Neutral: Offset the environmental cost of online shopping
The story behind the browser plug-in that’s aiming to make e-commerce more eco-friendly.
From high school graduate to Paris Fashion Week
Kieron Harper is a Canadian teen making international waves in the fashion industry less than three years after signing his first modeling contract.
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
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…
Transforming Basketball Programming, One Lay-Up at a Time
By Christina Flores-Chan There’s something about the energy in the first few minutes of every Lay-Up session that never fails to raise goosebumps on program director Chris Penrose’s arms. Maybe it’s the constant boom boom boom of check-emblazoned basketballs bouncing off the floor at different times like a hundred heartbeats echoing through the gym, or…
Once upon a time: Opening a bookstore in a B.C. suburb
By Kendra Seguin Once upon a time, an 11-year-old Tamara Gorin took her first of many solo trips to the library, embarking on what would be the first chapter of a journey towards a bookish future. All alone, she skipped through her complex and boarded a bus at a stop in south Vancouver, feeling confident…
A ‘sloppy second’ chance for self-expression
By Alexandra Holyk On a summer night in 2020, Quintin Ermes could be found sitting on the floor in his shared townhouse near Queen Street and Ossington Avenue, drinking a glass of boxed wine and hand-decorating paper bags. Each bag was adorned on all sides with random strokes of colour and the textures of paint…
Reforming Danny
Danforth Study is a project initiated by the City of Toronto to examine and reform the six-kilometre Danforth Avenue between Broadview Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue.