By Jessica Diamond April is a time of celebration with holidays spanning different religions. Here is a breakdown of what major holidays are happening this month. Ramadan – April 2 to May 1, 2022 Ramadan is the holy month of fasting, reflection, and prayer for more than one billion Muslims around the [...]
Meet the pets! Bella Speedo, 15yrs Mitzu Billy Lady, 15yrs
By Munira Yusuf This year, to honor Black History Month, The Corner held a forum for Black community members living in St. James Town. The theme for this year's event focused on Black resiliency while highlighting Black-owned businesses in the community. The host of the event, Lindiwe Sibanda, Housing Worker with The Neighbourhood [...]
By Nea Maaty and Adonis Huggins - March 2022 - . Agencies serving the Indigenous community in Toronto estimate there are 70,000 Indigenous people living in the city. Many Indigenous habitants reside in the downtown, low-income neighbourhoods of Regent Park, Moss Park and St. James Town. However, far too often, Indigenous residents [...]
- March 2022 - Artwork created by students at Art City in St. James Town. Students drew self-portraits, their dreams for the future, or things they either enjoyed most or missed during the pandemic. Art City is a not-for-profit organization that provides free arts programming to local children and youth. . . [...]
A St. James Town resident gives back to her community after a difficult settlement in Canada By Nina Badwal - March 2022 - Anuradha Yadav, a native of Mumbai, India had only two months to prepare for her move to Canada after learning her husband was granted a permit to work here. Pregnant [...]
By Laura McDonald - March 2022 - It is important to take care of your health every day, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of staying healthy includes getting a regular Pap test. A Pap test only takes a few minutes and it checks for early signs of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer affects [...]
By Georgie Alford - February 2022 - This year, Anti-Bullying Day, also known as Pink Shirt Day, is recognised on Wednesday February 23rd. Bullying, defined broadly as a deliberate effort to hurt someone else, often over a long period of time, is a deeply rooted societal issue that can occur at any period [...]
By Aarti Sharma - February 2022 - . What is love? Our experiences and circumstances in life can, to a large extent, shape the definition of love. One definition that has stayed with me is: love is giving with all your heart, without expectations. And isn’t this so true when it comes [...]
By Robb Johannes (with Amanda Ceniti) - February 2022 - . Many years ago, I was working as a mental health and addictions support worker. A gentleman I was supporting, Sanjay*, had been living with a form of paranoid schizophrenia where he would perceive people close to him as impostors pretending to [...]
Nalini Pandalangat, Director of Newcomer Health & Specialty Services, Sherbourne Health, is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, and has extensive experience leading projects and programs in the community health, hospital and international development sectors. Her PhD was on cultural influences on help-seeking, treatment and support for mental health problems in the Sri Lankan Tamil community. Her research and program interests are focused on immigrant mental health, gender and health, cultural competence, health care access and health equity. Currently she is part of a core team working on the development and dissemination of a refugee mental health framework.
