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WORKSHOP AT CENTRAL LIBRARY ◗CITIZEN A representative from the Toronto District School board can help you work towards becoming a Canadian citizen at a workshop being held at the North York Central Library.

Topics will include what it means to be a citizen, what to expect from the citizenship test and how to prepare using the Discover Canada guide.

The workshop will be held May 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the library at 5120 Yonge St., north of Sheppard Avenue. The event is free, but seating is limited.

Call 416-395-5660 for more information or to register.

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INSIDE North York native gets George Brown College’s ‘Pinball’ award / 3

PHOTOS Students take on enviro challenge / 13

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ONSTAGE: Marc Garneau Collegiate students perform at the 3rd annual Show Choir Canada competition Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Garneau took home the Spirit Award from the event, won by the Etobicoke School for the Arts.

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As part of the business studies course she teaches, Aryta Persaud likes to encourage her

class to engage the entire York Mills Collegiate Institute student body in their projects.

In years past, her business class has put on Viva York Mills, a Vegas-themed fundraiser, and

Cafe for a Cause, with proceeds going to Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS), a registered charitable foundation of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).

This year, the Grade 12 class is organizing week-long event Project Kindness, which will include a barbecue, a teacher appreciation day, dance and music festival, April 29 to May

3 at the Leslie Street and York Mills Road school.

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community sprint For brain tumour foundation wSpring It doesn’t matter if you walk or run, just come out to the Toronto Spring Sprint on April 27 to help raise money for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.

It runs from 9 a.m. to noon at Sunnybrook Park at the Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue entrance.

Besides the five-kilometre walk and run, there will be a silent auction, children’s craft area and more.

For more information, visit www.braintumour.ca or call Anne Megahy at 416-461-2805.

Division meeting twice residents w31with Following a number of violent incidents in Downsview in recent months, including last month’s fatal shooting of Zoltan Hyacinth following an interaction with police at a fast food drive-through, police officers from 31 Division are getting together with residents at two events.

A roundtable discussion will

be held Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St., north of Wilson Avenue. On Saturday at 12:30 p.m., residents will meet at the library for a neighbourhood patrol with officers.

Space is limited; RSVP to anthonynfernando@gmail. com Kwinter to receive York Centre nomination wOntario’s oldest MPP is gearing up to run in his ninth provincial election.

York Centre MPP Monte Kwinter will be formally nominated as the riding’s Liberal candidate this evening at 7 p.m. at Mastros Restaurant at 890 Wilson Ave., west of Dufferin Street.

First elected in 1985, Kwinter has served in a number of cabinet posts, including community safety and correctional services, consumer and commercial relations, solicitor general and industry, trade and technology.

He has also served with

a number of community organizations, including the Canadian National Exhibition, the Toronto Humane Society and the Toronto Regional Council of B’nai Brith. leader to announce York West candidate wNDP

Hoping York West will swing to the NDP in the next provincial election, party leader Andrea Horwath will announce the winning candidate at the riding’s NDP nomination meeting this evening.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at York Woods Library Theatre at 1785 Finch Ave. between Keele Thursday and Jane streets.

The riding is now held by Liberal MPP Mario Sergio, who received 11,455 votes in the 2011 provincial election, more than 3,500 over secondplace NDP finisher Tom Rakocevic, who is again seeking his party’s nomination.

Horwath has visited the riding since the last election, including earlier this month when she met with residents to discuss auto insurance rates and other issues.

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to benefit St. John’s Rehab wGala St. John’s Rehab Foundation is promising an unforgettable evening of dinner, dancing and a silent auction at its fundraising Lights of Hope gala next month.

The event will help the foundation raise $500,000 for St. John’s Rehab at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, which helps people rebuild their lives after life-changing illness or injury. The facility, on Cummer Avenue, west of Bayview Avenue, is also home to Canada’s only organ transplant rehabilitation program and Ontario’s only burn rehabilitation program.

The gala will be held May 30 at St. John’s. Tickets are $750 each or $10,000 for a table. For more information, visit www. stjohnsrehab.com/foundation in the Earth Day spirit wgetting

Northwood Montessori Preschool, at 1080 Finch Ave. E., will celebrate Earth Day Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The event will

include planting activities, an environmental treasure hunt, a recycling relay race, crafts, games and music.

For information, call 416492-9495.

Living hosting Food Truck Festival wBetter

Like street meat? Then the Better Living Food Truck Festival is for you.

On Friday, May 3, North York’s Better Living Health and Community Services is inviting everyone to the event, which will feature a variety of tasty foods, cold beer and live entertainment. The festival kicks off at 3 p.m. at 1 Overland Dr., off the Donway West, south of Lawrence Avenue.

Proceeds will help support Better Living programs and services, such as long-term care, leisure activities, hospice palliative care, educational programs and community care.

For more information, contact Glenn Beardsley by email at gpbeardsley@ betterlivinghealth. org or by calling 416447-7244.

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North York basketball player Nathaniel Elliott gets ‘Pinball’ award DAVID GROSSMAN active@insidetoronto.com

Lawrence avenues area, Elliot chose to attend Father Henry Carr Secondary. After graduation, he spent almost three years working as a cook in several prominent North York restaurants.

Elliott said he wasn’t clear about a career. That is, until he grew fond of working preparing food.

“I liked preparing pastas, steaks and salads,” he said. “Just a great deal of fun.”

And there was always a spot for basketball.

Elliott worked as a summer camp counselor for three years teaching boys and girls, between the ages of 6 and 14, about the fundamentals of the basketball.

It was in conjunction with the Youth Association for Academics, Athletics, and Character Education (YAAACE) program.

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athaniel Elliott isn’t just a great cook, talented musician and basketball player. The 22 year old has another special gift.

It’s one that radiates every time he’s around people.

And that is respect and kindness.

The North York resident can play six musical instruments, was solid on the hardcourt this season shooting hoops for the George Brown College Huskies and is also infatuated with the English language.

So much so, that he walks around with an iPod that has a dictionary App. But Elliott was singled out the other day for a special award – and it’s one he not only cherishes, but also just hasn’t stopped talking about to friends and family.

It was an award much bigger than the citation he won as a teen for maintaining a high average while playing school sport.

This latest accomplishment, he said after receiving it, was for something that embellishes everything he has learned from his mother.

“She has always told me to play fair, be kind to others and show it in a meaningful way,” said Elliott, who has embedded the ideals of sportsmanship in his performance on and off the basketball court.

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This is big for me, to be recognized on such a large scale and to get the award from Mr. Clemons.

– Nathaniel Elliott

At the 44th annual George Brown College annual celebration of athletic excellence, Elliot received the inaugural Michael “Pinball” Clemons Fair Play Award – a special award signifying the importance of fairness, respect and showing a positive attitude by a student athlete in sport.

And, the Canadian Football League record holder and Hall of Fame icon was there to hand it out. That came, after an inspiring talk by Clemons that spoke to many of the strengths exhibited

by Elliott.

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North York basketball player Nathaniel Elliott, 22, receives the inaugural Michael Pinball Clemons Fair Play Award at George Brown College.

Elliot, glued to the stimulating presentation by Clemons that touched on discipline and humility and humbleness, didn’t have a clue he was the recipient until the details of the award winner showed similarities to him.

“At first, I couldn’t stop smiling,” he recalled.

“I was at the banquet to support my teammates and others.

Turned out that I got an important reward. Believe me, I will cherish it for the rest of my life.

This is big for me, to be recognized on such a large scale and to get the award from Mr. Clemons.”

Elliott doesn’t live a boring life.

In grade school he played several instruments, from the trumpet and viola to the cello and piano.

In church, he played the steel drums. culinary skills But now, in addition to the dictionary and studies at George Brown, where he’s finishing his first year in culinary management nutrition, basketball has taken over from music.

“I was ecstatic, more like shock – just couldn’t believe it,” said Elliott after he recalled the standing ovation from a crowd of almost 300 people. award a ‘milestone’ “My work ethic, the drive, the passion and determination – all instilled in me by my mother – has been huge and it has led to this award, which is now a milestone in my life.”

Elliott, who grew up in the Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue area of North York, always felt inclined to help neighbors, senior and friends – especially shoveling snow in inclement weather.

“It just had to be done so I did it,” he recalled. “No questions, I would clear driveways and offer to help anyway I could.”

Even before he signed up for the culinary program at George Brown, Elliott was passionate about cuisine, nutrition and keen on recipes.

A student at Brookhaven Public School, in the Black Creek and

A wordsmith, Elliott thrives on the English language – studying, understanding and learning about words.

And he hasn’t tired or become uninterested in something that started to become part of his life at the age of eight. That’s when he took the advice of his mother and aunt. Both told him to check a dictionary if he wasn’t sure of a word, spelling or meaning.

“They always used big words and told me to look them up in the dictionary,” he recalled.

“I became fascinated with words, but it was the best way to learn. My friends know I read everything – whatever helps me learn.”

“Always learning, always room for improvement,” said Elliott, who also writes poetry and expands his vocabulary by checking the popular Word of the Day feature.

At 6-foot-2, Elliott played the guard and forward positions for the Huskies squad that finished with a 16-4 record this season before losing in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association playoffs.

Chosen to Team Ontario’s under-17 squad in the summer of 2008, he battled tendonitis in his knee that kept him sidelined for the first few games of the season.

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police briefs

Father, daughter pull man from subway tracks A father and daughter have been hailed as heroes for saving the life of a man who had fallen onto the tracks of Yorkdale subway station Saturday.

Police said a man was waiting for a southbound train around 7:30 p.m. when he suffered a medical problem, causing him to fall onto the tracks and hit his head.

The father and daughter jumped down onto the tracks and lifted the man onto the platform before bystanders performed first aid while waiting for emergency responders to arrive. The man was taken to hospital in stable condition. reports sexual assault at York University wwoman

Police are looking for a suspect after a woman was sexually assaulted at York University last Wednesday.

Police said the victim was walking inside the campus when a male on a bicycle began following her around 4:50 a.m. The man approached the woman and sexually assaulted her before fleeing.

The suspect is described as black, 18 to 21 years old, 5’6 to 5’7, 90 to 120 pounds with a skinny face and nose. We was wearing a black toque, dark jacket, dark khaki pants and black shoes. girl approached by man after school wyoung

Police are looking for a suspect after a young girl was approached by a man who insisted on walking her home from school near Don Mills Road and Overlea Boulevard Wednesday.

Police said a 10-year-old girl was walking through the soccer field of Gateway Public School alone around 4:15 p.m. when a man approached, pulled on her shirt sleeve and insisted he walk her home.

The girl ran towards the school and the man left the area. approaches girl at soccer field wman

Police say a man was involved in a suspicious incident with a 10-yearold girl Wednesday at a soccer field in the Flemingdon Park area.

The man approached the girl, who was alone on the field near Gateway Public School, and allegedly “insisted that he walk her home,” Toronto police reported Thursday.

The girl ran toward Gateway Boulevard school.

Anyone with information on these or other crimes can report them to Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-2228477 (TIPS) or https://222tips.com

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it’s happening ◗ Tuesday, April 23

CARP North York Chapter Official Launch WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: St. George on Yonge Anglican, 5350 Yonge St. CONTACT: Anne Wynter, 647-639-8421, www.carp.ca/northyork, carpnorthyork@gmail.com COST: Free All seniors are welcome. No registration required.

◗ Wednesday, April 24

North York Senior Games: Scrabble WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Earl Bales Park Community Centre, 4169 Bathurst St. CONTACT: Lynda Wise, 416 225-3535, lyndawise@yahoo. com COST: Free The goal is to have fun and meet other seniors.

Seniors’ Moments: Brain Gym and Brain Food WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Canterbury Place Retirement Residence, 1 Canterbury Place CONTACT: Janet Crawford, 416-227-1643, anne. dawson@rogers.com COST: Free All seniors are welcome. Call to register.

North York Senior Games: Cribbage

looking ahead ◗ Saturday, May 4

Parkway Valley Tennis Club Opening Day WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: 230 Cassandra Blvd CONTACT: Adrian Cordea, 416-391-3962, www.pvtc. ca, contact@pvtc.ca COST: Free Junior court time4s, 9: a.m. to noon; adult cout times 1 to 4 p.m. Members and guests are welcome to a free day of tennis. (Will take place Sunday, May 5 if it’s raining.)

CHECK OUT OUR complete online community calendar by visiting www. northyorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your North York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Edithvale Community Centre, 7 Edithvale Dr. CONTACT: Emma Varga, 416 225-9024, evarga3@rogers.com COST: Free

◗ Thursday, April 25

Abiding Obsessions, Recurring Themes: A Panel Discussion WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: Elizabeth, 416395-5639, http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Join writer-in-residence Alissa York and authors Miriam Toews, Rabindranath Maharaj and NinoRicci for a discussion about the themes, motifs and character types that won’t leave them alone. Call to register.

Keep Toronto Reading: The Paper Bag Princess Fire Performance WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Downsview Public Library, 2793 Keele St. CONTACT: Diana, 416-395-5720, doprograms@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Illuminair Entertainment will light up the evening sky with the classic story of ‘The Paper Bag Princess.’ The program will be held outside in the reading garden; weather permitting.

Standing room only. For all ages. Call to register.

◗ Friday, April 26

Toronto Jewelry Gem and Mineral Show and Sale WHERE: Don Mills Civitan Arena, 1030 Don Mills Rd. CONTACT: Debra

Grose, 905-982-1115, www.torontogemshow.com, dkgrose@powergate. ca COST: $7; children 15 and under free with an adult The show takes place today, Saturday and Sunday. Free parking. Wheelchair accessible. Note: $2 off admission coupon available online.

9390, theahaller@rogers.com COST: Free Bring your bikes, scooters, wagons, roller blades and skates and we will sell it for you for a small fee. No strollers. Skiis and Biikes will perform safety inspections on your bikes.

Pizza and Prayer (for families with children aged 8 to11) WHEN: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: Education Office, 416-487-3281, www.templesinai.net, education@templesinai.net COST: $9 Register by noon Thursday, April 25.

Digital Photography for Beginners WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Bernard Betel Centre, 1003 Steeles Ave. W. CONTACT: Dianne ErdosRush, 416-225-2112, www.betelcentre.org, dianneer@betelcentre.org COST: $80 for members, $90 for non-members Learn to use your digital camera, take great pictures, go on a field trip to Edwards Gardens, learn how to put the pictures in your computer, fix them up and print them out. Runs for six weeks.

◗ Saturday, April 27

Toronto Spring Sprint WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Sunnybrook Park, Leslie and Eglinton Entrance CONTACT: Anne Megahy, 416-461-2805, http://www.braintumour.ca/, a922395@sympatico.ca COST: Free The Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, Toronto Spring Sprint, Walk, or Run. Also a silent auction, children’s craft area, and more.

Wheels Sale and Henry Farm Tennis Club Opening WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Havenbrook Park, 15 Havenbrook Ave. CONTACT: Thea Haller, 416-493-

◗ Sunday, April 28

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Innovation Forum in North York Enterprise Toronto’s Innovation Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, May 1 at the North York Civic Centre.

The free event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the council chambers. Keynote speakers are Phil White (CEO of Cervélo, opening speaker) and Ken Tencer (CEO of Spyderworks Inc., afternoon speaker).

Other features include a panel discussion, workshops, networking opportunities and an innovation tradeshow.

Space is limited. Register at www.innovationcamp2013.eventbrite.com or call 416-395-7499 for more information.

FOR DOWNSVIEW BUSINESS ◗HALF-CENTURY

Vic’s Hardware, a long-time fixture in the Downsview business community, celebrated 50 years in business on Saturday with a charity fundraiser.

The store, located on Wilson Avenue, east of Keele Street, hosted the event as a

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Organizers raised more than $500 from the event.

HUBBLE IN GOOD POSITION ◗TEAM

The Schulich School of Business’ Hubble MBA team is in good position in an online contest to qualify for a wild-card spot at the Hult competition finals Sept. 22.

The Hult Prize brings together post-secondary student teams from around the globe to present solutions to a critical world problem. This year’s challenge is to improve food security – safe, accessible, nutritious, and affordable food – for the millions living in urban slums worldwide.

The Hubble team, which includes first-year Schulich MBA students

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Riyad Mobeen, Srivatsan Vijayakumar, Ken Fong, Jasmine Dove and Monika Kajal, recently finished second in the regional competition in San Francisco.

Online voting for the wildcard position ends May 12. The Top 10 videotaped entries will then be viewed by judges and a winner selected on May 20.

The 2013 Hult Global Case Challenge finals are in New York City on Sept. 22.

CLEANS UP IN SUNNYBROOK PARK ◗MERCEDES

Thirty-five employees at the head office of MercedesBenz Canada took some time Friday to venture to Sunnybrook Park for Corporate Clean-up Day. At the end of the event, volunteers had filled more than 40 trash bags for pickup at the park.

Volunteers from the Eglinton Avenue East office

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REPRESENTING DON MILLS: The Scouts Kub Kar Rally regional finals were held at Cloverdale Mall on Saturday. Andrew, left, and Santina of 2nd Don Mills Scout troop took part in the event.

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The opportunity of Global Youth Service Day T his Saturday’s Global Youth Service Day event is a great opportunity for Toronto youth to learn more about volunteering and how they can help their city and themselves.

Celebrated in more than 100 countries, and with Michelle Obama as its honorary chair, Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) was established in 1988 as a way for children and youth to come together to address issues of global and local importance to them.

Set for the Members Lounge of Toronto City Hall from 1 to 5 p.m., the event will be the first time GYSD has been marked in Canada. It’s being hosted by the City Youth Council of Toronto (CYCTO). The council helps youth help their communities, influence public policy and our view learn about how our city’s municipal government works.

Several service Youngsters can learn more GYSD and Toronto’s youth organizations about council at the event or by going to to be on hand www.gysd.org and www.cycto.ca respectively.

At Toronto’s event, at which all youngsters interested in volunteering are welcome to attend, a number of service organizations will be on hand, including Habitat for Humanity Toronto, the Toronto International Film Festival and Jane’s Walk.

These organizations obviously believe they can benefit from the enthusiasm, energy and availability of young volunteers. Young people who find an organization to help will also gain in the many ways that volunteers do, such as a sense of appreciation for helping others and making their community better. Toronto’s GYSD, though, should not just be about what local organizations need and the benefits of volunteering. It should also be about ideas.

Encouraging young people to get involved in the community helps us all. And it especially helps when those young volunteers are not just carrying boxes, but also are identifying the issues of concern in their neighbourhoods and working to find solutions.

We can learn from some of the examples of other GYSD projects around the world. In Buffalo, New York, some 1,000 youngsters are involved in recycling projects to help their city’s environment.

We’re looking forward to seeing Toronto’s young people become more involved in their communities through this Saturday’s GYSD.

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Leafs’ playoff appearance will have familiar, grizzled look

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he NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin next week and though it has been nine years since the Toronto Maple Leafs last qualified for the postseason, as this little ditty explains, one expects that they’ll look like they belong in short order.

I Ain’t Shaving, Till We Bring Stanley Home Like the heroes of last year.

And the legends before them.

There’s a ritual we all go through Before the playoff games begin.

We chuck our razors in the trash.

And on the mirror we write in foam: “I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.”

It’s not some silly superstition.

Its power is tried and true.

When you get your playoff

jamie wayne BUT SERIOUSLY game face on, There’s nothing you can’t do.

And one look at the stubble around you Is enough to get you in the zone.

I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.

My kids don’t recognize me.

My wife, she thinks I’m hot.

The rookies up and down the bench Wish they could grow what I got.

And one look at the stubble around you Is enough to get you in the zone.

I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.

And though you’d swear that I play for ZZ Top When May rolls into June.

And when I drop by the

local retirement home I look like the oldest dude in the room.

And one look at the stubble around you Is enough to get you in the zone.

I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.

So, like my father before me.

And his father before him.

There’s a ritual we all go through Before the playoff games begin.

We chuck our razors in the trash.

And on the mirror we write in foam: “I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.”

I ain’t shaving, till we bring Stanley home.

Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics?

Not so much. His column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at jamie.wayne@sympatico.ca

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Wasted money could have funded transit To the editor: Re: ‘Paying the price for underfunding transit,’ The City, April 18.

Columnist David Nickle seems to ignore the fact that over the past 20 years, many millions of dollars have been wasted by the city that could have gone toward transit.

There has been huge overspending in the past within the TTC – overruns on the St. Clair line as just one example.

It is sensible and honest to do as Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong suggests – give the taxpayers some idea of the projected costs.

Because of many years of mismanagement at city hall, the answers are much more complex than Nickle implies.

The current Executive Committee and former budget chief deserve gratitude from the beleaguered Toronto taxpayers.

Anne Robinson

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Intensification outside of city core ‘a joke’ Spring cleaning act generates kind, neighbourly reply To the editor: I am cleaning out my house – a sort of “spring cleaning” of several decades.

This past week I had my recycling bin filled to the brim and five more large recycling bags at the curb in front of my house.

The bags had not been picked up yet and there were several household items leaning against my tree on the front lawn.

Around dinner time, my doorbell rang and when I went to the door a kindly gentlemen was on my porch with several things in his arms.

I thought he was trying to sell me something and I was trying to think of a nice way to let him down without hurting his feel-

ings.

The man explained to me that he noticed all of the wonderful things that were on my front lawn and thanked me for allowing him to peruse and take certain items from my lawn and from my recycling bin.

He wanted to thank me with some gifts: a pair of household/garden kitchen shears, a large glass sapphire and a tour book of Toronto.

I was so amazed and very touched by this incredible kindness.

Say what you like about Toronto, but there are some wonderful people who live here and I am proud to call this city “my Toronto.”

Jacqui Tucker

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To the editor: Re: ‘Paying the price for underfunding transit,’ The City, April 18.

I drive regularly in and around Toronto. Most of the problem in the inner city could be fixed by some fairly easy and (relatively) inexpensive changes.

The new transportation manager has already improved the traffic on Bloor Street by coordinating the traffic lights so it is now possible to drive from Avenue Road to Keele Street (and probably beyond) with only one or two stops, moving just under the limit.

This needs to be done through the whole city. I also recommend it for the

905, which is where the real congestion is.

I’m not opposed to subways or LRTs. What I do oppose is spending money for something that won’t work without unsustainable subsidies.

I’m attaching a “Density Map” prepared from the 1991 census. It is still relevant because most of the new population is downtown where we have adequate transport (including our feet). (The ULI - Urban Land Institute – is publicizing a meeting that includes this: Over the last decade, Toronto’s population in the downtown core has witnessed an incredible surge. According to the

Letter writer David Vallace attached a density map of the City of Toronto.

latest census data, Toronto’s waterfront population has increased 66 per cent in five years, more than any other neighbourhood in Toronto.)

Intensification in Toronto is a joke outside the core. A few highrise condos can never create the density necessary to support mass transit, including

‘Rapid’ transit not so rapid when it doesn’t have priority To the editor: Re: ‘No money, no subways, says reader,’ Letters, April 16.

I must write to set the record straight. The opinion by P. Reid is accurate and informed, but fails

when it calls the surface transit “rapid”.

The term rapid is only correctly used when the transit has complete priority over all other vehicles at all the intersections.

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Toronto residents have been bamboozled to think we can’t afford subways.

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the mirror examines the challenge of serving the multilingual flemingdon park

our exclusive look

Flemingdon Park is one of the most multicultural areas of the city. Earlier this month, in our Listed feature, we published a list of the more than 80 languages and dialects spoken in the community.

Today, we bring you perspectives from three community organizations that serve Flemingdon Park.

We asked: How does your organization meet the challenge of serving a multilingual community?

Representatives of New Circles Community Services, Flemingdon Health Centre, and Skills for Change offer their responses.

Harness community diversity Adapt to a community’s needs

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ew Circles Community Services is a non-profit agency serving Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park and Victoria Village.

One of our core services is a program that provides gently used clothing, shoes and accessories to lowincome families at no cost.

In delivering this program out of Flemingdon Park for more than eight years, we have developed a service that uniquely meets the needs of the diverse community we serve.

In 2013, thus far, our new client registrants have been from 62 different countries of origin, all living within our catchment area.

Nearly 75 per cent of new registrants have lived in Canada for fewer than five years. Perhaps our greatest challenge in serving such a diverse community is that of creating an accessible, user-friendly and transparent service when there is oftentimes a significant language barrier.

Our main way to effectively overcome this challenge is to harness the diversity of the community we serve. Our volunteer program hosts 140 vol-

Nita Saini

New Circles Community Services unteers, 90 of whom are also our service users. In exchange for this valuable service, volunteers are able to gain transferable labour market skills, develop new social networks and have an opportunity to be further engaged within their community of residence.

As our volunteers are integral in delivering our frontline service, they are an imperative asset in helping us with translation and interpretation services.

Through their support, we are also able to ensure our service remains relevant and is delivered with sensitivity and consideration to the diverse communities we serve. In addition, our 10-person paid staff is able to communicate in 12 languages.

To facilitate the communication process, we fur-

ther harness the language capacity of community members through translation of written materials.

Volunteers in our community translate our key documents, including policies, procedures, guidelines and other pertinent information regarding our programming. Our volunteers also support us in performing follow-up calls, appointment reminders and assistance during intake, in a variety of languages.

Lastly, within our clothing program, we utilize pictures, diagrams and symbols to accompany many of our signs and program information. In this way, we are not only able to overcome the challenge of serving a multilingual community, but are also able to better address the barrier of illiteracy.

Thus, through harnessing the skills and experience of our service users, we are able to meet the challenge of serving a multilingual community. w Nita Saini is the volunteer program manager at New Circles Community Services, serving in this role since 2010.

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ne hallmark of a healthy community is the development of a rich cultural mosaic.

The incredible diversity of languages and cultures in Flemingdon Park can be a tremendous asset, but it can also create challenges.

At Flemingdon Health Centre we value and respect the diversity of the community and work with residents to provide fair and unbiased access to the resources they require to enjoy good health.

Over the years, the health centre has adapted to the changing makeup of the community.

For example: client information and brochures, previously only available in English, are now available in many languages; outreach materials have been designed for specific language and cultural groups; and workers, who reflect language and culture diversity, go into the community and engage people in the places they normally gather.

When we don’t have staff with a specific language our dedicated volunteers help bridge the gap.

Our Peer Health Ambassador project is a wonderful example of this

John Elliott

Flemingdon Health Centre in action. Through this project, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, we recruited 58 health ambassadors who speak 15 languages and trained them to deliver health and wellness programming for their peers in their own communities.

The health ambassadors were paid for running the programs and they also volunteered more than 5,000 hours of their own time. As a result, almost 1,400 community members participated in peer-led activities. This has also led to a noticeable increase in referrals of nonEnglish speaking clients to other programs.

Although our staff speaks many languages, we often use interpreters so we can talk with our clients in their preferred language. We provide interpretation in many areas including reception, primary care, social work,

nutrition, chiropody, diabetes and health promotion.

As the diversity of language spoken rises, so does the need for interpretation.

In March, staff spent 5,800 minutes on the phone with trained professionals who provided interpretation in 15 different languages.

(Last year, our interpretation costs were 400 per cent higher than our budget!)

Language interpretation is critically important when dealing with diverse communities, but so is cultural interpretation. The Peer Health Ambassador and our South Asian Diabetes Prevention programs are wonderful examples of providing both linguistic and cultural interpretation.

Flemingdon Health Centre believes in working with individuals, families and communities where they are at – physically, linguistically and culturally – to build healthy communities.

We try hard to live out our values, but there will always be room for improvement. w John Elliott, executive director of the Flemingdon Health Centre, has worked in the notfor-profit community sector for more than 25 years.

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nformation technology has taken over our lives.

With knowledge-based economies and the world in our backyards connectivity has become more important then ever.

The ability to successfully reach out to and engage people is the key to growth.

Social media has blurred geographical distances and erased boundaries, bringing people together at the push of a button.

At such a time, language is a prime medium of communication. Languages

Shabnum Bhadwanit Skills for Change

are tied to culture, to history and to evolution and depict the richness of our civilization. They have been a means of communication and development since the beginning of time and have

helped to bridge individual gaps and bring people closer together.

What are some of the challenges of serving in a multilingual community?

How does language play a role in enabling communication or impeding it?

At Skills for Change, a not-for-profit agency that works in the community helping residents with their employment and training needs, we come across a variety of different languages in our daily work.

The richness of this diver-

sity is what makes our work so rewarding.

At the same time it warrants creative ways of communicating so that we are best able to meet the needs of our clients. We respect all cultures and backgrounds, however in order for our clients to integrate successfully into the labour market, we also emphasize the importance of fluency in English.

Sometimes it is difficult to get this message across convincingly. You may have the best of knowledge and

experience, but without having a common medium of communication how can you market yourself effectively?

A lot of our clients are immigrants for whom English is a second language. We stress to them the need for fluency in English.

That does not mean their own language is any less important, it just means now they have an additional tool in their repertoire of skills.

Our staff members are reflective of the community

and speak many of the languages that are represented. Staff who are native speakers have training for communicating with speakers of English as a second language, which greatly helps. We are proud to be serving this community and share a special bond with our clients. wShabnum Bhadwanit is manager of programs and services at Skills for Change and a graduate of the Leaders for Change Program from the Maytree Foundation.

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transit group station managers introduced wTTC Last week, the TTC introduced group station managers tasked with improving cleanliness and customer service.

The six managers, Bo Koch, Cameron Penman, Shelley Pickford, Michael Sosedov, Ellen Stassen and Eve Wiggins, will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations at one group of stations across six zones comprising the entire subway system.

The positions are part of the TTC’s new charter promising significant improvements to customer service and more accountability to riders.

GO service for Lakeshore wMore

Beginning in late June, riders using GO Transit’s Lakeshore service will wait less time for trains.

On Friday, the transit agency announced it is increasing the frequency of train trips on the line travelling east and west to every 30 minutes during offpeak times. Now, riders wait 60 minutes between trains.

In all, 263 new trips per week are being added. The new service begins June 29.

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT McDonald to judge TUFF entries wBruce Famed Canadian director Bruce McDonald will judge entries for this year’s Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF).

Held at the same time as the Toronto International Film Festival, TUFF showcases 60-second short films on TTC video screens located on subway platforms.

McDonald, who is best known for Canadian underground film classics such as Hard Core Logo and Highway 61, will judge the top three films of the 11-day festival, which runs Sept. 6 to 16. He’ll also pick the winner of TUFF’s emerging filmmaker award.

For more information check out www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com Walk transit links wJane’s

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

tion-flavoured offerings as part of the Jane’s Walk festival and walking tours, May 4 and 5.

Held across the world annually in conjunction with urbanist Jane Jacob’s birthday, a list of walking tours was announced last week.

Another transportationthemed tour planned is a walk on Queens Quay, which is undergoing significant construction related to waterfront revitalization.

For a full Jane’s Walk schedule, visit www.janeswalk.net to hold transit workshops wTEA

The Toronto Environmental Alliance is looking for participants for workshops aimed at improving transit advocacy.

The group wants to train “transit ambassadors” willing to engage in community discussion and lobby on behalf of new funding for Metrolinx’s Big Move plan.

To register for the one-day workshop taking place in May, email transit@torontoenvironment.org Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column runs every Tuesday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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BRUSH with NATURE

Going green at the science centre Above, University of Toronto Schools student Kieran Kreidie-Akazaki measures the diameter of a tree at the Ontario Science Centre last Wednesday during an Ontario Envirothon regional challenge event.

At left, Victoria Park Collegiate students Rishita Gupta (top photo) and Stephanie Jiang (centre photo) identify aquatic species. At left, Kreidie-Akazaki and Cherrie Hung measure the height of a tree. An envirothon gets students outdoors to experience nature first-hand.

It is a team competition that rewards students for learning about the natural world.

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Students focus on promotion, Pull licences of taxi drivers awareness of kindness deemed dangerous: committee >>>from page 1 students in grades 9 to 12 said they felt stressed sometimes or all the time.

In an effort to lower the numbers, Persaud’s business management students decided to focus their project on the promotion and awareness of kindness.

“It was an accident for the idea,” Persaud said. “I have a board in class and ask students to place a sticky note on it for the good deeds they did that day.”

One student belongs to a kindness-based organization, and an idea sprung to deliver that message throughout the school, she said. “The students were immediately attracted to that idea,” she said. “It’s an inexpensive way to engage students. They have been overwhelmingly supportive.”

While Persaud understands young people have many responsibilities in this day and age, the percentage of those

who reported feeling stressed was surprising.

“Children have so much stress and responsibility, not just at school, and so many things can contribute to them feeling that way,” she said.

“The project is about being kind, but it also utilizes business skills. The students learn about team work, leadership skills, motivation, which can be applied in the business

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Kindness is absolutely lacking in school. The average amount of respect people have for their peers is low.

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world. We are running this just like a non-profit.”

In previous years, her projects have raised money for various organizations, reaching

$18,000 in total, but Persaud felt it was time for students to take care of their own.

Business student Jacob Hottmann said he believes all Grade 12 students can relate to stress.

“Whether it’s work, school, family issues,” he said, adding the census numbers struck him as a little high.

“I think most people generally are kind. We just want to see what acts of kindness can do for students.”

Fellow business student Jeremy Macek thinks Project Kindness is extremely relevant, given the prevalence of mental illness in young people.

“Kindness is absolutely lacking in school,” he said.

“The average amount of respect people have for their peers is low. We are trying to raise morale.”

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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com City officials should be able to yank the licences of taxi drivers who run afoul of the law before they’ve stood trial, if they believe those drivers constitute a danger to public safety, according to a member of Toronto’s licensing and standards committee.

“Staff should have the right to pull your licence if they think you’re a danger to the public, with no right of appeal,” said Scarborough Centre Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, who successfully moved a motion at the April 18 committee meeting to look into ways to get rid of potentially dangerous cab drivers.

Cu r re n t l y, t h e c i t y ’s Licensing Tribunal only removed a cab driver’s licence after a conviction of criminal activities — and then it was

only suspended for a period of between three and five years.

“There’s only one offence you can commit that means you can never drive a cab again — sexual assault against a minor,” said De Baeremaeker.

“You can be convicted of hate propaganda, robbery, assault, harassment, murder, any of those you can be convicted and three to five years after that you can get your licence. Well, you’re not the type of person we want driving a cab.”

De Baeremaeker made the motion as the committee was looking at the Toronto Licensing Tribunal’s annual report — and was unapologetic about the hard line he was taking.

“Everybody gets into a cab sooner or later, and while there may be very few of these people out there it’s

still significant,” he said. “Staff have said there are people out there today who have been convicted of sexual assault while driving a cab.”

The committee also looked at safety measures for cab drivers — including the possibility of creating mandatory barriers between the back seat and the driver, establishing a pre-payment or deposit pay system after dark, and the use of credit/debit card machines to reduce the amount of cash carried by taxi drivers.

The committee heard from drivers who were opposed to the mandatory shield, raising design problems and cost issues — although Beck Taxi’s Operational Manager Kristine Hubbard said her company wouldn’t stand in the way of such a measure.

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sports schedule TDSB CO-ED VOLLEYBALL NORTH REGION TUESDAY, APRIL 23 w Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate Institute vs.

Westview Centennial Secondary School ( Westview Centennial Secondary School, 755 Oakdale Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Georges Vanier Secondary School vs. George S. Henry Academy (George S. Henry Academy, 200 Graydon Hall Dr., 3:30 p.m.) w Earl Haig Secondary School vs. York Mills Collegiate Institute (York Mills Collegiate Institute, 490 York Mills Rd., 3:30 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 w Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate Institute vs.

C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute (C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, 340 Sentinel Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Emery Collegiate Institute vs. William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute (William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, 20 Tillplain Rd., 3:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 w Westview Centennial Secondary School senior team vs. Westview Centennial Secondary School junior team (Westview Centennial Secondary School, 3:30 p.m.) w John Polanyi Collegiate Institute vs. Georges Vanier Secondary School (Georges Vanier Secondary School, 3000 Don Mills Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Northview Heights Secondary School vs.

George S. Henry Academy (George S. Henry Academy, 200 Graydon Hall Dr., 3:30 p.m.)

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MONDAY, APRIL 29 w William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute vs. Westview Centennial Junior School (Westview Centennial Junior School, 755 Oakdale Rd., 3:30 p.m.) w Emery Collegiate Institute vs. C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute (C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, 340 Sentinel Rd., 3:30 p.m.)

Chaminade College School’s Felipe Deveza, left, Marco Tatone and Daniel Abatracola make the block and return against Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary School during TDCAA junior boys volleyball action at Chaminade Thursday afternoon. Chaminade went on to win the match 3-2 with set scores of 25-22, 19-25, 16-25, 25-21 and 15-13.

GIRLS RUGBY SOUTH REGION TIER 1 TUESDAY, APRIL 23 w Newtonbrook Secondary School vs. Northern Secondary School (Northern Secondary School, 851 Mount Pleasant Rd., 3:45 p.m.)

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23 w Newtonbrook Secondary School vs. Northern Secondary School (Northern Secondary School, 851 Mount Pleasant Rd., 3:45 p.m.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 w Newtonbrook Secondary School vs. Malvern Collegiate Institute (Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute, 3663 Danforth Ave., 12:45 p.m.)

TDCAA BOYS VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR WEST DIVISION TUESDAY, APRIL 23 w Msgr. Percy Johnson vs. James Cardinal McGuigan (Msgr. Percy Johnson, 2170 Kipling Ave.) w St. Basil-The-Great vs. Dante Alighieri (St.

UPCOMING Earl Haig Secondary School takes on Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in girls flag football, district region, varsity on Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m.

Basil-The-Great, 20 Starview Lane) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 w Archbishop Romero vs. Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) (Archbishop Romero, 99 Humber Blvd.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 w Chaminade College School vs. Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School (Chaminade

College School, 490 Queens Dr,) w Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) vs. Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School (Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), 200 Wilmington Ave.) w Dante Alighieri Academy vs. Bishop Allen Academy (Dante Alighieri Academy, 60 Playfair Ave.)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR EAST DIVISION TUESDAY, APRIL 23 w Senator O’Connor vs. Blessed Pope John Paul II (Senator O’Connor, 60 Rowena Dr.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 w Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School B vs. Brebeuf College (Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, 959 Midland Ave.)

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 w Brebeuf College vs. Francis Libermann Catholic High School (Brebeuf College, 211 Steeles Ave. E.) SPORTS SCHEDULE

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The big items on the committee involve a report looking at suggesting new taxes and fees to pay for public transit expansion, which Ford has opposed, and another item looking at ways to bail out the sinking BIXI downtown bike rental program, which Ford has also publicly opposed.

The mayor has not yet weighed in on a number of other items coming up, however.

Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation plan The committee will be taking a look at the Gardiner Expressway rehabilitation plan, essentially approving the plan approved and recommended by the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee earlier this month.

The multi-billion dollar project will be going ahead with some early repairs rejigged to allow the city

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The committee also approved a motion by committee chair Denzil MinnanWong to look at accelerating those repairs. of information wFreedom

The committee will be looking at a proposal to make city council records subject to freedom of information requests.

Currently, councillors’ records are protected, which means their schedules, work emails and communications to lobbyists aren’t available to the public, in the way that the mayor’s is.

The motion from Councillors Paula Fletcher and Sarah Doucette aims to change that. finance rules inquiry wCampaign

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month, Councillor Adam Vaughan filed an administrative inquiry about the way that campaign finance rules ought to be applied.

Vaughan refers to recent rulings by the Campaign Compliance Audit Committee, and confusion about the rules for political spending and fundraising before a candidate was registered.

Ford was spared prosecution by the committee earlier this month after it was found he’d fundraised and spent money prior to registering as a candidate in 2010.

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The fair will celebrate youth volunteer work from across the city and will connect youth with arts and social service organizations in the GTA. The event happens from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Members Lounge at Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.

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