To date, the main activities of committees include the creation of terms of reference for each committee; ongoing community needs assessments; outreach to residents, development of workplans and budgets for committees and their projects.  All together, this work will help create the Regent Park Community Plan. Once the Plan is complete, the committee ideas will become projects for agencies and residents to work on locally for the benefit of the entire Regent Park neighbourhood. Each committee is supported by a lead agency and in-kind resources from organizations within the community. Committees are responsible for meeting regularly, finding new people to get involved and coming up with new and innovative ideas for the neighbourhood.  If you live in the neighbourhood, join a committee to have YOUR SAY in what YOU THINK Regent Park should be; share YOUR IDEAS and help make it happen!

Current committees

Arts and Culture
The purpose of the arts and culture committee is to identify and advocate for arts and culture-based interests of residents. Part of this involves reviewing what currently exists, identifying what residents of the neighbourhood would like, and finding ways of making new initiatives happen. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Diversity and Settlement
The purpose of the diversity and settlement committee is to ensure that residents, agencies and others in the neighbourhood promote local programming, services and initiatives that promote opportunities for, respond to the needs of, and recognize the strengths of diverse communities.  For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Education
The education committee recognizes the assets, strengths and skill sets of residents. It also recognizes that everyone has a right to an education. In this context, the education committee works with residents, local agencies, schools, external institutions and others to develop and implement initiatives that will facilitate the continued education and training of members of the community. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Employment and Economic Development
Almost 50% of women, newcomer, and racialized residents in the Regent Park community do not have access to employment opportunities for various reasons. For some, their professional experience is not recognized in Canada. For others, barriers include language training, lack of childcare supports, skills development and pre-employment training opportunities. To break the cycle of un/underemployment, the employment and economic development committee works with residents, multiple levels of government, TCHC, local service providers and other groups to identify initiatives that will facilitate greater opportunities for employment of residents of the neighbourhood. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Health and Safety
The health and safety committee seeks to identify strategies, initiatives and projects that will help create a safe and welcoming community environment for everyone. Some of these activities involve other groups or systems, including the police, TCHC, local organizations, external groups and partners. Some of this work also means working with local residents who may be at greater risk than others. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Revitalization Committee
The revitalization committee works with the public and private sectors, the volunteer and community-based sectors and others to provide input into the redevelopment of Regent Park. This committee actively liaises with multiple stakeholders to represent the interests of residents in all redevelopment and revitalization initiatives. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here

Youth
The purpose of the youth committee is to ensure that diverse young people in the neighbourhood are able to actively participate and contribute to their community while receiving the relevant supports and skills development opportunities to achieve their vision. For more information, or to join this committee, please click here