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Scholarships for 40 Scadding Court youth JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A group of 40 young community leaders got a boost to their educational aspirations when Scadding Court Community Centre handed out its annual Investing in Our Diversity Scholarships. The program offers youth with up to $4,000 as they enter their first year of postsecondary or trade school, with Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, York University, Humber College, George Brown College, Seneca College and OCAD all matching those scholarships in the students’ second year. The Investing in Our Diversity Scholarship Program also provides employment support, with St. Stephen’s Employment and Training Centre offering career development support and job opportunities for participants. The scholarships honour youth who demonstrate leadership in anti-racism and diversity initiatives and who need a financial boost to further their education. Scadding Court Community Centre events developer Mariama Barrie knows firsthand the impact the scholarships can have, having received one such award herself in >>>RECIPIENT, page 2

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Dirt-to-Turf campaign to bring a turf field to the school, replacing the shoddy, patchy grass field currently found there. “The community’s done a great job to raise funds,” said Maurice Cody principal Andrew Howard. “This field is in really bad shape. It’s a mud bowl in wet weather and a dust bowl in dry weather.”

A turf field would be an obvious benefit to students at the school, but it would also be a boon to others. The field is heavily used by the City of Toronto’s parks and recreation department and by the community at large. “It’s one of the only green spaces – or in this case, brown spaces – left in this community,”

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Recipient of scholarship is thankful for her education >>>from page 1 2007. “Before then, I was going through a lot in my life,” she said. “My family was breaking up. I was hopeless and wasn’t motivated.” Fellow recipient Munira Abukar also benefited from the scholarship and spoke of the barriers young people face. One of her high school teachers told her she was destined to just be a statistic, accomplishing nothing and living on social assistance. Determined to prove that teacher wrong, she became active with various organizations, including the Canadian Council of Refugees, Toronto Community Housing and the Somali Tenant Association, among others. Now a third-year criminal justice student at Ryerson University, she speaks at various events in her various capacities.

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“Whenever I speak, I’m thankful for my education, which I wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for Scadding Court,” she said. Abukar noted the scholarships provide much-needed support for young people from all walks of life. “This award is not necessarily just an investment in diversity, it’s also an embracement of diversity,” she said. “As individuals, it’s not our responsibility to tolerate each other, it’s our responsibility to embrace each other.” The scholarships have also

benefited from partnerships with the Community Police Liaison Committees at 11 and 14 divisions. Toronto Police 14 Division superintendent Mario Di Tommaso noted the awards are geared not just to the best students, but to those who have shown a commitment to making a difference in the community. “It’s based on community safety,” he said. “It’s not geared toward marks, so it’s available to all students.” Councillor Adam Vaughan also gave an impassioned speech at the April 17 scholarship ceremony of the need for more young leaders and better mental health support to ensure Toronto youth have more of the tools they need to succeed. For more information, visit http://www.scaddingcourt. org/investing_in_our_diversity_scholarships

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‘Jewnami’ vs. ‘The Killer’ in SickKids boxing event JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A pair of Rosedale residents will be ditching their shirts and ties and lacing up the boxing gloves in support of a good cause. Brad “Jewnami” Nathan and MacMurray “the Killer” Whale will be taking part in the upcoming Fight for Independence, a charity boxing card to raise funds for SickKids Hospital and Nazareth House, a home that caters to women and single mothers. The duo will not enter the ring against one another – Nathan will take on Anthony “Lights Out” Faiella while Whale will fight New Yorker Mike Poole – meaning there is no battle for Rosedale bragging rights at stake. Nonetheless, the boxers

have pride at stake and plan on putting on a good show for the crowd. “I’m trying to prove I’m the toughest Jew in Rosedale,” joked Nathan, who serves as president of Lynx Equity by day. “There are only a few of us there – Heather Reisman, Gerry Schwartz, Geddy Lee and Eugene Levy – and I think I only have to worry about Heather.” Whale, an equity analyst with Cormark Securities, is looking to keep up with a younger opponent. “I’m 46, so it’s not like I’m a young person,” he said. “I’m probably the oldest guy there, or at least one of the oldest, but it’s funny – you can get to this age and be in the best shape of your life.” Neither Nathan nor Whale are neophyte boxers. Nathan took part in a fundraising fight

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Brad ‘Jewnami’ Nathan, left, and MacMurray ‘The Killer’ Whale will both be lacing up their boxing gloves in the upcoming May 2 Fight for Independence fundraiser to benefit SickKids Hospital and Nazareth House.

for Toronto Wildlife Centre and three mixed martial arts matches while Whale has participated in two prior Fight for Independence events. Both, however, know they

have their work cut out for them. “Even in light sparring with friends, it always escalates to the level of the hardest punch,” Nathan said. “There’s

no way to ever keep these things easy.” Whale, meanwhile, admitted he will likely feel performance anxiety the day of the bout. “You want to put on a good show,” he said. “You don’t want to get punched in the face and embarrassed, but when you’re there, you have a big rowdy crowd and you hear people calling your name.” Whale has scouted his opponent and, while he said he would give Poole the edge in speed, he feels his size advantage will serve him well. For his part, Nathan is looking forward to the bout and the camaraderie boxing breeds. While the sport itself appears violent, he noted there is a mutual respect between boxers, particularly at charity events.

“I’ve probably sparred 1,000 rounds and I’ve maybe had four (disagreements),” he said. “People in fighting are nicer than people in yoga.” The ninth annual Fight for Independence see 10 bouts, all of which will feature business professionals squaring off against one another. The event will take place at Koolhaus, 132 Queen’s Quay E., at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2. For tickets or information, visit www.fightforindependence.com Next Thursday, you’ll see a City Centre Mirror that looks a little different. In support of the SickKids Foundation and their goals we’ll carry a significant number of stories about SickKids and other community programs which promote healthy happy children. The edition coincides with May’s SickKids Health and Happy month campaign.

Sisters host annual lemonade stand for the homeless JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com What started out as a random act of kindness five years ago has evolved into two sisters’ quest to help those living on the street. Jaime Eckler was leaving a basketball game with her father when she spotted a homeless man and asked her dad where his family was and where he lived. Once her father explained the reality of the situation, she gave him an apple. That simple act laid the spark for Jaime and Alexandra’s Lemonade Stand, an annual fundraiser that has raised some $13,000 for homeless support agencies. “I didn’t know about (the plight of the homeless) and I wanted to help them,” Jaime said. “We heard about a lemonade stand that another girl,

Amanda Belzowski, started up and she really influenced us.” Jaime, now eight, was soon joined by younger sister Alexandra, six. The two have organized and hosted four events, starting out with a lemonade stand and puppet show at the end of their driveway, then adding an art show component and moving the event to nearby Woburn Park. Last year’s event grew to include a carnival and brought out the largest crowd yet. This year, Jaime and Alexandra’s Lemonade Stand will take place at Beth David Synagogue and will include a photography exhibit, with the pictures taken by Jaime and Alexandra’s classmates at the Montessori Jewish Day School. “My mom, my sister and me thought of (the photog-

raphy exhibit) together,” Jaime said. “We got lots of people participating from the school.” The Eckler girls love taking photos, with Jaime gravitating toward nature shots and Alexandra enjoying taking snapshots of flowers. The pictures have been professionally mounted and will be sold off at the Lemonade Stand. While the girls’ fundraising efforts are admirable, they have not limited themselves to simply handing over cheques. “When Jaime was feeling what she was feeling about the homeless man she saw, we did some research and that’s when we learned about Amanda Belzowski and about some of the charities in the city,” said the girls’ mother, Sharon Zohar. “A couple of years ago, the girls went down

to Eva’s Initiatives and worked with homeless youth to create recycled art.” Jaime and Alexandra’s Lemonade Stand supports charities on a rotating basis, raising funds for Raising the Roof for its first two years, Eva’s Initiatives in Years 3 and 4 and moving on to Ve’ahavta this year. “The first two organizations help (homeless) youth, but we want to get everyone up and running,” Jaime said. “Ve’ahavta helps homeless people in other countries like Afghanistan.” In addition to the photography show and sale, music and carnival games, Jaime and Alexandra’s Lemonade Stand will include a raffle and auction to help raise money, ensuring the exhibit has something for everyone, including some old favourites held over from the event’s

Sisters Alexandra and Jaime Eckler hold up a T-shirt for Jaime and Alexandra’s lemonade stand, a fundraiser for homeless initiatives in Toronto. Staff Photo/ JUSTIN SKINNER

first year. “I like the puppet theatre and I really liked doing the recycled ar t,” said Alexandra. Jaime and Alexandra’s Lemonade Stand will

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here’s an old joke that there are two seasons in Toronto: winter and road construction. Except, it’s no joke when roads are closed and streets are clogged with frustrated drivers and transit riders either crawling through traffic or tearing through residential streets looking for detours. Like the weather, road construction in Toronto cannot be avoided; it must be endured. While the road closures and traffic jams may make our blood boil, there is no alternative. The city has a limited window of good weather in which to do the work and given the toll winter takes on major roads such as the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway, it must be done to keep the roads safe. This year the City of Toronto will spend $155 million to keep roads and bridges in good repair and improve the quality of streets in need. Major projects will include Kingston Road between Birchmount Road and Queen Street; Albion our view Road from Steeles Avenue to Hwy. 27; Keele Street between Falstaff and Arrowsmith Construction avenues; and Leslie Street from means safety York Mills Road to Lawrence Avenue. As usual, there will in community also be closures of the DVP and Gardiner for maintenance work. With concerns about its safety mounting over the past few months, an additional $17 million has been earmarked for structural repairs and safety work on the Gardiner. Though it may cause traffic congestion, the city would be negligent not to do the work. What construction season in Toronto does not need to be, however, is a nightmare for road users. The city has lots of information on road work on its website. Ongoing and emergency construction updates can be found at www.toronto.ca/torontostreets Even more helpful for those trying to navigate the construction is the city’s new T.O. INview, which has info on all the work going on the city on a ward-byward basis, and ways to avoid traffic tie ups. It can be accessed at www.toronto.ca/inview The site also lets residents weigh in on the works and get involved in planning and setting priorities. It’s easy to sit in your car complaining about road construction, but as a form a civic engagement it’s useless. Do something good for yourself and your community and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the city. And remember, when you’re stuck in traffic, that the work is being done to improve the area and keep our roads safe.

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Verbal gaffes revealing of our politicians T.O. needs There is a hierarchy of sin that mayors can commit while in office. At the summit would be actual crime and it shades down from there, through corruption, conflicts of interest, extramarital affairs and so on. Near the bottom of that list of sins is the old-fashioned gaffe. Which is a good thing – of all the things a mayor can do wrong, mis-speaking is surely at the bottom. Which is not to say it is without its impact. Former mayor Mel Lastman’s bad joke about being boiled alive by natives prior to pitching the Olympics in Africa embarrassed the country and gave a pretext to send the Olympics to Bejing. When mayor David Miller made a joke about police officers in jail with his London counterpart... well, it upset then-policechief Julian Fantino. And when Mayor Rob Ford, on his radio show, suggested that “females” who wanted to get into

david nickle the city politics should call him at home so he might explain how politics works over coffee... well, it was good for a laugh. Yes, it’s kind of old-fashioned to talk about women as “females,” and as some have pointed out, more than a little condescending to suggest that women might need to have politics explained to them. And asking women to call you at home to schedule a coffee date? The less said about that the better. I would never wish, however, that Ford had kept quiet any more than I’d have found Lastman a better joke writer or got Miller farther away from that live microphone. The beauty of the gaffe is how revealing it is – how it completes picture of our elected representatives in the way that no press release can.

Lastman was, and is, that uncle who blurts politically incorrect things over dinner. Miller was, and is, a left-of-centre Torontonian with a disdain for police who dip toe in corruption. And Ford? Well, he’s got old-fashioned ideas on gender, and also is excited about the business of getting elected. It’s laudable enough, although not entirely a generous enthusiasm: Ford also understands the value of mentoring new politicians as a way of shoring up his vote on council. He doesn’t understand how we expect men to speak about women these days. But the mayor has had a very rough year or two, and has worn sins that climb considerably higher up the tree than this one, which really is nothing but a revelation of something that has been apparent for years now.

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Regent Park resident honoured for community work JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Upon graduating from high school, Regent Park resident Mohsin Khan decided the time was ripe to help bring about change in the changing community. Khan and a group of friends saw that, while there were opportunities being provided to youth in the community, there were also gaps in those services and that more needed to be done to ensure young people did not continue to fall through the cracks. In 2009, they started up Lead2Peace, which provides mentorship and leadership opportunities for young people living in the area. “Regent Park back in the day still had a pretty bad feeling in some parts,” he said. “In grades six, seven and eight there was a gap in services. There were all these programs where kids could play basketball or things like that, but nothing that would build leaders.” Lead2Peace takes a three-

pronged approach to bringing about change. The Young Leaders of Peace program challenges students to look at their community and find social issues that need addressing. It then empowers them to go out and bring about the change that the youth themselves envision. “If you want to build leaders, you can’t give them a structured program,” Khan said. “You learn a lot more by making decisions yourself about the things you see and care about.” The important element, he said, is letting the youth lead the initiatives. While Lead2Peace offers insight into social issues, the organization allows the students it serves to pick both the issues they wish to address and how they wish to address them. “It’s whatever they feel impacts the community,” he said. “They’ve built gardens, they’ve published books, they take charge with it.” Lead2Peace’s Peaceful Warriors program, meanwhile,

brings martial arts training into schools for youngsters who would not be able to afford instruction otherwise. The programs teach discipline and anger management while honing the youngsters’ work ethic. Khan himself is an avid martial artist and had hoped to compete in taekwondo in the 2016 Olympics before an injury derailed those plans. “I hurt my ankle, but I still really enjoy teaching it,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun teaching little kids because they ask some pretty funny questions like ‘what do you do if you get attacked by seven guys?’” The Acts of Peace program, meanwhile, consists of workshops where youth learn about marketing, networking and other skills that will serve them well throughout their lives while getting the kids involved in communitybased volunteer initiatives, giving participants support in planning and carrying out their own charity fundraising events.

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Lead2Peace quickly began earning acclaim, netting the Mayor’s Community Safety Award in 2010. On Monday, April 22, Khan was recognized by Ontario Lieutenant Governor David C. Onley with the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers. Khan, a 22-year-old Ryerson University student, is extremely proud of the award and the work the team at Lead2Peace has done, but he is also preparing to hand over the reins. “I’m finishing my engineering degree and when I’m done that, I’d like to get somebody new in to take over and bring some new ideas,” he said. For more information on the organization and the work it does in the Regent Park community, visit www.lead2peace.org

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Gardiner repairs head west of Jarvis City aims to ensure construction does not add stress to daily users

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ith construction season starting up in Toronto, perhaps no road project means more to downtown residents and commuters than the long-term plan to rehabilitate the Gardiner Expressway. The expressway, which was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is in dire need of maintenance and repair work, a fact that has been underscored in recent years when pieces of the structure have actually fallen off. The work to repair the Gardiner, a however, will closer encompass look more than Inside simply the Toronto crumbling overpass, with the surface and barrier walls also in need of work. “Certain portions of it have just become worn over time because they’re in the vicinity of 60 years old,” said John Kelly, acting director of the City of Toronto’s department of engineering and construction. Work began last year on replacing main supporting structures between York and Jarvis streets in order to ensure the overpass was safe, and that has continued into 2013. Later this year, the city is planning to undertake repair work on the stretch of the Gardiner east of Jarvis Street, where conditions had deteriorated to the point where streetlight posts have had to be removed as they were no longer stable. “We’re doing immediate repairs to keep that portion in safe condition,” Kelly said. “There are repairs needed to the parapet (low) walls on the south side of the Expressway.” That portion of the Gardiner could be removed or replaced long-term depending on the outcome of an envi-

ronmental assessment, meaning the work being done there is primarily to ensure the road is safe until a long-term decision is made on the stretch of road. The city had planned a long-term rehabilitation for the Gardiner, but budget considerations passed down by council have switched those plans around. Previously, the repairs were to be done essentially from the east end of the city to the west end, but they will now be done from west-to-east, though the portion of the Gardiner between York and Jarvis streets is the first order of business. The revised rehabilitation plan was presented to, and approved by, the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee earlier this month. “We’re doing work to the Bay on-ramp and the Jarvis off-ramp, doing repairs to the underside (of the overpass) during off-peak hours,” Kelly said. The city has already spent in the area of $75 million on repairs to the elevated portion of the Gardiner. Council had approved roughly $505 million for the Gardiner rehabilitation, with that money to be spent between now and project completion, which is expected to come in 2026. It is estimated the new plan will shave more than $10 million off of this figure. Kelly added the city will do as much as possible to ensure the construction does not mean added stress for the tens of thousands who use the expressway every day. According to City of Toronto statistics, some 60,800 cars have been tallied travelling eastbound at Spadina Road daily, a number that jumps to 61,200 per day westbound at Spadina. “We know it’s a busy road and important to people living in or travel-

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The timing for a complete deck replacement is 12 or 13 years. We’re limited by the amount of work we can do in a year. – John Kelly

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Looking east along the Gardiner Expressway, work began last year on replacing main supporting structures between York and Jarvis streets in order to ensure the overpass was safe, and has continued into 2013.

ling to Toronto,” Kelly said. “Through the construction, we’ll attempt to maintain two lanes of traffic each way.” This year, the city is undertaking a study to devise a strategic rehabilitation plan to find ways to accelerate the work from Hwy. 427 all the way out to Logan Avenue. Council has also asked staff to restart an environmental assessment study. Whatever is determined, the repair work will not be done any time soon. “The timing for a complete deck replacement is 12 or 13 years,” Kelly said. “We’re limited by the amount of work we can do in a year.”

The current plan calls for rehabilitation of the Gardiner between York and Jarvis this year, then the area from west of Strachan Avenue to just west of Bathurst Street in 2014 to ’15, from Bathurst to Spadina Avenue in 2016 to ’17 and Spadina to Rees Street in 2018 to ’19. The portion east of Jarvis Street will undergo full rehabilitation from 2020 to 2025 – excluding the current work on the parapet walls – and the stretch of road from Rees Street to York Street will take place in 2026. “The timing’s not based around absolute need, but there are parts we need to take care of sooner than

others,” Kelly said. The rehabilitation process is only part of the work planned for the Gardiner. The Waterfront Secretariat, a division of the city, is looking at the stretch of the Gardiner east of Jarvis Street to the Don River, looking at various alternatives to ensure the road better serves commuters. The secretariat, under Director Gwen McIntosh, is looking at options including maintaining the current elevated expressway – with rehabilitation work done when the time comes – either keeping it as it is or adding to the urban fabric through beautification methods, replacing it completely with a new expressway either above or below grade or removing the elevated expressway completely and building a new boulevard to handle the traffic volumes. Much has been made of potentially removing the Gardiner, though that plan has seen vocal opposition from Mayor Rob Ford among others, and a public consultation process will take place later this year to seek input on the preferred alternative. That information is expected to help inform a council decision on the preferred solution next year, after which the public will again be consulted on design specifications. After that, the city and Waterfront Toronto will seek cost estimates and send the project to council for authorization. For more information on work taking place on the Gardiner Expressway, visit www.toronto.ca/transportation/ gardiner

Funding city’s infrastructure is a necessity How do you repair and maintain $10 billion worth of city infrastructure despite a sizeable funding gap? That’s the question the city’s Transportation Services department struggles to answer. Under Director Stephen Buckley, the department is responsible for Toronto’s 5,300 kilometres of roadway, 7,100 kilometres of sidewalks, 500 bridges and 600 pedestrian crossings. The department also oversees around 400 kilometres in bike lanes and paths, 2,200 traffic signals and an estimated one million traffic signs. It issues around 100,000 permits in a given year. Despite widespread agreement that well-maintained infrastructure is critical to Toronto’s continued growth Buckley, said convincing is required on the part of elected officials. It would likely take at least $500 million per year just to adequately maintain Toronto’s road and transportation infrastructure over the next quarter century. In 2013, the transportation department’s entire budget was just under $330 million. A funding deficit persists despite escalating traffic gridlock and congestion, which has ended up costing the city billions in lost productivity, said Councillor John Parker, who said the city can prosper through investing in infrastructure and better public transit. For the construction projects underway, a further challenge is convincing people to tolerate months of inconvenience. B e a c h e s - E a s t Yo r k Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon said city agencies can do a better job on selling the benefits of repairs to the local community. “Get that message and story out there that, yes, it’s going to be a lot of pain, but there will be a big gain at the end and we’ll have a much more beautiful street,” McMahon said. – Rahul Gupta

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National Dance Week Folk Dance Event WHEN: 8 to 11 p.m. WHERE: University of Toronto Schools, 371 Bloor St. W. (at Spadina) CONTACT: Helen Winkler,

$25 to $35 Concert by the Tallis and St. James Cathedral choirs and the Talisker Players.

Garage Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Timothy Eaton Church, 230 St. Clair Ave. W. CONTACT: Linda Sims, lindasims@rogers.com Tons of housewares, jewelry art, toys, books and cafe.

French Cantatas Mixed with Symphonies WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. CONTACT: 416-535-9956 COST: $25 and $20 The Musicians In Ordinary perform.

A Grand Concert for the Battle of York,1813 WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: St. James Cathedral, 65 Church St. CONTACT: Bev Jahnke, 416-286-9798 COST:

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Imagine a Future Without AIDS WHEN: 9 to 11 p.m. WHERE: The Burroughes, 639 Queen St. W. CONTACT: 416-361-6281 COST: $50 The evening includes an art auction, a raffle and a special live art experience.

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Toronto Women’s Camera Club WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. WHERE: meet at triangle park opposite Rosedale United Church, 159 Roxborough Dr. CONTACT: Nicole Olds, nicoleolds.com COST: Free Experienced photography coach will give a short talk on how best to shoot flowers in various conditions and then all will have a chance for some hands-on practice.

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Gluten-free garage WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. Take part in the gluten-free garage. Cost, $10 for adults and free for kids 12 and under. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Canadian Celiac Association. Music & Truffles WHEN: 1 to 2 p.m. WHERE: Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park CONTACT: 416-922-3714 COST: $13 per ticket Designed for young people ages five to 15, it is also a great series for adults just starting to explore classical music.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.citycentremirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your neighbourhood as well as events from across Toronto. 2013 Table Tennis Tournament Fundraiser WHEN: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: SPiN Galactic, second floor, 461 King St. W. CONTACT: Najeeb, 647-874-8297, www. chaarafoundation.org/events/ pingpong to register Register in the singles or doubles division. The more you fundraise,

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the making of each. Ng loved poring over the old maps, but was frustrated over having to constantly visit the Toronto Reference Library to access them. Because the maps are in the public domain, he started a website, Historical Maps of Toronto, to give everyone access to the materials. “I originally just had a few maps I wanted to put online, but I kept adding one more map, one more map,” Ng said. The maps were initially created for a variety of purposes – topographical, military, real estate – meaning they each help shed a little more light on the city’s history. “What I found interesting was that the maps were subjective things,” Ng said. “They’re an abstraction of what was there at the time and they only show what was on the mapmakers’ minds.” The maps are categorized by era, with a focus on the establishment of the city from

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Lake Ontario north to St. Clair Avenue. “In a lot of the earlier maps, you see just how small the city was,” Ng said. “Everything north of Queen Street was farmland or forest and all the historic lands south of Front Street were just lake before.” While some of the buildings on the later maps still exist today, they are the exception rather than the rule. Historical Maps of Toronto piqued the interest of historian Stephen Otto, with whom Ng teamed up to start a second website highlighting the history of Fort York and the lands around the since-

buried Garrison Creek. That site, dubbed Fort York and Garrison Common Maps, showcases the old fort, the waterfront, the Exhibition Grounds and the surrounding area. “When you look at history through these maps, it’s a powerful way of storytelling,” Ng said. “(Fort York) has a fairly convoluted and twisty history when you look at that site and all the lands surrounding it.” The two sites are not intended as an authoritative history of Toronto – Ng admitted Toronto historians are likely familiar with the city’s past – but they serve as an entry point for those interested in the city’s past. “I hope they’re interesting for anyone who’s interested in the history of the city,” he said. Historical Maps of Toronto can be found online at www. oldtorontomaps.blogspot. ca while Fort York and Garrison Common Maps are at www.fort yorkmaps.blogspot.ca

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fundraising committee be unable to meet that target. The field’s design has yet to be settled on, with a community consultation process planned to help work out the details. The fundraising group has promised the funds would go toward other Maurice Cody initiatives should the Dirtto-Turf plan be scuppered. With the school and Toronto District School Board’s support, however, it seems unlikely the community will stop short of completion.

“(TDSB trustee) Shelley Laskin has been influential in making sure the board is on-side and I know we’re really excited here at the school,” Howard said. The group is looking to boost the funds it has raised by hosting an upcoming Dirt to Turf party for Maurice Cody parents on Friday, May 3. To donate to the project, visit www.dirt-to-turf.ca

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TURKISH DAY FUN Left, Berk Huner joins in the fun at the Turkish Society of Canada’s Children’s Day event Sunday at Nathan Phillips Square. Right, historical folk show characters Ashuk and Mashuk dance at the event. Below, dancers perform on the stage. Bottom, a performer works with her dog at the festival.

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Beginning in late June, riders using GO Transit’s Lakeshore service will wait less time for trains. On Friday, the transit agency announced it is increasing the frequency of train trips on the line travelling east and west to every 30 minutes during off-peak times. Now, riders wait 60 minutes between trains. In all, 263 new trips per week are being added. The new service begins June 29. station managers introduced wTTC

Last week, the TTC introduced group station managers tasked with improving cleanliness and customer service. The six managers – Bo Koch, Cameron Penman, Shelley Pickford, Michael Sosedov, Ellen Stassen and Eve Wiggins – will be responsible for overseeing day-today operations at one group of stations across six zones comprising the entire subway system. The positions are part of the TTC’s new charter promising improvements to customer service and more accountability to riders.

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Canadian director Bruce McDonald will judge entries for this year’s Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF). McDonald, who is best known for Canadian underground film classics such as Hard Core Logo and Highway 61, will judge the Top 3 films of the 11-day festival, which runs Sept. 6 to 16. He’ll also pick the winner of TUFF’s emerging filmmaker award. Held at the same time as the Toronto International Film Festival, TUFF showcases 60-second short films on TTC video screens on subway platforms. For more information, visit www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com Walk transit links wJane’s

Traversing the underground PATH system and visiting the launch site of the Scarborough Eglinton Crosstown LRT are just some of the transporta-

tion-flavoured offerings as part of the Jane’s Walk festival and walking tours, May 4 and 5. Held across the world annually in conjunction with urbanist Jane Jacob’s birthday, a list of walking tours was announced last week. Another transportationthemed tour planned is a walk on Queens Quay, which is undergoing significant construction related to waterfront revitalization. For a full Jane’s Walk schedule, visit www.janeswalk.net to hold transit workshops wTEA

The Toronto Environmental Alliance is looking for participants for workshops aimed at improving transit advocacy. The group wants to train “transit ambassadors” willing to engage in community discussion and lobby on behalf of new funding for Metrolinx’s Big Move plan. To register for the one-day workshop taking place in May, email transit@torontoenvironment.org Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

BIAs get refund from TTC RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com The TTC has agreed to reimburse two BIAs for past charges associated with operating a replacement bus service during two prominent street festivals, a spokesperson for the transit agency confirmed last week. Brad Ross said the TTC will return about $90,000 to Festival of South Asia organizer Gerrard India Bazaar and $33,000 to the Cabbagetown BIA after reaching an agreement regarding the amount of special event fees charged to both groups in the past decade. “We’re going to reimburse them, we’re going to write them a cheque for the difference,” said Ross, the TTC’s executive communications director. “That was the arrangement we agreed to.” Between 2003 and 2008, the TTC charged both BIAs at a charter rate of $345 per hour for the establishment of a temporary bus route to

replace 506 Carleton streetcar service during the festivals. When organizers complained about the costs, the TTC agreed, starting in 2009, to split the burden for the replacement service 50/50, Following further revisions, the TTC decided in 2012 to only recover the costs from employee wages and fuel surcharges, a total of $99 an hour. At the behest of the city’s economic development committee, TTC Chief Financial Officer Vince Rodo met April 3 with city staff, representatives from both BIAs and councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary-Margaret McMahon, and agreed to revise the past charges and refund the difference. Subbu Chintaluri, who was at the meeting, said he was pleased with the outcome. “It’s good that we’re finally going to get these overcharges resolved,” said Chintaluri, manager for the Gerrard India Bazaar. Fletcher said charging at

the higher charter rate was an “economic injustice” for the BIAs. “We felt the BIAs shouldn’t be dinged as if they were a profit-making group,” said Fletcher, who represents the riding of Toronto-Danforth. “With the amount the TTC is returning you can see how much they have been overcharging over the last 10 years.” Ross said the decision to initially charge the BIAs with the charter bus rate was because of the “significant cost” involved in diverting streetcar service from Gerrard Street. “There’s no route along Gerrard that makes for short diversions. You just can’t do that,” said Ross on Monday, April 15. “For these two festivals we here having to supplement the service with something else and that’s when we used the charter rates.”

The TTC says it intends to pay for the refunds out of this year’s operating budget.

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