- By Nina Badwal - Most of us can agree that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives and how we work. In St. James Town, a community that was already experiencing food insecurity, some residents have had to make career changes in order to sustain themselves. The third [...]
- By Raagave Kannan - With the lockdown easing, all of us are eager to get out and make the most out of summer. We spoke to a few residents to know what their plans for summer are. I am planning to enjoy going out more often and hopefully go to La Ronde [...]
Written by grade 6 students at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School We will begin with the land acknowledgement, because we will be using the land and need to respect this place where Indigenous people have lived and continue to live. We would like to thank the First Peoples [...]
- Yvonne Yorke - Swimming is to the Canadian summer what skating is to the Canadian winter. It doesn’t matter if you are in a lake or a pool, nothing beats the cool water temperatures on a hot summer day. To ensure that swimming remains cool and refreshing, please keep these water safety [...]
- By Shirley Roberts - Just steps south of St. James Town, Toronto residents and visitors will find an urban gem that is accessible to all, free of charge. Located on the east side of Sherbourne Street, west side of Jarvis, from Carleton to Gerrard – Allan Gardens stands as a legacy to [...]
- By Yvonne Yorke - While July and August will still look different than summer’s past, embrace the opportunity to explore local. Visit the Toronto Islands. The Toronto Islands can be reached by ferry. Take in the skyline during the day or the evening sunset. Visit a farm. Yes, they do exist in [...]
- By Georgie Alford - After one of the most severe recessions the world has ever seen, it is unsurprising that global discussion has centred on economic recovery from the pandemic. Despite government funding, the International Labour Organisation warns that large corporations, small-businesses and individuals have all been left in struggling economic positions. [...]
- By Nea Maaty - In the heart of St. James Town, you will find one of the most multicultural schools in North America – Rose Avenue Junior Public School. The school has a student population of over 650 students. For more than 15 years, they have integrated community gardening into their curriculum [...]
- By Lisa Kowalchuk - An article in our June edition focused on the health benefits of exploring urban nature, and ways in which Park People (the group working to use parks to increase people’s quality of life) works to overcome inequalities in people’s access to green spaces in cities across Canada. In [...]
- By Nina Badwal - Muslim families planting flowers in a garden to honour the Indigenous residential school survivors and the children who never made it back home. That was the scene outside the St. James Town Community Corner on June 30th. The annual event, “Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams” started in June [...]
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.
