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Natural cold and flu remedies Staying healthy this fall and winter means being prepared. Washing your hands frequently, getting adequate sleep and regular exercise, and eating a healthful diet are important lifestyle measures to follow. There are also certain supplements to consider taking this time of year to support your immune system and overall health.
VITAMIN D This nutrient has many important functions in the body: it regulates calcium and phosphorus levels and promotes the absorption of these minerals for healthy bones and teeth; it plays a role in cancer prevention; it regulates blood pressure; and it modulates immune function. Research has found that a deficiency of vitamin D can compromise immune function and increase the risk of viral infections. Our skin produces vitamin D upon exposure to sunlight and we get a small amount through foods such as fortified milk. However, numerous reports suggest that the majority of Canadians are deficient during the darker fall and winter months.
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system but levels of these vital organisms can be depleted by stress, travel to foreign countries and use of antibiotics. A good probiotic supplement can help to keep your system on track and in a good position to fight off germs.
ECHINACEA This herbal remedy has been used for centuries for supporting immune health. Recent research has found that echinacea can help to prevent cold and flu and reduce symptom severity and duration if you do get sick. Echinacea can be taken by those aged two and above for prevention during the cold/flu season. It can also be taken at the first sign of illness. However, it works best when taken preventatively. Visit Healthy Planet for more information: Stock Yards Village, 1980 St. Clair Ave. W., Unit C109, 416-902-7750
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Sixteen winners were recognized for work in their community FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Hero. A small word that has a big meaning. Sixteen such people were honoured Thursday, Oct. 19 at the 2017 Urban Hero Awards gala, which celebrates community ’heroes’ for their inspiring work, leadership, and good deeds in Toronto. Created by Metroland Media Toronto in 2009, which publishes the Mirror, Guardian, and Villager newspapers, this year saw 65 nominations submitted by the public in eight categories: Arts, Business, Education, Environment, Good Neighbour, Health, Social Issues, and Sports. Eight winners were selected by Metroland Media Toronto staff, and for the first time, the awards included a ’People’s Choice’ online voting round, which saw another eight nominees with the most votes across the categories declared People’s Choice winners. Some 16,000 unique votes were cast. Surrounded by supporters and well-wishers, each winner received a framed write-up, which resembled the front page of a newspaper, highlighting their accomplishments during a threecourse dinner at York Mills Gallery on Leslie Street, south of Hwy. 401. "A hearty congratulations to the recipients," said Dana Robbins, pub-
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Left, recipients of the 2017 Urban Hero Awards gather for one final hurrah following the ceremony at York Mills Gallery last Thursday Sixteen people/organizations were honored for their good deeds and impact made in their communities across Toronto. The categories included: Arts, Business, Environment, Education, Social Issues, Good Neighbour and Sports. Right, Sharon Nyarko was honoured in the category. She managed to take a picture with her award at the beginning of the evening, before having to sneak out to write a university exam. lisher of Metroland Media Toronto, noting each winner made a difference to the people in their neighbourhoods. Dikema Etto doesn’t place much value on being an Urban Hero. "Helping others, to me, gives me much joy," said the Good Neighbour category winner. "It’s better to give than to receive." For the past eight years, the Scarborough resident has picked up and distributed food and care items twice a month to homeless people downtown through StreetFeed. "They genuinely appreciate you coming out," Etto said. "There’s something special about it. It’s not being a hero. The whole phrase is meaningless. It’s about how can I improve your life and
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make a positive change. It’s about helping others feel awesome. You never know what impact you leave on others." He also created A Fresh Start, a drive to distribute personal care items to Syrian refugees in Canada. Used car dealership owner Nasser Rad and his staff were looking for ways to help people in need when his wife came up with an idea: why not give away cars to people who could otherwise not afford one? Since the Care to Share program’s launch in 2015, North York based Autorama has given away 10 free cars. Rad, who won the People’s Choice for Business, isn’t a stranger to hard times. He arrived in Cana-
da as a refugee from Iran 27 years ago with no money and only a drive to succeed in his pockets. "You have to help people who are not fortunate in life," he said. And if entrepreneurs are struggling to come up with ideas for their business, Rad offers a simple solution: "Ask your wife." José Alberto Flores credits his mother for his resilience. When he moved to Toronto from El Salvador 24 years ago, he spoke little English but was fortunate to have a strong support network of teachers who wanted him to succeed. Now, the People’s Choice winner in Education and vice-principal of Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School and Re-
gional Arts Centre in Bloor West Village is paying it forward by focusing on student success. "Life is not easy, there will be obstacles along the way," he said. "You have to keep moving forward." In previous years, the Urban Hero Awards were held in Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York. This year, in conjunction with Canada 150 celebrations, the program was open to everyone in the city. Sponsors of this year’s event were Canadian Tire, HealthyPlanet, Newad, Humber College Lakeshore Campus, Rajasri CPA, and Dr. Amanpreet Chopra. For information or to submit a nomination for next year, visit www.urbanheroes.ca
The full list of 2017 Urban Hero Award winners are: Arts: Louise Garfield People’s Choice: Oksana Hrycyna
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Education: Esther Leung Tou and the staff at Park Lane school People’s Choice: José Alberto Flores
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Ontario colleges at a crossroads The strike that hit Ontario’s 24 community colleges and cancelled classes for 230,000 full-time students is not your run-of-the-mill labour dispute. Yes, there are two widely diverging and entrenched sides. But this particular labour dispute is extraordinary for one big reason. The 12,000 striking college professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians have an ambitious, far-reaching goal that goes far beyond wages and benefits. They want nothing less than to change the business model for the province’s community college system so there are more full-time professors with more power. Represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union, they’re calling for a drastic reduction in the percentage of part-time instructors at the colleges and an increase in the number of full-time teaching positions. In recent years, colleges have increasingly turned to cheaper, part-time instructors to save money. The union says part-timers now make up 70 per cent of all college teachers and want that number reduced to no more than 50 per cent. The college’s bargainers - the College Employer Council - see things differently and makes its calculations based on the number of teaching hours, not the number of teachers. By their measure, half the teaching is already done by full-time professors. Only 30 per cent is done by contract instructors while part-time employees, who are also union members, account for a fifth of the teaching. Whatever numbers you pick, the fact remains the union wants more full-time professors. And meeting its demands would carry a hefty price tag - $250 million more a year, according to the Employer Council. Now the question for Ontario is not simply whether the strikers deserve what they want. It’s whether those demands will deliver a better education for college students and justify spending an additional $250 million more a year on them. If the answer to those last two questions is "yes," someone has to figure out where to find the money. No one can expect tuition fee hikes to cover all or even most of that higher cost. Clearly, the provincial government read taxpayers - would have to contribute more. The province is far more generous in funding universities than colleges. Yet the distinction between the two has blurred. Colleges now grant degrees and their professors conduct research. Meanwhile, in this era of new, disruptive technologies, when the very nature of Canada’s economy is in flux and the challenges facing young people trying to enter the workforce are huge, community colleges have a greater role in the education system. College management can’t fix everything on its own. Whatever happens in the current strike, the Ontario government needs to rethink the province’s colleges system and how it is supported.
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Final year of council’s term to be quiet... by design At this time next year, Torontonians will have selected a new mayor, and a new city council. A year is, or ought to be, a long time, a long enough time for a lot to happen. But if I may make a prediction, by this time next year there is a good chance that not very much will happen at all, at least at Toronto City Hall. There’s sure not much on the horizon. In a term where council committed - and recommitted - billions of dollars to a one-stop subway line to Scarborough and the reconstruction of an elevated highway at the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway, dipped toe in the Rail Deck Park, another billion-dollar-plus project, and bravely tried -
DAVID NICKLE The City and failed - to implement road tolls to start paying for it all, the last year looks quiet. Perhaps, indeed likely, this is by design. Mayor John Tory has made it clear that he’s aiming for a second term, and his 2014 second-place opponent Doug Ford has made public that he’s aiming to win that election for himself. For Tory, now is no time
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to take risks and pick potential fights. Indeed, I’d bet that the mayor’s last big fight - and it won’t really be that big will come in his decision to back making the Bloor Street bike lane pilot project permanent when it comes to Toronto council next month. If that goes smoothly, then the only other hurdle on the horizon will be the 2018 operating and capital budget, which if history is any indication, is always fraught in the making but reasonably acceptable in the finale. And the mayor and council can get on with their shortened re-election campaigns, starting in May this year rather than the usual January. If it’s to be a two-way
battle between Tory and Ford, keeping a low profile in 2018 is a good strategy. Ford has ammunition to take on Tory, but there’s a finite amount of it and he tipped his hand with his early campaign launch. To win, all Tory has to do is keep his head down, and keep it civil. David Nickle is a reporter and columnist covering Toronto City Hall for Metroland Media Toronto. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com
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scores, and an 18 per cent increase in science marks. "And then when you get to high school, when children are fed every day, suspensions are cut in half and graduation rates go up 17 per cent," she said. A healthy breakfast provided through an in-school program only costs about $1.66 per student, with the City of Toronto and the province combining to provide only about 26 cents per student. Corporate and private donors contribute greatly, but there is still a need for more funding. Parsonage added that, of the 40 per cent of students who go to school hungry, 20 per cent don’t have lunch, either. Dinner often consists of processed or fast food due to the fact that it tends to be cheap and convenient. According to Divided City: Life in Canada’s Child Poverty Capital, a 2016 report by a coalition of social service agencies, 29 per cent of food bank users are children, and food bank use increased by 13 per cent from just 799,320 visits in 2008 to 905,970 visits in 2016. To learn more about student nutrition programs, visit www.tfss.ca
JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With roughly one in three Toronto kids living in poverty and 40 per cent coming to school hungry every day, it’s nearly impossible for far too many youngsters to be at their best throughout the school day. Hunger affects grades, behaviour and graduation rates, and with Toronto holding the dubious title of Canada’s child poverty capital two years running according to a study released last year by a group of social service agencies, the issue seems unlikely to abate. Programs such as the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS) provide meals through student nutrition programs to help all students start their school day on equal footing. Abigail Taylor, a Grade 8 student at D A Morrison Middle School, said the program helps ensure she and her classmates start their day fed - something that might not be the case for far too many otherwise. "Some people don’t eat breakfast, and (the nutrition program) has things like pancakes and oat-
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Students at Rose Avenue Junior Public School enjoy a healthy meal through a student nutrition program. programs city-wide. Sandra Best of the TFSS says such programs should be present in all schools, and that all students should be encouraged to join. "It will help get rid of the stigma," she said. "And in such a diverse city, when you’re playing in the playground with someone you sat next to at breakfast that morn-
meal," she said. "It fills my stomach so I won’t have to wait for lunch. That helps me focus in class." Student nutrition programs aren’t simply for kids whose families’ budgets are stretched; some parents are pressed for time or work difficult hours. Roughly 200,000 Toronto students partake in more than 800 student nutrition
ing, you’ve already broken bread with them and you’re going to see new friendships." Catherine Parsonage, executive director and CEO of the TFSS, noted that when kids start their days off with a healthy and nutritious breakfast every day, it leads to a nine to 12 per cent increase in literacy, a 10 per cent increase in math
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A McDonald’s restaurant in Toronto’s Stockyards neighbourhood has donated $10,500 to Humber River Hospital. On Oct. 15, franchisee Ferd Schroeder hosted an event for the grand reopening of the 630 Keele St. location at St. Clair Avenue West. To celebrate, the restaurant hosted a fun event for family and friends, which included a visit from Ronald McDonald and cheque presentation. The donation was presented to Humber River Hospital’s Paediatric Service, an organization Schroeder has been a strong advocate for in the past. As McDonald’s celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the company has transformed what guests experience when they visit restaurants like Schroeder’s - with added technology, guest-focused approaches and new menu options to better serve the community, including all day breakfast and McDelivery. * What is uReport? uReport enables our readers to submit photographs and videos from local events, written reports on things happening around Toronto, letters to the editor and event listings. Submissions, made through insidetoronto.com or via email at newsroom@insidetoronto.com, are reviewed by an editor
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Volunteers care for Junction Japanese Plum tree The severe drought of 2016 has taken its toll on Toronto trees, with street trees being the hardest hit of all. On Oct. 21, Junction Adopt-a-Street-Tree volunteers cared for one of the landmark trees in the Junction: the Japanese Plum tree at Keele and Dundas streets. Junction Adopt-a-StreetTree Project is the result of collaboration among LEAF, Green 13, and the Junction BIA, supported by funding from the Junction Residents’ Association and Toronto Field Naturalists. This past summer, 105 of the Junction’s 138 street trees have been adopted by businesses, schools, and individuals, all committing to provide deep watering, 30 litres each time, twice a week. If you are interested in adopting one of the remaining trees, or in volunteering, visit www.yourleaf.org/ junction and contact junc-
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Flu season has arrived, so Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre will host a free flu shot clinic. The clinic happens Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for people 18 years and older in the main lobby. No appointment is necessary. The illness can spread from person to person
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VIBRANT KING WEST!! Spacious & Well Appointed 2+1 Bdrm In Trendy King West Village!! Updated Split-Layout w/ Lrg Liv & Sept Din Areas, Modern Kit W/Huge Pantry, Master W/ Spa-Like Ensuite, w/Solarium. just Steps To Transit, Restaurants, Theatres & Downtown!!
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l Friday, October 27 Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette & Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W., Toronto CONTACT: 416-7678844, seniors@junctionra.ca Group meets at Pascal’s for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Fridays at 2 p.m. l Saturday, October 28 Halloween Spooktacular WHEN: 11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m WHERE: Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W., Toronto CONTACT: 416-393-7697 Come in costume and enjoy Halloween activities and treats. Crafts, games, photo booth with special guests (BYO camera), and more. For kids 3 and up. Drop-in
Night of Dread WHEN: 5:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin St., Toronto CONTACT: 416-909-1006 COST: Pay-WhatYou-Can: $5, $10, $15 Clay & Paper Theatre presents the 18th annual Night of Dread, an evening of fearful pageantry, revels and mockery l Sunday, October 29 Old Book and Paper Show
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Visit insidetoronto.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Artscape Wychwood Barns , 601 Christie St, Toronto CONTACT: 647-236-3277 Collectors and dealers in old paper, ephemera, photography and books get together for the biggest one-day vintage print sale of the year. 70 tables.
Fundance for Seniors WHEN: 11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave, Toronto CONTACT: 416-392-1953 With an instructor, learn the salsa, rhumba, waltz, fox trot, samba and meringue. No partner needed and lots of fun.
Toronto West Halloween Fest WHEN: 11:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: Bloor West Village, Bloor Street West and Runnymede Road, Toronto CONTACT: 416-640 5525 The street party is on Bloor between Windermere and Runnymede. Dress up the whole family for the costume parade at 11 a.m.
Historical Society Meeting WHEN: 7:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave, Toronto CONTACT: 647-859-3901 Rousseau Room. Speaker John Sewell on "How We Changed Toronto in the 1970s, and How it has Changed Since". Visitors welcome. Light refreshments.
l Monday, October 30 Poetry Saved Our Lives WHEN: 3:30 p.m - 5:30 p.m WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St., Toronto CONTACT: 416-394-1014 Hip-hop and spoken word artist Joshua Watkis leads the workshops for youth.
l Friday, November 3 Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette & Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W., Toronto CONTACT: 416-7678844 Group meets at Pascal’s for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Fridays at 2 p.m.
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NIGHT OF DREAD: Wear your best black-and-white "dreadful" attire and join Clay and Paper Theatre, towering puppets, stilt walkers, fire-spinners and more as they walk Toronto’s streets Saturday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Dufferin Grove Park. Suggested donation of $5, $10 or $15.
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HAUNTED HIGH PARK: Enter High Park after dark and discover the chilling legends and ghostly tales that have been spooking visitors of the park for decades and walk inside the candlelit rooms of the historic Colborne Lodge Oct. 27 to 29 at 7:30 p.m. in High Park. $32.50 per person.
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TORONTO’S HORROR HALLWAYS: Toronto’s Horror Hallways returns with a bigger and scarier maze than ever before. This year features pitch-black hallways and demons around every corner. Fridays (6-11 p.m.), Saturdays (6-11 p.m.) and Sundays (6-10 p.m.) until Halloween at 37 Stoffel Dr. in Etobicoke. $15 per person.
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SCREAMWHISTLE: Steam Whistle Brewery is back with its 16th annual Screamwhistle Halloween dance party. Screamwhistle takes over the brewery for two nights with music provided by DJs Skratch Bastid and Fields McQueen on Oct. 27 and 29 at 255 Bremner Blvd. Doors open at 9 p.m. $35 per person.
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HALLOWEEN ON CHURCH STREET: One of the biggest Halloween events the city has to offer, Halloween on Church Street is the annual Halloween block party that features thousands of costume-donned attendees. It takes place Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Church and Wellesley Village starting at 6:30 p.m. Free.
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etroland Media Toronto hosts the Urban Hero Awards to celebrate community heroes of all ages for their inspiring work, leadership and good deeds here in the city. The program was launched as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations as a way to honour the people that make a difference in the lives of others and exemplify what it means to be Canadian. Nominations were accepted in eight categories: Arts, Business, Education, Environment, Good Neighbour, Health, Social Issues and Sports. The awards were open to individuals who reside or work in
the City of Toronto. Nominees must be at least 14 years of age during the active program year. The work or act for which a nomination is being made must have taken place in the last five years. Posthumous nominations can be made for good work done in the past 10 years. For the first time, the awards program included a ‘People’s Choice’ voting round, whereby the public could vote for their favourite nominee once a day between July 7 and Aug. 13. The eight nominees with the most votes across the categories were declared People’s Choice winners. Another eight winners were
selected by Metroland Media Toronto staff, and assessed based on the following criteria: Impact – How their contributions have made a lasting difference to a person, a group or an issue in the community. Inspiration – How the person serves as a role model or inspiration to others. Challenges – What obstacles (social, personal or other) the nominee has overcome to make an impact in their community. The final 16 award winners were officially announced at a gala event Oct. 19 in Toronto. For more information or to submit a nomination for next year, visit www.urbanheroes.ca
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t’s my pleasure to help announce the winners of our 2017 Urban Hero Awards in Toronto and share their inspirational stories with our readers. It’s been exciting to see this concept grow. We at Metroland Media Toronto created the awards program in 2009, first in Etobicoke, and then expanded it in subsequent years to North York and Scarborough. This year, in conjunction with Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations we decided to “go big or go home.” We merged our local awards programs into one, opening nominations to everyone in the city. It was our most successful awards program to-date, with 65 very deserving nominations submitted by our readers, partners and contacts. For the first time, we hosted a ‘People’s Choice’
vote online that saw an incredible 16,000 unique votes cast for our nominees. That an awards program like this can garner this kind of support, speaks to the value of recognizing our everyday heroes. It was our intention to put the spotlight on our neighbours, our teachers, coaches, business leaders and volunteers – to seek out the people who make a real difference in our communities. Those people serve as inspiration to the rest of us, and we feel it’s our job as a community news organization to bring those stories to light. I offer my congratulations to our winners, and my thanks to the nominators for identifying this great group of citizens. Well done! – Dana Robbins, Publisher, Metroland Media Toronto
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Oksana Hrycyna brings cultural education to Ukraine
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t has been 10 years since Oksana Hrycyna went to Ukraine for the first time, as a volunteer counselor with the Toronto-based charity Help Us Help The Children. For two weeks each summer, the high school teacher has been running a two-week summer camp helping orphaned children and refugee children from the war learn the skills and self-esteem that they will need when they leave the orphanages where they have spent their lives. And in the 10th year, Hrycyna is more attached to the program than ever.
"Every summer I get a new family," she said. "I make it very clear to them that’s how I feel about them. And I have some counselors who come back (after having been campers) for the first time to volunteer, they refer to me as mama. I look at them with such pride." Hrycyna got involved with the work in Ukraine young, coming out of the Ukrainian-Canadian community’s scouting program. Of Ukrainian descent herself, she volunteered through Help Us Help The Children, and eventually came to administer camps that help children who for one rea-
son or another are without parents or guardians engage with the world. "The program is very intensive - it’s a two week program where every day they go through four different workshops," she said. "This includes candlemaking, leatherworking workshops, workshops in pottery. Ukrainian culture is very rich so we teach a lot of folk art." The young people in the program, aged six to 18, often have little connection to their own culture - and often no experience outside the walls of their orphanage homes. Some are refu-
gees from eastern Ukraine, displaced because their parents were killed in the war. But most are social orphans in state care because they may have family members but they are incapable of doing so. "A lot are feeling the anxiety of having to leave an orphanage where everything’s been done for them and they’ve been treated with kid gloves, then they’ll be tossed into the world and having to fend for themselves," Hrycyna said. Of course, they’re not entirely on their own. They do have their mama -- Oksana Hrycyna.
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Oksana Hrycyna has spent the past decade helping orphans in Ukraine develop life skills and explore their creativity through the Toronto-based Help Us Help The Children.
Louise Garfield hopes to have ‘deepened’ people’s connection to art
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or 14 years, Louise Garfield has been the face of community arts in Etobi-
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coke. A trained dancer, choreographer and television producer, Garfield has helmed Arts Etobicoke, growing the already thriving community arts organization into a very public presence in Toronto’s west-end neighbourhoods. "I wanted very much to continue the legacy of my predecessor, Christine McIvor, while at the same time bringing fresh eyes to the organization," said Garfield, who retired from her role as executive director over the summer. Garfield’s fresh perspec-
tive brought big, but evolutionary changes. The community arts council has been operating in Etobicoke since 1973 - and has been providing support through programs such as the President’s Legacy Scholarship Fund, which helps 16 young artists a year pursue an education in the arts. Garfield maintained those programs, but also brought Arts Etobicoke face to face with the community. She established the organization’s Storefront Gallery in Islington Village - which helped bring more west-end artists into the community. And she took Arts Etobicoke to north Etobicoke, offering programs such as ur-
Louise Garfield recently retired from leading Arts Etobicoke, where she spent 14 years building the community arts organization and mentoring young artists. Photo provided by ArtsEtobicoke
banNOISE, an urban arts youth training program and festival, and QMAP (Queer Media Arts Program) for LGBTQ youth in Rexdale. "We created a ’gallery’ of
public art through the production of four human rights murals in collaboration with Amnesty International, and a fleet of 15 art-wrapped vehicles with Art on the Move,"
said Garfield. The word "we" is crucial in Garfield’s lexicon. "All of this work was done in collaboration with many, many artists, arts organizations and community groups, which only points to the vibrancy and dedication of the community arts sector in Etobicoke," she said. "I hoped we strengthened and
deepened people’s experience with artistic expression wherever it found them along their life’s journeys." Garfield also brought people to local government, and was among the strongest of advocates for increased arts and culture spending. But Garfield never forgot who was most important: the young artists, many of whom she mentored as they found their voices. "In my view, mentorship is a precious, generous exchange between experience and ambition," she said. "In great mentorships, the learning flows both ways and can become one of the deepest, longest lasting relationships in one’s life."
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Nasser Rad gives away cars and hope
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asser Rad can’t solve all your problems, but he can provide you with a free ride. Through his used car dealership Autorama, Rad gives away vehicles to individuals and families unable to afford the expense. Through an online vote, he was selected as a 2017 Metroland Media Toronto Urban Hero in the field of Business. "We try to make one of their problems go away," said Rad about the free car program for which he was honoured. "The main consideration is; can we help someone?" The program started in 2015, when Rad and his staff at the dealership sought a way to offer direct assistance to people in need, beyond a monetary donation. As of September, Autorama has
awarded 10 free cars. Past Care to Share winners include a young Ajax woman who overcame a learning disability and bullying, to get into college and needed a vehicle to get to her summer job, counselling kids with developmental challenges. Other recipients are single mothers, new Canadians and others who could use a little bit of help. Rad can relate. Having arrived in Canada from Iran 27 years ago as a refugee with no money and only obstacles to success. Today, Autorama generates more than $20 million in annual sales, has sold more than 12,000 cars and has an inventory of 250 vehicles at its North York location, employing 20 people. Every applicant is thoroughly interviewed and vetted by staff members work-
ing on their own time. In order not to influence the process, Rad doesn’t get involved until the very end. Each winner undergoes a special "ceremony" for which everyone at Autorama pitches in to get the vehicle ready. Every car must be certified for safety, cleaned and prepared. These are not $20,000 luxury rides, but practical vehicles durable, well-maintained and 100 per cent ready for the road. Applicants pay nothing out of pocket, save insurance. Each winner is treated like a regular customer. Being in a position to help others acts as validation for Rad’s decision to immigrate to this country, he said. "I wasn’t able to afford a car and now I can give them away for free," he said. "This could only happen in Canada."
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hen it comes to fundraising, David Hicks understands it’s the little things which convince a donor to consistently open the wallet for charity. Hicks and the staff of Canadian Tire #192 located at 1019 Sheppard Ave. E. are certainly experts when it comes to fundraising. To date, the team has raised thousands of dollars for North York General Hospital’s ongoing campaign to replace 426 patient beds. For his and his team’s efforts, Hicks and the Canadian Tire Store #192, have been nominated by the hospital and named Metroland Media Toronto’s Urban Hero. An experienced fundraiser, Hicks said the personal touch helps in attracting donors, whether they’ve given in the past or not. He reached to his own contact base of businesses and individuals with personal entreaties for monies to support the hospital. “You need to make them feel like they’re a VIP, especially the long-time sponsors,” Hicks said. “You acknowledge the importance of giving and look to build more relationships.” “You really learn to rely on the community.” In addition to his role on the North York General Hospital Foundation’s Board of Governors, Hicks
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played a pivotal role attracting sponsors to the hospital’s own fundraising events like the Masters Golf Tournament and Heart of Fashion. He also challenged his staff at Canadian Tire to organize their own efforts. Customers at the store were encouraged to donate by cashiers, who were coached on the fine art of the “soft sell”, Hicks said. More than $5,000 was raised in the month-long point-ofsale campaign, which was matched by Canadian Tire. “Almost everyone who works here has some kind of personal connection to
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Urban Hero Martha Nyame started school in Ghana
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t was as if God spoke to her. Martha Nyame was back in Abosamso, a village in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, building her family a house. As the roof was being attached, Nyame, who had left for Canada eight years before, decided she would give the house to poor children she didn’t know. Her parents were farmers, and poor, so Nyame, a 2017 winner of Metroland Media’s Urban Hero Award in the Good Neighbour category, never attended school. One of eight children, she grew up "sad", she remembers, "because my mom don’t [sic] have money". Returning to Ghana in 1994, she saw many children who faced a childhood like hers. They were "outside, crying and hungry," she says.
In those moments, "I feel pain. Something happens to me." The following year, she opened the Abosamso Charity and Orphanage International, a free school and an orphanage which originally welcomed 75 children. Some arrived there as infants. There’s a government school in Abosamso where most local children go, but like Nyame’s parents, many families can’t afford the fees or the costs of uniforms, books, and stationary. During her first years in Canada, says the Rexdale resident, she felt just going outside was difficult, because she couldn’t speak or count in English. "I didn’t know my left from my right," she says. The school kept expanding. Nyame hired qualified teachers and a cook. Meanwhile, in Cana-
da, she did factory jobs and earned extra money sorting mail for a courier company. Always, she sent whatever she could to Abosamso, but in 2003, Nyame was told she had fibromyalgia. The condition has worsened, and now she has arthritis too. Since 2013, she hasn’t been able to work. Children with parents at the school had to go home; now only 18 remain, all orphans or abandoned. Nyame still sends them whatever she can, but worries it’s not enough. She is disbanding the school, because she can’’t pay its teachers their wages. Her charity (www.abosamso.com) can still use any form of support for the orphans which remain in her care, including gifts of clothing and other items, or donations as small as $5.
Urban Hero from Woburn is driven each day to give
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very day is a new day for doing good," says Dikema Etto, a 2017 winner of Metroland Media’s Urban Hero Award in the Good Neighbour category. Everything he does is founded on one principle: "All is given to me by my Creator." First thing each morning, he asks that Creator to open his eyes, so he can see the needs of other human beings, and Etto asks for a chance to do something to help them. "We are each called to be a blessing, period," he says in his home in Scarborough’s Woburn area. That’s why, when Etto celebrated his 40th birthday in downtown Toronto with chefs and musicians in 2015, he invited people who were homeless. It’s why he created A Fresh Start, a drive to distribute personal care items to Syrian refugees in Canada. People he had never met gave and donated space to store items. People are eager to get involved in charity work; you just have to ask, Etto says. For instilling his instinct to give, which "follows me hand and foot, like a shadow," Etto credits his mother Veronica - a "Bible
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Urban Hero Dikema Etto has been recognized for his work collecting bread and other items for Toronto’s needy. Etto says he needs to practice what he believes in. "Every day is a new day for doing good," he says. lady" who passed last year but taught him from an early age to visit the sick and feed the hungry - and his wife Noreen, who "makes my engine run" and is mother to their five children. At 34, tired of "vain things," Etto got rebaptised and examined his life, asking the Creator to help him make the best use of his remaining years. He practices what he believes in, and takes a hands-on approach, he says, since nothing beats meeting the people you’re serving. "I have no love of writ-
ing cheques," says Etto, who for eight years has picked up and distributed food and care items to homeless people downtown through StreetFeed. He knows StreetFeed’s early-morning appearances, made whether or not it’s raining or snowing, give desperate people hope. People call Etto, who is educated as a paralegal, but works as an independent wealth manager, to offer food, and he brings it to neighbours, food banks, and other places. His goals include teaching financial literacy.
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Johann Fisch of Etobicoke stands in the forest he started by planting five trees in Broadacres Park in 1981. For his dedication to the environment and to beautifying his community, Fisch has been recognized with an Urban Hero Award.
Johann Fisch’s forested oasis started from five trees
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or the past 36 years, Etobian Johann Fisch has been turning Broadacres Park into a quiet, forested oasis. The German-born Fisch first gained a passion for environmental issues as a nine-year-old boy in his native country. An old man - 60 years on, Fisch does not recall his name - helped foster a love of all things green, which led to Fisch eventually planting trees in the Etobicoke park in 1981. "I was thinking of the future and the environment and I found the perfect spot to plant some trees and show people it’s possible," said Fisch, who is hearing impaired, through his son and interpreter, Chris. While the city typically
frowns on civilians planting trees in public parks, no one stopped Fisch, and over the years the forest in Broadacres Park has grown to impressive proportions with thousands of trees and other plants. To this day, he can be found planting every Earth Day, and he regularly drops by the forest he started to clean up or tend to a small vegetable garden he started there. "Anyone is free to use the (vegetable) garden," he said through his son. "Anyone who is struggling to find food is free to take some." Fisch said that while awareness of environmental issues has grown, not enough is being done to protect the planet. "I’ve lived in the past,
seen what it’s like the present - it’s getting a little worse - and I’m worried about the future," he said. "I feel like the future’s very bleak . over 60 years, I’ve seen the changes for myself." Having single-handedly started a forest in the city, he knows it’s possible for every single person to make a difference, though he notes that more hands in the soil will make for lighter work. He is happy to join up with volunteers, either for his Earth Day plant or to help maintain the forest by cleaning up litter that collects there. He can often be found in the heart of the forest, where he planted his first five trees 36 years ago. "This is where my heart is," he said.
he depth and breadth of Alice Cheng’s work on environmental issues would be impressive for anyone; but, given her youth, what she has accomplished is nothing short of astounding. A Grade 11 student in the international baccalaureate program at Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, Cheng has started up her own not-for-profit social venture that aims to serve as a one-stop hub where young people can learn about sustainability and monitor their consumption habits. The initiative, Global Figure, also serves to support other youth-led initiatives. "Ideally, I want to make youth rethink the way we consume things - everyday products or even media," she said. "In an urban setting, it can be hard to keep track of what you’re consuming." Global Figure also sells sustainable products, with Cheng using the funds raised to support other grassroots youth-led initiatives. "It’s a way to get youth more involved and to recognize youth out there who are making a difference in the world," she said. In addition to starting up Global Figure at the age of 15, Cheng has served as copresident of the Toronto
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osé Alberto Flores is paying it forward. The educator and People’s Choice Urban Hero Award winner for Education experienced first-hand how having caring teachers could make all the difference between young people sinking or soaring in the classroom. When Flores moved to Toronto from El Salvador 24 years ago, there were many teachers who took time to get to know and support him in his studies, he said. "They wanted me to give 200 per cent," he said. "They were strong role models who pushed me
and supported me. Just because I came from humble beginnings didn’t mean doors would close." Flores just wrapped up five years as vice-principal of St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in Malvern, where he was known for his compassion toward students and getting to know them as people. "I wanted to give the community all they needed," he said. "If a student is not motivated to come (to school), I would take time to talk with them. Each student has a story." Flores, who is now viceprincipal of Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary
School and Regional Arts Centre in Bloor West Village, would pay for breakfast and bring it to class for students who couldn’t afford to buy it on their own, and if they were falling behind with the workload, would help organize their studies. "We’re a team in the school with the parents as well," he said. "I want the students to be successful. They need structure and if they don’t get it, we fail them as a system." Flores spent years building trust with students by being transparent and having an opendoor policy, he said. "They are still human
José Alberto Flores, former vice-principal of St. Mother Teresa Catholic School, is an Urban Hero Award winner. Justin Greaves/Metroland
and need to be treated with respect," he said. "Yes, I’m vice-principal, but I’m also a role model
and I need to model with respect. At the end of the day, I want you to be in school and I want you to
graduate." He takes care of paperwork at the end of the school day so he can spend time during the day chatting with students on their spares and visiting classrooms. "I ask their opinions on school life," he said. "I’m not a vice-principal who disciplines. I’m a caring adult who supports you."
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sther Leung Tou has learned a lot from the students at Park Lane Public School. "Everyone is so unique and has so many strengths," she said. "They’ve taught me to live one day at a time, to love everyone around us, and to see everyone from a different perspective and not to judge; to be open and have an open heart." Leung Tou has been principal of the school for developmentally disabled students for four years. Recently, she and her staff were named winners of the
Urban Hero Award for Education by judging panel. "It’s definitely an honour," she said. "I think of us as a whole family. This is an amazing attribute to the hard work my staff puts in every day." The Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue area school enrols 70 students aged four to 21 who have development disabilities. Some 55 staff members help support students, ranging from teachers to nurses to occupational therapists. "We follow an alternative curriculum focused on communication and functional life skills," Leung
Tou said. "Students come from all over Toronto. We teach students how to manage themselves and care for themselves." Daily activities include an emphasis on hand and face-washing, setting the table, eating independently and preparing food, she said. "Some students are nonverbal, so we teach them picture symbols," she said. "We try to give students as much as a voice as possible." Building independence is not only done on campus, but throughout the outside world, Leung Tou said.
"We take walks around the area, we go on TTC buses, we go swimming," she said. "We try to give them real-life, authentic experiences outside of the school. We go out to concerts or bring concerts to the school." And just like other schools do, the national anthem is played every day just at a different time. "One student sings O Canada at the end of the day, as opposed to the start," she said. "We have a staggered entry at the start of the day, but at the end of the day, we are all together."
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Park Lane School principal Esther Leung Tou (centre) and members of the staff have been selected Urban Heroes.
Making a difference in the community takes initiative, leadership and hardwork. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2017 Urban Hero Awards.
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Nyarko, who has also won one of Metroland Media Toronto’s Urban Hero awards for health, said the film she directed and produced earlier this year was originally meant for a psychology course she was taking in university. "We were instructed to make short videos on anything we learned throughout the course, and I decided to focus on depression," the 19-year-old digital storyteller and second-year university student said. "The film shows how immensely trivialized mental illness is, and why it shouldn’t be so." Nyarko said mental
niversity of Toronto Scarborough student Sharon Nyarko wants to challenge the misconceptions surrounding the scope, causes and effects of mental illness, and to generate a platform for discussion on the issue. And her short film Beyond Words was aimed at doing just that. In May, the film came in first place in a monthly film competition put on by Art With Impact, a California-based organization aimed at promoting mental wellness through art and media.
health is an issue that’s dear to her heart. "I have myself been depressed and I know so many people who have gone through depression or some other form of mental illness," she said. "In some ways . I was talking to people whom I addressed during that period, my episode, vicariously through that video." In the film, said Nyarko, she got to address issues that have been bottling up. "It was refreshing letting those thing out," she said. "People began to speak up and share their own stories with me, so I didn’t feel alone."
Nyarko noted it was her "great support system" and faith that got her through her ordeal. "The stigma and isolation are in many ways more debilitating than the illnesses themselves because they stop people from seeking help and seeking supports," she said. "Mental health and illness is not something that should be trivialized because it’s so real." Nyarko said "it’s very touching" to be recognized as an Urban Hero. "I hope to keep doing this (mental health advocacy work) for as long as I can," she noted.
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Sharon Nyarko is a winner of an Urban Hero award for health. She has done work in the de-stigmatization of mental illness through the medium of film.
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"If I can spend six hours playing sports on a Saturday, why can’t I divide that in half and spend three hours playing sports, three hours doing something academic?" he said, adding he began working hard to improve his grades. And when Gooden began to apply himself, he realized he had an interest in science. "I just absorbed the material. . It felt natural," he said. "I had a science teacher who at one point said, ’You are really good at this. You should consider becoming a doctor.’" In university, Gooden said, his interest in medi-
verton Gooden’s career had a humble beginning. As a student at York’s George Harvey Collegiate, he was focused on sports, not academics. "I was struggling. I was getting D’s and C’s," said Gooden, a winner of Metroland’s Urban Hero Award for health. "I was barely keeping my head above water." But in Grade 10, Gooden said he had a "light bulb moment" during a conversation with a school guidance counsellor. After the meeting, Gooden began to restructure his time.
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tivating his colleagues to also support the cause. Gooden, a resident of the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, is also an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine. "It is sometimes challenging trying to fit everything into a calendar, but I absolutely enjoy it," Gooden said of his busy schedule. "I can’t think of a more rewarding profession. . I learn a lot from the patients that I meet on a daily basis and I find that opportunity to meet so many different people and learn from so many different people a real privilege."
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trailblazer is what Riverdale architect Paul Dowsett hopes to be when it comes to mentoring youth in the city of Toronto. He’s been doing just that for the past eight years through his Community Design Initiative, which led him to become one of two recipients of the Urban Hero Awards for social issues. "It’s a weird feeling. It’s proud and humbling all at the same time. I’m a professional architect, so to be recognized as an urban hero for social issues is kind of interesting," Dowsett told Metroland Media. "I don’t think most people in the world see architects as operating in the social realm. It’s something more architects should do and could do; it’s really part of our job description."
Mentoring youth has been a passion for Dowsett for the past 30 years, but it was in 2009 when he had the idea of mentoring youth in the Kingston Galloway/Orton Park east Scarboroughcommunity. It began after he participated in a design charette with disadvantaged youth of the Scarborough community who were tasked with redesigning the East Scarborough Storefront community centre. "We got to the end of that charette and we saw the enthusiasm of this youth, and the way they’ve latched on to it was so infectious that we could not let it stop there," Dowsett explained. "So, we said ’let’s keep this going and mentor them through the process of design thinking and teach them about architecture
and sustainability.’" Along the way, youth were also taught presentation, organizational, and leadership skills. It was also a career catalyst for many youth. Dowsett said he’s proud to say many of the participants have pursued university careers in engineering, architecture, urban planning, social development, and international affairs. Before the project, Dowsett said, for many, university wasn’t even on "their radar". "I can’t count the number of kids who have gone to university and I feel like we had big part in that, and I don’t mean that in a boastful way," he said. "Without this learning, they may not have gone on to university; it gave them a step up to think bigger and it’s great."
Paul Dowsett created the youth design project, known as Community Design Initiative, to help youth learn about design and make real decisions about their community centre. Paul and his team, through mentorship, made a lasting impact on the lives of youth.
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wo years ago, north Toronto resident Nicole German and her family were struck by tragedy with the sudden death of her 14-year-old daughter, Madeline "Maddie" Grace German Coulter. Maddie was an advocate for youth mental illness and after her death, her mother became one too, which is why she created the Maddie Project. "The Maddie Project is a legacy to my daughter and speaks to a wish that she’d expressed. She wanted to change the way youth access mental health care," said German. "When she passed away, there was an up swell of the community wanting to do something. The work that I’ve done has really been a community effort, so it’s hard for me to take full credit because I look at this like a coming together of community for a common cause." German is one of two Urban Hero recipients in the social issues category for her dedication to channeling her grief into something good for the community through the Maddie Project, which helps other teens across the country battling with mental health issues. The project’s goal is to create awareness by reducing the stigma and sparking conversations be-
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Nicole German is the founder of The Maddie Project, a grassroots movement focusing on opening a dialogue about youth mental health. tween youths, youths and their parents, teachers or coaches. It also aims to increase access to support for youth suffering from depression and mental health concerns. She’s also partnered with North York General Hospital, the place where Maddie spent three months of her life in acute care. The Maddie Project has become the biggest community supporter of the Phillips House, the home of children and adolescent outpatients seeking mental health programs. Together they’ve raise over $1 million
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to create the 1.2-acre therapeutic healing garden named after her daughter. "Maddie’s Healing Garden is really appropriate for her. She loved the outdoors and being physically active," German added. "So it’s not only a wonderful legacy and an inspiring place, but it’ll give really tangible results in how it will be helpful to youths and their families in their journey through mental health issues. So it’s really around the fulfilment of her wish, and when she passed away, it was a natural area for us to contribute to."
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oronto Argonauts’ offensive lineman Jamal Campbell keeps Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood close to his heart. "Growing up in Jane and Finch is just like other communities. Obviously, it has its social problems, but my experience growing up there was a positive one because it created a lot of character," the 23-year-old said. "In terms of Jane and Finch as a community, I love the community." The six-foot-seven-inch Canadian Football League sophomore remains humble to his home, which is
why he still lives there and continues to be a mentor for youth even after being drafted 22nd overall by the Argos in 2016. "Growing up, I’ve seen so many of my friends and just kids I went to school with just not having the right guidance," he said. "So when I talk to kids, students, I try to mentor them; I try to be the voice that I never heard and the voice that I also heard, you know, just trying to keep them, make them see the bigger picture." He grew up mainly playing basketball at courts in the area and across the city, but it was only when
he was in Grade 11 at C. W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute when he discovered football through an Argos’ community program. He said it took him some time to get used to the game, but once he got the swing of things, post-secondary schools came calling and he was off to York University, staying close to home. "Being in Toronto, I was able to just stay involved in my community and stay involved in my family," he said. "It was just wonderful." Campbell’s humbleness and his community outreach work, such as his
speaking at schools and other community events, are just some of the reasons why he was nominated for an Urban Hero award by his close friend’s older brother, Paul Nguyen. "I think he has a really bright future and I’m looking forward seeing him go even further," Nguyen said. Although his career is young, Campbell hopes he will be remembered as a respectful player and person. "That’s all I really want," he said. "I want to be the best version of me on and off the field."
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Toronto Argonauts’ offensive lineman Jamal Campbell has won an Urban Hero Award in the People’s Choice sports category. The Jane and Finch native still lives in the area and continues to give back to his neighbourhood despite his new found fame.
Jennifer Smith helps girls, women enjoy playing hockey
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ennifer Smith loves everything about hockey. Growing up, she would watch the sport on television and play lots of it on the rink and on the street. But she never played organized hockey until she attended the University of Toronto and joined a women’s intramural league. "I played for four years and really didn’t think I’d play hockey after that," she said, until she found out about a women’s recreational league starting up in 1992. "I’ve played ever since," she added. Now 49, Smith is the president of the Toronto Leaside
Girls Hockey Association, which operates out of the city’s east end. She became involved with the organization back in 2003 as an assistant coach of her daughter’s hockey team. "I don’t think I would have ever imagined in 2003 that 14 years later I would have had this incredible opportunity to help with our board, with our hundreds of volunteers, to shape and grow this organization in the way that we have," she said. Founded in 1974, it was established to create opportunities for girls and women, regardless of their skill lev-
el. Currently, the association operates a wide-range of programs with over 1,600 members. "Creating a solid, positive
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Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association president Jennifer Smith settles in for another night at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, as the Toronto Leaside Junior Wildcats practise behind her. Smith has been selected as an Urban Hero in the sports category in recognition of her dedication to girls’ hockey.
environment for these athletes is important," Smith said. Her commitment and passion for helping women in hockey is what earned
her a nomination for an Urban Hero award from her colleague June Smyth. "She just wants every girl who’s interested in playing to be able to play at the best
level for them and to love the game," Smyth said. "I’ve always admired Jennifer and looked up to her because not only is she dealing with a difficult position, but she manages it with grace and understanding and really tries to help people." Smith said she’s happy being recognized for her work, but she said she can’t do it alone. "There’s 13 of us on this board, and there are hundreds of volunteers in this organization . I’m just one person; it takes many volunteers to put 1,600 players on the ice every week," she said. "This is lovely, but really, it’s a team award."
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Awesome Junction “Duke” townhome! Rare opportunity to live/work or simply stretch out on 2 levels. This 1175 sqft town home offers great flexibility to have a huge 2 bedroom townhome or to combine a private studio/office and large 1 bdrm suite on upper level. Outdoor patio with street entrance and private entrance from main lobby allow to separate uses if desired. 2 full baths (1 on each level) and 1 underground parking complete this fabulous urban space.
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$649,000 The Howard Park Residences! Huge (817+ 48 sq ft) 1 bedroom condo with spectacular layout in vibrant Roncesvalles. Brand new, Triumph built luxury condos focusing on modern Toronto living. Geothermal heating and green rooftop. Dark hardwood and cabinets, high ceilings, many upgrades. Wall-to wall closets in the large, serene master. Spa-inspired, fully upgraded washroom. Large study; possible dining room. Comes with 1 u/g parking, locker and bike rack.
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Fulfill a lifelong dream and build your unique forever home on the shores of stunning Lake Ontario. The permits are ready! The lot is a generous 160 ft depth with a private gate straight onto the beach and manicured park. The existing 2 bed, 2 bath home is updated & bright with a large eat in kitchen and open living space. Minutes to downtown core with plenty of transit options. Stroll the shops, cafes and boutiques of charming Lakeshore West. Attention Urbanites! The Indigo is located on quiet Lombard street in the middle of The Core. Transit and Walkscore of 100! This glorious 2 bedroom suite has mile upon mile of square footage, wrapped up in stunning city views and finished with locker and parking. Call us today for more information! Exclusive listings are not on MLS and we cooperate with all agents.
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