A Sweet Tradition
Personal support worker Evangeline Racho immerses herself in the hard work of making puto, a Filipino dessert, to both escape her stressful job and honour her late mother
(changed category name from Themes to avoid my fuzzy brain confusing this with Wordpres Themes!! – Ivor, Jan 8, 2020)
How hate inspired a career
By Jasmine Afnan Al-kholani Sarah Hussain, CEO and founder of Bridge HR, sits at her desk, tired from her long stream of meetings. Though her responsibilities are never-ending, she likes being in charge and having control over her day—a far cry from the shift that inspired her to launch her human resources company. Sarah Hussain,…
The View from the Sidelines
By Rachel Aversa Eva Di Nallo has always turned to her former coach from the Glen Shields Soccer Club, David Benning, for advice as she sees him as a mentor. She ended her soccer career playing for the North Toronto Futbol Club, after previously playing for Benning in the summer of 2017. (Supplied photo by…
Making Waves
By Abbigail Saunders It is morning in Barrie, Ont. A CEO peer support group is about to start and, today, it is only a half-day session. About six older men have joined this morning to listen to one another discuss their worries about human resources issues and budgets. Niru Somayajula is a new CEO in…
‘A weaving of lives’: Finding therapy in art class
By Anna Wdowczyk Strolling under a cluttered ceiling of colourful hangings, Ixchel Suárez waits for her students before Wednesday night painting class at the Oakville Arts Studio. She pauses once she reaches the music player and hits “Play.” Dramatic echoes of classical symphonies cascade across the room. But something isn’t right—Suárez immediately notices a lifeless…
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…
The Sugar Cookie Queen of Streetsville
By Samira Balsara Stephanie Urlando greets customers on a Sunday morning. The shelves are stocked with cookies and ready for hungry customers. on Feb. 21, 2021. (Samira Balsara/T.) It’s 6:30 in the morning, the village of Streetsville is still sleeping and a little shop with a rosy pink door is already wide awake. Inside, Stephanie…
Home in A Four-Tiered Container
By Prapti Bamaniya Tuesdays are a race against time at Bombay Palace. The first order that Bombay Palace got in 2014, surprisingly from a middle aged-white man named Jason. The picture is still on the website to remind the owners of their humble beginnings (Rajiv Chenny/Bombay Palace) Rajiv Chenny is using a marker to carefully…
From high school graduate to Paris Fashion Week
By Trevor Carter Like most recent high-school graduates, Kieron Harper starts his day by checking his phone. But unlike most of his fellow teens, the Halifax native scrolls through his messages looking for casting calls like the one that put him on the runways of Paris Fashion Week and in the pages of the January/February…
Building a permanent home for diverse readers: A Different Booklist
By Sahara Mehdi Miguel San Vicente stands on a Persian rug, absentmindedly pulling at his shirt, in A Different Booklist’s Cultural Centre, located next-door to the bookstore of the same name. The Facebook video of him pans around the room to show walls covered in African and Caribbean art and the large, diverse group of…