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
Age of the Instagram Lash Tech
Young women are making thousands of dollars out of their basements on a weekly basis. All they need to run their hustle is a bed, tweezers and an Instagram account.
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.
Saving Ontario’s Wildlife
How Urban Wildlife Care rehabilitates one little animal at a time
It’s Unstructured And It Works
How one Toronto non-profit is challenging the standard framework of trauma recovery
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
‘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…
Lifestyles of a funeral director
By Breanna Schnurr From Calgary to Waterloo, funeral director Rob Wintonyk shares his experiences in the funeral industry. It’s a cold and cloudy Monday morning as Rob Wintonyk walks up the concrete path leading to the brown double doors of Erb & Good Funeral Home. He strides in through the entrance, stomping his shoes on…
A safe place for Michael
By Thea Gribilas Sonya Thompson* remembers visiting a child psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children with her son, Michael*, when he was nearly 3 years old. The psychologist walked into the room, warmly smiled at the pair, rested her eyes on Michael and said “he’s a lovely boy, he smiles. But I think a…
Relocated and it Feels so Good
The spot they moved to was supposed to be temporary. The new spot was on the back side of industrial-looking building. To even get to the gym you had to enter the building on Carlaw Ave., just south of Gerrard St. E., from there a maze of a hallway ensued with bright yellow “The Rock Oasis” signs pasted on the walls at each corner with arrows to guide people. The new gym’s ceilings were half the height of the last gym, and the location was in the heart of Leslieville, east of downtown.