By Yvonne Yorke - October 2021 - Teachers can do VIRTUALLY anything! That’s a catchphrase seen since the start of the pandemic which forced schools to move to virtual learning. Virtual learning has definitely provided challenges for students, parents and teachers alike. It could be the challenge of learning how to navigate the [...]
By Nina Badwal - October 2021 - Each year since 2007, Canada has officially recognized the month of October as Islamic History Month. It’s a time where all Canadians can learn more about the culture, contributions and achievements of the Muslim community. “During this month I want people to know that Islam is [...]
By Heather Wilson - October 2021 - Art can create new futures. It nurtures creativity and imagination and teaches us to use them as tools to explore our world and ourselves. Through art, seemingly impossible ideas can be made real. This power is made even more meaningful when placed in the hands of [...]
- By Georgina Alford - Labour Day, celebrated on the first Monday in September, recognises labour movements across America and Canada. Since 1894, Labour Day has been a statutory holiday, helping to build a working-class identity and allowing time for rest and relaxation outside of the workplace. Some historians trace the origins of [...]
By Nina Badwal - September 2021 - This September 30th, we will commemorate the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – a statutory holiday to remember the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada. A bill creating this new holiday (Bill C-5) was unanimously passed by the Senate in June 2021. Establishing a [...]
- By Nea Maaty - For almost two years, Toronto and many parts of Ontario have been dealing with a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Education-wise, students are either homeschooling, involved in virtual schooling or a combination of the two. One thing we do know is that students are not having the [...]
- By Shirley Roberts - There is no shortage of news, dominated by world events, that is covered in our daily newspapers and through social media. News items compete for our attention through short articles by journalists who often have to keep up with the daily news cycle and looming deadlines. In the [...]
- By Yvonne Yorke - - This mural is approximately 10-years-old. Have you ever wondered what Article 26 is about? If so, here is the answer: Article 26 is from the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights: Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary [...]
By Nina Badwal - August 2021 - Sept. 24, 2018. Cut-out orange t-shirts hanging on a clothesline in the hallway of Rose Avenue Junior Public School with the slogan “Every Child Matters.” (Photo: Catherine Inglis) The students of Rose Avenue Junior Public School in St. James Town are preparing for the new [...]
- 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 [...]
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.
