What we offer
Our space
- Central location: 2nd floor of 720 Spadina Avenue right by Spadina subway
- Modern and welcoming: Bright, climate controlled space
Features
- Tech-ready: High speed Wi-Fi, monitors, OWL camera and interpretation equipment
- Adaptable: Movable chairs, tables, whiteboards and podiums
- Inclusive: Wheelchair accessible and gender-inclusive washrooms
Access
- Hours: 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, 7 days a week
- Entry: Hassle-free keyless entry
Community Room
Our largest and most versatile space – perfect for large workshops or events.
- Capacity: 150 (theatre), 100 (seated) or 40 (workshop with tables)
- Features: 2 walls of windows, lounge area, kitchen
Solidarity Room
Ideal professional setting for smaller board meetings or a breakout session room.
- Capacity: 10 – 12 (boardroom)
- Features: Full-wall whiteboard
Justice Room
Mid-sized space for classes, presentations or medium groups
- Capacity: 35 (theatre), 25 (classroom), or 20 (boardroom)
- Features: Small kitchenette
Ready to book? Fill out our Room Rental Application form to get started.
Want to get a sense of our space? Visit our photo gallery to see it in action.
Booking fees
We operate on a sliding scale. We know affordable, accessible space is rare in Toronto. That’s why we’re committed to sharing what we have with small grassroots organizations. (But if you can pay a higher fee, you will be helping keep our doors open to everyone.) Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
| Room | Organization Rate | Grassroots Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Community | $80 / hr $400 day max | $20 / hr $100 day max |
| Solidarity | $30 / hr $180 day max | $10 / hr $50 day max |
| Justice | $50 / hr $250 day max | $15 / hr $75 day max |
| Community + Solidarity | $100 / hr $500 day max | $30 / hr $150 day max |
| Community + Solidarity + Justice | $120 / hr $600 day max | $40 / hr $200 day max |
Food, drink and alcohol
You are welcome to bring your own food and drink for your event. Please let us know if you’d like us to supply (self-serve) coffee, tea, juice at a additional $2.00 per person. Please feel free to contact us if you’d like to hear local recommendations for ordering in.
The Workers’ Justice Centre does not hold a liquor license. If you wish to serve or sell alcohol at your event:
- You must obtain your own Special occasion permit (SOP) through the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
- You must provide us with a copy of the permit at least 24 hours in advance of your event.
- You must ensure all alcoholic beverages served by Smart Serve certified staff.
Note: A mandatory $25/hour Community Host fee will be added to your invoice.
Cleaning policy
To keep our rates low, we rely on users to leave the space exactly as they found it. Instructions for clean up will be provided. You will need your own cleanup plan.
- Cleaning Surcharge
If you do not clean up after ourselves then your organization will be charged an additional $300.
- Damages
Additional fees will apply if the space is damaged or equipment exceeds general wear.
Community Hosts
We are a workers’ centre. Part of our goal is to provide work related experience for our community members who face barriers in the labour market.
Our Community Hosts are trained to help your team with set-up and clean up, and to provide assistance as needed during your event (locating supplies, helping with refreshments, tech, etc.). Our Hosts are also available to introduce the Workers’ Justice Centre and our space to your guests and/or conduct a land acknowledgement.
If you are hosting a large event in the Community Room and/or you are serving alcohol, we will add $25/hour onto your invoice so that one of our Community hosts can assist with set-up, technical issues and help your committee with clean up.
Community hosts are also available for small / mid sized events for support at $25/hour.
Contact us
Ready to book a space? Fill out this Room Rental Application Form to get started. We will get in touch with you with three business days to discuss availability, rates, and answer any questions.
To contact us directly, you can also email Loretta at loretta@oeerc.org
Please also read Workers’ Justice Centre terms and conditions for more details about your booking.
Map and directions
📍Address
We are located at Unit 223 720 Spadina Avenue Toronto ON M5S 2T9
🚇 Subway
Exit at the Spadina Station, northwest corner. Walk south on Spadina and cross Bloor at the lights. The Workers’ Justice Centre is at 720 Spadina Ave on the 2nd floor, 200 meters beyond the lights.
🚗 Car & Parking
Your GPS will get you to Spadina and Bloor. Go south on Spadina from Bloor (toward Harbord) and look for the laneway after the Miles Nadal Centre (and just before 720 Spadina). The laneway will take you to the back of our building where there is paid metered parking.
Alternatively, there is a Green P lot beside the Spadina subway station, just north of Bloor on the west side, and another Green P across and a bit north on the east side.
Who we are
The Workers’ Justice Centre is home to the Workers’ Action Centre (WAC), the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC), the Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre (OEERC), the Decent Work and Health Network (DWHN), the Better Way Alliance and Butterfly. The Worker’s Justice Centre is supported by the OEERC.
Together, we are all collectively supporting movements on the ground struggling for decent work and wages, healthcare for all, a just and fair immigration system, and status for all.
Our space is inviting, accessible and active. Our community space, meeting rooms and even hot desks, are open to other non-profit and grassroots organizations who need a space for an occasional event or regular meetings.
History of the Workers’ Justice Centre
Our story begins with the Workers’ Action Centre (WAC). Over twenty years ago WAC was created to improve the lives and working conditions of people in low-wage and unstable employment.
We believe that the leaders in the fight for decent work should be the workers directly affected by poor working conditions. They have firsthand experience of problems at work, and have the best insight into what will bring fairness and dignity to Ontario’s workplaces. Most of our members work in precarious jobs. We are recent immigrants, racialized workers, migrants, women, men, and youth. Most of us don’t belong to unions because we work in small workplaces, are temporary workers, on contract, independent contractors or unemployed. This month we may be juggling 2 or 3 jobs, but next month we might not have any work or income. Some of us are Canadian born or landed immigrants, some of us are refugees and some of us are undocumented. We take action and organize for decent work.
We are building a multi-racial workers’ justice movement that grows stronger everyday. Our campaigns throughout the years have brought together many union and community allies, examples would be the $15 and Fairness Campaign and currently our Stop Wage Theft Campaign.
Since WAC moved into 720 Spadina Avenue nearly 20 years ago, our doors have been open to other community groups who needed space to bring people together. We’ve offered/rented our space to other progressive worker-based groups because it’s in all of our interest to grow this movement.
In 2025 we were the recipients of the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) community award, a top to bottom renovation. What can we say – it has made our space more inviting, more functional, more comfortable, and, well, way cooler! And that’s when we got our new name – the Workers’ Justice Centre – to reflect what’s always been the case: we are broader than any one organization, we belong to all groups that stand against injustice. Welcome home.