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Filip Vlasak (left), Sandra Horncastle and Randy Barba, in Humber Bay Park East on Sunday, are members of the Humber Bay Shores Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association steering committee.

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Donated items to sell needed to fund trip CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com Of the thousands of Nicaraguan villagers whose lives have been touched by Richview Baptist missionaries over the last seven years, one little girl and her family stand out from the rest. Paul Payne first met young Catherine in 2011, when he and the team of Etobicoke youth he was leading repaired an insectinfested well in front of the now-12-year-old’s school in the village of El Salto. "When we got there, there were a million black carpenter ants living in that well, so we (bleached) it, re-piped it, repaired it and sealed it," said Payne, a deacon and youth co-ordinator at Richview Baptist Church in Etobicoke. "And now it’s a viable, sustainable water source for the whole school." Catherine was among the inquisitive young schoolchildren watching on during that project. Soon after, she and her family approached Payne to see if they could help out with the transformation the Richview Baptist missionaries were undertaking in their village. "Her dad is my best friend now - he builds with us every year," Payne said of Catherine’s father, noting that in 2015 the Richview Baptist team helped rebuild the family-ofeight’s ramshackle home to make it livable. "They had cockroaches, rats, scorpions and mosquitoes. No hydro and no

water. So we helped transform her family with that house, and her dad hasn’t stopped paying it forward since - he helps us every year." Payne said he fully expects to work alongside Catherine’s dad once again this August, when he leads Richview Baptist youth on their eighth mission trip to Nicaragua - but he needs the Etobicoke community’s help to make sure the trip is successful. As in previous years, proceeds from this year’s upcoming 11th Annual Huge Garage Sale, Barbecue and Silent Auction at Richview Baptist - which will be held on Saturday, May 13 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. will once again support the church’s ongoing mission trips to build and repair water wells in impoverished regions of the Central American country. Richview is currently seeking donations of saleable items for this year’s fundraiser - everything from new and gently-used clothes and shoes, to books and games, to furniture and electronics, among others. "We want the community to know that they can make a footprint in Nicaragua just by bringing in their donated items to help with the sale, and by attending the sale and spending or donating their (pocket) change," Payne said. Over the span of the last seven mission trips, Payne said Richview Baptist has used the money raised from the church’s annual fundraising sale to help send close to 120 youth to Nicaragua to undertake projects in partnership with Water Ambassadors Canada and Bridges of Hope.

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Richview church continues its mission work in Nicaragua

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Top, Nicaraguan children gather around a well outside their school in El Salto that was repaired by the Richview Baptist team on a 2011 mission trip. Since that first trip in 2009, Richview Baptist’s youth missionaries have succeeded in: • drilling a well that serves 3,000 people; • repairing 23 broken and contaminated wells, and installing four chlorinators; • building eight homes for families with inadequate shelter; • providing dental services to 200 local villagers; • and feeding and providing care packages to nearly 500 new mothers at a local hospital. Payne said the church

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sale, which acts as the primary fundraiser for mission trips. To those ends, Payne said there are several ways local residents and businesses can help out: • by dropping off saleable items for donation at the church, located at 1548 Kipling Ave. (two blocks north of Eglinton Avenue West), on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10 a.m., or Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. • by donating gift cards/ certificates, entertainment and amusement park passes, attraction and sporting tickets, or gift baskets, etc.

toward the sale’s silent auction. • and last, but not least, by volunteering to help make the sale a success both for presale sorting and organization, and for day-of-sale assistance and cleanup. Community service hours will be provided to high school volunteers. The rain-or-shine sale will take place at Richview Baptist Church, 1548 Kipling Ave., on Saturday, May 13 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer, contact Paul Payne at paul@richview.org or 416706-4510.

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hopes to continue that good work during this year’s upcoming trip in August, when Richview will send a group of 18 youth to the mountainous Matagalpa region of Nicaragua for a week. "This year on the trip, we plan to drill a well, do nine well repairs, build a house, provide 70 people with free dental care, and feed another 190 ladies in the hospital and give them care packages," Payne said of the group’s 2017 goals. None of that will be possible, however, without the Etobicoke community’s support of Richview Baptist’s upcoming garage

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Youngster approved for OHIP-funded surgery in the U.S. TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com When Keisha YoungHaecker’s son, Thomas, entered the world as a "micropreemie" at one pound, 14 ounces, gripping fear eclipsed the joy. Infection during her pregnancy induced labour at just 23 weeks. Thomas spent three-and-a-half months in a NICU incubator at Mount Sinai Hospital. Doctors forecasted a dark fate for the newborn. "Doctors said he would have severe cerebral palsy," Young-Haecker recalled. "They said he would be blind, couldn’t speak, and would be severely handicapped. The doctor said ’It’s cute going up and down the stairs when you have a little baby. But can you imagine having a 50-pound baby boy, who can’t do anything for himself, and you have to lift him up and down the stairs all the time?’ "And that was his way of telling us, maybe now is a good time to let him go. I wanted to prove him wrong. I was angry. How dare you tell me this is what is going to happen." The couple didn’t let go of their son. Thomas began intensive interventions when he arrived home at 10 months old, including osteopathy and physiotherapy that cost his parents $250 a week, and later, speech therapy and occupational therapy. Thomas wears leg splits and uses a wheelchair for distance. "Thomas is by no means severe," Young-Haecker said. "He still has his issues. As he gets older, the issues

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Thomas Haecker, 4, shares a kiss with his mother Keisha Young-Haecker at home. Thomas has been approved for partial out-of-country OHIP coverage for a May 11 surgery called SDR (Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy), shown to eliminate spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. will get worse. He has tightness in his legs that causes him to be crouched, and he usually walks high on his toes." That doesn’t stop the little boy, who sits transfixed by his Mario Chase video game. Cerebral palsy is the most-frequent cause of physical disability in Canadian children, affecting two to 2.5 in 1,000 children every year, the Bloorview Research Institute reported. "About a year ago, his legs were so tight they were like pulling rubber bands. His legs were shaking in bed. He said ’It hurts,’" Young-Haecker said of lessening effective Botox treatments. A nurse, Young-Haecker began online research of a surgical procedure called Selective Dorsal Rhizoto-

my or SDR. American neurosurgeon Dr. T.S. Park pioneered SDR at St. Louis Children’s Hospital where it has been performed on more than 3,000 patients. In SDR, surgeons identify and electrically stimulate the dorsal spinal rootlet nerve fibres that cause spasticity in their transmission from the muscle to the spinal cord. Surgeons selectively cut the abnormal rootlets, leaving the normal rootlets intact. Young-Haecker approached Dr. Darcy Fehlings, who follows Thomas at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s spasticity clinic. Fehlings discussed Thomas’ case with Dr. James Drake, the head of neurosurgery at SickKids hospital. Drake is one of

two pediatric neurosurgeons in Ontario qualified to assess patients seeking out-of-country (OOC) SDR surgery. Thomas’ future changed. Last December, YoungHaecker opened a letter from the ministry approving Thomas’ OOC OHIP funding the same day her husband Corey read a letter from Park confirming Thomas for SDR surgery on May 11. "I called Corey. ’Thomas was approved for surgery.’ He said, ’How do you know?’ We were so super happy. We were excited to know Thomas’ life would be pain-free." Four-year-old Thomas is an "excellent candidate" for SDR surgery, Park said. "Thomas will be able to walk independently with

improved balance and endurance," Park wrote in the letter. "He will be able to participate in recreational activities and SDR will prevent future deterioration." Post-SDR surgery, Thomas’ spasticity will be permanently reduced, and his sitting and standing postures and comfort improved, Park said. Still, the Haeckers needed to raise $25,000 for possible post-SDR tendon-release surgery and equipment. They took out a line-ofcredit. Their GoFundMe Page (https://www.gofundme.com/thomasjourney) has surpassed $30,000. And they committed to Park to a year of daily physiotherapy post-SDR. But Young-Haecker is concerned about how and who is evaluated for OOC

OHIP coverage. "Ours was not as tough as struggle as that of some parents seeking out-ofcountry SDR. There shouldn’t be that discrepancy," she said. "Some parents can’t even get to see these two (evaluating) doctors because they’re told they’re out of the catchment area." The Ministry of Health "is not aware of any catchment area barriers that would exclude patients from obtaining services at either location (doctor)," ministry spokesperson David Jensen said in an email. The ministry has received 17 OOC prior-approval applications for patients seeking SDR in the U.S. since it began accepting applications October 2014; 11 of those were approved for OOC OHIP funding, Jensen said. The ministry is reviewing a proposal from the Toronto Local Health Integration Network and Holland Bloorview and SickKids Hospital to establish a joint SDR assessment/surgery/ rehab program in Ontario, he added. If approved, YoungHaecker urged the government to offer parents physio cost relief. "Even if Ontario does come up with a SDR program here, they need to come up with a structure for physio after surgery where parents don’t have to pay so much for physio for an entire year after," she said. Start your day by exploring an unsolved mystery, meeting interesting people in our communities and reading new nonfiction or fiction by Canadian authors. Join us every Sunday for your Sunday Reads.

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Visit insidetoronto.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. Boot Sale fundraiser (May 6th rain date). Luncheon and Crafters’ Fair WHEN: 10:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: Mimico Presbyterian Church, 119 Mimico Ave., Toronto CONTACT: blwallac@live.ca COST: Spring Crafters Fair will have all your Mother’s Day gifts ready for that special person. Lunch room. l Sunday, April 30 Fashion Show - Mother-Daughter WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m WHERE: St. Demetrius Church Hall, 135 La Rose Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Irene Nazar, 416-2445333, irenenazar@sympatico.ca COST: $30/ticket Fashions by Zack

Etobicoke-Lakeshore Interfaith Festival WHEN: 2:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Tibetan Canadian Cultur-

al Centre, 40 Titan Rd., Toronto CONTACT: 647-520-1848 COST: This event is designed to showcase some of the incredible cultural achievements of our different traditions and share them with our community. Join us for food, song, dance, and entertainment from many of the world’s great faith traditions! Open to all of our neighbours in EtobicokeLakeshore and beyond. l Monday, May 1 Our Fragil Planet: Green Eating and how we can eat better WHEN: 6:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m WHERE: Alderwood Library, 2 Orianna Dr., Toronto CONTACT: 416-394-5310 Special guest Monika Meulman discusses improving our food consumption by educating ourselves about food preparation and production. To register for this free program call 416-3945310.

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HBSRRA, noting that they’ll seek to accomplish that goal through annual general meetings and polling, as well a "very strong online presence" they hope will encourage widespread resident participation. "Right now, there’s a group of five very passionate people doing this, but it is 100 per cent our goal to make sure we have an elected body that is putting options forward to the community, and considering and ultimately deciding together what is being presented to local political decision-makers," Barba said. "We just need to have a strong voice and start standing up for ourselves." For more information about the HBSRRA, go to www.facebook.com/HumberBayShores. There, Barba said, residents are encouraged to leave feedback, ask questions, and explore the HBSRRA’s mission statement, objectives, drafted bylaws and conflict of interest policy.

l Thursday, April 27 Hot Docs WHEN: 2:30 p.m WHERE: Various venues, Various venues, Toronto CONTACT: info@hotdocs.ca COST: Various prices, some free Presenting 200+ films from across the globe to Toronto April 27 to May 7. l Friday, April 28 Hit The Floor Toronto WHEN: 12:00 p.m WHERE: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W., Toronto CONTACT: info@hitthefloor.ca COST: various More than 1,200 dancers participating in the competition April 28-30. l Sunday, April 30 Making a Joyful Noise WHEN: 4:00 a.m - 6:00 a.m WHERE: Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street, Toronto CONTACT: Shirleyjpaquette@gmail.com COST: $30 Toronto Classical Singers salutes Canada’s 150th, the Queen’s 65th and its 25th.

Vaisakhi - The Khalsa Day WHEN: 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m WHERE: Exhibition Place, Nathan

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This year’s Khalsa Day Parade goes April. 30, from Exhibition Place to Nathan Phillips Square.

Phillips Square, Downtown Toronto, Toronto CONTACT: JaagoSikho@gmail.com COST: All day celebrations to commemorate the Birth of Sikh Faith that coincides with Festival of harvest. The day starts with morning prayers at the Exhibition Grounds at CNE. A parade proceeds to Nathan Philips Square, City Hall along Lakeshore Blvd. where dignitaries, leaders and masses greet each other. Plenty of free South Asian vegetarian food is served at all sites without any

limitations to everyone. Learn to Speed Skate WHEN: 6:00 p.m - 7:30 p.m WHERE: MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, 400 Kipling Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: TSSCregistrar@gmail.com COST: Kids aged six to 12 are invited by the Toronto Speed Skating Club to learn the basics of speed skating in a fun environment. Participants must be able to skate forward one full map of the rink and stop.

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ineffective municipal and planning decisions," Barba said. "As a group, we were growing more and more concerned, especially because there was an absence of democratic and public process that could gauge and address the needs of the community. We believe the path forward should be based on a transparent, democratic and inclusive ethos - and we want to look to encourage and provide that if we can." According to Barba, some examples among the diverse set of challenges the new HBSRRA hopes to tackle in the near future include the population-dense area’s poor public transportation, lack of rapid transit, gridlock, failing hydro grid, and lack of local school and daycare options. To those ends, the fivemember steering committee behind the new HBSRRA - which also includes Gerry Berman, Bonnie Whitley, Filip Vla-

sák, and Sandra May Horncastle - have been meeting over the past year to lay the groundwork for the group’s solid foundation. "We really wanted to make sure that we hashed out appropriate bylaws, code of ethics, conflict of interest and all that stuff, so we made sure to really take our time," Barba said. While the group is still in its early stages, they are set to begin seeking membership from residents and ratepayers from within its boundaries in the next couple of weeks. Geographically, the HBSRRA spans the area from the Humber River to the east; the GO tracks to the north; Humber Bay Park West to Grand Harbour, to Fleeceline Road, to Harbourview Crescent to the west; and Lake Ontario to the south (including Humber Bay Park East and Humber Bay Park West). "In the end, it’s really about formulating a platform that allows the community to find solutions together," Barba said of the

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l Saturday, April 29 Flea Market WHEN: 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m WHERE: Kingsway-Lambton United Church, 85 The Kingsway, Toronto CONTACT: 416-2348224 COST: Thousands of items carefully chosen, sorted, well displayed and priced to sell. BBQ lunch.

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10 COMMUNITY

Is this the long-lost Richview bell? CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com The shroud of mystery surrounding the missing Richview bell might have finally lifted. Trustee Chris Glover has enlisted the help of the Toronto District School Board’s archivist to determine whether or not a bell found in the backyard of a Kipling and Eglinton area home could, in fact, be the long-lost 1800s artifact. "We’ve taken pictures and measurements, and the board archivist, Greg McKinnon, is taking that back to see if these help to identify it," he said, noting that there are no cast markers on the bell, making it difficult to ascertain its origins. Glover was first alerted to the existence of the bell late last month by Michael Duench, who found it in the backyard of the home he and his family moved into in August. "It’s an original house, so when we moved in, there were a lot of projects throughout that we took on to kind of update it," he said.

"One of them was this solid steel gazebo in the middle of the backyard with a big bell on top. We ripped it down, cut it out of the ground, and sent all the metal to scrap - all except the bell, which we kept out of curiosity." Interested in potentially reinstalling the piece as a dinner bell for his kids, Duench said he sent the bell to his father for refurbishing. It’s been sitting his garage ever since. Fast forward to last month, when Duench’s father-in-law alerted him to a story in the Etobicoke Guardian detailing Glover’s search for the Richview bell. "He sent the article over to us and asked if we thought our bell could be the Richview bell. Given that we live less than a block away from where the bell would’ve been (at site of the former Richview School), we thought it could be possible," Duench said. "So, I sent (Glover) a note and invited him over to check it out." Glover eagerly took him up on the offer, and recently paid a visit to the bell with McKinnon in

tow. The pair also visited Islington Junior Middle School to have a look at their old school bell for comparison. "(The Islington) bell is much larger, made of iron, and has a casting marker of ’28’ on it," Glover said, surmising that the number is likely indicative of the bell’s manufacture date in 1828. Unfortunately, Glover added, there are no such date markers or detailing on the suspected Richview bell, making it difficult to determine its authenticity. Glover is now calling on anyone in the community who might have identifying information about the Richview bell to come forward. "If any of your readers have a way of determining whether the bell Michael has is the right bell, we would appreciate the information," he said, noting that he’s eager to solve the mystery once and for all. "The search is getting exciting. It’s the most fun project I’m working on as a trustee." Anyone with information is urged to contact Glover at chris.glover@tdsb.on.ca.

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The Toronto District School Board’s archivist is currently investigating the possibility that this recently refurbished bell, found on the backyard gazebo of a home a mere block from the site of the former Richview School, could be the school’s missing circa 1800s bell.

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DENISE HARRIS denise.harris@sympatico.ca The family of James and Martha Eastwood played an important role in the development of Long Branch. In 1845, James Eastwood from England and Martha Smith from Scotland married in Richmond Hill, where James worked as a coachman. In 1861, they purchased 219 acres (88 ha) of land south of Lakeshore Road (now Lake Shore Blvd. W.), east of Etobicoke Creek, and moved there with their seven children. Their new property was originally part of a vast estate granted to Colonel Samuel Smith. The Eastwoods lived in the small log house that had been Smith’s home, eventually expanding it to ten rooms. The property still had most of its original forest, and James cut and sold most of the timber, and then farmed the newly-cleared land. In 1883, James sold approximately 64 acres (26

ha) on the eastern edge of his property to the consortium that would develop it into an exclusive summer resort named Long Branch Park (see column January 12, 2017.) James died in 1884 and Martha in 1916. Five of their seven children - Annabella, James, John, Samuel and Sarah - never married and lived in the family home their entire lives. Daughter Elizabeth married George Christopherson in 1871 and by 1891 they had moved to Halton County. The youngest son, Robert, married Elizabeth MacGregor in 1912 at the age of 51. Around 1911, Robert built the unique house seen in the above photo for his new bride. It was located at what today would be the southwest corner of Lake Shore Blvd. W. and 37th Street. Robert was described as tall, reserved, and highly principled. He served on Etobicoke’s council 1895-6. He won prizes every year

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Home of Robert and Elizabeth Eastwood, built ca. 1911 in an eclectic Queen Anne style with a high gambrel roof and octagonal window bays topped by towers. for his horses, and became a trusted livestock judge. He and his brothers were highly respected locally and when trouble broke out in local hotels, like Mimico’s Windsor House, they were called to defuse

the situation. Usually one look at the brothers all carrying their shotguns was enough to restore order. In 1919, the Eastwoods sold all but six acres of their remaining property to developers, and the area

was opened as the "Eastwood Park Estates" subdivision. Robert died in 1927, and his house was sold to Paul Laurents who operated it as a tourist home until 1935, and then expanded it into a

licensed hotel. Under the Laurents’ four generation ownership, it was a respectable neighbourhood establishment. However, after it was sold to new owners in 1987, newspapers began to carry stories about strippers, drunken brawls, and frequent police arrests. By 2008, the building was in such poor physical condition that it was demolished. There was once an Eastwood Street in Long Branch, but in 1935, its name was changed to 38th Street. However, in 2017 the family will be commemorated once again when a new street opens off Long Branch Avenue., north of Lake Shore Boulevard West, with the name Eastwood Park Gardens. Denise Harris is the Historian for the Etobicoke Historical Society. Her column appears every second Thursday. Reach her at denise.harris@sympatico.ca.

EDUCATION

Toronto Youth Cabinet led push for financial literacy learning across Ontario JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com When it comes to providing a quality education, those who stand to benefit most - youth - are often left without a voice at the table. With financial literacy set to earn increased attention in Ontario classrooms, however, students across the province may want to give thanks to the Toronto Youth Cabinet (TYC). First established 1998 by Toronto City Council, the TYC started out as a way of getting youth involved in municipal decisions. Nearly two decades later, the group has lent a youth voice to issues ranging from housing to transit to employment to education. With the provincial government’s late March announcement that financial literacy would be one of the major planks of a career studies pilot program, one of the TYC’s main objectives have been achieved. Students will now get a firmer footing in terms of earning and saving, budgeting and money management. The TYC’s focus on boosting financial literacy education started in 2016, when Prakash Amarasooriya joined the team and took on the role of school boards lead. He noted that in talking to youth about shortcomings in the education system, the lack of financial literacy education was a common refrain. "We did research to see how financial literacy was taught in schools - we looked into the Ontario curriculum - and there were mentions of it but it wasn’t really directly addressed," said Amarasoori-

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Toronto Youth Cabinet members Edwin White Chacon (left), Prakash Amarasooriya, Bri Gardner, Riley Peterson and Tom Gleason were instrumental in making financial literacy a bigger part of the Ontario curriculum. ya. "It was dispersed throughout other courses, but it wasn’t a focus. It felt more like an afterthought." There had been repeated calls for mandatory money skills to be taught in high school from various groups and politicians. The TYC also approached the Ministry of Education last summer to raise the issue, but felt their initial overtures were rebuffed. "What we got from them was that they thought they were doing a good enough job with financial literacy," Amarasooriya said. Not content with that response, the TYC created a five-phase plan to increase the pressure on the

government to devote more class time to financial literacy. They started with a petition and followed it up with a press release, and the attention those steps garnered was enough that the final phases of their plan - taking the matter to the legislature, conducting workshops and airing videos from youth talking about the importance of financial literacy education - were not necessary. "Fortunately, the attention we got in the media was enough that we started to see the slight differences in the minister’s statements over the next two to three weeks," said TYC ex-

ecutive director Tom Gleason. "It went from ’We’re confident things are working well’ to ’Changes are coming.’" Gleason added that the TYC’s actions received nearly unanimous consent from people from across the political spectrum. Amarasooriya noted financial literacy education will better prepare students for life outside the classroom in ways many core courses may not. "It will help students take a look at their goals, values and (financial) decision-making and help them understand what their needs are and what their wants are," he said.

"They’ll also get familiar with things like mortgages, financing and leases, or TFSAs and RRSPs. Those things can be confusing or daunting when you don’t really know about them, and this will help students understand them better." That knowledge will better enable young people to take control of their financial futures, giving them the tools they need to make smarter decisions. Making the careers course and its associated financial literacy education mandatory will be another big win for students across the province. "People from disadvan-

taged neighbourhoods will get as much in-school learning about financial literacy as people from affluent neighbourhoods," Amarasooriya said. "And where putting a useful topic in another course was shown to be ineffective, this will make it way more useful to students." Education Minister Mitzie Hunter said she was happy to hear from the TYC when it approached her with its call for increased financial literacy in schools. Having taken her role in the ministry last June, she was quick to see the importance of such instruction. "They came to me to talk about ’How do we bring this into schools?’ and I was really pleased to let them know that I was very supportive of this and wanted to see it happen," she said. Hunter added that she was impressed with the TYC’s commitment and preparation in bringing about change, noting that having engaged youth makes the education system work better not only for the students but for the province as a whole. "It’s very important to me that I hear (from) students and connect with them on their learning and on their education," she said. "Listening to students and allowing them to share their ideas and their perspectives around their learning is extremely important." With the TYC and other engaged youth organizations taking on leadership roles, there will surely be no shortage of ideas and perspectives coming the minister’s way.

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