About Michael Shapcott
WEDDING DAY – May 4, 2005: My darling wife Ann, my son Malcolm, my daughter Nicole, and me on the day of our wedding.
Michael Shapcott lives in Toronto, Canada. For almost three decades, Michael has been a housing, homelessness and urban health advocate and activist. The views on this web site are those of Michael alone. Michael is a founding member of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, and is active with Canada’s National Housing and Homelessness Network and the Habitat International Coalition. He is President of the Board of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. Michael is active with the New Democratic Party, Canada’s social democratic party. Michael works at the international level with the Habitat International Coalition, and has been part of international work in Istanbul, Turkey; Beijing, China; and Nairobi, Kenya.
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Deborah Konecny said
Hi Michael:
I would love to touch base with you and see if you are available to be a presenter at the evening session of an all day Parent conference being held at the Harbourfront Community Centre on March 23rd.
It would be great to have you share your passion and knowledge about what is on the horizon for housing in Toronto.
Thanks
Deobrah
Patrice Mousseau said
Hello,
Gabriel Draven recommended I speak to you. I am a host on CFRB and I am looking for a guest for Monday night to speak on poverty and Money Mart type organizations.
Would you be interested?
Regards,
Patrice
Michael Cameron said
Michael…its your nephew…love your blog!
Michael Ballin said
July 28,2008
I am a volunteer with an international development agency. Some of the volunteers on my committee are concerned about the poverty conditions within Canada and Ontario. We have been reading about the current poverty hearings sponsored by the Ontario Liberal government –to take place in Toronto September 23rd. Since we are volunteers with an organization that emphasises Food, Shelter, Santitation , Health and Education for all peoples as basic human rights we would like to give some input into this process. The hearings focus on Child poverty but we believe that child poverty is not separable from Adult poverty and the vulnerability of women , especially single women with children, to poverty. Our agency has campaigned for Womens rights internationally as a specially vital way to bring communities out of poverty conditions.
I would like to know your view of these current hearings and any ways you could suggest that citizens such as ourselves could provide input. and your view of the relation between poverty in developed countries and developing countries.the phrase “third world conditions’ is often used about the condition of our own first nations peoples in this province and elsewhere.
I would love to hear from any other interested and knowledgable people on this topic.
margaret jean shapcottwheatley said
LAST COUNT MY OLDEST SON MICHAELS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO THE 118TH DECENDANT OF JEAN AND MARK SHAPCOTT. IT IS FRIGHTENING HOW MUCH WE THINK A LOT LIKE YOU WRITE. BEING POLITICALLY ACTIVE WAS AND STILL IS A SUBJECT THAT WE DELVE INTO WITH ZEAL. PERSONALLY I WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BUCKS COUNTY PA. DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I WAS ABLE TO RAISE MY OWN SALARY, THEREFORE I COULD EXPOSE THE CREEPS AND HELP A SELECT FEW.MY FATHER MARK SHAPCOTT JR’ WAS I BELIEVE THE 8TH MARK IN A ROW.THERE ARE 2 MORE NOW. HE WAS ALSO THE MAYOR OF OUR TOWN FOR MANY MANY YEARS,AND REFUSED HIS SALARY AS MAYOR AND WORKED FOR ROHM AND HAAS IN BRISTOL, PENNA. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF LODGE #25 IN BRISTOL PA.