PLANTING SEEDS OF HOPE
At Indigenous emergency shelter Na-Me-Res and Ryerson University, vulnerable communities are using healing gardens to find peace in difficult times
When Relief Falls Flat
A Niagara soda startup, among other small businesses, struggles to stay afloat, unable to qualify for government relief
Agony Behind the Mask
Staff in long term care homes must endure tough workloads and grieve the loss of residents while working through the pandemic.
Rebounding in a Global Pandemic
How a youth basketball organization shifted programming from the court to the comfort of kids’ living rooms — and bounced back stronger than ever
It’s Unstructured And It Works
How one Toronto non-profit is challenging the standard framework of trauma recovery
Following the Cake Queen
Morgann Book from Ancaster, Ont. started a TikTok account out of boredom in January 2020. Now she has more than two million followers — but who is this book-loving girl holding the piping bag?
Queen Adrianna
After years of experimenting with gender and identity, Adrianna Exposée is a ruling queen in Ottawa’s drag scene
Uber Eats Couriers Struggling to Survive
Couriers do not feel as if they make a fair or living wage off of the platform, forcing them to rely on tips more than ever before
This is it, Chieff
Inspired by his Ghanaian grandmother, Chieff Bosompra created this burger joint to introduce his culture to his community
A capital coronation
By Thomas Publow Adrianna Exposée stares into a vanity mirror as she applies glue to her eyebrows. Behind her, a rack of colourful outfits, some sheer and feathered, others satin and fringed, sit next to three shelves that hold white mannequin heads topped in wigs of different styles. The beige wig cap she wears is…