Scarborough Pathways to Education Program

The Scarborough Village Pathways to Education Program is located at:
YouthLink
747 Warden Ave
Scarborough ON M1L4A8
Tel.: 416-967-1773

For complete program information, please contact:
Ronni Gorman
Program Manager
Tel.: 416-967-1773 x 229
Email: ronni.gorman@youthlink.ca

About the Scarborough Village community
Scarborough Village is located in the southeast end of Toronto. The community is ethnically and linguistically diverse and is a densely populated predominantly by newcomers and first-generation immigrants from South Asian, Middle Eastern and Caribbean countries. There are 15,000+ residents within a 2km area and a high proportion of single-parent families, children and youth. Scarborough Village is a community in which many residents are active and engaged however, it is also wrestling with many socio-economic issues related to poverty, unemployment, education, affordable housing, immigration, and family breakdown. Other youth issues include few links between the schools and families in the community), transportation access, lack of access to community and commercial services (no high school, bank or post office in the community), very little after school programming, and higher than city average dropout rates.

In October 2005, Toronto City Council designated Scarborough Village as one of 13 priority neighbourhoods, requiring infrastructure investment and improvement of community services.

The Scarborough Village Pathways to Education Program is offered through an alliance between United Way of Greater Toronto and Pathways Canada.

Catchment area
South: Eglinton Ave E
East: Kingston Rd

North: Cougar Court
West : Mason Road
Three addresses on Kingston Road - #3190, #3370, #3392

How to join
If you are a student in grade 9 from the Scarborough Village catchment area and would like to find out how to join the Pathways to Education Program, you or your parent/guardian can contact Ronni Gorman at ronni.gorman@youthlink.ca

How to volunteer
Interested volunteer tutors and group mentors please contact Lorna Richards, Coordinator, Tutoring and Mentoring, at lorna.richards@youthlink.ca indicating your area of interest and expertise.