Our new LEAG members will soon be announced. Stay tuned!
The Poverty Reduction Strategy’s Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) is a group of City of Toronto residents with lived experience of poverty, who advise the City on policies, programs and initiatives affecting those living in poverty. In addition, LEAG members act as an accountability mechanism for the City’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
LEAG Third Cohort (2025-2028) – to be announced soon!
The LEAG includes residents who reflect the diversity of Toronto. In selecting members for the LEAG, consideration was given to ensure representation from equity-deserving groups. LEAG members include people with diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, sexual, and gender identities. Members include racialized people, new immigrants, people with disabilities, Indigenous people, and people with experiences of the justice system. LEAG members’ insights into a range of programs and issues, including Ontario Works, unemployment, systemic discrimination and the impacts of violence, will inform the activities of the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy.