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EDITOR’S LETTER
BRIAN SWEIGMAN, ISABELLE SAVARD, JONATHAN BRODERICK, ANA OPULENCIA, KYLE KOFSKY & MELISSA ALLEN
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o matter when you find yourself reading this letter, I will have been alive for at least 11,912 days. It is a funny thing, to think of your life in days. While I was finalizing my year and getting in shape for the new year, I began to look at the dates on the calendar in a different way. I was able to relive almost any day last year, based on a few pieces of available information. That got me thinking about every day, every day I was around and what I did to make an impact on myself and that which was around me, accounting for how every moment had led me to this moment. Building a life from these moments, being able to experience and participate in my community, leading me to become the man I am today. Day 11, 912. As I look forward to the days ahead, I am humbled by the fact that I have a plan for the future. I haven’t always had a plan, and I know that things do not always go the way you want, but the excitement I get from the idea of the idea is very addictive. I’ve readjusted some goals and tightened the ropes on a few concepts. I still have a lot to learn and many mistakes to make, but I am confident in my endeavours. My abilities are being pushed further as I am immersed in some of the most exciting work I have ever created, and I cannot wait to continue on this privileged adventure. I say privileged, because while my life is not without hardship, I have been very fortunate to grow up and be supported in a way that has fed my talents and revealed my purpose. Everyday there are so many reasons why someone’s chance at that same privilege is taken away. I want to combine my poetic license with something of substance, an actual chance for us all to be a bit more conscious and concerned. Let us not take our adventure for granted but build a secure and sturdy bridge for the future of our great nation. It is my honour to help to introduce a way for all of us to help our city’s children keep
that privilege of having a life full of support, adventure, and purpose. Recently, I joined up with the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC). It is our goal to create a contemporary nationwide watch for missing children. They have named this project Milk Carton 2.0. This is the easiest way you have ever seen to make a difference. In the first technological innovation of its kind, individuals and institutions are able to donate their social media feeds to MCSC. MCSC then posts on your behalf, if and only when a child in your direct area goes missing. This is not spam. This is not alerts for all missing children. This is for local specific and immediate response, making your space a safe zone - online and IRL (in real life). This letter begins my fight with the MCSC to sign up every social media feed in my city. Every child whose potential is stripped and whose life is stolen affects not only their immediate family, but their community and our city, which loses out on the contributions that potential would have made. You’ve taken a moment to read what I have written. I now ask you to take a brief moment to go online to valuableproject.ca and sign up your Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare feeds. Join me and our city on this, The World’s Most Valuable Project. We can be heroes, not just for one day but for every day, every one of our futures. WORDS: KYLE KOFSKY PHOTOS: ANDRIJA DIMITRIJEVIC HAIR & MUA: MEHNAZ KAHN, JORDANA SAVARD & MIKE FRESH STYLING: NATALIA ZUNIGA & FASHIONSOCIETY.CA ASSISTANT STYLING: GEORGE FU & AMANDA FAUBRUJON CLOTHING: ON ISABELLE & ANA: SS14 COLLECTION OF TORONTO LOCAL DESIGNER ELAN + CASTOR, ON MELISSA: SS14 COLLECTION OF MONTREAL LOCAL DESIGNER “MARIGOLD” BY MARILYNE BARIL
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tep into the house of an eclectic artist. Carvings in wood and stone sit in every nook and cranny, paintings row upon row jump off the canvasesan array of colours and styles from scraffito to impressionism. A familiar voice fills the room, one you’ve heard before but can’t place. It is the voice of Aron Tager - sculptor, painter, poet - whose merits on stage and film are too numerous to fully account for, and whose voice acting skills have made him the familiar voice of cartoons and commercials. Born at home in Brooklyn, New York 1934 at the height of the great depression, he was the first child born to a family that had already suffered four miscarriages. His mother would later proclaim at one of his art openings in New Jersey, “I had four. They all died. When he lived, I let him do what he wants.” Drawing as soon as he could grip a pencil, he began sketching the objects around him. His parents nurtured his skills. Living in an apartment above the candy store his father ran, he would take Superman comics, overlay them with carbon paper and trace them. By fourth grade he was “doing murals while the other kids studied.” He never liked math but loved reading and writing. He began taking afternoon classes for drawing but was soon encouraged to join the adult evening classes. For secondary school, his parents sent him to The School of Painting and Art which had been developed as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. He would spend his free time between the MOMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn museum, studying the Dutch and Flemish masters Goya and Chagall.
He also loved movies, catching the matinees of classic American films at the MOMA, as well as double bills of classic European and Russian movies at the local cinema. After high school, he began attending acting workshops. Inspired, he and his friends decided to strike out on their own and start a travelling theater company. It led him to Woodstock, New York, a burgeoning liberal hotspot even in the fifties, where he directed two seasons of Summer Theater. Upon his return to New York, he continued to write and draw. Subsequently, he came across an exhibit of the work of Bernard Reder at the Whitney Museum. Moved by the works, he wrote a poem to Mr. Reder and received a warm response in return. The two met, and even today you can find the shadow of Reder in Aron’s sculpting. After years of painting, sculpting, writing, acting, and traversing America, he wound up in Montreal, where he found an acting agent and met Ann Page, whom he would marry in 1991. His TV break out came with the series “Are you afraid of the Dark?” in which he had recurring rolls as a Carny and Doctor Vink. He moved to Toronto during the shooting of the series and has continued to find work, most notably as Mortie Fagen on the Showcase series Billable Hours. His art is often displayed on walls in cafes around Leslieville and can be found online at www.arontager.com. On the first Tuesday of each month, he and his wife host the First Tuesday poets at Voulez-Vous café in the Beaches.
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n today’s fast-paced society, more and According to Shanny, “Everyone is running more singles have turned to matchmakers in the rat race and rushing from one place to in their quest to find romance. Whether another. We don’t even take the time to look they’re too busy, too shy, or just tired of at the person sitting next to you. When you online dating – the convenience and comfort want to meet someone you need to be open, of hiring a matchmaker outweighs the effort flirty, and engaging. Open your body so that of traditional dating. you give off an eligible presence.” Who better to call than Shannon Tebb? As For places to meet singles, Shanny suggests a glorified matchmaker, certified life coach, well-populated after work hangouts like the and founder of Shanny in the City – a lead- Hideout patio (in the summer), the Keg on ing dating resource in York St., and Rock LobToronto – she’s there for “Everyone is running ster. She also claims that you when you need a real in the rat race... Open any dog park or sporting life Cupid. Whether event is a great place to your body so that she’s hosting parties, start up a conversation. you give off an eligi- Shanny conducting extensive encourages background checks, scanning event listings ble presence.” being your “wingand choosing an event woman,” or teaching essential life skills - as a that interests you. “Whether you go alone or headhunter for the heart, she gives her clients with a friend, the chance you’ll find people the support and tools needed to attract that with common interests is high.” special someone – from dating etiquette to With new business ventures in the works, role-playing and fashion and beauty tips. Shannon is sure to be helping people find When asked about her motivation to start love for quite some time. To learn more about her business that has garnered her expert Shannon and get a full list of her services, visit appearances in some of Canada’s top media shannyinthecity.com. outlets, Shanny explained that she’s always been the go-to for relationship advice – for both the men and women in her life. “One day I realized [that] the need and opportunity was there; and so I chose to make a career out of it.” Shanny takes a 360-degree approach to her business. With a sociology degree from Carleton and life skills coaching certificate from George Brown, she works with a number of WORDS: KERTNEY LYNN RUSSELL clientele that range from divorcees to someone PHOTOS: NICK WONS with self-esteem issues. “I help people find love HAIR & MUA: EMILY HELSDON by first teaching them to love themselves.” MODELS: MAXIME & LILY LOCATIONS: TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX & KIT KAT ITALIAN BAR & GRILL
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here’s something about hip hop that really moves me. It’s not just about the manipulation of the beat - overlaid and sometimes reversed - but its conversation with poetry and rhyme that allows us to collectively sway and empathize with the sound of a modern generation. I’m constantly in awe of the musicians that work in this genre. So, you can only imagine my excitement upon interviewing Toronto-based hip hop artist, MC, and producer: Muneshine. As I sifted through his Bandcamp to get a feel for his artistry, I couldn’t wait to converse with the person behind the music. Robert Nicolaas Bakker has been in the international hip hop scene for a number of years and has affiliations with Twin Peaks, The Birthday Boys, and Wolves. His energy is colourful and the love for his product shines brighter than the moon. Even better, he’s reppin’ for Canada. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Robert was always surrounded by music and had a knack for music-making at a young age. Most of his family played instruments and he was often serenaded by an eclectic collection of records. It wasn’t until he was about seven or eight that he was introduced to hip hop, a genre he would later craft into a career. “…An older kid named Tarsh Bakos was shooting hoops with some friends, and they were listening to Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation of Millions through the tape deck in his car…they were the coolest fucking kids I had ever seen,” Robert explains, “From that moment, I was hooked, trying to learn everything I could about the music.”
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After featuring some of his work online through a few “underground” hip hop message boards, Robert had his first big break when he recorded his first studio album Pure Thoughts, with a group called Lighthead from Portland, Oregon back in 2001. After recording the album, it was then licensed to a small label in the US called Day by Day Entertainment that had “modest success” in their niche market. “[They] released the album in Japan which led to my solo success out there,” Robert relayed. From there, Robert went on to complete a degree in Audio Engineering before moving to Toronto in 2004. Since then, Robert’s work has garnered multiple awards, including Juno nominations and a SOCAN Echo Songwriting Award in 2009. “I’ve always been thankful as I’ve always been able to find people somewhere who want to hear at least some part of what I create.” Today, Robert is working on new album titled In transit (an album literally written in transit). As a concept, it truly speaks to Robert’s constant evolution as he changes hats – taking on jobs as a producer, artist, and a true inspiration for emerging artists trying to make their mark in the music industry. “I’m trying to do things I’ve always wanted to, but haven’t done. There will be a lot of new music, among other things. I also want to buy a car next year and get a dog to keep my cat, Cat Stevens, company.” WORDS: JONATHAN BRODERICK PHOTOS: KATE KOLER
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sat very quietly in an empty boardroom at 236 King Street East, as I collected my thoughts and prepared to meet the curious cumulative that is, Eggplant Collective. I spent the past week browsing the internet for bits of information on their achievements and body of work. After viewing a slew of mouth-watering images of plum-rendered eggplants, I uncovered a growing list of motion advertisements and TV shows – all graced by the creative minds at Eggplant Collective. As my interviewees joined me in the boardroom one by one, I asked them all about their growing presence within the industry, their passion for music and their eternal love for Toronto. Introducing: Dave Conlon (Partner/CFO), Steve D’Angelo (Partner/ Composer), Adam Damelin (Partner/ Director/Composer), Rocco Gagliese (Partner/Director), and Terry Tompkins (Partner/Composer). As I studied their credentials, I couldn’t help but ask a question I’m sure they have each heard time and time again: Why Eggplant? Each reply was preluded with contagious laughter, but Rocco finally set the record straight: “We had opened our doors already and we didn’t have a name yet. I was reading a magazine about a guy who had a farm and he sold eggs. He kept referring to it as an egg factory and I thought it was kind of bizarre….it was just so unusual.” In that moment, Toronto got its own “egg plant” - a place where ideas are hatched and sequentially applauded. “We started with about four people and now we have about 25 people here in the office.” Dave explained, “We do everything in-house except for the shoots. It really is tons of fun!”
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Since establishing themselves within the entertainment production industry, Eggplant Collective has reeled in talented musicians for over a decade, to create “original music compositions and production, music supervision, sound design, casting, and voice direction.” Their scope of work stretches far and wide into the industry; and it is this idea that I find most admirable. “Our goal is to be fully vertically integrated,” Dave shared. And it seems as though they are right on track with that ambition, considering that when they first started the company, they mainly provided music production for commercials. Eggplant Collective has cemented itself as a positive force in the industry, allowing their artistry to drive them to increase their body of work and continue to challenge themselves. “We now have a video company called Optics, the restaurant downstairs [Betty’s], and another [eatery] called Belong Café at Evergreen Brickworks,” Dave reveals. With their roots in Toronto, these men are ecstatic about contributing to our culture, thus creating their own empire. Although they gather inspiration from everywhere and everything, Adam notes that “home is home” and it is this reason that the Eggplant has incubated their company here, in the city of Toronto. As the group continues to pave the way for television production, we can look forward to more Canadian content in hopes of continuing to enrich Toronto culture. No matter how successful their careers have been thus far, Steve adds, “We always want to be very hands-on. The job is too great not to [be]!” WORDS: JONATHAN BRODERICK PHOTOS: TARA NOELLE
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JESSICA GORLICKY
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e may be celebrating with that’s when my work is best.” The prospect of some wine shortly,” laughs staging one’s craft might likely terrify many Jessica Gorlicky, Toron- of us who claim to have a creative bend in to-based artist and live our bones. For Gorlicky, it’s all about the act painter, as she wraps up a phone call, and with of creating. it, clinches a new deal. Gorlicky is known One of her projects, Art In Motion (AIM) increasingly under the moniker JessGo, a title foregrounds Gorlicky’s love affair with profortuitously just as exuberant and optimistic cess. For it, she travelled to dozens of cities as the person it represents. across the world, installed herself among the Amidst canvases emblazoned with the bold surrounding architecture and began to create iconography and sensuous colour-scheme using whatever materials were at her disposal. that have done her so This prompted varied well over these past responses from a public “It’s really intuitive. unaccustomed to seeing 15 years, Jess stands, rather dances around You’ve got to feel the art delivered in such an her studio with a comunpremeditated and next moment and bustive and contagious transient way. Whether connect with the au- she was heralded by energy, a testament to dience.” pursuing one’s dreams. spectators for her Her own began to impromptu creations or materialize in 2010 when she was contracted deemed a vandal by the occasional scowling for the Olympic Torch relay and travelled passerby, Gorlicky succeeded in generating across Canada, painting a new piece for each interest in her brand of art. performance in just eight minutes. “It was Gorlicky contradicts the archetypal image instantaneously amazing. I did it for the first of “the Artist” many of us have been conditime in five minutes.” tioned to figure in our minds. She is not shut She went on to paint for the Cirque du away in a hermetic studio producing works Soleil, generating 77 original pieces, a feat that lament the descent of mankind, nor does Jess counts among her most proud moments she produce works for an exclusive crowd. Her as an artist. recent exhibit “Saturday Mornings” carves There is a lot that goes into creating a truly out a space for spectators to simultaneously captivating experience when painting for an partake in a collective cultural memory and audience, explains Gorlicky. The final piece relive personal childhood nostalgias, through is only one of the components that comprise simple things like cereal boxes and cartoon the full experience. “It’s really intuitive,” she characters. Gorlicky’s art strives to be about explains, “You’ve got to feel the next moment community and interactivity. Resisting any and connect with the audience.” Gorlicky restrictive classification according to genre or rarely has a complete image of what she audience, Gorlicky says, “I’m everywhere. I will construct on stage before she goes out, think it’s for everyone, for wherever.” preferring to let her intuition and her sense of the audience be her guide. “I’m all about energy and feeling what you are, where you WORDS: ANGELA BROCK PHOTOS: ANDRIJA DIMITRIJEVIC are, with who you are with. I’m really random HAIR & MUA: MICHELLE SILVERSTEIN and I’m just instinctive that way. I think
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LOVE GLOVE DOVE IBRAHIM & MIRANDA KAMAL
The dogs are way too friendly for their names. Tyson and Evander—two Havanese that jump all over me as soon as I’m through the door—are the first hint at how much boxing infuses every aspect of the Kamal household. Ibrahim and Miranda Kamal’s home is decorated with boxing posters of themselves; the couple met at a boxing gym, and was wed in a boxing ring. He is a professional boxer, she is his manager, and together they run MJKO, a nonprofit through which they train at-risk youth in the sport that has shaped their lives. Ibrahim “Firearm” Kamal started boxing young, when his father’s work brought the Kamal family to Libya. After being bullied by a classmate, four-year-old Ibrahim went to his father—a gifted athlete in his own right—for advice. The senior Kamal taught his son some boxing basics, and when the bully returned, Ibrahim was ready for him; “It was my very first unofficial boxing fight.” At the time, boxing was outlawed in Libya, and it wasn’t until the family moved back to Canada years later that Ibrahim would have the opportunity to be formally trained in the sport. His parents signed the preteen up at the Scarborough Boxing Academy. By age thirteen he had claimed his first provincial championship, and by sixteen he had qualified for the national team. As an amateur, Ibrahim would be an eight-time national champion lightweight, and travel the world representing Canada. He competed in the Commonwealth and Pan
Am Games, but since childhood, his ultimate goal had been to represent Canada at the Olympics. When Ibrahim failed to make the 2008 Canadian Olympic team, it was a bitter disappointment, but the intervening years have given him a different perspective. Taking his wife’s hand, he says, “looking at it now, it’s kind of the best thing to happen to me. Had I gone to the Olympics, we wouldn’t have met, and we wouldn’t be here today. I’d be—I have no idea, probably in a crappy contract.” Miranda spent her youth competing in athletics as well, but her sport of choice was table tennis. At the Canada Games, she was exposed to boxing for the first time. “As a kid, I thought boxing was the most elite sport. I don’t think that at that time there even were women in boxing.” It would not be until the age of 27, while working as a mortgage broker at CIBC, that Miranda would finally start training as a boxer. She immediately fell in love with the sport, hitting the boxing gym six days a week. One of her clients at the bank heard about her new endeavor, and asked to interview her for a documentary he was filming about female fighters. When asked why she got into boxing, Miranda opened up for the first time about a sexual assault she’d been keeping secret since she was sixteen. “Boxing is what healed me. I never got into boxing to hurt anyone. I just wanted to feel safe.” The film crew followed her as she trained for her first fight—the first all-female competition in Toronto.
“... looking at it now, it’s kind of the best thing to happen to me.”
In 2008, the intense training prescribed by her coach took its toll on Miranda, and she suffered a serious spine injury. Her range of motion was severely restricted, and she was in constant pain; boxing was out of the question. But fortuitously, Miranda would be presented with an opportunity to stay connected to the sport. She had been volunteering for years with Youth Assisting Youth, a non-profit that matches teen and twenty-something mentors with at-risk children. The organization wanted to start a boxing club for its young charges, and Miranda volunteered to run the project. It was around this time that Miranda and Ibrahim started dating. Their relationship was a support to them both, helping her through the injury and him through his recent Olympic disappointment and subsequent decision to go pro. Eventually Miranda would become his manager. She says, “When he started fighting professionally and included me, it helped me deal with my injury. Even though he was upset about not making the Olympics, boxing was still what he’s done since he was eleven. I was drawn to him because I knew what it took to be the best.” More than a year after her injury, Miranda finally had spinal surgery. In an unplanned moment, she insisted on speaking to the surgeon before she was put under, telling him, “look, I’m an athlete. I’m a boxer. Whatever you have to do, you have to fix me. If you fix me, I’m going to quit my job, and I’m going to devote my whole life to sharing this
sport that I love with other people.” After a successful surgery, she quit her job at CIBC, and founded MJKO, Mentoring Junior Kids Organization. Ibrahim joined the team as Program Facilitator, and the two run non-contact boxing lessons every Saturday at the Harbourfront Centre, free of charge, for kids ages 6-18. During the school year, MJKO partners with Ryerson Community School and Parkdale Public School as well, offering weekly lessons to their students on campus. Anyone who would like to attend the Saturday sessions is welcome, and past trainees have included children with special needs and autism; at-risk youth are often referred by GTA agencies. Miranda says, “A lot of our kids have no parental support, so they have no way to get there… And a lot of kids come from divorced homes, and one parent won’t bring them. And, we have kids coming from Kipling and Shepherd, Albion and Finch— far.” When the kids have no way of making it to the lesson, Miranda and Ibrahim will drive them to and fro themselves. The lessons go beyond boxing basics—students are taught about nutrition and community leadership, and the MJKO team makes it clear that preparation and training can change lives outside the boxing gym as well. Ibrahim says, “we’re basically instilling the characteristics and traits from boxing, from sport. They are so transferable to everything else in life: commitment, dedication, discipline. Those are the same things you require in every other
“Look... Whatever you have to do, you have to fix me.”
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avenue.” The importance of punctuality is stressed, and the students are offered workshops on resume writing and interview skills. Miranda says, “The majority of our kids probably will not go to university. They may go to college. But we want to help them have skills so they can get jobs.” MJKO is also seeks to bring about change in the communities it services, by partnering with the Toronto Police. “Part of our mandate,” Miranda says, “is to help train police officers and community members to work together in an inclusive environment.” Plainclothes police officers from the 14 Division, which stretches from Dupont Street down to the Lakeshore, and from Spadina to Dufferin Street, are present at every session MJKO runs. But the officers are not there to police; they participate in the program, studying boxing alongside the kids—in some cases, even alongside kids they have previously arrested. Having the two groups work together as peers has changed the dynamics between them. Surveys MJKO distributes to the kids before and after the programs run show that their attitudes toward the authority figures are changing. And the police officers’ assumptions about “good” and “bad” kids are challenged as well; as Miranda says, “it breaks down a lot of barriers… they see that they’re just kids.” The program has faced its share of challenges. At Parkdale, many of the students trained two years ago were Roma refugees. After the kids grew attached to their coaches over 40 weeks, the majority of them were suddenly deported. “We thought we were going to have this big year-end party to celebrate the success of the program. By our last class we had six kids left.” MJKO is often the
only stable element in otherwise tumultuous young lives. For this reason, Miranda and Ibrahim are keen to secure a more permanent home out of which to run their programming. While they are grateful to the Harbourfront Centre, being based there means that some weeks—such as the one I met them—their Saturday course is cancelled because another event is booked in their usual space. MJKO is currently fundraising and hoping to lease a space in Parkdale; donations are welcome and can be made at www.mjko.ca. But the program has produced many success stories, and the couple beam with pride as they tell me of the students who eventually coach and lead their very own session, or the previously shy student who grew into his police-assigned nickname, Lionheart. They tell me of a hearing-impaired student, now 20, who had trained with MJKO and gave them what Miranda calls “the best Christmas present.” “She sent us a letter that said, ‘When I came to MJKO, I was in a serious depression. I hated being deaf, I hated my life. And then I came, and for the first time in my life, I felt good about myself. I love you guys, I love the program, and I love boxing.’”
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s there any smell more universally appealing than that of cookies baking? Warm, inviting and mouth-watering, it is precisely this smell that wafts periodically out the door of The Red Bench, an organic café and treat shop on Yonge Street between Bloor and Wellesley. Cookies are constantly being baked at The Red Bench as they are only made in batches of five mini-cookies; the batches are so small because they are made to order. Yes, custom-baked cookies. Opened by couple Elie and Dena last January, The Red Bench serves up delicious cookies, frozen yogurt, coffee, and loose-leaf teas. The couple had been working in the corporate world—he as a consultant and she in human resources—but dreamed of opening their own business. Dena, a prolific baker, would often make cookies using her own recipes. Elie says, “We were eating them one day at home. We looked at each other and said, ‘These are so good. Why don’t we sell them?’” The inspiration for the frozen yogurt came from Dena’s niece, a 6-year-old girl who loves the stuff. After reading about the hormones found in many dairy products, and the negative health effects they have on the children who eat them, Dena wanted to create a clean, organic product that parents would be able to feed their kids without worry. The couple, who eat only organic at home, decided to open a shop. Elie quit his job in July of 2012; they secured a location and got to work readying the space. Cookies at The Red Bench are not ones that have been sitting out for hours or days. Customers pick one of five doughs, all Dena’s own recipes: original, peanut butter, oatmeal, double chocolate or gluten free. They then pick 2 toppings from over 20 choices (and extra toppings can be added for 25 cents). The resulting batch of five mini-cookies is mixed, baked, cooled,
and served in 5-6 minutes, homey and fresh out of the oven, just like cookies should be. The self-serve frozen yogurt is also made in-house, and flavours like red velvet, mocha, and orange rotate every two weeks; the wide assortment of toppings changes as well. To accompany these treats, the Red Bench serves a variety loose-leaf teas—all from Toronto tea vendor Tealish—as well as organic coffee. The shop is strikingly slick-looking on a stretch of Yonge Street filled with instant-loans spots and discount clothing retailers. The Red Bench’s brick wall, which has been there since the 1800s, was retained from the previous tenant, as was the flooring, but Elie and Dena have transformed the rest of the space. Much of what has been added to the shop is intentionally environmentally conscious. The bar and shelves are all reclaimed wood, and one wall is covered with shipping pallets the couple collected from shipping yards, cut, whitewashed and stapled to the walls themselves, a process Elie describes as a labour of love. The couple also built the eponymous red bench, found on the sidewalk right outside the shop, to recreate one from a park by Dena’s childhood house in Paris. “All of Paris has green benches, but for some odd reason, there was a little red bench outside her house… If a bench could speak, it would have a million stories to tell. At any time, there could be a couple sharing a kiss, or friends sharing a laugh or a secret.” The couple built the bench extra-long—six feet as opposed to the standard four—in the hopes that their bench will host many such moments for their customers, over some cookies or frozen yogurt, and a hot drink.
WORDS: RONIT RUBINSTEIN PHOTOS: MICHAEL KAHN
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eet Stephanie Joanne fitness woman extraordinaire. Stephanie is easily one of the busiest women I have ever met. She entered the fitness industry in 2001 and has since become a personal trainer, club consultant, Fitness Expert to CityLine, and studio owner. Most importantly, Stephanie is recognized as a respected expert in the fitness industry, who is driven to create powerful, healthy clients. Stephanie started on the corporate side of sales. She worked for a major fitness company and quickly rose through the ranks. However, after this success, she realized that one of her favourite parts of working in fitness was missing from her life - connecting with clients. She rediscovered her main passion after making a brave decision to follow her heart and trust that following her passions would lead her to live a more well-rounded life. Stephanie began training people again. Her clients range from the cast of Degrassi to the news personalities at CityLine. She soon found herself in front of the camera. It was the beginning of a new passion for her, as she loved the camera. And it clearly loved her back. She was on a mission without the desire to achieve on her own. Stephanie led the way in the industry while also mentoring those who share her vision of a healthier, happier world. Her fierce business drive and eye for marketing caught the attention of the industry’s most recognized and trusted brands. She was sought after due to her double-edged ability to work behind the scenes to create, design,
and implement campaigns along with her natural ability in front of the camera. It became more for Stephanie than being the next “fitness girl.” She began to gain a trusting audience by being her authentic, and what she calls, “raw” self. She strongly believes that the public is being diverted from achieving the level of health they deserve. Stephanie believes that each person has a special program that is as unique as they are to the world. These ideas led Stephanie to form Eleven Lifestyle, which is compossed of fitness experts that choose to collaborate instead of compete. Through individual consultation, she helps her clients find the right way for them to achieve a healthy lifestyle. She doesn’t push the “Stephanie Joanne” way. The right way is finding the program that motivates the client to work on their health. There is no magic diet or five-minute workout. Stephanie uses her platforms and practitioners to help her clients find a method that works for them. Her honesty as an expert assists people in regaining control over their own bodies in order to achieve their goals. Her empowerment creates a base for her clients to succeed. Stephanie is driven by helping her clients build a lifestyle that they can love. And for that, we have no hesitation in reciprocating her enthusiasm.
WORDS: HAYLEY CAMPBELL PHOTOS: KATE KOLER HAIR & MUA: MICHELLE KINGSLEY WU
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he Working Group is the business for the new world. Over the past decade, the name has become synonymous with forward thinking, hard-working individuals who are looking to solve problems in new ways. PRODUCT Toronto sat down with the four heads of The Working Group, Dominic Bortolussi, Andrés Aquino, Jack Neto and Chris Eben, to get the inside scoop on how this Toronto-based company has built so much in such a short time. 11 years ago, Dominic Bortolussi saw his opportunity. He wanted to build a “collaboration tool” for the academic and research world but was having trouble getting noticed by those communities. He started his own company, freelancing in Toronto. “One day we realized we could probably do this a lot better than the people we were working for.” The Working Group was chosen to help build recognition in the academic world.
Working groups are academic committees focused on studying and making recommendations on a specific problem. Over the last decade, The Working Group has become more than a name recognized in the academic world. Andrés was originally attracted to the name because of the implication that it was a “roll up your sleeves and get stuff done group of people.” He believes that this attitude is a big part of The Working Group’s prosperity. “We earned our reputation in the market. We were people that delivered.” The Working Group does not sell packages; they create tailor-made solutions for their clients. “We are not in the business of selling code. We are in the business of solving problems for people using software,” says Andrés. The business is primarily built on referrals and The Working Group establishes a close connection with their clients right
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from the beginning, to find out exactly what they want and how to make it happen. “We do a lot more than mobile and web projects. We actually do the strategy with them. We figure out what they should build and why they should build it,” says Chris. Although the company name has helped put a spotlight on The Working Group, all four agree that their culture is what has brought them success. “We’ve built [our culture] from the beginning and will maintain it in the future,” says Jack. The Working Group’s culture is based on three pillars: craftsmanship, learning and teaching, and problem solving. Keeping focused on these pillars means that The Working Group is a very open working environment; employees are encouraged to solve problems in new ways and are expected to learn and share from their experiences. “Everybody comes together…
shares information and learns, and everything is up for debate,” says Jack. The Working Group has even brought their culture to the community. They have opened their doors, hosting an abundance of events for the public, focused on bringing people together, teaching, learning, and tackling problems in new ways. The Working Group has changed the rules. They are fresh thinkers and hard workers, driven toward success. They are looking forward to what the world will be and are positioned to take their place in it. The Working Group is undoubtedly a name you will see more of in the future.
WORDS: TIM LUTHER PHOTOS: TARA NOELLE
FIRST CLASS CARGO JENNIFER CHUNG
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hen the Scadding Court community at Dundas West and Bathurst became home to a startup initiative granting micro-businesses the chance to test their entrepreneurial moxie, Jennifer Chung snatched up the opportunity to pursue a lifelong aspiration of running her own business. “I’ve always wanted to start something small, like a food business, probably since high school. It was a farfetched dream,” she says. Consisting of retrofitted shipping containers, Market 707 is now host to a variety of independent vendors. Among them is Chung’s first business venture, a food container appropriately named Kitchen Cargo, launched in April 2013. Starting “something small” indeed, in order to pump out the comfort food focused menu that the area’s clientele line up for, Chung and husband Anthony must make use of a limited 8’x10’ space. “If you’ve got a second person working with you,” Chung laughs, “you better like that person.” Market 707 has enabled entrepreneurs with more enterprise than resources at their disposal to realize their goals. “I don’t have the financial means of buying a business here in Toronto. With the high cost of property and the overhead of equipping a business, it’s pretty expensive.” With a background in film and television production rather than cuisine, Chung is grateful for the opportunity to learn the food business through experience. While both she and her husband had the benefit of growing up in families that owned food businesses, which gave them an idea of what it was like to operate one, Chung insists that, “doing things hands-on is completely different.” Before she started Kitchen Cargo in Scadding Court, Chung saw few opportunities that weren’t high risk. “For me, starting out, the containers have given me the chance to test it - to see if I can actually do it and if my food is sought after. If it takes off, it can only benefit me moving forward.” Fortunately for Chung, who has now taken a hiatus from film and television to man the container full-time, Kitchen Cargo is proving to be wellloved by the surrounding neighbourhood. “The business is still new, but it was a really good summer for me, I felt. I started getting a following, getting regular customers, and really good feedback on my food.”
Food has always been one of those elements inextricable from community, which is precisely what is being built by vendors like Kitchen Cargo, at that unsuspecting corner on Dundas and Bathurst. Consumers likewise benefit from this democratized space, now that food of increasingly exotic origins and preparations is becoming available in such a casual setting. “Especially in the city right now, food is really big. Everyone’s a foodie. Everyone’s Instagram-ing food. There are a lot of great restaurants around. And the food trucks have also added a new aspect to food,” says Chung. “They’re coming out with some great items that are affordable for more people.” With their honest-to-goodness home-style fare on offer for the consumer ready to cut into their pot-pie, Kitchen Cargo continues to brave onward, to perhaps carve out more community space, despite the dominant cold weather of Toronto. WORDS: ANGELA BROCK PHOTOS: SASS FRASER
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ARTHUR MENDONÇA
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fter 20 seasons of delivering fresh new styles with no signs of slowing down, in an industry that is as fickle as it is demanding, it was great to chat with Arthur Mendonça and find out where he started from, about his recent collections, and what the future has in store for this internationally recognizable fashion guru. Born in Toronto and raised in São Miguel, he returned to Toronto at age 12 with a fondness for sketching and dressing up his sisters. After high school, he decided to pursue fashion design at Ryerson University, whose reputable alumni include David Dixon and Erdam Moraliaglu. Arthur then landed an internship with NYBased in New York City. It was his first time being away from home; and he was taken with the rush, the eclectic style, and energy of the city. He returned to Canada full of inspirations and ideas. He got involved with TFI, the Toronto Fashion Incubator, which supplied space, machines, and resources to fledgling designers. He and his sister started putting together both men’s and women’s collections in 2003, which created a steady buzz and was well-received by the fashion community. In 2005, he dropped the men’s collection in favour of focusing on a women’s collection and brand expansion, taking his collection down to Los Angeles, where it opened the 2005 Spring Fashion Week with rave reviews. His team includes Melina De Guglielmo, who is his business developer and implementer, making things happen so he can focus on creating. He also has assistance from George Antonopolous, one of Toronto’s foremost fashion stylists, who helps him with fashion direction. His models have to have a good
E WORLD F FASHION attitude, be exotic, perky, and fierce. The right attitude is more important than classic beauty. The greatest frustrations he finds during fashion week are people showing up late, last minute fittings, and being rushed back stage. To be a fashion designer is a bit of “sadomasochism,� he confesses, to put oneself out to be judged every six months. The critics can be quick to judge, never realizing how much work goes into the efforts they are presented. Inspiration for his collections comes from everywhere, from his travels, the different fabrics he comes across, to even something as small as seeing a friend wearing something in a unique way. He recently released a Spring Collection inspired by nature, using bright floral and animal patterns, hemmed in by masterful attention to detail and form. His Fall Collection was inspired by the trends coming from Paris and a studying of metallurgy, oxidization, and the different states of metal. He prefers the sexiness of spring (being much happier in shorts and flip flops) to the layering of fall. But as a designer, Arthur has no preference, as each season presents its own unique challenges. He has also began working with an Italian firm to have his designs made in Italy, using Skype to relay information, as well as frequent trips to Milan. And has had a showroom in Milan for the last two seasons. In the near future, he aims to expand into South America, starting with Brazil. WORDS: ELI THOMSON PHOTOS: KATE KOLER LOCATION: TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND TOWER TORONTO
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ERICA FOX
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uilding a luxury brand online isn’t just about setting a price that makes it beyond the reach of most people. It involves maintaining the mystique and prestige that sets it apart. So, how does a luxury brand sustain and grow its image in the digital world that’s essentially a free-for-all? You hire someone like Erica Fox. As the social media strategist for Trump International Hotel & Tower Toronto, she knows how to keep luxury brands like Trump stay on top. I asked Erica what experience in addition to her education in Communications armed her with the tools needed to work for one of the world’s most well-known luxury brands. “After I finished school, I lived in Asia and ran a business out there because Asia is so digitally intensive and everything they do online is 10 years ahead of what Canada’s doing,” said Fox. “I gained a lot of experience in e-commerce and strategic digital outreach which helped grow my clients’ businesses.” Fox explained that Trump executives wanted to take an entrepreneurial approach to many of the systems and operations within Trump. And because social media was a new avenue for Trump overall, they were drawn to her entrepreneurial approach and experience outside of Canada’s conservative market. “They handed over the reins because they really liked my communications, digital, and entrepreneurial background,” she added. As a social media strategist, much of her day is spent on content creation, strategy development, and seminars – creating fresh, relevant content that falls within the brand’s rigid standards and educates other properties on ways to grow their engagement and use social media to build their businesses. In addition, she’s responsible for all research, writing, editing, photography, and evaluation for five of the Trump brands.
With a year at Trump under her belt, Erica admits that the job comes with many challenges. “This job has been a learning curve shaped like a wall like straight up. Every day is so different,” says Fox. Although, working for such a well-known brand does come with perks. “It’s incredible that I get to meet people who are such thought leaders in their own industries – whether it’s bankers, lawyers, or mining professionals. These people are at the forefront of progression and are changing systems and operations within those industries,” says Fox. She adds that her passion for fashion has made moments like working with fashion houses like Chanel and Dior unforgettable experiences. When asked what social media platforms are most important to maintaining her brands, she said their importance depends on the objective. “Facebook and Twitter across all boards will always be our most valuable tools, since they allow us to build those relationships and engage our communities,” says Fox, adding that HootSuite is a management tool that she cannot live without. When asked if she had any advice for those wanting to adopt a successful social strategy into their business, Fox said “As soon as you stop looking at social media as individual profiles and you start seeing how Facebook connects with Twitter, etc., it becomes a larger picture. It becomes a brand [with] an online experience as opposed to separate channels of acquisition.”
WORDS: KERTNEY LYNN RUSSELL PHOTOS: ANDRIJA DIMITRIJEVIC MUA: MICHELLE KINGSLEY WU HAIR: EMILY O’QUINN STYLING: RENT FROCK REPEAT DESIGNER LOCATION: TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND TOWER TORONTO
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ynda Budd is an avid traveler, with a taste for both tea and adventure. I first met the elegant and powerful owner of Toronto-based teALCHEMY, on a wintery evening during – appropriately enough – a tasting event downtown. After a year and a half of taking tea courses and attending tea seminars, along with visiting tea estates around the world, Lynda realized an untapped potential in the vast tea market. “I soon discovered that the more I learned about tea the more there was still to learn about tea. It was then when it became obvious to me I could turn tea into a business,” says Lynda. “The thought of doing what you love and loving what you do charged me. I instantly fell in love with the people and could see that the business opportunities were endless. I just had to pick a direction.” And pick a direction she did. Lynda’s enthusiasm for tea eventually led her to bringing her global discoveries back to Canada where she opened her online tea shop teALCHEMY.ca, selling a collection of teas almost as diverse as the locales in which ingredients are grown, with names such as Jasmine Dragon Tears and Sweet Blossom Green, alongside traditional favourites such as English Breakfast and Earl Grey. When asked about early challenges in starting teALCHEMY, Lynda has clearly applied her executive experience to becoming an entrepreneur: “Time is so precious and finding the balance of family, health, friends, and now a new business can be challenging. But,exciting too. I don’t really consider building teALCHEMY ‘work’ because I enjoy it so much.” Still, running a business is not all play – a certain business savvy is necessary. “Patience is key. Being required to identify the right market and demographic to appeal to, when I believe that tea can appeal to everyone has been part of the challenge but
now also the solution. I wanted to express tea as being versatile. It has also been important for me to try and do everything myself first then consult with experts when acknowledging my own weaknesses.” Along with market knowledge and a keen self-awareness, Lynda emphasizes the need for a solid marketing strategy. “Branding is not only key, it takes time. Presenting tea the way I knew it should be presented needed to come through properly in our branding and marketing.” With the success of teALCHEMY and the growing role tea is playing in our lifestyle, Lynda is set to publish Tea-Tails (PRODUCT Toronto INC. 2014) - a full-colour mixology book of tea-inspired cocktails. “When I discovered that there were specific methods for extracting flavours from tea such as heat and water, fats, or alcohol, I knew that teALCHEMY’s flavourful teas required the exotic pairing in the direction of alcohol,” says Lynda. Poised to stage a beverage revolution, Lynda is taking tea out of the sitting room and into chic parties across the city and beyond. “Tea cocktails can be stylish, trendy, timeless, traditional, made for different occasions, different age groups or different time of the day or night. Tea-Tails aims to encourage a journey of variety, style, tradition, influence and experimenting like a true alchemist would.” Bring on the teavolution.
WORDS: MELISSA ALLEN PHOTOS: TARA NOELLE MUA: CHERYL GUSHUE OF MARY TRIPI & SB890 HAIR: GINA MENDIOLA OF MARY TRIPI LOCATION: PARLOUR LOUNGE
IF A TREE FALLS JOSHUA MCKELLAR
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ho is this man, this mystery? -This man of shroud existence and barefaced essence. Who is this man with charm and animal magnetism?- The articulated essence of Timberland? The footwear and outerwear brand who made its name experimenting with a pair of waterproof boots using leather nobody wanted, featuring a stamp that defaced the same leather with the Timberland logo. Who was it who fell into the role by a kind of silent nudge of force? A man with humility and dedication, a man who transforms himself into a vital part of each company who employs him. Who gives all he has to offer ensuring the forward progression of the company? This man is Josh Mckellar. He is on the Marketing team at Timberland as the Marketing Manager for Canada. The brand’s image is different here because Canadians are not the same as Americans - he caters to that. He was hired because he hadn’t worked in fashion; he had fresh eyes - something that is an asset when you’re in a rut. Timberland wasn’t doing well. It saw its best days in the mid nineties when the company tripled its sales, a result caused by American Hip Hop culture. It was the natural yellow boots called The Timberland, and the rappers loved them. These are the same boots Timberland took a risk on in 1973 - the same boots that help define the brand. Timberland took a risk again five years ago hiring Josh; the man without fashion experience, to offer insight and a solution after the economy went bad along with company numbers. The risk has paid off. Since then, the company has regained its status as one of the most popular shoe brands in North America. It’s celebrating the birth of the 6-inch Timberland with
a limited run of one thousand nine hundred seventy three ”Souped- up” reproductions of the original boot. It was 1999 when Josh went back to school. “I was one of those kids who was like: I get school, but I don’t really love school ‘cause I kinda know what I want to do, and the classes they want me to take don’t really fit in with what I want to do.” He chose Seneca College because they had a two year program. He wanted to do the minimum amount of time; not out of cowardice but of gumption. It has taken fourteen years to get to where he’s at, and he’s earned it. Like most, he started at the bottom. He began as a sales representative selling fire safety equipment for Kidde. Then, he took a position in marketing at Moscow, a company who deals in decorative plumbing fixtures who at the time was developing water efficient faucets and shower heads. The curious man called the Marketing Manager at Timberland, the company that has a Nutritional label printed on the bottom of each boot which outlines the environmental footprint needed to make each boot. He was the one who approached Timberland, not for a job, but for information about their green ways. It was that contact that led to his invitation to apply for the position of Marketing Manager of Canada.
WORDS: ADAM HENDRIK PHOTOS: KATE KOLER
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