Browsing Category 'Connect 2011'
After a two year separation, José Sánchez and his mother are reunited in Toronto. In this video, the Venezuelan-hailing Torontonian and his mother discuss what it is like to see one another in person after two years of strictly online contact.
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The life a man lives opens a world to his child. By Sharon McLeod A busy columnist staffs the demanding press gallery at City Hall in Canada’s largest city; he looks like some kind of urban soldier. Press releases and paper conceal his desk, people constantly interrupt him, and his blackberry buzzes endlessly. The columnist, [...]
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By Dyan Ruiz The South Asian Women’s Centre, a vital community service centre in the heart of an immigrant community, lost all of its funding from the federal government. These drastic cuts came into effect on April 1, 2011. “We don’t know where people will go in the South Asian Community,” said executive director Kripa [...]
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Norman Perrin carries every book he ever read on his back. His strange mission to preserve the stories that inspired him is symbolic of all new Torontonians who tell the stories of their pasts to connect with their friends to come. By Ashleigh Gaul Norman Perrin is moving. A wall of flattened cassava chip [...]
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By Manori Ravindran Toronto knows film. Whether it’s setting up a movie screen in the Gladstone Hotel or going to the Bloor Cinema to catch Casablanca, there’s something for everyone in this city. The Toronto International Film Festival now rivals industry heavyweights like Cannes and Sundance, and with its downtown hub, the TIFF Bell Lightbox, [...]
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Gay women don’t box with straight men. By Calvin To Away from the bright lights of downtown Toronto sits a humble gym in the city’s industrial-looking east end, where society’s marginalized women get together, kick ass and find their inner strength. The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club is a women- and trans-friendly place to get fit. [...]
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By Emily Loewen Through living together in intentional communities, refugees and Romero House volunteers work outside the mold of settlement services to help newcomers connect to a new city. When Ruth Panene first came to Canada four years ago she had a hard time connecting to people and starting her new life. She noticed that [...]
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