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Davenport Village turns into a ‘jewel’ community Residents and councillor working to transform Hydro One property into greenspace LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Davenport Village is ready for its close-up. The community-withina-community at Davenport R o a d a n d L a n s d ow n e Avenue boasts a large park and playground at its centre surrounded by a one-time railway factory turned into an authentic residential loft building, with townhouses, condos and a soon-to-be built grocery store and bank. The icing on the cake includes a coffee shop and pub that are in the midst of construction. “It’s turned out so much better than I had hoped for,” said Matt Park, founder and president of the Davenport Village Community Association. “We came out of nothing – we were a neighbourhood that folks thought wasn’t going to be transformative and we turned out that way.” There are two parcels of land along Davenport Road at Foundry Avenue that are owned by Hydro One. Currently, they are cordoned off by a chain link fence topped with barbed wire. Davenport Councillor Cesar Palacio alongside the community association is working on brokering a deal with Hydro One to reclaim the land as public green space. Park credits the councillor for helping to secure designated funding for the Greenline Gateway project, which has gotten the go-ahead. “I’m very proud to work with the community to create vibrancy. People are very excited – I’m very excited,” Palacio said. “I want to see those lands be beautified.” These two parcels are links of a linear park, not unlike the West Toronto Railpath, Park said.

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Davenport Village Community Association president Matt Park stands in front of the former Powerhouse, a heritage building that is in the midst of being transformed into a coffee shop and pub.

The reclaimed green space will serve as a gateway to Davenport Village with a wrought iron fence and pillars whose brick will be the same colour as those of the foundry lofts. The project will include gardens and chess boards, Park said. Work on the project is set to start this spring. “Davenport Village is going through a tremendous transformation as we speak. It has become a jewel in the west end of the city,” Palacio said. “It’s just beautiful.” Park and his wife moved into a ‘Phase 1’ Davenport Village townhouse four years ago. A year later, he created the community association to serve the 3,800 residents who live there. “We’re a neighbourhood of kids and families,” he said. A feasibility study is set to be done in the spring for a crosswalk at Foundry Avenue and Davenport Road. The crosswalk would be constructed adjacent a

set of stairs that lead up to Earlscourt Park, which have yet to officially open. Park grew up in Etobicoke and lived downtown for a stint with his wife before moving into Davenport Village. He said he happened to speak to an elderly Portuguese woman who told him, ‘This is a great neighbourhood, you should come here.’ Balzac’s Coffee Roasters is set to open in the former Powerhouse, a heritagedesignated building situated at Foundry Avenue and Powerhouse Street. Alongside the coffee shop, Balzac’s will open a pub. A meeting will be held in February to discuss the Greenline Gateway project. The Davenport Village Community Association meets once a month. For details, visit the Davenport Village facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ DavenportVillage?fref=ts Have you liked our facebook page yet? Connect with us at www.facebook.com/ BloorWestVillager

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Arleen McCallum hopes to publicly showcase artwork LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, where an estimated one million Rwandans were killed in 1994, are well-known tragedies in modern history. Perhaps little known is the Armenian genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century, which saw two million Armenians living in Turkey eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres from 1915 to 1918. High Park-area resident and artist Arleen McCallum hopes to raise awareness of the massacre through a mixed-media piece she has created in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Turkey. The centennial will be marked through events around the world on April 24. Her work, titled Hepimiz E r m e n i y i z ( We a re a l l Armenian), also acknowledges the assassination of Armenien journalist and editor Hrant Dink, who was killed in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. Dink was murdered for continuously maintaining the Armenian genocide did actually occur, an allegation considered a crime against the state. Inspired to visit Turkey for its architecture, art and culture – particularly its rugmaking – McCallum said her travels prompted her to learn more about its history.

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Arleen McCallum has created a mixed media piece to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Turkey.

“Then Hrant Dink was murdered and I found myself focusing my attention – and my work – on the historic plight of the Turkish Armenians and the issue of freedom – freedom of speech and of religion,” she said. McCallum remained glued to the TV to watch hundreds of thousands of Turks, Armenians, Muslims, Jews and Christians march in the streets of Istanbul to mourn Dink and protest his murder. Many carried signs that said, ‘Hepimiz Hrant Dink’iz’ (We are all Hrant Dink) and ‘Hepimiz Ermeniyiz’ (We are all Armenian). “It was the masses of people in the streets that really got my attention,” said McCallum during an interview at her home. “I hadn’t known about the Armenian genocide. I started reading about it. There’s this whole Turkish denial – ‘We didn’t do it, it was just part of the war.’”

To produce the piece, a diptych in acrylic and mixed media, McCallum experimented with recycled materials like foil, fabric and found objects as well as archival photographs. She wanted to create an art work that would “bear proper witness to a disastrous historical event and the suffering and bravery of those who were targeted.” Although, she didn’t want to include any of the “horrible” and “barbaric” images of the genocide. The work includes portraits of Armenian survivors and witnesses, the Armenian flag, a reference to Dink’s funeral procession and a map marking the sites of concentration camps and massacres. McCallum hopes to display the artwork publicly in honour of the centennial. For further info about McCallum’s commemoration of the Armenian genocide, visit www.arleenmccallum.ca

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KIDS FEST AT RUNNYMEDE PS: Above, Elwyn takes charge of her animals and dinosaurs at the Bloor West Kids Fest Saturday at Runnymede Public School. At left, the event featured a bake sale and face painting, as demonstrated by two-yearold Sadie Armstrong, bottom right. Below left, children took to the stage to dance along with the Space Chums. Funds raised at the event went to ‘Break for Play’ a non-profit group that provides affordable programming for families in the community. Staff photos/IAN KELSO

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n 2011, former Mayor Rob Ford and Toronto City Council made a very short-sighted move. Faced with a budget surplus from the previous administration, the council and mayor decided to use it all, offer a property tax freeze that no one asked for and wasn’t sustainable. In subsequent years, it made Toronto’s financial system more precarious, because by using one-time funding (in that case a surplus), city services were instantly outsized as compared to reliable revenue. It develops that in 2015, John Tory and the new council are doing something similar. In order to provide a budget that improves city services on a number of fronts, Toronto will be borrowing $86 million from the provincial government, to be repaid with interest. That loan will pay for

david nickle the city services the city has now and for improvements too, reversing many of the cuts made during the Ford years and adding some more. Life will be easier in Toronto in 2015 on a number of fronts. But because the marginal service improvements rest on a marginal revenue source, 2016 will be another matter. Whether children can continue to ride free on the Toronto Transit Commission will depend on whether council can bear to cut services elsewhere. The Ford administration brain trust was well aware that the 2011 tax freeze meant that city council would have no choice but to impose austerity measures in 2012. One might expect that the Tory administra-

tion’s brain trust is similarly far-sighted. Last year, City Manager Joe Pennachetti, thinking to retire, told council very seriously that Toronto’s public service is running lean now, and that the city’s service levels cannot sustain more trimming. Taxes, indeed, would have to rise in the future if council is to afford the services that it had in 2014. So what is to become of us next year? It is difficult to say. Over the course of the campaign, Tory displayed his conservative bona fides; in the months following, he reached out to a more broadly-based constituency. And with this budget, he will have settled us into a corner. How we get out of it is anybody’s guess. David Nickle is The Villager’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Reach him on Twitter: @DavidNickle

Letter Seeking owner of war-time era notebook To the editor: This old Camp Fire notebook was found on Roncesvalles Avenue a few months ago. It was raining and we were worried the notebook would get water logged. The book is filled with hand-written poems and stories from the war years. Seemingly from the Second World War. The handwritten notes seem as though they would be important to the owner or the owner’s family. We would love to find the rightful owner. Please phone 647-226-3083 or contact the newspaper. A. Sayers

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Learn about the city’s historical artifacts The West Toronto Junction Historical Society (WTJHS) hosts its next meeting, Thursday, Feb. 5 with guest speaker Neil Brochu from the City of Toronto’s collections and conservation centre. The centre is where the city stores about 150,000 artifacts and more than one million archaeological specimens related to its history. The meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Annette library, 145 Annette St. V i s i t w w w. w t j h s. c a f o r details. students cycle at humberside for charity Humberside Collegiate Institute hosts its annual fundraising Coast to Coast Against Cancer Feb. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Six teams ride stationary bikes for an hour wearing creative costumes. There are awards for the team that raises the most amount, best costume and most mileage. Last year, the school, at 280 Quebec Ave., raised about $29,000. To make a donation and for more details, visit humberside.

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The Naked Trees of Winter WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor Street West CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@ yahoo.ca COST: Free Walk through High Park with an urban forester to learn how trees survive the winter and how to identify them without leaves. Meet at the benches near Grenadier Restaurant.

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Toronto Swing Dance Society WHEN: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian House Toronto, 1573 Bloor St W CONTACT: TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca/monday-classes/registration, info@TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca COST: Full series: $55 for members, $70 for non-members Toronto Swing Dance Society welcomes Mary Adams to teach Hustle dance lessons. No partner required. Beginner lesson: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. beginner and intermediate practice followed by the intermediate lesson, 8:45 to 9:45 p.m.

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Free Drama Class WHEN: 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. WHERE: Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: Katie Mior, 416 769-5611 COST: Free Windermere United Church offers

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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper WHEN: 5:30 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Morningside High Park Church, 4 Morningside Ave. CONTACT: Kathleen Kilgour, 416-766-4765, kathleenk123@gmail.com COST: $8 pp/$25 family 15th Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. All you can eat pancakes and sausages. All welcome. a drama program for children ages six to 12. Take place Wednesdays until June. Participants will explore storytelling through music, text and movement. The class project will be a musical version of The Three Little Pigs, which will be presented at the end of the session in June. Weekly Meditation Classes WHEN: 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada, 416-762-8033, , info@kadampa.ca COST: $10/class, $40/5 class pass These meditation classes are drop-in and no registration is required. Although presented in series, each class is self-contained, includes two guided meditations and a talk, and can be attended individually.These classes present practical tools to keep with you in your day to help

you maintain a peaceful mind. Toronto South West Shout Sister Choir WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright Ave. CONTACT: Shannon Godfrey, members@shoutsisterchoir. ca COST: dues New members wanted for choir. Practices every Wednesday. Shout Sister! takes an unorthodox approach to choral singing. No auditions. Variety of music from pop and Motown, to folk, and country and blues. Meet Author Velvet Haney WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Bloor/ Gladstone library, 1101 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Melanie Ribau, 416-3937674, mribau@torontopubliclibrary. ca COST: Free Author and former model Velvet Haney reads from her debut graphic

memoir “The Mousehouse Years,” the turbulent story of a dysfunctional romance, a single mother raising six children and a childhood filled with adversity and adventure, set primarily in the slums of 1960’s Toronto. Swansea Historical Society WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina Ave CONTACT: 647-859-3901, swancnews@gmail.com COST: Free Speaker Will O’Hara: “Life in West Toronto before European Contact,” Visitors welcome. Light refreshments.

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Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette &amp; Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843, www. junctionra.ca/junction-seniors/, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free Group meets twice a week for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Tuesday mornings 10 to 11 a.m. at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., and Fridays at the above location. Everyone welcome.

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Saturday Writers WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: High Park library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7671 COST: Free

Read from and discuss works in progress. Prose, poetry, essays welcome.

w Sunday, Feb. 8

LOVE! A Winter Jazz Vespers WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: Katie Mior, 416-7695611, COST: Pay-what-you-can Recording artists Bill MacLean, Barbara Grenier and Brian Stevens celebrate love in song. LOVE! A Winter Jazz Vespers will feature solos and duets sung by Bill and Barbara with Brian Stevens on piano. The evening will also feature a wine bar.

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Yoga for Seniors WHEN: 9 to 10 a.m. WHERE: Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave. CONTACT: Swansea Area Seniors Association, 416-392-1953, swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com COST: $50 for five weeks Instructor-led one hour sessions are good for improving flexibility, strength and balance.

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Look good and feel good with FLOW-Active Making a Difference in Your Community! The Four Villages Community Health Centre (Four Villages) is seeking new members for its Board of Directors. Four Villages provides primary health care and health promotion services to residents in the communities of Roncesvalles, Bloor West, Swansea and the Junction. Vision:

To be a leader in building an inclusive, sustainable and healthy community.

Values:

Collaboration, Respect, Empowerment, Excellence, Diversity

Board Directors support the Community Health Care model, embrace the Four Villages values, understand principles of equity and inclusion and strive to reflect the diversity of the community we serve. Four Villages is seeking individuals for its Board of Directors who share in the fulfillment of the Four Village’s vision, can help shape strategy and will contribute to the fulfillment of governance responsibilities including oversight of financial processes, risk management, quality of service and regulatory compliance. The Board is seeking a candidate with experience, skills, and knowledge in Finance and Audit. Fundraising knowledge/skills will contribute to meeting organizational objectives. Knowledge of community based health services needed by families with young children, youth and seniors is an asset. We strongly encourage individuals from equity seeking groups to apply and to self-identify in terms of age, gender, sexual orientation, racial/ethnic background, disability, resident or client status, and religion/faith/spiritual belief.

Interested individuals are invited to an Information Session on: Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm Where: The Four Villages C.H.C. 1700 Bloor Street West (East of Keele TTC Station) Please register in advance for the Information Session at fourvillages@4villages.on.ca Individuals who wish to pursue this opportunity are required to submit a formal application. For an application and further information, please call: 416-604-3361, ext.1045 Formal applications must be received by: Friday, March 20, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. Four Villages is an accredited Community Health Centre funded through the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network

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All year round, High Park is a hot spot for activity. Runners in the park, families enjoying the outdoors and yogis who frequent the numerous studios in the area turn to FLOW-Active for their active wear. The shop located at 2237 Bloor St. West, is known for their stylish quality clothing and their spectacular and personal customer service. Formerly known as One Tooth, FLOW-Active was a franchise of the Vancouver-based yoga, active and lounge wear brand. Now, as FLOW-Active, the shop is selling eight to 10 active wear brands designed and manufactured in Canada. “We went independent because our customers were asking for more variety,” says owner Chad Wenzel. “We found out there were all kinds of brands being made in Canada, and now we are able to sell them.” The shop carries stylish active wear for men and women, for activities ranging from yoga, running and the gym, to a casual

day at home. Brands include Lazy Pants, a line of sweatpants made in Toronto, Karma and Tonic, both manufactured in Vancouver. All the stock in the store is refreshed monthly. Community is also a part of the FLOW-Active business model, and once again the shop will be running a free Yoga in High Park series this summer to encourage community members to come together and discover yoga. Yogis can feel great knowing they are not only supporting local businesses, they are also purchasing ethically

manufactured quality items. “I like knowing what I wear and what we sell is made in a safe place and the workers are being paid a fair wage,” says Wenzel. Another benefit to buying Canadian, is the superior quality of the product. While clothing made overseas may look good on the rack, there’s no telling how long it will last. “We find our customers are coming back years later wearing the same great stuff,” says Wenzel. Check out FLOW in-store or preview and shop online at www.flow-active.com.

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Roncesvalles Village chef makes Actor Patric Masurkevitch his TV debut on Chopped Canada exercising ‘different set of

$10K prize up for grabs on Jan. 31 episode LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com As his summer wedding date on Toronto Island fast approached, chef Matthew Sullivan thought a little extra cash would go a long way. At the prompting of a friend, the Roncesvalles Village resident decided to apply for Chopped Canada, the reality cooking show that pits four chefs against each other and airs on the Food Network Canada and the Food Network in the U.S. Its $10,000 prize was hugely enticing. Sullivan undertook the extensive application process, which included culinary and personal questions like, ‘What type of competitor are you?’ and ‘How’d you get into cooking?’ followed by a oneon-one interview. Asked what he thought gave him an edge over other applicants, Sullivan joked, “Aside from being awesome and charismatic?” “I’m a pretty competitive person. I think that came across,” he told The Villager.

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Roncesvalles-area chef Matthew Sullivan stars on Chopped Canada on Jan. 31.

Sullivan, the executive chef at Real Sports Bar and Grill downtown, is appearing on the show this Saturday, Jan. 31 at 9 p.m. Not allowed to divulge many details, he would only say he’s up against a strong group of competitors in this episode. Sullivan was introduced to cooking by his father, who was a firefighter and cooked a lot for his colleagues and was very talented in the kitchen. Sullivan’s first job was washing dishes in a restaurant as a teenager. Cooking, “is like an adrenaline rush,” he said.

Lots of chefs call cooking an art; Sullivan refers to the profession as a craft or trade, although he does love to be creative, he said. Sullivan and his wife married in July, 10 days after shooting Chopped Canada. “It was a really cool experience,” he said of appearing on the show. Sullivan and his wife plan to stay in Roncesvalles Village where they’ve been living for the past two years.

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Bloor West Village-based thespian Patric Masurkevitch’s latest work is a departure of sorts for the veteran actor. Masurkevitch stars in Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl, presented by The Empty Room. The show debuts tonight at The Collective Space, 221 Sterling Rd., in the Bloor Street West and Lansdowne Avenue-area. Over the past three years, Masurkevitch has performed predominantly in comedies, farces and musicals. “This is different than the material I’ve been doing recently. It’s great to work a different set of muscles. It’s like painting in a different medium. You’re still painting a picture, but the technique involved is quite radically different.” Most importantly, he said, the play that delves into the issue of mental illness, will likely stimulate conversation among audiences about the

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oronto’s black community is not unified, not one. It’s many. Organizers of the Black Experience Project know this: 400,000 people in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) say they’re black, but each of their lives is different. Finding out how different is a monumental job, but next month – Black History Month – the project’s interviewers will start asking around 1,800 residents what it’s like to be black in the GTA. They’ll be asked about the strength of their identities – black, ethnic, and otherwise – their goals, religious beliefs, and where they feel they belong. Nothing like it has been done with Toronto’s black community, or communities, before. “It’s going to answer some questions we’ve all asked,” as well as shed some light on misconceptions, North York filmmaker Ryan Singh said last week. “More people will say, ‘The black community is a viable community, and we want to know more about it.’” Its supporters, including members of more than two dozen non-profit groups, say the project, when completed and released later this year, won’t simply sit on a shelf. “We’re going to get a really complete picture of people’s lives,” added Keith Neuman, executive director of the nonprofit Environics Institute, one of the project’s partners. The study is an important

exercise, said Karen Carter, executive director of Heritage Toronto and one of hundreds of “trailblazers” who volunteered time to shape it during 2012 and 2013. Black people in Toronto have layers of identity – whether they’re from families whose ancestors arrived on the Underground Railroad, or who came from the Caribbean in the Trudeau era, or from Africa more recently – complicated by the spaces in Greater Toronto they live in, Carter said. After its findings are known, Carter hopes the community, or communities, can “look within ourselves at these complications, as we grapple with them.” As chairperson of Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue, which uses culture “as a way to educate the average Canadian and average fellow citizen about who we are,” she said she avoids featuring just works from artists of Caribbean background, though artistic excellence must be shown by all. Carter also hopes the project demonstrates the usually overlooked economic power of Toronto’s black people, and that the results make their leaders more confident, able to go “walking in the door (of institutions) and saying, ‘Hey, I’m here,’ even if you weren’t invited.” Michael Hall, a vice president of YMCA of Greater Toronto, said his organization, a project partner whose black staff examined the proposal and got involved in designing the research, is committed to use the project afterwards to serve the community better. The YMCA supports any

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Keynote speaker and former Scarborough East MPP Mary Anne Chambers addresses the Ontario Black History Society’s Black History Month kick-off brunch this past Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

share your view What are your thoughts on the successes and challenges of the black community? Email us at etg@insidetoronto.com chance to “understand who (the black) community is,” including its needs and aspirations, Hall said. Though a report on the project’s “trailblazing” first phase concludes “there is no single ‘black experience,’ but rather ‘black experiences,’” and “the diversity with the community needs to be emphasized,” it also finds Toronto’s black people, as a whole, face challenges “not similarly experienced by most other immigrant or ethnic communities in the GTA.” Singh said he sees the project as a way to unite the black community’s factions and fragments. “There’s power in unity,” said Singh, adding his work within the community has reflected a “love-hate relationship” for years. “I love because I love my people, but I challenge because I find we’re so fragmented,” said Singh, who directed a call-to-action video (http:// youtu.be/JKezwsr7N10) for the project.

The research won’t answer every question, but it will start conversations to help heal the community, and will change the way advertisers and governments look at black people, he predicted. “It’s the beginning of understanding a people.” Singh joins a five-person panel discussing black experiences, moderated by author and broadcaster Dalton Higgins, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 in the Maria A, Shchuka Toronto Public Library branch at 1745 Eglinton Ave. W. Each person speaking at the free event is a black storyteller or educator. The city’s other scheduled Black History Month events are, unsurprisingly, quite diverse, presenting everything from personal histories and spoken word poetry to culinary delights. For the Ontario Black History Society kick-off brunch this past Sunday, Mary Anne Chambers, a former Scarborough MPP, said she planned to speak about “selfempowerment,” her call to people in black communities “to see themselves as part of the solution.” “We are capable of, and we have made, these huge contributions to the world, and we need to continue to take our responsibility to define who we

are and write our own history,” she declared last week. Chambers said she’d reflect on achievements of black inventors, “people whose names we don’t hear as much as maybe we should,” but whose brilliance improved lives around the world. “Notwithstanding challenges too many people still experience as a result of poverty or not-too-subtle racism, we’ve come a long way,” Chambers added. Drop-out rates for black high school students are unacceptably high, relations with police are strained, and the community is over-represented in Ontario’s child welfare system, said Chambers, a former provincial minister for children and youth. Expressing sympathy for young people in these situations – “They need the village to support them today” – she also said she’d encourage youth to seek careers in law enforcement or justice system, to make changes from inside. When black youth and police meet under positive circumstances, stereotypes diminish and respect increases, Chambers said. “I hear this from the kids and I hear this from the police.”

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