News and Events

June 17, 2025

Please be advised that there will be a scheduled outage on TPA portal, eClaim and MDP portal effective from June 18th, 2025 , 7PM to June 23rd, 2025, 8AM. During this outage period, users will not have access and will not be able to submit claims through these systems. Please note that invoice submissions via… Continue reading Outage restricts Passport claims

June 2, 2025

June is PRIDE month – our annual time to come together to celebrate and recognize the collective joy, resilience, grief, and strength that exists every day in our 2SLGBTQIA+ community.  In 2025, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights are under growing threat – not only abroad but here in Canada. We are seeing rising incidents of hate, well-funded campaigns… Continue reading We’ve got PRIDE this month

June 2, 2025

June is Seniors Month – a time to recognize and honour the vital role that older adults play in our families, communities, and society.    Many seniors express feeling overlooked or invisible as they age, no longer seen as part of the collective whole. Yet they continue to hold immense wisdom, experience, and insight. This month,… Continue reading Celebrate Seniors in June

May 20, 2025

Family Service Toronto is pleased to join individuals, communities and other workplaces that are actively working to remove barriers to accessibility and inclusion during National AccessAbility Week (NAAW), taking place from May 25-31, 2025. This special week is dedicated to celebrating the valuable contributions and leadership of Canadians with disabilities, as well as promoting efforts… Continue reading FST marks AccessAbility Week

May 6, 2025

Family Service Toronto is recruiting volunteers to join its board of directors and committees beginning in the 2025-26 governance year. FST’s board and committee members are individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives coming from the mental health, social services, non-profit, business, legal, government and academic sectors. FST is currently seeking skills/expertise in: Application deadline is… Continue reading FST opens board recruitment

April 23, 2025

Campaign 2000 is pleased to advise that the final report of their  Localizing Canada’s Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Project is now available. Titled Final Report – Localizing Canada’s Commitment to the SDGs, it is available with and without appendices on SDG Campaign 2000 website. The three-year project, co-led by C2000 with Citizens… Continue reading Final SDG report available now

April 11, 2025

FST completes an annual review of the socio-demographic data of our clients to better understand the communities we serve. In 2023-2024, through Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence, Community Engagement, DS Options and Person-Directed Planning programs, FST served 3,744 clients. In addition, 11,267 clients were supported through the Passport program. The key insights from the 2023-24 data… Continue reading FST releases new client infographic

March 12, 2025

Check out our membership page to review changes to our corporate membership structure that came into effect in September 2024 to ensure FST’s compliance with the Ontario Not For Profit Corporations Act. “FST now has two classes of membership – one voting, applicable to community members, and the other non-voting, applicable to all FST employees,”… Continue reading Interested in FST membership? 

March 11, 2025

Spring is in the air and a new season brings the opportunity to join one of Family Service Toronto’s several virtual workshops or groups. Among the virtual groups open for registration are Emotional Self-Regulation, a six-week fee-based group starting April 10 for individuals interested in learning strategies to reduce anxiety and distress. Also offered virtually… Continue reading Join a Spring virtual group

March 4, 2025

FST’s Leila Sarangi (Senior Director Strategy and Innovation/National Director of Campaign 2000) and Project Researcher Hannah Barrie will join speakers from Jamaica and the United Kingdom next Thursday (March 13) at a free virtual conference exploring themes of intersection and poverty and their relationship to social problems. Titled Intersectionality: Is Poverty the Missing Link?, the… Continue reading FST presents at poverty conference

February 27, 2025

FST’s service users are asked to participate in an online client survey to assist with our 2026-2031 strategic planning process. FST is working on the plan with two consulting firms – People Minded Business and Sisonke Inc. – which have designed the survey for service beneficiaries.  They hope to gather thoughts and ideas about where… Continue reading We need your help!

February 3, 2025

February is Black History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the numerous contributions and achievements of Black Canadians and their communities. However, it is also a time to reflect on Canada’s painful history and the distinct challenges that Black people in Canada continue to face in their daily lives, such as systemic barriers, racism… Continue reading FST marks Black History Month