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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Stephanie Clayton may have spent the majority of her life in and out of hospital, but that hasn’t stopped the Leslieville girl from being an optimistic and energetic child. “Stephanie is a very spirited and spunky little girl. She does everything a regular child can do,” said Denise Clayton, Stephanie’s mom. Born with an omphalocele, a birth defect where an infant’s intestine and/or other abdominal organs protrude from the belly button, 10-year-old Stephanie has faced many challenges including dealing with chronic pain as well as undergoing 15 major surgeries and several hundred invasive medical procedures. A Grade 5 student at St. Joseph Catholic School, she’s currently experiencing intestinal failure. Despite that, she’s an active kid

‘Sometimes I get teased because of my health issues, but I always try to stay positive despite my challenges.’ ~ Stephanie Clayton, 10

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Stephanie Clayton, a Grade 5 student at St. Joseph Catholic School, is official ambassador of the seventh annual Walk for Smiles Saturday.

who enjoys downhill skiing and running with her school’s cross-country team among other things.

The second of three daughters, Stephanie and her sisters, Danielle and Sydney, and their parents Denise and Greg, have benefitted from their longtime involvement with the Starlight Children’s Foundation’s Great Escapes program, which provides families with seriously ill children the chance to take part in fun activities such as baseball games, trips to the arcade and excursions to Great Wolf Lodge.

“It allows us all to go and enjoy life for what it really is and to leave the sick behind,” said Clayton, adding the anticipation of doing fun activities through the Starlight Great Escapes program gives her daughter the strength and ammunition to go back and fight every day. “The whole family is affected by Stephanie’s illness. Sometimes it’s hard to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes we just need to get out and do something spectacular as a family.” This year, Stephanie has been invited to serve as the official ambassador of the seventh annual Walk for Smiles in North York’s G. Ross Lord Park, 4777 Dufferin St., just south of Steeles Avenue West. As part of her official ambassador duties, Stephanie said she plans on sharing a few words with participants about her health issues and how she remains optimistic even during tough times.

“I’m really excited to tell my story,” said Stephanie, who will also kick off the walk and take part in the day’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Sometimes I get teased because of my health issues, but I always try to stay positive despite my challenges.” Clayton said she can’t thank the Starlight Children’s Foundation enough for helping her family. “We will never, ever stop supporting Starlight. It’s really changed our world,” she said. ■ The five-kilometre walk, which celebrates the courage and spirit of seriously ill children and their families while raising funds for Starlight Children’s Foundation programs and events across Canada, is set to take place this Saturday. For more information or to support or register for the Seventh Annual Walk for Smiles, visit www. walkforsmilestoronto.org

Students’ haiku poems turn into QR codes for Nuit Blanche JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Grade 7 and 8 students from Little India’s Equinox Holistic Alternative School are taking part in a Nuit Blanche installation called The QR Poetry Project. Since the beginning of the school year, 19 pupils from Michael Jursic’s class, known as the Equinox Arts Collective, have been working to create original haiku poems, which have then been transferred into largescale QR (Quick Response) codes – square bar codes that hold data – and recreated as colourful works of art on 24-inch-square canvasses. The data is accessed using an app on your smartphone. Those pieces will be on display at four downtown locations – St. James Park (120 King St. E.); the base of Toronto Street at King Street; the rear of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre (158 Victoria St.); and at Rainbow Cinemas-Market Square (80 Front St. E.) – Saturday, Sept. 29 during Nuit Blanche. Anyone with a smartphone is welcome to scan the QR code and obtain free poetry. “It’s mixing language with visual arts. One depends on the other,” said Jursic, adding all of the poems

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Left, QR Poetry Project creators Michael Jursic and Peri Aggarwal. Right a QR painting by Aura Kelly.

are on the theme of night. He urges anyone who scans a poem on display as part of The QR Poetry Project to tweet about it using the hashtag #QRPoetry. “If you like it, tweet it. We’re hoping to trend.” Last February, Jursic envisioned the project with Peri Aggarwal, which he described as “the best student teacher I’ve ever had.” The teachers came up with the idea while admiring a QR code on the subway. “We saw the art that was possible in QR codes. That got us thinking about doing a project with our stu-

dents for Nuit Blanche,” he said. Together, they feverishly put together a proposal and submitted it to the Nuit Blanche organizers an hour before application deadline. About a month later, Jursic and Aggarwal learned their interactive installation had been accepted as an independent youth project in Zone C, which offers 29 projects that reference and evoke repetition and emotion, recognizing the power of memorial and re-enactment. Zone C can be found along King Street, from John Street in the west and Jarvis Street in the east. “We were very excited and the

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aking transit in this city is not easy at the best of the times. Long trips and a crowded system are a daily challenge for many, so we shouldn’t be surprised incidents of rudeness and bad behaviour by other passengers are becoming a growing concern for many transit users. Part of this is simply a reflection of the society we live in. We see rudeness everywhere. People are always in a hurry, be it while driving or trying to get on a subway train. They put themselves first and care nothing for the people around them. In our special report in today’s paper we look at the Rude Rides experienced by a number of TTC riders. Clearly, there are a lot of issues out there. Riders told us of having to deal with intoxicated, swearing our view passengers; being pushed aside by those charging the doors TTC should of trains and streetcars; being bumped by backpacks; or of not make rudeness being able to sit down due to people sprawling over several a priority seats. And don’t even get them started on the loud cellphone conversations shared with every other passenger. Riders are dealing with this stuff everyday, but it doesn’t appear as if they’ll be getting help any time soon from the TTC itself. “We have a number of areas of concern, but customer behaviour isn’t even in our Top 10. It’s not what we focus on,” Chris Upfold, the TTC’s chief customer care officer, told us for this week’s story. The focus for the TTC is on serving its riders by running on time, and having polite and helpful employees. If the riders cannot behave or have bad manners, the TTC’s position is that it is not up to its employees to scold them. “I would argue the obligation of the operator is no greater than anybody else on that vehicle,” said Uphold when it comes to dealing with a rude passenger. We disagree. TTC passengers have a right to expect a ride free from obnoxious behaviour. We know most riders are courteous and respectful, but it only takes a few to leave a lasting impression, get already stressed passengers upset and lead to unfair perceptions of a TTC ride. Other countries promote courtesy on their transit systems with public awareness campaigns. The TTC should do the same. A campaign that makes people think about their behaviour and the impact it has on other passengers is much needed and should be a priority. Toronto Community News is a division of Metroland Media Group Ltd. The Mirror is a member of the Ontario Press Council. Visit ontpress.com newsroom

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The Queen Street visioning study meetings are over and it’s pretty clear what we’ll get in the final report due in about one month. From Woodbine to Coxwell avenues, all redevelopment will copy 1 Rainsford Rd., now being built. East of Woodbine, we get buildings that “look” like four storeys, with the fourth floor pushed back by 3.0 metres; this is far from the rule that “buildings will be three storeys in height and/or will be perceived as three storeys”. Council confirmed this rule in 2004. We must keep it. Any new guidelines must fully respect the current height and density until the required Avenue Study is done – or else keep the old guidelines. Good planning permits change only after studying the status quo (traffic, sewers, schools). These drastic increases in density demand proper study beforehand, instead of study after the process has begun, like some science experiment. Brian Graff, The Beach Residents Association of Toronto

Media not there to be friends with politicians It has come to this: two hours of simian chestthumping radio on a Sunday afternoon by the mayor and his brother has become the official response to questions and criticism in Toronto. As I write this Tuesday morning, my fellow scribes are reeling from a tirade from our Ford and his immediate family: we have been branded “pathological liars,” embarrassments to our city and as “a bunch of pricks,” by Councillor Doug Ford as he fled questions following a Monday budget committee meeting. T h e o u t b u r s t s a re a response to a spate of bad press for the Ford brothers. Reports have alleged the mayor used city resources to help with his high school football coaching duties, in violation of council’s code of conduct. In the summer,

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Ford met with city staff to urge them to repair potholes in front of his family’s business, in advance of a 50th anniversary celebration. He justified it by explaining if those repairs weren’t done, someone might have twisted an ankle and sued. And it all comes in the context of a pending decision by Ontario Chief Justice Charles Hackland on a conflict of interest matter that could see Ford removed from office. Vaguely obscene invective is probably not the best response to all those allegations, but it’s certainly understandable.

And it’s not without precedent. Former mayor Mel Lastman once publicly threatened to have then-television reporter Adam Vaughan killed because he believed Vaughan was responsible for leaking a story about his wife to the satirical political magazine Frank. Mayor David Miller was a bit more sophisticated about it. He avoided death threats, but he had a way of eviscerating reporters who dared to ask ill-informed or too-pointed questions that stung deep. As a journalist covering this beat, I’ve been on the frosty end of freeze-outs by politicians who haven’t appreciated stories I’ve written about them. Sometimes, I’ve been called names. Sometimes I’ve been simply told the story has hurt their feelings. But it’s all an occupational hazard. The fact is that none

of us in the media are here to be friends to the politicians we cover. As far as the Ford brothers go, the fact is that Rob, at least, is in trouble. Details have emerged that call into question his political character as he’s presented it to voters. Where now is the harsh critic of councillors who feather their nests with public money, the everyman who vows to ensure residents get fair treatment from city bureaucrats, when he’s accused of using his office budget for football and encouraging staff to put his own family’s needs ahead of others? Absent good, comprehensible answers to those questions, the Fords’ response is to pose their own, rhetorical question: How dare any of us pose such disrespectful questions in the first place?

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It’s Happening Blue Skies Walk to End Canine Cancer WHEN: 10:30 a.m. registration, walk at noon WHERE: beginning at Kew Beach off-leash area and going along Martin Goodman Trail at Ashbridges Bay CONTACT: Kelly Manis, 416-606-9255, www.smilingblueskies.com The event also includes dog training demos, prizes and a silent auction. Proceeds to the Ontario Veterinary College’s Pet Trust. Rain date Sept. 30.

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Avenue CONTACT: BlessingOfAnimals@MCCToronto.com The event includes animal treats, individual photos taken with clergy members, individual animal blessings and music. Special seating will be offered for felines and anxious dogs. Open Rehearsal with Toronto Beach Chorale WHEN: 2 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. COST: Free Join the group for open rehearsal with the Toronto Beach Chorale and conductor Mervin William Fick. The event is free as long as you register at torontobeachchorale1@gmail.com

Kew Gardens Tennis Club’s Open Championship WHEN: today and tomorrow, various times WHERE: Kew Gardens Tennis Club, 77 Kew Beach Ave. CONTACT: 416-699-1635 A silent auction benefitting Community Centre 55 will take place during the championships. East End Sustainability Network WHEN: 9:45 a.m. to noon WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen St. E. CONTACT: MP Matthew Kellway, 416-467-0860 Those concerned about the sustainability of the urban environment are asked to form an East End Sustainability Network. Community Environment Day WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Park East, west of Broadview Avenue, north of Gerrard Street East CONTACT: Councillor Paula Fletcher,

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South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCH) open house WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. WHERE: SRCH, 955 Queen St. E. CONTACT: 416-461-1925 Event includes information displays; panel discussion on how its programs have impacted the health of the community.

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THAT’S A BIG KITE: Children chase a 50-foot long caterpillar kite during Windfest at Woodbine Beach Saturday. Visit http://bit.ly/S2HzU6 for more pictures from this event.

416-392-4060, www.toronto.ca/environment_days The event will include activities for the whole family, compost pick-up and the

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Blessing of the Animals service WHEN: 2:30 p.m., service at 3 p.m. WHERE: Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson Ave., at Howland

Wine and food WHEN: 7:30 to 10 p.m. WHERE: The Distillery Historic District, Fermenting Cellar, 55 Mill St. CONTACT: www. fermentingcellar.ca Enjoy culinary demonstrations and silent auction to benefit Houselink, which provides housing solutions for people with mental illnesses.

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he woman who spoke so loudly during her phone conversation her words could be heard in excruciating detail all the way from the back of the streetcar. The patron who charged the closing subway doors without a care for anyone around him. The time when a fight nearly broke out over a seat during rush hour. When it comes to rude behaviour on the TTC, nearly every rider, it seems, has a story. Some say they tolerate inconsiderate behaviour because it’s not worth getting into a potential altercation. Others have spoken up on behalf of fellow patrons being subjected to rudeness. Amanda Hiebert recalls a time on board a Parkdale bus when an extremely intoxicated patron spewed non-stop profanities in front of small children and their parents during the heart of rush hour. “She was cussing like she invented swear words,” said Hiebert. “I turned around and said, ‘Can you clean up your mouth?’” For intervening, Hiebert says she received a fresh volley of abuse from the inebriated woman, who finally decamped the bus a few stops later. “I’m not one of those people who can just sit there and say nothing,” she said. Most patrons who spoke with The Mirror said the TTC should act more proactively to deal with rude riders, whether that means an awareness campaign or directing staff to intervene. “If there was an ad campaign with some kind of statistic or something, it might strike a chord with me,” said

Be more polite to each other, east-end riders say Transit users’ sense of entitlement part of the problem

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TTC chief customer service officer Chris Upfold calls rudeness on the transit system a ‘societal’ issue.

Hassan Ibrahim, a passenger on the 501 Queen streetcar last week. “It’s happening in their stations, on their vehicles,” said commuter Sunny Wong, waiting for a bus at Victoria Park and Sheppard Avenue. “There should be standards for whenever you take the TTC.” a closer But while look the TTC Inside does make Toronto announcements related to transit etiquette, such as asking riders to remove their large knapsacks during rush hour, spokesperson Chris Upfold said there are no plans to deal with the issue much more than that. “We have a number of areas of concern, but customer behaviour isn’t even in our Top 10. It’s not what we focus on,” said Upfold, the TTC’s chief customer care officer. “Rudeness is not something that catches my attention as being high.” Upfold, who was hired

by the TTC to improve customer care, said the transit agency’s employees shouldn’t be required to improve what he termed a “societal” issue. “I would argue the obligation of the operator is no greater than anybody else on that vehicle,” said Upfold. He said riders should alter their travel patterns and the times they travel in order to reduce potential disputes. “Let’s say you travel at 8:30 a.m. and it’s tough to find a seat. Leave 15 minutes earlier and there’s a better chance you’re getting on the train,” said Upfold. Transit agencies in other cities have taken steps to reduce rude behaviour by riders. For the last seven years, New York City subway riders face a $50 ticket, and in some cases can even be arrested, for sitting “improperly” on a seat or taking up more than one seat. More recently, the Paris, France rapid transit authority RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) launched a publicity campaign

targeting rude patrons of the Metro. Phil Wood, who retired recently from the London Underground where he was manager of operational analysis, said the rudeness of patrons riding the subway was never considered much of a problem, though laws targeting certain behaviours have proved effective. He said Underground workers are directed not to get into confrontations with transit users, and instead are to alert the transport police responsible for patrolling the system’s 402 kilometres of track. He recalled a regulation adopted by British lawmakers a couple of years ago that made it illegal for riders to travel the Underground with open containers of alcohol. “It’s more of a perception issue, really, and they made a rule

that put people at ease,” said Wood, who was in Toronto last week. Upfold said the TTC is set to examine the findings from a study that examined nearly 5,000 rider complaints in hopes of offering better service. But he said rudeness on the TTC, just as it exists in other places in the city, would remain a reality, “TTC is part of society,” he said. “The problems we face are the same as what society faces.” Valentino Assenza, who commutes to work downtown from the Beach via the TTC, said while he’d like to see steps taken to address the issue of rudeness, he was unsure how it should proceed. “It’s hard to legislate courtesy,” he said. “How we go about enforcing this, I don’t really know.”

ON THE COVER: Transit user Valentino Assenza says he is exasperated with the lack of respect passengers on the TTC have for each other. (Photo by Nick Perry) TWITTER: Read tweets from transit users pinpointing their pet peeves about impolite TTC passengers; insidetoronto.com, search keyword: TTC_Rude_Riders

ealing with rude behaviour on the TTC isn’t often an issue for Valentino Assenza, but the Upper Beaches resident knows it’s out there. Assenza, who relies mainly on the 501 Queen streetcar service to get from Main and Gerrard streets to his workplace near Bay Street and Queen’s Quay, can recall multiple episodes where he’s been inconvenienced by the thoughtlessness of others. There was the time he was “bowled over” by a commuter charging past him toward an open subway car at Queen station. Or when another commuter pushed past him on the escalator just to be ahead by one step. Or when he sees the scowls of people refusing to walk to the back of the vehicle, who are irritated when asked to clear the way. If rudeness is increasing along TTC transit routes in the east end of Toronto, Assenza said it’s because of the attitudes of some riders who act aggrieved if the bus arrives “the slightest bit late.” “The entitlement over public transit, especially in the Beaches, is a bit irritating,” said Assenza last week. “Not everyone has an express bus going downtown in their neighbourhood.” He said he greatly preferred taking GO Transit over the TTC. “On the GO, it’s like you’re in a library,” he said. “People are a bit more relaxed, they won’t shove or refuse to let you walk through. It’s a quieter commute.” Cordella Simpson, who lived around Pape Avenue and Cosburn Avenue for nearly three decades, would like the TTC do something to address rude behaviour. But the retired senior thinks it’s also up to the public to improve the level of etiquette on display. “We can improve our experience by being more considerate to each other,” said Simpson. – Rahul Gupta

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Strategy meeting for drop-in centre postponed Around the beach A Sept. 27 town hall meeting on the future of the Leslieville building that houses The Parent Resources Drop-In Centre has been postponed until further notice. The meeting was called to strategize and seek out the interest of potential partners to utilize the building while keeping The Parent Resources Drop-In Centre in its current space at the former Riverdale United Church at 1117 Gerrard St. E. at Leslie Street. The Parent Resources Drop-In Centre, which welcomes an estimated 80 people daily, has served east-end residents since 1977 and has called the basement of the former church home since 1996. It provides free programming for children up to age 12 as well as activities and workshops for caregivers, many of whom are new Canadians with low- or moderateincomes, or have special needs children or are running single parent households. The centre said it’s confident a

solution will be reached with the help of the church, Councillor Paula Fletcher, MPP Peter Tabuns, MP Craig Scott and the community . “Parent Resources would like to express their gratitude to the community’s unwavering support. The centre will keep the public informed of any further developments.” Declining attendance Just more than two years ago, the United Church decided to close the church after years of declining attendance and rising costs to maintain the circa 1912 property. Having “high regard” for their two long-term tenants (The Parent Resources Drop-In Centre and the Chinese Evangelical Church), Riverdale United’s remaining congregants wanted to ensure both groups had enough time to come up with alternate plans in the event the decision was made to sell the property. Jim McKibbin, a mission devel-

oper with the Toronto Southeast Presbytery of the United Church of Canada, said church members also felt it was important all avenues be explored for the property instead of just selling it off to the highestbidding developer. In the last two years, the United Church commissioned a study to better determine the community’s needs and demographics and has met with local politicians and representatives for east-end social service agencies on several occasions to talk about the options for the Leslieville site. The two-year deadline came up this summer, but after further consideration, The United Church of Canada decided to give local groups and organizations the opportunity to express interest in purchasing the property by Oct. 31. If an agreement can’t be reached with an organization, the church will place it on the open market. ~ Joanna Lavoie

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ACTIVE: Left, participants walk with their pets along Martin Goodman trail during PAWS in the Park Sunday. Above, kindergarten students from Kathy Korimsek’s class take part in the launch of The Yoga Game book at Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School Sept. 20.

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est. 1997

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