Another newsletter from the students at PTP East is out. In this issue: gardening, our PTP Spring Fling, Earth Day, Mother’s Day and RESPs. We also report on our trips to the MTML Learners’ Conference and to New Circles, a clothing bank in the Flemingdon Park community. Click to read the Spring 2010 newsletter.

Centre Meeting at PTP has become an excellent opportunity for some students to practice and develop their communication skills and overcome their fear of speaking to a large group. The students’ participation ranges from hosting the meeting, giving short announcement about Events group or other teamwork classes to presenting a speech using MS PowerPoint. The [...]

The most recent Newsletter from PTP East is out. In this issue: volunteering with the Events Team, Chinese New Year, Black History in Canada, the Olympics, Easter, a look at the upcoming municipal elections, suggestions on healthy snacks, and more. Click here to read the newsletter in PDF format.

Last week students from PTP visited Mustard Seed. It was a really nice place. All the students loved Mustard Seed. We met in Kipling Subway station at 9:00 a.m. When we were in the train we took some photos. Because the students in PTP like each other we talked. When we got to Mustard Seed [...]

On April 6, 2010, the students and staff at PTP had the pleasure of acting captain Ron Jones from Toronto Fire Services giving a presentation on fire safety. This presentation was very insightful. We learned what to do in case there is a fire in your home or apartment. We also learned you should always [...]

The Men’s Discussion Group The Men’s Group at PTP West recently finished a 9 week session. The men’s discussion group aims to foster reflection, self-knowledge and personal development. The discussions take place in a safe, and respectful environment. It allows the participants to express themselves in a group setting and to develop listening skills. The [...]

The students of the Advocacy and Events Planning team carried out a project to assist the students at PTP with signing up for the Toronto Parks and Recreation programs in September. We first taught the students how to use the Fun Guide. The Fun Guide is the parks and recreation guide to programs and services [...]

Are you interested in cooking? Want to improve your literacy? PTP and George Brown College are providing a pre-culinary program that offers an opportunity to improve your basic culinary and literacy skills. Students will come away from the class with a personalized action plan, experience in an authentic kitchen setting, and course work which will [...]