Core Peel Region 1,381,739 Toronto Ontario Canada Business directory 2009 62 37 256 338 3.1 Nineteenth century. Schooling for children living in poverty was a concern of many of the Chief Inspectors of the TPSB including Inspector Hughes He and others campaigned for the passage of legislation to allow for the creation of industrial schools similar to those created in England in the meantime a class for expelled students was created in a church mission run by the Anglican Grace Church the space was provided for free by the church and the class was staffed by the TPSB who provided Esther Frances How who would go on to be widely remembered for her work at the school. Although the Ontario Industrial Schools Act was passed in 1874 industrial schools were not built in Toronto until 1887 when the province provided funding to support the construction of such schools the first two industrial schools in Toronto were the Victoria Industrial School for Boys and the Alexandra School for Girls the schools were both part of the Industrial Schools Association of Toronto Victoria Industrial School for Boys, Orangeville Green tick Independent, American planning The TDSB is the largest school board in Canada and the 4th largest in North America.[citation needed] the record was previously held by the Metropolitan Separate School Board with over 100,000 students until 1998 what is now the Toronto Catholic District School Board There are more than 250,000 students in nearly 600 schools within the TDSB Of these schools 451 offer elementary education 102 offer secondary level education and there are five adult day schools the TDSB has 16 alternative elementary schools as well as 20 alternative secondary schools TDSB has approximately 31,000 permanent and 8,000 temporary staff which includes 10,000 elementary school teachers and 5,800 at the secondary level Parent and Community involvement occurs at all levels of the school board system from parental involvement at local schools the involvement of local organizations at the school level and formal advisory committees at the Board level There has also been an effort to include more student involvement in the Toronto District School Board the "Super Council" is an organization which acts as a student council for the entire board. There has also been an attempt to place student input in the TDSB's Equity Department through the second and last board-wide student group: Students Working Against Great Injustice. Both groups have put together various events and have had much success in giving input towards the decisions of the Board The TDSB actively recruits students from outside of Canada and attracts students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 charging international students up to $14,000 per year to study in Toronto Trustees. . .
. . . ! . Rouge National Urban Park is an urban national park in the GTA it covers the municipalities of Markham Pickering Toronto and Uxbridge The Greater Toronto Area covers an area of 7,125 km2 (2,751 sq mi) the region itself is bordered by Lake Ontario to the south Kawartha Lakes to the east the Niagara Escarpment to the west and Lake Simcoe to the north the region creates a natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion the Greater Toronto Area forms part of the neck of the Ontario Peninsula Vast parts of the region remain farmland and forests making it one of the distinctive features of the geography of the GTA Most of the urban areas in the GTA holds large urban forest For the most part designated as parkland the ravines are largely undeveloped Rouge Park is also one of the largest nature parks within the core of a metropolitan area. Much of these areas also constitute the Toronto ravine system and a number of conservation areas in the region which are managed by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority the Cheltenham Badlands is an example of environmental degradation due to poor agricultural practice In 2005 the Government of Ontario also passed legislation to prevent urban development and sprawl on environmentally sensitive land in the Greater Toronto Area known as the Greenbelt many of these areas including protected sections of the Oak Ridges Moraine Rouge Park and the Niagara Escarpment. Nevertheless low-density suburban developments continue to be built some on or near ecologically sensitive and protected areas the provincial government has recently attempted to address this issue through the "Places to Grow" legislation passed in 2005 which emphasizes higher-density growth in existing urban centres over the next 25 years Climate. .
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