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MARATHON OF HOPE: Skaters take to the ice at Wilder Arena Sunday to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Terry Fox starting his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980.

Meagan’s Walk - and hug - May 9 JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com One family’s heartbreak has become a beacon of hope for countless others. Young Meagan Bebenek was four years old when she was

first diagnosed with brain stem glioma, an inoperable brain tumour. While the news was obviously devastating for her family, they and a raft of supporters have gone on to ensure the legacy Meagan left behind was a positive one.

Following her death in 2001, Meagan’s mother Denise decided to start Meagan’s Walk, which has become an annual event to raise funds for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). This year’s Meagan’s Walk

campaign was kicked off at SickKids on Monday, with students from various GTA schools dropping off thousands of paper cranes – a symbol of hope that became linked with the cause when Meagan was >>>WALKERS, page 6

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As the City of Toronto works on a poverty reduction strategy to help its most vulnerable residents, a wide variety of community organizations and concerned citizens are making sure their voices are heard. A campaign known as Commitment 2 Community is bringing a wide array of stakeholders together on the issue, ensuring people’s voices are unified and come across loud and clear. Representatives from various service organizations met for a Commitment 2 Community s t ra t e g y m e e t i n g a t t h e Children’s Aid Society building at 30 Isabella St., last Friday to discuss what they would like to see included in the city’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. “One thing we’ve heard from a lot of people is that there’s a real sense of urgency,” said Winston Tinglin, interim executive director of Social Planning Toronto, the organization taking the lead on Commitment 2 Community. “We’re glad to see the City of Toronto is committed to a Poverty Reduction Strategy, but they’ve talked for a long time and people are not going to be convinced it’s for real until >>>POVERTY, page 2

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Poverty reduction group to meet again May 22 to discuss strategy >>>from page 1 they see action.” More than 60 community members and workers from service providers attended the meeting and workshopped ideas based on the City of Toronto’s framework for its Poverty Reduction Strategy. They shaped discussion around five areas highlighted by the city itself: food security, housing, jobs, transit and services and supports.

with the city’s plans, but people from the different organizations (who are part of Commitment 2 Community) are more grounded, and more able to reach out to residents directly.” Howarth added those involved are looking primarily at ideas that will make the biggest difference and those that can be implemented quickly and easily in order to ensure fast action.

Rob Howarth of Toronto Neighbourhood Centres said Commitment 2 Community members usually meet around the time the city is discussing its budget, largely to ensure support for not-forprofits and community supports is not whittled down. That Toronto is now coming up with a Poverty Reduction Strategy has livened members of the group. “We’re working closely

The main takeaway from Friday’s meeting was that those who have lived in – or who are currently living in – poverty need to be heard when it comes to outlining a strategy to help deal with the issue. “We should include actual people in the development of the plan as much as possible,” said Sean Meagher of outreach and communications company Public Interest.

“We need to draw on lived experience and we need to draw on research and learning.” Commitment 2 Community will meet again on May 22 to discuss the best strategy to take when looking to inform the city’s plan. The City of Toronto will make decisions on the Poverty Reduction Strategy this summer, and Commitment 2 Community is hoping to

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Filmmaker tackles infant nutrition in documentary Downtown resident Noemi Weis’s Milk to screen at Hot Docs Festival on April 27 and 29 JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Downtown Toronto-based filmmaker Noemi Weis has thrown down the gauntlet in the battle of the breast. Her film Milk, which will be screened at the upcoming Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, takes an intimate, cross-cultural look at childbirth and infant nutrition, looking at the commercial, societal and other issues that inform motherhood. Shedding a light on early child care and feeding in 11 countries, Milk showcases the myriad difficult decisions mothers face when bringing a new life into the world. “Amazingly, there’s not much difference between the different countries,” Weis said. “One of the things that really struck me when doing my research, though, was witnessing the influence of formula and how much that’s

being pushed on some mothers, especially in emergency situations.” Weis aimed to show a balanced view when it comes to infant nutrition, showing mothers who breastfeed and mothers who have decided that breastfeeding is not right for their children or their lifestyle. “What’s important is to support the mother in whatever her choice is, because no matter what she chooses, it’s more of a challenge when she’s not supported,” the filmmaker said. “If a woman decides (using formula) is better for her lifestyle and she’s properly informed, then that’s her choice.” Weis was surprised to find so much discourse – and so many conflicting and at times contentious viewpoints – surrounding breastfeeding. For Milk, she spoke with mothers, lactation consultants and medical experts to get as balanced a view as possible.

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She said that type of approach was necessary for such a universal and crucial subject. “It’s really something that touches all of us – we’re all parents or we know someone who is,” she said. “Because of that, people are very opinionated when it comes to the subject, and sometimes the advice a mother can get is

overwhelming.” To ensure the best possible care for infants and mothers, Weis feels more education is needed, particularly in the medical profession. While doctors may be well-suited to make recommendations when it comes to childbirth, they are not often equally equipped to coach mothers on infant nutrition.

“I definitely think a lot more attention has to be paid by schools of medicine when it comes to nutrition,” she said. “It needs to be more of a priority, because every baby should have the right to the best care and nutrition.” Information surrounding infant nutrition should be shared with mothers and to those around her to ensure they can provide the right support. Surprisingly, Weis found a larger cultural difference when it comes to actual childbirth than when it comes to nutrition. In some places, such as Sao Paolo, Brazil, Cesarean sections are the norm. “Sometimes, that’s a decision that a woman’s made on her own and sometimes it’s implanted in the culture,” she said. “It can certainly be easier for doctors, who can just schedule a Cesarean instead of having a mother go into labour at 12 o’clock

at night and then having to spend maybe the next 20 hours with her.” Milk is the latest in a series of documentaries Weis has filmed, all of which tackle social issues. Through her production company, Filmblanc, she has touched on subjects ranging from child trafficking to domestic violence to the community-healing power of music. Milk will screen at the Hot Docs Festival at the Isabel Bader Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27 and again at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29. For tickets or to see more of what’s on tap at Hot Docs 2015, visit www.hotdocs.ca

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ome 60 young professionals took to the streets of Toronto, sleeping out in the rain in hopes it would mean fewer youth would have to. They packed into sleeping bags in a parking lot near Yonge and Gerrard streets on Thursday, April 9 as part of Covenant House’s Sleep Out: Next Generation. The event is an offshoot of Covenant House’s popular Executive Sleep Out, which has seen top executives spending a night in the cold every winter for the past four years. “We’ve had four years of Sleep Outs in 15 cities and two countries,” said Covenant House International president and CEO Kevin Ryan. “There have been 4,000 people who have slept out and they’ve raised $15 million in support of shelter, education and other help for homeless and trafficked

youth.” Prior to sleeping outside in inclement weather, the sleepers dropped by Covenant House Toronto to hear from youth whose lives have been transformed as the organization helped them transition away from a life on the streets. Thursday night’s sleepers combined to raise some $210,000 in much-needed funds for Covenant House Toronto. Ryan noted 80 per cent of the organization’s funding comes from private donations, making events such as the Sleep Out integral to Covenant House’s operations. Despite the event’s ongoing success, Ryan admitted he was skeptical when it was first proposed. “Honestly, when folks mentioned it to me four years ago, I thought it was the dumbest idea I’d ever heard,” he said. “I thought it would be difficult to get executives to come into the shelter and hear from

our kids, much less sleep outside for a night, and I’m so glad I was completely wrong about that.” Covenant House Toronto executive director Bruce Rivers said the event has played a vital role not only in raising funds, but also in showing participants firsthand where the funds they raise go. By hearing from youth who have used Covenant House as a stepping stone to success in their lives and then by getting a taste of what so many youth face every night, the sleepers are given unique insight into the work Covenant House does. “They get connected to the cause and engaged in a way they never would if they just attended a rubber chicken dinner and heard us talk about the work we do,” Rivers said. Richard Ivey, one of the sleepers who braved the cold rain on Thursday night, was taking part in his second Sleep Out event.

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Reunion Island Coffee’s Adam Pesce, left, and Media Experts’ Richard Ivey take part in Covenant House’s ‘Sleep Out: Next Generation’ fundraiser on April 9.

He said spending a single night outside was a small price to pay in order to help youth find their way off the street. “This is an easy thing to do, but it does a lot of good,” he said. “And it really makes you realize, some kids have to do this every night.” Ivey’s involvement with Covenant House Toronto extends beyond the Sleep

Out. Impressed with the work the organization does, he also gives additional time to help out the youth at Covenant House, using his expertise with Media Experts to provide advice. “After doing a walkthrough (of Covenant House) I saw how they help young people who need help,” he said. “Now I’m mentoring one

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of the young girls there who has a lot of bright ideas, but who needs someone to bounce those ideas off.” Fellow sleeper Adam Pesce of Reunion Island Coffee also helps out beyond the Sleep Out event, bringing his therapy dog to Covenant House on a regular basis. He said his family has long supported the organization, even though he didn’t know it for the longest time. “I told my mom I was raising funds for Covenant House and she told me she supported them for years,” he said. “When I asked why, she said ‘when you were young, I knew you were never going to have to sleep out on the street, but I was always happy to know that if you did, that a place like Covenant House exists.’”

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Council only has two choices when it comes to future of Gardiner Expressway Ah, what a relief! Councillor Jaye Robinson and Mayor John Tory and, with any luck, a voting majority of Toronto council are going to end the debate over the Gardiner Expressway’s future once and for all, and will do so by the summer. “This is a once-in-alifetime decision and we need to make sure we get it right,” said Robinson, in her capacity as chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. Robinson said that at a Tuesday news conference, made necessary by a bit of reporting by Oliver Moore at The Globe and Mail, about certain leaked details of an environmental assessment report looking at options for the crumbling elevated expressway. By now (as you read this) the report will be out and the first public consultation on its contacts will have occurred.

david nickle the city But as I write this, I have only Moore’s word on its content: Robinson and city staff would not confirm the most likely option, a ‘hybrid’ that reroutes part of the expressway at ground level, would cost about $900 million. That’s a lot of money, but it would provide a lot of benefit to a lot of people: first and foremost, the developers at First Gulf who are planning a massive redevelopment of the Unilever site. The development would create thousands of jobs, and generate millions of dollars in revenue to be put toward Mayor Tory’s SmartTrack plan – the surface rail project that would run right through the First Gulf

project. Given that, council really only has two choices on its plate: either tear down the whole expressway as earlier suggested, or go with this hybrid model. This will not only help with vehicular congestion, but political congestion too. For more than a decade, the future of the Gardiner Expressway has been a political pinch point for the left and right on council. The left has, broadly, favoured the simple removal of the elevated highway. That option dovetails with the views of late urban planning guru Jane Jacobs and others, in that it would open up the city’s waterfront to pedestrians. The broadly-defined right on council, meanwhile, has put considerable political energy into maintaining the thing – on

the largely correct theory that right-of-centre voters from the suburbs feel that the expressway there is a kind of entitlement, even as every spring and summer it flings pieces of itself onto the hoods of cars travelling below it. These and other engineering conundrums surrounding the Gardiner have thus been subsumed in an existential fight between left and right on council for the course of the debate. The future of the Gardiner itself has always been something that could wait. But not anymore. The injection of First Gulf might be what it takes to break the standoff between the Jane Jacobs and Ayn Rand sets on council. Here’s hoping.

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“The combination of simplicity and the shaping of space, we thought it was remarkable,” said Schmitt during a short ceremony held at Waterfront Toronto’s headquarters inside the 20 Bay St. office building. “We really felt it was a park design that created a sense of repose, a great green living room for the city.” Architect Ken Greenberg said the inspiration for the Harbour Landing design came from seeking to turn the concrete ferry terminal and surrounding industrial lands from an “introverted” location to one which proudly proclaims itself as a premier destination in the city. “This is the moment we hope to be truly extroverted and to welcome our relationship with the harbour... and make a powerful statement of the optimism of our city,” Greenberg said. The task now turns to creating a master site plan and securing governmental approvals and funding for the project, which will be

built in phases. Both those hurdles will require approvals from city council. Waterfront CEO John Campbell argued public support for the work – as evidenced by some 1,200 pieces of public feedback made on the shortlisted designs – makes a strong argument for convincing elected officials to spend the money to transform the terminal into something truly befitting of its namesake Layton. “Projects like these show people change could happen,” Campbell said. To r o n t o Ce n t re - Ro s e d a l e Councillor Pam McConnell suggested funding for completing the terminal re-design could come from a variety of sources, including development charges, Section 37 funds, plus money coming directly from the private sector. “Our job will be to find the money,” she said.

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pan am/parapan am games hall celebration wTheCity today next block of tickets to the Pan Am Games went on sale today. To kick off the occasion, there will be a rhythmic gymnastics demonstration in the city hall rotunda from 5 to 7 p.m. by Pan Am hopeful Patricia Bezzoubenko, winner of five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. Elise Marcotte, a two-time Olympic synchronized swimmer, as well as paralympic swimmer Benoit Huot, will also speak at the event. Mural Routes in wFaces Scarborough of the Community is

about to start at Cedarbrae Library. Mural Routes recently announced the community art mural program, part of Toronto Pan Am/Parapan Am Games’ Ignite community partnership program, and which consists of six workshops being held at the library at 545 Markham Rd. The series, which runs from April 17 to May 29, includes teaching portrait photography, stencil design

michele mclean pan am/parapan am and more. For more information, or to register, email tara@muralroutes.com or call 416-698-7995. Official Toronto 2015 store open The official Toronto 2015 store is now open at the Toronto Eaton Centre. The store features some of the most in-demand Games merchandise including plush versions of Pachi, the porcupine, the official mascot of the Games. There is also a range of clothing, accessories and pins.

Music Festival pays wToronto homage to Games Summer Music

Festival, titled The New World, runs July 16 to Aug. 9 and pays homage to the Pan Am Games. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the festival, which explores the rise to pre-eminence of American culture in the 20th century. The festival will feature

performances by renowned Canadian and international artists plus a range of ancillary events. To purchase festival passes and single tickets, visit www.torontosummermusic. com or call 416-408-0208. Ontario invests $9.79 million This year, 1,286 athletes will receive $6.4 million through the province’s Quest for Gold program, which supports athletes’ performances at the highest level by providing funding, increasing access to high-performance coaching, enhancing training and competitive opportunities and encouraging athletes to stay, live and train in Ontario. The program supports Ontario athletes and paraathletes as they train and prepare to represent Canada at national and international events including the upcoming Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Michele McLean’s column on the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ Parapan Am Games appears every second week. Reach her at mmclean@insidetoronto.com

Interested in carrying the torch for the Parapan Am Games? Enter the contest to become an official torchbearer Ali Raza araza@insidetoronto.com Pa r a l y m p i c c h a m p i o n Chelsey Gotell kicked off the start of the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games torchbearer contest at the CN Tower on Tuesday, April 7. As one of the torchbearers, Gotell was ecstatic to have the opportunity to not only carry the Parapan Am torch, but also support the legacy of the Parapan Am Games. “I’m honoured to be one of the first official torchbearers,” she said. “Someday there will be athletes out there saying ‘I found out about Paralympic sports through the Toronto 2015 Games. “To me, that is the true legacy of these games.” A legacy that will further enhance and promote

paralympic sports for future generations, is what Gotell believes is “beyond the facilities and beyond the games.” Canadians are invited to be torchbearers for the unprecedented torch relay that will involve two flames, 12 communities and 250 torchbearers from across the country. The five-day journey will bring the two torches – one lit in Ottawa (east flame) and the other lit in Niagara Falls (west flame) – to Toronto just before the opening ceremony of the Parapan Am Games on Aug. 7 when they will join to become one flame. Communities welcoming the torch will have their own festivities and celebrations that will be announced closer to the date. Anyone aged 13 and up by Aug. 3, 2015, can enter to be

a torchbearer. Gotell added that athletes, spectators and Canadians from coast to coast “have a responsibility to inspire the next generation to get involved in sport.” Gotell competed in three Pa r a l y m p i c G a m e s , a t Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. She has a total of three gold medals, two silver medals and seven bronze medals from her career as a Paralympic swimmer. Having already been a torchbearer for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay, Gotell will continue her role as a Paralympic pioneer as torchbearer for the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games Torch Relay.

To enter the torchbearer contest or for more info, visit toronto2015.org/torch-relay

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Rose Avenue school students help make Pan Am Games inclusive JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Making the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games the most inclusive ever will take the work of everyone, from event organizers down to Ontario’s future athletes and leaders. PrideHouse Toronto, a provincewide strategy for the lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer (LGBTQ) communities in Ontario during and leading up to the Games, the Toronto 2015 Games and Education Minister Liz Sandals came together Wednesday, April 8 – the International Day of Pink – to take a step in the right direction. A classroom of Grade 5 and 6 students at Rose Avenue Junior Public School took part in an art project to kick off the launch of The PrideHouse that Kids Built, a province-wide initiative that will see students at thousands of schools decorate cardboard “bricks” to promote inclusiveness in sport. “At PrideHouse Toronto, we believe there should be a place for everyone in sports,” said PrideHouse co-Chair Catherine Meade. “Through this program...elementary students from across Ontario will have an opportunity to have class discussions about inclusiveness in sports.” Sandals said the initiative would help the province meet its goal of getting kids more active. The government is promoting a program that aims to increase physical activity among children and youth by promoting sports and told the students “we want to make sure when you’re doing that, you’re not discriminated against.”

The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage residents in the life of their city.Toronto thrives on your great ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

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Former Olympian and 2011 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games medallist Rosie Cossar, centre, reads for Games mascot Pachi and Rose Avenue Junior Public School students from a workbook on inclusiveness in sports.

Rosie Cossar, a former Olympian who led the Canadian women’s rhythmic gymnastics team to three medals in the 2011 Pan Am Games, read the students a story from a workbook that contains stories promoting inclusiveness. Following the story, the students got to work decorating their “bricks”,

cardboard slabs on which they were encouraged to draw and write supportive messages. Once collected, the bricks will be assembled into several art installations, including one at the 519 Community Centre.

For more information on PrideHouse Toronto, visit www.pridehouseto.ca

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