CultureHow a Mentorship Program in Toronto Helps Vulnerable Youth Succeed Founded by Sudanese refugee Mustafa El Amin, MyStand provides support for racialized youth to build successful careers.
CultureThese Volunteer Cyclists Are Delivering Groceries to Toronto’s Needy David Shellnutt founded The Bike Brigade to deliver food and medical supplies to Toronto’s most vulnerable residents. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 800 cyclists have volunteered for the group.
CultureThis Toronto Charity Feeds Thousands with Surplus Restaurant Food Jagger Gordon founded Feed It Forward to divert food destined for the landfill. Since COVID-19, he’s been feeding 5,000 people daily in Toronto.
CultureThis Toronto Office Burglar Left Behind a Valuable Clue—A Photocopy of His Own Face …And more unbelievable news stories that prove that life is sometimes stranger than fiction!
CultureHow One Toronto Storefront Provides Accessible and Affordable Therapy Kate Scowen founded Hard Feelings to provide quality mental health care for some of Canada’s most vulnerable populations.
CultureHow One Toronto Woman Is Helping Others Pull Themselves Out of Poverty After experiencing homelessness, Lia Grimanis wanted to help women in need. A career coaching session gave her the idea to create Up With Women.
Travel CanadaMy First Winter in Toronto Was Colder Than I Could Have Imagined—But One Snowfall Made it All Worthwhile When I moved to Canada from Sudan, I didn’t quite think snow was real. Seeing it for the first time was like magic.
CultureMeet the Toronto Volunteers Delivering Food to Those in Need Vishal Khanna and Subhra Mukherjee run a team of a few dozen volunteers who make deliveries to approximately 265 seniors and people living with disabilities in the Greater Toronto Area.
CultureInside Toronto’s Homelessness Crisis As Toronto’s wealth skyrockets, the city’s most vulnerable populations are being punished. A look inside the homelessness crisis in Canada’s biggest metropolis.
CultureThis is How Many Plastic Bottles Torontonians Discard Every Five Minutes A new art installation in Toronto’s Union Station wants to draw attention to Canada’s single-use water bottle problem.