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Cabbagetown is looking a little bit nicer thanks to the efforts of students from nearby Monsignor Fraser College alternative and adult secondary school. The students partnered with Toronto Police 51 Division to help paint over graffiti, which has become a growing problem in Cabbagetown laneways. The group is still hard at work covering tags throughout the neighbourhood and will paint a mural on the wall of F’Amelia restaurant that captures the venue’s Italian heritage and serves as a nod to its Cabbagetown location. “The tags down there don’t give this neighbourhood a positive image,” said student Andrea Caba. “It’s a really beautiful area with a family orientation and we want to bring back that feeling.” Tagging was becoming more prevalent in the downtown laneways throughout the community, leaving plenty of work for the students to do. “It was pretty layered on,” Caba said. “From top to bottom and left to right on some walls, there wasn’t a single blank spot.” Fellow student Monica Lizama noted the students >>>PROJECT, page 14
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Dr. Peter Szatmari was recently appointed to a newly combined position responsible for developing and leading an integrated child and youth mental health program between The Hospital for Sick Children, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the University of Toronto. See page 2 for how Dr. Szatmari hopes to tackle children’s mental health issues.
Sometimes you just have to make a statement. And with this, the City Centre Mirror’s first-ever themed edition, we’re recognizing the important work at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in pursuing the goal of healthy and happy children in our community. Inside, along with your regular news, you’ll find stories, photos and other information related to the good work of SickKids. It’s Healthy and Happy Month at SickKids and we encourage you to visit their website – healthyandhappy.com Along with the stories on SickKids, we’ve collected stories on a number of other community programs and efforts that also contribute to healthier, happier children. It’s all to show how integral the important goals of SickKids are in our neighbourhoods, our community and, frankly, around the world. For the City Centre Mirror, it’s all about contributing to the building of better communities. And what a better place than building a partnership with SickKids. >>>VISIT, page 5
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Dr. Peter Szatmari tackles issue of children’s mental health JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Until relatively recently, the issue of children’s mental health was largely swept under the rug. While awareness surrounding children’s mental health disorders has grown, Dr. Peter Szatmari is well aware that more can be done. Szatmari is heading up a project that will bring about greater collaboration between The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the University of Toronto and aims to boost access to – and the efficiency of – the delivery of services for children and youth with mental health disorders. The Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, as it is known, will focus on integrating clinical care to ensure children and youth receive the best in evidence-based treatments, training future mental health practitioners to fill gaps in services and developing a research pro-
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gram to look into child and youth mental illness and addictions. The fact that such a position exists represents a massive and much-needed shift in focus in the field of child and youth mental health. “It wasn’t long ago that child and adolescent psychiatry was thought of as the orphan of an orphan – nobody took it seriously,” Szatmari said. “Now we have more of an idea that what happens early in life – from zero to 18 – has a profound influence not only on physical health but also mental health throughout a person’s lifetime.” Part of the problem was that, until recently, many were quick to dismiss children dealing with mental health disorders out of hand. The prevalence of mental health conditions among children and youth was not known, meaning that children who acted out were simply considered bad seeds. “Now we know enough
Now we know enough to say this kid is in distress as opposed to this is a bad kid, he’s spoiled, he’s wanting attention and misbehaving to get it.’ – – Dr. Peter Szatmari
to say this kid is in distress as opposed to this is a bad kid, he’s spoiled, he’s wanting attention and misbehaving to get it,” Szatmari said. Indeed, mental health disorders are increasingly being acknowledged as a leading contributor to child and youth crime. Common conditions affecting children and adolescents include depression, anxiety, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and behavioural disorders, as well as neurodevelopmental disorders such as learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. There are a variety of factors that can contribute to
mental health disorders in children, including living in poverty or being in families where conflict is prevalent or where the parents themselves have mental health disorders. While his new position heading up the integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative takes into account child and youth mental health at three downtown organizations, Szatmari noted the dearth of services available is a nationwide issue. “We’re pretty confident that the rate of mental health disorders (characterized by chronic symptoms that cause significant impairment in a child’s ability to function) among children and youth is about 15 per cent,” he said. “We see mental health challenges (in which symptoms are transient or chronic but do not cause significant impairment) in one in five. Only about one-quarter of these children get services.” Szatmari estimated that only 10 new people are
trained in child and youth psychiatry every year, many of those being trained at the University of Toronto and winding up at SickKids or CAMH. Given Canada’s size and status as a health care leader and estimates suggesting that 1.2 million children and youth across Canada are affected by mental illness each year, not enough is being done to ensure all children and youth have the services they need. “Right now, the wait lists are way too long,” Szatmari said. “You have kids who are in distress, who are suffering, who are suicidal or not going to school – they can’t wait a year. They need access right away.” While Toronto is relatively well-served in that area with SickKids, CAMH and other mental health services, those in more rural communities are not so fortunate. Northern Ontario, for instance, has the equivalent of only 2.5 full-time child psychiatrists. Szatmari pointed to SickKids’ telepsychiatry line, where children in
rural communities can teleconference with psychiatrists in urban centres as a step in the right direction. He said more help is on the way for children and adolescents across the province. “Certainly, the Ontario government has put a child and youth mental health strategy front and centre,” Szatmari said. Szatmari himself is just starting with his own mandate, having taken on his new role at the beginning of March. He plans on conducting a ‘listening tour’ where he will speak with mental health service providers and caregivers, doctors and families to see where there are gaps that need addressing and what can be done to address them. “My job will be to weave together what I hear with what we know about children’s mental health disorders,” he said. Visit us online for more SickKids stories from across Toronto, including a photo essay and video: bit.ly/SickKidsedition
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Over the years she has outgrown the tube, which has also become narrow with time. Left, Tayjana gets ready to be moved to the operating room. Above, Dr. Lee Benson performs surgery on Tayjana. Her procedure had to be stopped due to complications; she is scheduled for open-heart surgery in June. Visit us online for more SickKids stories from across Toronto, including a photo essay and video: bit.ly/SickKidsedition
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World renowned SickKids reversing brain drain phenomenon JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The Canadian health care system has suffered over the years from the brain drain phenomenon – leading professionals heading south of the border or elsewhere to join the workforce. The Hospital for Sick Children’s (SickKids) reputation as a leading children’s health care institution is helping to reverse that trend, creating a brain draw of sorts. The hospital has become a popular landing spot for leaders in children’s medicine, with current chief of hematology/oncology Dr. Jim Whitlock and chief of critical care medicine Dr. Peter Laussen but two examples. Whitlock came to SickKids nearly three years ago after spending nearly 30 years working at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. “I just thought it was the opportunity of a lifetime, coming to work at an amaz-
ing hospital and live in an amazing city,” he said. “When this opportunity came along – and I had several opportunities that were there – this just seemed like a great fit.” Whitlock came to a hematology/oncology department that was twice the size of the one he left at Vanderbilt. He noted the SickK ids Foundation was part of the reason for the switch. “It’s a great feeling to know that if you need something, they’ll do what they can to go out and get it,” he said. He pointed to the fact that, when he was recruited, there was only one endowed chair in the hematology/oncology program. “I felt that was not sufficient for a program of our scope and said so,” he said. “That resulted in a large gift from the Garron family and we used a significant portion of that gift to create five endowed chairs. As of now, we’ve filled three of those.”
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Chief of critical care medicine Dr. Peter Laussen, left, and current chief of hematology/oncology Dr. Jim Whitlock are two examples of SickKids reversing the brain drain phenomenon and enticing two doctors from outside Canada’s borders.
That $30 million gift, the largest one-time private gift to pediatric cancer ever in North America, led to the establishment of the Garron Family Cancer Centre, which Whitlock heads. Whitlock said the longstanding belief that Canada’s universal health care system is inferior to the health
care system in the U.S. has proven false during his time at SickKids. “Children with cancer here get what they need when they need it exactly the same as a child in the U.S. or Europe or anywhere else would,” he said. Laussen, who was born, raised and educated in
Australia, came to SickKids eight months ago after 20 years at the Boston Children’s Hospital. He said the opportunity to work at SickKids was one he was eager to jump at. “This institution is worldrenowned,” he said. “It can be hard for people (in Toronto) to see that all the time but when you look from the outside in, you see the contributions this hospital has made and continues to make.” Laussen noted that SickKids’ well-earned reputation as a world leader in children’s health care continues to grow as the hospital pushes forward with new research and moves toward perfecting health care delivery. “There’s a real willingness to look at the ways we approach risk, safety and the quality of care across the institution,” he said. “It’s already very good, but the leadership here is always looking for ways to improve it.”
He noted patient care is comprehensive, with massive amounts of data being kept – and continuously updated – on patients. The care patients receive while in the hospital has also earned SickKids a great reputation around the world. “The care that’s provided at the individual bed spaces is first class,” Laussen said. “You obviously wouldn’t want to go from a position where they provide exceptional care to one that doesn’t, and this place provides exceptional care.” Given the experiences both Whitlock and Laussen have had in coming to SickKids, it is abundantly clear that the much-dreaded brain drain is not a death sentence. With top facilities and opportunities available to top professionals, the talent can flow into Canada as well. Visit us online for more SickKids stories from across Toronto, including a photo essay and video: bit.ly/SickKidsedition
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child is registered in the emergency department at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) every nine minutes. That tells you how critical the work of SickKids is in your neighbourhood, the City of Toronto and beyond. May is Healthy and Happy Month at SickKids and the goal is to raise funds and awareness for childhood health issues. This year’s emphasis is an issue we often fear to talk about – children and mental health. It’s an essential conversation. Some 10 to 20 per cent of youth are affected by a mental illness or disorder. Now silently, repeat that number to yourself and reflect on what that means. Now remember only one in five children who needs mental health services actually receives them. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth. That shouldn’t be. Every child deserves to be healthy and happy. Please support children’s health this month and visit two special websites set up by SickKids: www.healthyandhappy. our view com – this website offers many opportunities for interaction Let’s talk and discussion on any number childhood illness topics, with mental health of an emphasis this year on child mental health. It’s a great place and kids to start looking for mental health information. And there’s even a quiz on the website that visitors can take. www.aboutkidshealth.ca – this wonderful resource is essential for every parent. It’s a collection of health information from A-Z, along with news, stories and discussion of issues facing today’s youth. There are stories, video, instruction – and even a newsletter for you to sign up. You may not need parenting information, but you know someone who does. Let them know about this site. SickKids is not a secret. More than 265,000 donors raised $111.7 million in 2012. You’ll find an impressive list of fundraising events in a calendar in today’s newspaper. Many events were initiated by community members. Torontonians, Canadians and people around the world are fortunate to have SickKids as a resource. Between health services and the largest child health research facility in the country, we need to recognize this great resource and take advantage of its community outreach. As they would say at SickKids, every child deserves to be healthy and happy.
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The perils of not articulating a transit vision
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atching the discussion on transit funding leaves the impression it is all about getting someone else to pay. While versions of this probably have been around since democracy was born, in the case of Toronto’s transit funding, our debate will lead provincial decision makers to the conclusion that Queen’s Park needs to dictate our funding and responsibilities. Although politicians swear they never pay attention to polls, the correlation is amazing between councillors’ positions and that of their constituents, as reported by the latest IpsosReid transportation survey. For example, almost 60 per cent of Scarborough and Etobicoke residents use the car as their primary means of transportation. These districts are the least supportive of highway tolls, a fuel tax or vehicle registration tax. Residents in Toronto’s core have different ways of getting around. Eighteen per cent report they move mainly by walking, and six per cent by bike. These figures are at least three times higher than
david soknacki beyond the headlines most of Toronto’s suburbs. Almost half of downtowners describe their primary means of transportation to be public transit, while only one quarter use the car. So it is not surprising that downtown residents and their councillors advocate prioritizing public transit, cycling and pedestrian infrastructure through payments made mostly by motorists. Nor is it startling that motorists, mostly suburbanites, are not enthusiastic about paying more for someone else’s mode of transport. Downtowners and suburbanites only come together when they find someone else to pay or when they agree that they are overburdened by income or property taxes. Complicating matters are tax policies that no longer connect revenues with services. Purchase an average car for $25,000 and your $3,250 in HST goes to the federal and provincial governments. Ditto for the amounts you pay for insurance and repair. Fill up the
tank with 60 litres at $1.22 per litre, and about onethird of your total goes in taxes, $10.40 to the federal government, and $13.94 to the province. Nothing goes directly to the municipalities. As a result, motorists do pay for the privilege of driving. It’s just that they don’t pay to municipalities. Neither the federal nor provincial governments wish to give any but a small portion of those taxes to municipalities. But city dwellers look mostly to council to address their road and transit needs. As everyone looks for someone else to pay, moving around in our cities has become a problem. Since council will not decide on how to finance transit, and has shown itself unable to articulate a vision, the provincial government, through its transit agency Metrolinx, has no choice but to step in. While it is human nature to want someone else to pay, and self-preservation to let someone else take the responsibility, the need to have our transit and transportation system fixed by Queen’s Park will not go down in history as one of our great moments.
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>>>from page 1 Please read our editorial today (Page 4), and a list of some important SickKids resources – including links to an important game which brings child mental health issues to the forefront. For a collection of stories we’ve published today across the city in Metroland Media Toronto’s nine newspapers – reaching nearly 500,000 doorsteps – please visit bit. ly/SickKidsedition Here at Metroland, we have a growing partnership with SickKids – and you’ll find on a monthly basis, we’ll be presenting a calendar of events in the community to benefit SickKids. Obviously keeping children healthy and happy isn’t a one-month commitment, but needs to be a front-of-mind value in everything the community does. We’ll be there to help out. And we know you will be too. Enjoy today’s edition and as always, please give us your feedback.
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Premier helps honour Harbord Collegiate’s gay-straight alliance JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While bullying and homophobia are still concerns in schools, the advent of gaystraight alliances (GSAs) has certainly helped change the social landscape for the better. Harbord Collegiate Institute’s GSA, Bent on Change, was recently recognized as a prime example of the good work these organizations do in helping to make schools more welcoming and inclusive spaces for all students, regardless of their sexual orientation. Bent on Change received a 2013 Bonham Centre Award from the University of Toronto’s Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at a special ceremony attended by Premier Kathleen Wynne. “Bent on Change was chosen to kind of represent all GSAs, but we’re really proud of the work the students have been doing at the school,” said staff supervisor Michael
Erickson. “GSAs have been around for a while and the difference they’ve made has been amazing.” The Harbord GSA holds a number of events, from monthly coffee houses open to all teens at Glad Day Book Store to the Bent Lens Film Festival highlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) movies to professional development for teachers. Two years ago, the school hosted the Converge Conference which provides LGBTQ youth a chance to explore culture and identity through the arts. “Some of the initiatives from Bent on Change have pushed a few more boundaries than your typical GSA, but I think we’re a good example of what’s going on in a lot of schools,” Erickson said. The group meets weekly and offers LGBTQ students and straight students alike a forum through which they can discuss issues surrounding sexuality and socialize in a comfortable, supportive space.
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Bent on Change was chosen to kind of represent all GSAs, but we’re really proud of the work the students have been doing at the school.’ – Michael Erickson
Erickson said this year, Bent on Change had more queeridentified participants than straight participants, a rarity among GSAs. He hopes that means more LGBTQ youth feel comfortable with their identities as intolerance in the school diminishes. “We did a school survey and everyone said they feel safe in the change rooms, the washrooms and the hallways,” Erickson said. “That’s not something you could have said not too many years ago.” Bonham Centre director Brenda Cossman acknowledged that Bent on Change served as a model for all GSAs, pointing out that, while
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A picture of Bent on Change, Harbord Collegiate Institute’s gay-straight alliance, which recently won a Bonham Centre Award for making a significant contribution to the advancement and education of human rights issues surrounding sexual identity.
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and about creating a space where kids can come out and say ‘hey, I’m gay’ but also a space where they don’t have to say ‘hey, I’m gay,’” she said. “Some of the students
are, some of them aren’t, but GSAs are a wonderful way for all students to stand up to discrimination in high school. They’re a wonderful way to stand up against bullying.”
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‘Zombies’ highlight need for proper transit funding RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com A lack of adequate public transportation has transformed Toronto-area commuters into a mindless, shuffling zombie mass according to a new online video. Stop the Zombie Madness depicts the senselessness of getting to work in a gridlocked region. Produced by Pembina Institute, the one minute and five second video clip, which debuted last week on YouTube, shows a desolate urban landscape inhabited by undead commuters stuck in traffic or waiting for a bus that never comes. Zombie makeup aside, it’s an all-too-familiar experience for the millions of exhausted residents who feel a little deader each day struggling to get to work, says Cherise Burda, a spokesperson for Pembina, an environmental think tank. “Transit, for a lot of
A media awareness campaign for better public transit created by environmental research group the Pembina Institute compares commuters to the living dead. Stop the Zombie Madness, which launched in late April, calls on rapid transit investment to ‘bring Toronto back to life’.
people in this region, is a really slow bus they wait half an hour to catch,” said Burda, transportation policy director for Pembina. Since it debuted on the
group’s YouTube channel last week, the video has generated over 4,000 views. It also contains a link to a web portal leading to information on the Metrolinx Big Move trans-
portation plan and an online pledge created by the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance for new transit funding. Burda said the project was an effort to engage a broad
audience in advance of funding recommendations to pay for the $50 billion Big Move to be released by provincial planning agency Metrolinx at the beginning of June. Pembina had originally planned to canvas commuters about their nightmarish travel experiences, but opted for a short film on zombies, whose current pop-culture relevance according to Burda would help draw in people not overly familiar with the particulars of the transit funding debate. “What people are missing is the backstory. Our video was one way of trying to reach people using a type of medium they can relate to,” said Burda. “And if they like the video they might become interested in the issue and understand it’s more complicated than it might seem.” While recent polls have shown residents are torn over he idea of new revenue tools, she said Pembina’s research indicates people will sup-
port new taxes and fees if the collected revenues are dedicated to a specific issue or project. In British Columbia, for example, a carbon tax to reduce green gas emissions was initially unpopular with voters. But Burda said polls taken two years after the tax was introduced showed widespread support for the measure. “If people can see the revenues are going somewhere, and are transparent, we see approval ratings increase after implementation,” said Burda, pointing to similar examples in Sweden and Norway. Judging on the success of the campaign, she said Pembina may employ more pro-transit ad campaigns involving the living dead. “You might start seeing zombie flash-mobs on the subway,” she said with a laugh.
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Wonderful Orangeville brick home with large garage in great neighborhood. Original owners, well laid out 1800sqft model, second level family room with gas fireplace. Family size kitchen, large combined living and dining room, hardwood floors throughout, huge master with 4 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Many extras only $329,900!!
Fabulous boutique building on quiet cul de sac in the center of it all, close to Bay and Bloor and Church Street Village. Come home to one bedroom condo, open concept living and dining room, hardwood floors, walkout to large balcony, rooftop terrace and party room with BBQ, underground parking and large locker included only $329,900!!
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Book Sale WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow WHERE: St. Clement’s Anglican Church, 70 St. Clements Ave. CONTACT: Susan Colacitti, 416-484-4856 Lots to buy. Spring Bazaar & Rummage Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Nancy Lyon, 416-392-0511 Vendors and crafters, bake sale, cafe, door prizes and more.
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Spring-for-a-Cause Garage Sale WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Toronto Humane Society, 11 River St. Garage sale and bake sale. Laughter Yoga WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Nancy, 416-392-0511 COST: $8
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Messy Church-An All Ages Event WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Manor Road United Church, 240 Manor Rd. E. CONTACT: E. Macdonald, 416-483-0695, COST: Donations welcome Kids (accompanied by a guardian) are invited the first Tuesday of every month for games, crafts, storytelling, a brief interactive worship perios and a communal supper.
Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.citycentremirror.com. Laughter Yoga is a unique exercise that involves laughter as a physical and playful body exercise with deep yogic breathing (no yoga poses). North Toronto Group of Artists Studio Tour WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: 250 Eglinton Ave. W. CONTACT: www.ntga.ca COST: Free Visit the studios of 18 fine artists working in north Toronto. Guys and Dolls Jr. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. WHERE: St. Michael’s College School Centre for the Arts,
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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The loss of a number of trees from the Beltline Trail near the Davisville TTC Yard has North Toronto residents calling for answers. According to Friends of Oriole Park Acting President Ulli Rath, 27 trees – some of them mature – were recently removed from the trail with no notice or explanation given. “We lost 27 trees in the area where they cut and a lot of them were mature trees over 30 years old,” he said. “It’s not that easy to cut trees in Toronto, so we want to know who’s behind it.” Rath suspects the TTC requested the trees be cut as they were located near the Davisville yard and the transit authority had authorized a tree assessment that saw some 100 trees in the area tagged in 2011. “It’s right near where there are two temporary (TTC) trailers in the yard, but these trees were on Beltline land so we want to know what approvals were gotten,” he said. “Some of the trees were right along the fence there, but they’ve been there for years, so if they said they cut the trees down because they interfered with the fence, that
doesn’t hold a lot of water.” The TTC said the tree cutting was a city project and directed inquiries to the city. Dean Hart of the city’s Urban Forestry department confirmed the TTC’s statement. safety reasons Hart said the trees were cut down largely for safety reasons and denied many were mature. “They were mostly small trees that were either dead, dying or growing on a severe lean,” he said. “Some of them were encroaching on hydro lines.” Hart would not say who initiated the request to cut the trees, citing confidentiality reasons. Rath said the city has been conducting plenty of studies to determine how to improve the Beltline and noted he had not heard anything about the possible removal of trees. Rath wants to see new trees planted to replace those that were removed, though Hart suggested there are no plans in place to do so. “It’s a naturalized area so it should fill in on its own,” he said.
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>>>from page 1 will be around until June p a i n t i n g ov e r t a g s i n Cabbagetown and beautifying F’Amelia’s façade with a mural that will include a chef and utensils. “Some walls were really bad, so it’s not so easy (covering the graffiti) but as a team, we’re working hard,” she said. While beautifying the community has been a collaborative effort with 51 Division securing paint and supplies from a local hardware store, the students have been the ones applying elbow grease to improve the streetscape. “We want to (help) the city in a pretty way and help this community,” Lizama said. Monsignor Fraser teacher Santina Bruno-Damiani noted the students’ efforts provide far more benefits than simply beautifying Cabbagetown. The initiative is actually helping the students earn their post-secondary diplomas. “We had started to notice through statistics and graduation rates that our students
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were attaining credits but having a hard time getting their 40 hours of community service,” Bruno-Damiani said. “It’s an adult and alternative school, so some of our students have children and some have work, so basically they can’t do these hours after school.” The project is also helping break down barriers as some of the students entered into it with negative impressions of
police. While there was some trepidation among some of the students at first, that has melted away. “It took a lot of convincing to get the students out the first time,” Bruno-Damiani said. “We had about 16 students our first time out and they had a blast. Word spread and now we’re up to 33 students.”
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Hincks-Dellcrest Centre helps youth facing mental health issues JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With wait times for children’s mental health stretching as long as a year and a health care system that is fragmented and difficult to navigate, the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre is looking to find ways to streamline the process. The organization, which has treatment centres on Jarvis Street downtown and at Sheppard and Leslie streets in North York, is embarking on a clinical transformation that aims to make access to services easier and place a greater focus on those who use its services. “We’re rebuilding our entire service around what the kids and families we work with need,” said Hincks-Dellcrest president and CEO Donna Duncan. The rebuild is in its early
stages, with details to be worked out through discussions and collaborations with families to determine the best ways to provide support. “We’re going to build around the human experience,” Duncan said. That represents a marked departure from traditional service models, which suffer from a lack of funding and other resources and tend to leave families in the lurch. Kim Moran, whose daughter Caitlin (not her real name) began experiencing mental health challenges when she was 11, learned that the hard way. “Trying to access services is tough and it’s a very complex service to navigate,” she said. Caitlin had been a straight A student and was active in competitive sports until she became severely depressed
and began experiencreceived, Caitlyn has this ing suicidal thoughts returned to playing due at least in part to community sports and is eager story is obsessive-compulsive to pass grades six inspired by and seven at the disorder. the goal Her situation same time. While of having became so dire, she she continues to happy, had to spend months work on learning to healthy in an in-patient facilcontrol her obsessivechildren ity and, while she was compulsive thoughts, released after showing her future looks much signs of improvement, brighter. she still needed additional While Caitlyn was fortutreatment. nate to receive the help she “She needed mental health needed, others are not so support throughout the day,” lucky. Moran said. “As much I think “There’s no clarity for parwe’re good parents, you need ents on where they should go professional help for that.” for help,” Duncan acknowlCaitlyn received help at the edged. Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, with She pointed out there are a bus transporting her to the more than 60 agencies in site and teachers and mental Toronto alone that receive health professionals working children’s mental health close together to ensure she funding from the Ministry did not fall further behind of Child Services, which in school. does not include those that Thanks to the support she receive their funding from
the Ministry of Health. Of the 60-plus organizations being funded by the Ministry of Child Services, only three have actual psychiatrists on staff and many provide vastly different services, leading to challenges for families looking for the right support for their children. “Some people have the theory that any door is the right door, but there’s no clarity as to what you’re looking for,” Duncan said. “We need to create pathways for families so they know where they should go and why they should go there.” The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre will hold its annual fundraising event, One Night Stand, which invites young professionals out to a gala event to raise money and awareness for children’s mental health.
The event will feature celebrity DJs including k-os and supermodel Yasmin Warsame, a red carpet, professional hair, makeup and photography sittings, a silent auction, an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and more. “The event was created to draw awareness of HincksDellcrest from the younger demographic – the future CEOs and up-and-coming artists – to give them an event they can enjoy and a cause they can be proud of,” said One Night Stand co-chair Christina Ford. Funds raised at the event will go to the Hincks-Dellcrest Foundation to help fund the organization’s programs. The event will take place at The Burroughes Building, 639 Queen St. W., at 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 23. For tickets or more info, visit www.hincksdellcrest.org
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Bloor-Yonge and St. George first subway stations to get Wi-Fi STATIONS TO INTRODUCE WI-FI ◗SUBWAY Two subway stations will have access to free wireless Internet when the service debuts in the latter part of 2013, the TTC confirmed last week. The transit agency had already committed to installing Wi-Fi on subway platforms on a pilot basis, but the locations of the stations
were not known. In a tweet last week, TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said Bloor-Yonge and St. George will be the first stations to receive the ad-supported Wi-Fi, which is provided by the telecom company Broadcast Australia. GO Transit is also running a pilot Wi-Fi program and plans to expand to more locations within six months.
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A fundraising campaign for a local film project promises TTC-flavoured threads as a thank-you for donating. Sarah Goodman is looking to raise $7,500 for Porch
Stories, set in the Little Portugal neighbourhood and starring local musicians Laura Barrett and Jose Contreras. Sh e i s p r o m i s i n g t o give away a slew of perks, including t-shirts with vintage subway designs from Ossington and Landsdowne stations to anyone who donates at least $50. For more information about the campaign, visit
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An urban advocacy group wants to make local employment a requirement for contractors bidding for light rail construction contracts. The Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN) wants Metrolinx to make local
employment a requirement for some of the estimated $4.6 billion worth of construction contracts the provincial transit planning agency is handing out for the completion of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown and Scarborough LRT lines. Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT
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Fashion fundraiser by York University association raises money for SickKids JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A group of York University students are donning some fancy threads in support of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). T h e Yo r k Un i v e r s i t y Portuguese Association (YUPA) will host the Runway to Hope fundraising fashion show at Tartu College, with proceeds going toward the SickKids Foundation. “We do an annual charity fashion show every year and always pick a different charity to donate to,” said event organizer Samatha DoRego. “We had a few ideas but the majority vote was for SickKids because of the great work they do.” While the doctors and nurses at SickKids ensure patients receive the best possible care and treatment, funds raised for the SickKids Foundation help to fund everything from new equipGeneral Help
ment to research initiatives, with everyone from private donors to grassroots organizations bringing in money. Runway to Hope will see 10 male and 10 female models showcasing outfits from stores such as Sirens, Marla’s, Roots, Peach Berserk and others. Those stores are lending the fashions to YUPA free of charge. “We basically go to the stores and see if they’d be willing to donate and a lot of stores are happy to help,” DoRego said. “When we told them we were doing it for SickKids, they wanted to donate more.” In addition to the funds raised through tickets sales, models will be auctioned off to boost the amount being donated to SickKids. Following the fashion show, participants will go out on a group dinner date. “We’ll also be donating money from the bars and we’ll be selling bracelets
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