitment, the UTSC Office of the Vice-Principal Research and the UTSC Library launched two research initiatives in 2016: the UTSC Undergraduate Research Poster Forum and the UTSC Undergraduate Research Prize. A third opportunity for recognition exists through the tri-campus Patricia and Peter Shannon Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize.

Each program provides an opportunity for students who have excelled in research, scholarship and creative activities to showcase their research and win cash prizes.

More Information

UTSC Undergraduate Research Poster Forum - Application deadline: February 23, 2021 11:59 PM EST

UTSC Undergraduate Research Prize - Application deadline: Thursday, April 8, 2021 11:59 PM EST

Patricia and Peter Shannon Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize - Application deadline: Winter 2021 TBD

Lib4Life: Library skills workshops for school and life

The UTSC Library’s Lib4Life workshop series is currently on hiatus.

Please refer to the University of Toronto Libraries’ tri-campus workshops calendar to find other research skills workshops offered online for Fall 2020.