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Norman Cash, 97, representing Canada at ceremony FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Norman Cash had just turned 21 when he decided to help Canada’s effort during the Second World War. "I figured Canada was at war and I just wanted to join," recalled the longtime Toronto resident who grew up downtown and now lives in North York. "I had no fear." Cash was born in Russia on Jan. 1, 1920. The following year, he boarded a boat with his parents and older brother and headed to Canada through an aunt’s sponsorship. They landed in Halifax before arriving at their final destination of Toronto and settling downtown He attended Charles G. Fraser Public School and King Edward Junior and Senior Public School before entering the workforce."I never got to high school," he said, adding he worked as a soda clerk l See VET, page 10

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Norman Cash, 97, who is most likely one of the oldest Canadian World War II veterans, has been invited by Canada Veteran Affairs to participate as part of a delegation going to France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge this week.

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TERESA LATCHFORD AND AARON D’ANDREA Two elementary students are learning about calculating angles. One student has read the textbook, listened to the teacher’s lesson, and is now completing the homework questions. Student two’s class has also raised funds to bring an engineer in to explain how angles are used to build bridges and for a field trip to Legoland to experiment with implementing the use of angles in model construction. The question is, in a publicly-funded school system, are these two students receiving the same educational experience? "It’s not an exaggeration to say fundraising can create have and have-not schools," People for Education executive director Annie Kidder told Metroland Media. "There is no evidence that enriched learning has a direct impact on student test scores but it makes a big difference in a student’s overall learning experience." The education advocacy group has been tracking school fundraising for years and has found an incredible range, with some schools reporting having raised nothing and others $400,000 in the span of one year. The same schools report spending the funds on everything from musical instruments to technology. Ontario’s Ministry of Education defines fundraising as any activity permitted under a school board’s policy to raise money or other resources to enhance school programs or initiatives not covered by public funding. Fundraising events must be approved by the school principal, in consultation with

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Grade 12 students work independently during teacher Hugh Tran’s math class at Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School last September. Metroland Media is looking into fundraising data at several school boards across Ontario. the parent council, and comply with policy. These dollars, also known as schoolgenerated funds, are administered by the school principal and per ministry guidelines. Although samples of money raised school-byschool show signs of this disparate fundraising, boards don’t have - or are reluctant to provide - comprehensive lists of figures for each school across their footprints. Approved uses for these funds include field trips, guest speakers, scholarships, extracurricular activities, events, schoolyard improvement projects, upgrades to sporting facilities, and more. While the ministry prohibits fundraising for classroom learning materials and textbooks as well as facility renewal, maintenance, and upgrades funded through provincial grants, a report penned by People for Education states 47 per cent of ele-

"There is no evidence that enriched learning has a direct impact on student test scores but it makes a big difference in a student’s overall learning experience." –Annie Kidder mentary schools have paid for such things with fundraising. Of those schools, 94 per cent raised funds for technology resources, 25 per cent for online resources, and 12 per cent for textbooks. Parent Gary Sims fundraises for his children’s schools to provide them with opportunities for different programs that his generation didn’t have when growing up. "We fundraise just to make it easier for them," he said. "You have to give every kid a chance." Nahum Mann, a parent representative within the Toronto District School Board’s

Parent Involvement Advisory Committee, told Metroland Media fundraising strategies should be in place to help foster community involvement. "If a community understands what a school is trying to do and how those students will achieve it and be effective, I think it brings a realness to it," he said. "The sooner you include the community, there’s more ownership felt." Mann added that a strategy where funds are being brought in by businesses may be a more successful approach in certain communities rather than asking par-

ents for money. "I think that is like at least a move toward equity," he said. Kidder points out that while one school has a beautiful playground where students can explore physical activity through play, another school may not have had the ability to raise the funds to do the same. "Our school system shouldn’t reflect the socioeconomic status of the area," she added. "Rather than creating a level playing field in the public education system, this could actually be creating a double disadvantage for students." Students growing up in an affluent neighbourhood already have access to learning enrichment through lessons and sports outside of school, and that continues within the school since parents have the income to financially contribute to the school. However, those in a less affluent neighbourhood may not have the opportunity for enrichment in the community or in the school. Kidder isn’t suggesting school fundraising should be abolished, but rather the education ministry needs to further define what is required for core learning and what is considered enrichment. "For example, in art class is a pencil a core tool and are pencil crayons enhanced tools?" she asked. "There are guidelines on how the funds can be spent but there are also loopholes." Her solution? The creation of a ministry document with clearly-defined definitions and guidelines regarding school-generated funds that is a living document, reviewed and amended often as the school landscape and education needs evolve.

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AARON D’ANDREA adandrea@insidetoronto.com Each school board is required by the Ontario government to include school-generated funds in its annual financial statements. During the 2014/15 school year, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) generated close to $42.5 million in school-generated funds, while the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) raised $29.47 million. In 2015/16, the TDSB gathered roughly $41 million in school-generated funds, and the TCDSB raised $29.18 million. Close to 246,000 students attend the various 588 schools within the TDSB, and roughly 92,000 students make up the population within the TCDSB, which oversees 202 schools. According to spokespeople with each board, school-by-school fundraising breakdowns couldn’t be provided unless a request was made under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Therefore, Metroland Media has filed a Freedom of Information request with each school board asking for a breakdown of every school’s fundraising records within its respective board.

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many young professionals also gave their time. Some 60 people in total took part, and while coding was involved in all the solutions provided, a big part of the event’s success came in gaining fresh perspectives. "Technology was a part of it, but depending on the problem, the degree of strategy and technology varies from team to team," said Alexis Zamkow, leader of Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Discovery Centre. "Yes, the solutions have a tech component, but they may not be tech-driven." At the end of the exercise, the charities were able to select which solutions they wanted to implement, with Hackathon participants potentially continuing their work with the organizations. "I’d be happy to keep working with (the volunteers), because if they work on something for 24 hours, I think they would probably want to see it through and see how it will be used longterm," Oncel said. Even if a group’s proposed solution was not selected, Zamkow noted the charities stood to benefit from their work. "Every group is offering tangible value and doing something that provides social good," she said.

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With most not-for-profit organizations facing a constant cash squeeze, ensuring their technical needs are met tends to be a challenge at the best of times. In a bid to help three select not-for-profits solve technical issues that hamper their ability reach as many people as possible, Capgemini, CIBC, RED Academy and Sandbox by Ryerson DMZ organized a 24-hour Social Good Hackathon. Computer coders gathered at Sandbox by Ryerson DMZ near Yonge and Gould streets to volunteer their time and find innovative ways to help out. The three charities Eva’s Place, Her Volution, and Pledges for Change - all faced their own unique challenges in terms of their online presence, and the coders involved in the Hackathon worked together to come up with ways to address those issues. "Our goal is to get more young girls involved in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathemat-

ics) learning," said Her Volution founder Doina Oncel. "Our problems are that we want to be able to profile mentors (leading women in the STEM field), find a solution to fundraising and bring more people to our website." As an Oncel noted the team working on her organization’s challenges offered fresh insight which, coupled with their coding expertise, should help boost Her Volution’s online profile. Canan Kabakulak, one of the members working on the Her Volution team, noted that the first step was to make the organization’s website more user-friendly. "User-friendly for this site means kid-friendly and tween-friendly," she said, adding that the creation of an interactive game would help open young users’ eyes to the career paths available through STEM learning. "It can be discouraging for girls, especially young women of colour, to feel like they have a place in what’s typically seen as a white, male-dominated area," Kabakulak said. "We want them to realize that the things they do and are interested in their everyday lives are linked to STEM." While many of the coders and participants in the Hackathon were students,

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School fundraisers create inequality for students If you think all children in Ontario’s publicly funded schools have the same opportunities, think again. This month’s Metroland special investigation into inequalities in school fundraising uncovered what could be the tip of the iceberg. Beyond the formula created to disperse provincial funding to schools, the schools and the people and organizations supporting them locally raise millions every year. Parents and community members put their money where their hearts are, and boost cash-strapped schools with fundraising. At some schools it’s a penny fair in June and a bake sale or two, at other schools there are galas and bigticket raffles - all supported through the generosity of monied parents and grandparents. In other area’s, there’s virtually no fundraising. According to a 2014 report by nonprofit People for Education, the top 10 per cent of fundraising schools raise as much as the bottom 81 per cent - money spent on student excursions, playground equipment, technology, arts supplies and more. It’s no surprise growing up with the privilege that comes with wealth opens doors to additional opportunity, however, Canadians expect equality in education. But it’s a sham. Underfunded schools need the leg up they get from community fundraisers - in one small northern school the extra money meant the girls’ basketball team didn’t have to wear the already sweaty pinnies the boys had just competed in anymore. In another school it could mean technical and cultural enrichment for students whose family income has already given them a leg up. In the end, it’s not fair. What we have learned is disturbing, but perhaps more disturbing was the message we received from most of the schools and boards we approached for fundraising details: how much does each school raise in the community? The boards aren’t willing to divulge how much money they’re getting from their parent committees and book sales unless they are compelled to do so by legislation. A few individual schools opened their books and we salute them; most insisted we file a freedom of information request. We have done so, but this is a bureaucratic process and it will take time, likely months. When we get the data, we will share it with you; we’ll let you know how much your child’s school is raising and compare it to how much other schools across the province collect from their communities.

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MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto Toronto has. We know it’s nuts. It’s entrenching the divide between Toronto’s haves and have-nots. It’s jacking rents as owners of condos and houses pay off their investments. Mayor John Tory met the city’s building and real estate and rental industries last week to show, he said, "a deep concern" for

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Condo project delayed RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Residents of Erskine Avenue are celebrating a decision by North York Community Council to momentarily halt construction of a 35-storey condominium tower directly adjacent to an elementary school. By unanimous decision, the council voted again to defer approving demolishing a property on Erskine pending a safety assessment for how construction will impact neighbouring John Fisher Junior Public School. With 500 students enrolled, the school has a history in the neighbourhood nearing a half-century and is the city’s largest French immersion public school, said Fisher parent teacher chair Mary Mowbray. "The result was what we wanted," said Mowbray, surrounded by several parents, following council’s decision to defer the matter until its next meeting in May. The parents’ concerns date back to 2013 when the project was first announced. Mowbray said little attention has been paid by developer KG Group toward the school, leading to uncertainty and fears for the students’ safety during construction, and after the tower to located at 1830 Erskine is built. The deferral also allows for the completion of the safety assessment underway by the Toronto District School

Board. "We don’t know what mitigation measures are going to be necessary to keep the kids healthy and safe, and that starts with the demolition," said Mowbray. "We don’t have any kind of enforceable plan with the developer to ensure they’re held to those standards." Jaye Robinson, who motioned for the latest deferral - the matter has been before the council since November said the issue stems from the Ontario Municipal Board’s decision to allow the development to proceed against the city’s wishes. While the city can’t ultimately stop the project, she said Tuesday’s council vote sends a strong message. "I think it speaks volumes every council member voted for a deferral because they understand fully this monstrosity beside a public school," said Robinson. "I’m very pleased." During the meeting, Mowbray and TDSB Don Valley West trustee Gerri Gershon spoke out against the project, detailing concerns ranging from shade from the tower falling directly onto the school’s playground to heavy construction vehicles operating just metres from where students walk. Michael Stewart, representing the developer, said his client agrees safety at the site is the highest priority and is working on a mitigation plan. He was surprised by the deferral insisting safety concerns shouldn’t have been part of what was supposed to be

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Mary Mowbray (centre), parent council chair for John Fisher Junior Public School, is pleased by condo delay. a debate for demolition approval. "What was before community council today had nothing to do with safety plans," said Stewart. "But it got caught up in the bigger issues."

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