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The Regent Park Revitalization Plan’s first phases appear to have had a positive impact on food security and other issues in the community. “With a new retail grocery store at Dundas and Parliament and initiatives such as the Regent Park Farmers’ Market, residents of Regent Park are getting better access to high-quality and affordable food options that weren’t present before revitalization,” said Gene Jones, President and CEO, Toronto Community Housing, Residents also say the revitalization has changed things for the better in the community. “It’s been helping people,” said Mary Ann Kalalang, Regent Park resident and restaurant worker for the past five years. “There are more programs for people to increase their worth. I like living here now. Everything’s accessible, there are a lot of community programs, I like it better than places I’ve lived before.” >>>REVITALIZATION , page 5

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St. Mike’s researchers diagnose neighbourhoods JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A new tool developed by the World Health Organization ( W H O ) a n d a d a p t e d by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital will offer a look into the health of the various com-

munities that make up the fabric of the City of Toronto. Dubbed the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool, or Urban HEART, the tool showcases the strengths of each neighbourhood and in which areas each neighbourhood could stand to

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divided into sub-categories looking at employment, income, education, walkability, voting, green space, mental health and premature death rates. Taken together, these elements show how communities are functioning holistically >>>URBAN, page 10

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Displaced residents to be offered new housing JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com As work continues on the long-term revitalization of the Regent Park community, residents a bit further west are getting set for a similar massive change. Work on the Alexandra Park Revitalization began in February with the demolition of 61 townhomes in the Queen and Cameron streets area. Those townh o m e s , ow n e d by t h e Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), will be replaced by additional social housing combined with market-rate housing – a model that matches the Regent Park Revitalization. “(The two revitalizations are) similar in some ways, but quite different in others,” said Toronto Community Housing chief development officer Greg Spearn. “Regent Park was 69 acres and had a larger number of units, while Alexandra Park is 18 acres in total and the first phase will see work done on five acres of that land.” Another key difference

is that the Alexandra Park Revitalization will include upgrades to the Atkinson Co-op. “A number of buildings within Alexandra Park will not be torn down,” Spearn said. “They’ll be refurbished and renewed and the Atkinson Co-op will continue to manage them.” As was the case in Regent Park, current residents in Toronto Community Housing building will be displaced. Unlike with the Regent Park Revitalization, however, TCHC is able to offer residents who are displaced a place to stay within the community as work goes on. “We’ve given them promises and guarantees they could stay in the community and we’ve managed our vacancies to give them that chance,” Spearn said. “A number of families have been relocated to our rental building in the Railway Lands.” The work, for which TCHC is partnering with Tridel, will see 333 rent-geared-toincome units replaced and a further 473 refurbished. They

We’ve given them promises and guarantees they could stay in the community and we’ve managed our vacancies to give them that chance. – Greg Spearn

The Alexandra Park revitalization kicked off with demolition starting last month and construction beginning in September for phase one.

will be complemented by 1,540 market units, with the entire construction process expected to take between 12 and 15 years. In addition to the new units, the revitalization will

see the addition of 5,700 square metres of new retail space, a new public park, new basketball courts, a larger community centre and measures to integrate Alexandra Park more fully

into the surrounding area. “We’ll see new connector streets and improved east-west pedestrian areas to re-knit Alexandra Park to the existing community,” Spearn said. “In the past, master plans for areas like Alexandra Park, Regent Park and Lawrence Heights had no private streets, so they wound up being isolated from the rest of the city.” Tridel will fund the revitalization, earning back its money and more through the sale of the market units. “Ever yone’s aware of (TCHC’S) funding shortfall and the need to fix housing everywhere,” Spearn said. “The partnership will allow that to happen.” Area resident Nuha Habay, a member of the Atkinson Co-op board, said the revitalization came about after a great deal of consultation with the community.

“They asked us about the layout and how we felt about it and I think the way it is now, people are pretty content with the revitalization,” she said. “I think it will be a positive thing for us because as the atmosphere becomes more positive, it will help us as individuals look at our neighbourhood more positively.” She added by revitalizing the area, the perception of Alexandra Park from those living outside the community will also improve. Habay does not foresee massive inconveniences for residents who have to be relocated as work on the project goes on, particularly given that they will be able to move into TCHC buildings within Alexandra Park. “Some people have already moved, but they’ve kept in touch,” she said. “It’s something that’s good for the people here, so it’s not that hard for people.” The revitalization will encompass an area bordered by Spadina Avenue to the east, Bathurst Street to the west, Dundas Street West to the north and Queen Street West to the south.

For more info, visit www. torontohousing.ca/alexandra_park_revitalization

City looking to turn unsightly construction hoarding into works of art JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A new initiative being championed by Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam could see unsightly construction hoarding turned into works of art. The WORKSIGHT project, a collaboration between a social enterprise group called the PATCH Project and creative agency Wysp, would see developers hiring local artists to paint murals on the plywood boards erected around construction sites as a means of bringing street art to Toronto. At an event to announce the WORKSIGHT project at City Hall, Wong-Tam noted similar projects have already taken place in the downtown core. At Allan Gardens,

hoarding around an ongoing waterworks project was turned into a First Nationsthemed mural, while construction companies Great Gulf and DiamondCorp have also jumped on board with artistic hoarding. “These (construction) sites are here for three to five years and Ward 27 is extremely development-heavy,” she said, noting putting art on the hoarding made the sites far more appealing than ads for condos. “We have literally hundreds of construction sites across the GTA.” PATCH project director of projects and partnerships Mojan Jianfar noted similar initiatives are far more common in London and New York. While some construction companies might consider the hoarding a space

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Artist Javid Jah, left, The Patch Project’s Brent Fairbanks, Ontario College of Art and Design intern Mark Carlson, youth participants Savannah Lavallee and Jeremy Urbina and artist Danilo McCullum take part in an arts workshop.

on which they can advertise their projects, she said most sites have plenty of room for both corporate branding and

art. “You could have a percentage that goes to ads and a percentage that goes to art,”

she said during the Feb. 26 event. “It’s a blank canvas, so each developer could decide what those portions are and what percentage goes to public art.” The project, she said, would do more than simply beautify the city. “One of the goals is to create a platform to support emerging artists and bring the idea of the art gallery outside of gallery spaces,” she said. “A lot of people don’t go to galleries, but it’s important to expose them to art.” A group of young Alexandra Park residents spent months working on art that will go up on construction hoarding as that community undergoes a massive redevelopment. They came up with two designs that capture the diversity and aspirations of the neighbour-

hood. “It was a way to build the fabric of the neighbourhood into the art,” said Savannah Lavallee, who worked on the project. “It will make the area look nicer and show who the people living there are.” While similar initiatives have already taken place, WORKSIGHT will rely largely on developers’ participation to be a success, though WongTam hopes councillors push to ensure that construction hoarding contains a public art element. “I hope it becomes infectious,” she said. “I hope it becomes deal-standard because we deserve better and our residents deserve better.”

For more information, visit http://thepatchproject.com

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plan being promoted by a Toronto councillor to make the city’s construction sites more artistically appealing has great merit. The WORKSIGHT project aims to turn the plywood boards placed around work sites, known as hoarding, into canvases that can be used to display art, and encourage the creativity of Toronto artists. Along with beautifying the sites, the artwork can help promote the concept of public art and the artists involved. Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam is championing the project, which hopes to see developers and construction companies hire local artists to paint murals on the hoarding. “One of the goals is to create a platform to support emerging artists and bring the idea of the art gallery outside of gallery spaces,” she said. “A lot of people don’t go to galleries, but it’s important to expose them to art.” Along with the councillor, our view social enterprise group the PATCH Project and creative Everyone wins agency Wysp are also involved in the project. with new PATCH is a group of urban planners, architects and profesprogram sional artists who have teamed up to support urban development and manage public art projects in the city. Wysp works with artists to help stretch creative boundaries. With solid backing, the WORKSIGHT project can be a benefit to communities across Toronto. Already, there are examples in the city of murals painted on construction hoarding including at Allan Gardens. Another area where WORKSIGHT has put its plan into action is in the Alexandra Park area of Toronto. There, residents worked together on an art plan for the future hoarding to surround a massive redevelopment plan in the area. They came up with designs specific to the community and its future goals. Expanding such a program across the many different construction jobs in the city will help build a great level of resident involvement and enthusiasm for the future of the neighbourhoods, and will help local artists gain profile. It will also make our community more beautiful. It seems like a winning project to us.

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Ford’s Kimmel appearance little more than public shaming The Ford brothers’ trip to Los Angeles over the Oscar weekend caught a great many of us by surprise, particularly as Mayor Rob Ford left Toronto claiming to be en route to attend the Oscar ceremony and walk the red carpet, on the arm of none other than latenight talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. Turned out the mayor was a little premature. For some reason, according to his brother, there were security issues involving the late addition of Toronto’s chief magistrate to the A-list. No matter: the mayor would attend Kimmel’s after-party. Although it turned out Kimmel didn’t have one of those: just an after-Oscar show where the mayor took part in a little skit and Kevin Spacey (who’s not a politician, but plays one on Netflix) made some unkind Ford jokes. The next night, Mayor Ford seemed giddy when he came out for his guest

david nickle the city spot on Kimmel’s show. Listening to his brother Doug the next day, they had all been honestly hoping to use the time on the popular late-night comedy show to extol the virtues of Toronto. It sure seemed that by then, the only one surprised was Ford, who instead walked into a late-night version of A Christmas Carol, compressed into what seemed like an excruciating halfhour in which many of the mayor’s sins and humiliations were paraded before him. Kimmel called Ford on everything from his sartorial sensibilities (“Why are you dressed like a magician?”) to his apparent love of the vine (“If you’re drinking enough that you try crack in your 40s and you don’t remember it, maybe that’s something that

you might want to think about...”). Ford laughed it all off – and also sweated it off, to the point that Kimmel at one point reached across to dab the mayor’s forehead – and bravely tried to stick to his familiar message. Indeed, I don’t think a single word left Ford’s mouth in Los Angeles that hadn’t been road-tested many times with Toronto media. Give Kimmel this: his late-night comedy modus operandi was much more effective in deconstructing Ford’s patter than we’ve been here, swinging as we do between the hardball confrontational questions of a city hall scrum and the gently commiserative queries of Conrad Black. Kimmel put Ford in front of his sins and failures, and offering redemption only in acceptance. Ford left the studio unmoved. Indeed, the next day Doug Ford was in Toronto telling the media

how well it all went: how Kimmel thought it funny that Ford’s colleagues were annoyed with him for leaving town after stripping him of powers; how it was all scripted, and really no one was surprised at the hard questions; and how Americans thought that in the end, Rob Ford simply seemed to them more “real.” It certainly was that. Ford was faced with buckets of “real” over that half hour of television in Los Angeles. The reality was there was no red carpet walk – no after-Oscar party. Nothing but a trip to Los Angeles during a frigid Toronto weekend. Nothing but an expertly wrought public shaming, and an intervention delivered in earnest, both of which Ford appeared to do his best to ignore. And in that, there were no surprises whatsoever.

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Revitalization brings affordable food options >>>from page 1 Known to Torontonians as an area of social housing and lowincome houesholds, Regent Park has traditionally been associated with crime and poverty. Toronto Community Housing says their objective is to change this view and create a mixed-income community. The challenges to tackle include old housing, food insecurity and unemployment. So far, residents have seen a change in every facet of life in the community as Regent Park’s old image slowly starts to fade. “You know the perception the general public had of Regent Park,” said Ahamad Idroos, Regent Park resident for three years. “That perception is changing tremendously. I believe within the next two years there will be a kind of metamorphosis that will take place here.” Residents like Kalalang and Idroos have boasted the positive effects of the new grocery store, as Regent Park did not have an affordable grocery store prior to revitalization. But they also take advantage of

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Mary Ann Kalalang, right, entices Chris, foreground, and Sakeenah with her baked goods during the opening of the new Regent Park Farmers’ Market last July.

the Regent Park Farmers’ Market. “Last year was the first year of the farmers’ market,” Idroos said. “The organizers, Daniels Corporation and Toronto Community Housing, were very impressed. It was a great boost for my wife and I, and it gave a tremendous boost to our part-time business.” Idroos and his wife see the Regent Park Farmers’ Market as a way to popularize their food – his wife works as a nutritional cook at Nelson Mandela Park Public School.

He believes the farmers’ market allowed them to pass the first hurdle, as their products have been well-received by the community. The farmers’ market is slated to return again this year and residents are very excited. Regent Park’s first restaurant, Paintbox Bistro, was also involved last year. “Paintbox Bistro was really nice and accommodating,” Kalalang said. “We were able to use their kitchen for free, I would just bring all my ingredients and make it there. I’m excited for this summer’s farmers’ market. I love cooking, I love baking and I love people.” Food security and affordability has been an ongoing contentious issue for the community. This was demonstrated earlier this year by a campaign to raise social assistance rates to adjust to rising food prices by the organization, Put Food in the Budget. Though not all residents of Regent Park are on social assistance, the revitalization plan aims to alleviate food security as well as other issues. “We are building a community garden space into many of our new

buildings, as well a greenhouse and an outdoor bake oven,” Jones said. “These will open this summer and will be operated by the Regent Park Food Partnership.” A partnership between several organizations developing food strategies in the community, members include the Christian Resource Centre, Dixon Hall and Green Thumbs Growing Kids. The revitalization plan is being completed in phases with the last phase being completed in 2019. It started in 2005 and in nine years has brought noticeable changes for the community. Though some residents still have concerns, as illustrated by Put Food in the Budget’s campaigns, the community is helping. “Most needs are being met,” Idroos said. “I was involved in a focus group and we interviewed a lot of people and asked what they needed. We are very accommodative and inclusive so everyone’s needs are being looked into.”

For more on the Regent Park Revitalization Plan, visit www. torontohousing.ca

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>>>from page 1 while noting where the problems are in smaller geographic pockets. “We characterized all the neighbourhoods in Toronto along five dimensions that the WHO outlined because it’s important to understand how well our neighbourhoods are doing,” said Patricia O’Campo, director of St. Michael’s Hospital’s Centre for Research on Inner City Health. “One of the reasons for doing it at the neighbourhood level is that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to the problems being faced in Toronto.” The neighbourhoods are categorized according to colour. Green shows that a neighbourhood is exceeding the benchmarks set out through the WHO’s Millennium Development Goals to show it is healthy in a given category, while yellow shows that it meets the benchmark and red shows that it fails to meet

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the benchmark. “ The red areas need improvement, but the yellows are important too because we don’t want a neighbourhood to slip below the benchmarks,” O’Campo said. The report showed the diverse conditions faced by those throughout the city. For instance, Regent Park showed red for 10 of 15 indicators, including unemployment levels, low incomes, high school graduation and marginalization, while exceeding the benchmarks only in municipal voting, community meeting places and the prevalence of walking among its residents. Rosedale-Moore Park,

meanwhile, met all benchmarks, exceeding 11 of the 15. “We hope neighbourhoods will look at the data and decide which reds they want to prioritize,” O’Campo said. She added the data collected serves as a snapshot and that it was important to follow up every few years to see whether progress has been made or new areas need addressing. With the information collected, the hope is that community organizations take up the challenge of meeting the needs the data shows. “We as researchers can gather and process the data, but we’re not the ones in the best position to take action,” O’Campo said. “We’re hoping there will be strong uptake among the various communities.” Full findings, including each neighbourhood’s score in each of the categories can be found at http://torontohealthprofiles.ca/urbanheartattoronto.php

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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), on behalf of and in cooperation with Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto has completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project (DMNP). As required under section 6.2(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act and according to the Terms of Reference approved by the Minister of the Environment on August 17, 2006, TRCA has submitted its environmental assessment to the Ministry of the Environment for review and approval.

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Waterfront Toronto, 20 Bay Street, Suite 1310, Toronto, ON M5J 2N8 Tel. 416-214-1344 Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, (2nd Floor Reference Desk), Toronto, ON M4W 2G8 Tel. 416-395-5577 City of Toronto Clerk’s Office, 13th Floor, West Tower, City Hall 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 Tel. 416-392-8016 Anyone wishing to provide comments on the environmental assessment must submit their comments in writing and/or by fax to the Ministry of the Environment by April 21, 2014. All comments must be submitted to: Ms. Solange Desautels Supervisor – Project Review Environmental Approvals Branch Ministry of the Environment 2 St. Clair Avenue West Floor 12AToronto, ON M4V 1L5 Fax: 416-314-8452 • E-mail: solange.desautels@ontario.ca Website: http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/industry/assessment_and_approvals/environmental_assessments/index.htm A copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent. Additional information on this EA may also be obtained by contacting one of the following project team members: Mr. Kenneth Dion, MSc Special Projects Manager Toronto and Region Conservation Authority 5 Shoreham Drive Downsview, ON M3N 1S4 Phone: 416-661-6600 x 5230 E-mail: kdion@trca.on.ca

Marc Rose, MES, MCIP, RPP Consultant Project Manager AECOM Canada Ltd 105 Commerce Valley Drive West, 7th Floor Markham, ON L3T 7W3 Phone: 905-747-7793 E-mail: marc.rose@aecom.com

A copy of the environmental assessment is also available for review at: http://trca.on.ca/dmnpea Comments and information regarding this EA are being received to assist TRCA, Waterfront Toronto, and the City of Toronto in meeting the requirements of the EA Act. This material will be maintained on file for use during the project and may be included in project documentation. Comments and information received will be used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

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from where he was just 10 years ago. “My life has changed so dramatically and I am so happy to be here and at peace with things and affirmed that I am doing what I am meant to be doing,” Hall said. Hall has major scoliosis and is 4 feet 9 inches tall. There was a time in his life when he was bullied and he grew quite angry. From high school through to his late 20s, Hall said he had a problem with binge drinking. Quit drinking It was after he quit drinking in his late 20s Hall said he really had to work to essentially find himself. “It was a real process for me to discover who I was and who

I wanted to be,” Hall said. “It has been a really remarkable journey.” Hall, 39, took a drama class on a whim about 10 years ago. He had been taking creative writing through night classes with the Toronto District School Board. He decided to register for a beginner’s drama class. He found it terrifying and exhilarating at the same and started to have a great deal of fun with acting. He then signed up to take improv classes at Second City. He continued to take classes there while also going to George Brown College to study career counselling. “Around that same time I was encouraged to audition for the Second City Conservatory,” Hall said. “And I got in.” 2-Man No-Show is being staged at the Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington Ave., at 10 p.m. on March 12.

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approved rinks budget ran out. Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher said the city shouldn’t rely on the kindness of local businesses to provide services through the whole of a frigid winter. “Given that it’s minus 18 today and it’s going to be continuing to be cold, it would be a very good thing if we didn’t have to go through this constantly and we actually had a plan for cold weather,” said Fletcher. “That’s what we should do: consider holding a cold weather contingency into the 2015 operating budget for the extension of the outdoor skating season.” Other councillors agreed. “While (winter’s) here we might as well make the best

Next time winter hits Toronto as hard as it is this year, the city should be better prepared – at least when it comes to ice skating. That was the word from Toronto’s parks and environment committee Monday morning as it asked city staff to report on just what it would take to establish a contingency fund to keep outdoor ice rinks open through March Break. This year, arctic air has kept Toronto in a deep freeze weeks longer than usual. But it took an intervention from private sector donors – Scotiabank and Canadian Tire – to keep an appreciable number of ice rinks going through the next month, after the city-council-

of it and enjoy it,” said York Centre Councillor James Pasternak. “I believe we’re actually acting as a responsible city, an active city, by funding rinks through the cold parts of the winter and letting families and everyone else enjoy the outdoors.” Committee chair Giorgio Mammoliti drew chuckles when he proposed looking into giving the mayor power to unilaterally extend skating seasons. “I’m not talking about this mayor, guys...I’m talking about the mayor in general — giving the ability to make these kinds of calls from the mayor’s office,” said Mammoliti.

A complete list of the city’s outdoor rinks is available at http://bit.ly/18D4qEC

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