- 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 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 Nina Badwal - Residents waiting in line at a pop-up clinic in St. James Town to get their COVID-19 vaccination shot. More than 150 people came out on a sunny Saturday in St. James Town to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A pop-up clinic offering the Pfizer vaccine [...]
- By Nina Badwal - A group on a bird walk (Photo: Andrés Jiménez Monge) A recreational activity that was once seen fitting for retired white men is now attracting a diverse group of people. Bird watching – or birding which includes the visually impaired – has reached an all-time high as we [...]
St. James town is one of the most populated, diverse and multicultural neighbourhoods in Toronto. It has a population of more than 18,000 people, many of whom are immigrants and newcomers. However not many people know that St. James Town is also home to approximately 1,000 Indigenous residents. Who are the Indigenous communities that [...]
By Georgina Alford Earth day is a global movement to create awareness about the impact we have on this earth’s natural resources and taking action to reduce our carbon footprints. In 1970, people were becoming increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of human activity. As a result, Earth Day was born. It is celebrated [...]
By Yvonne Yorke Since Earth Day's founding over 50 years ago, April 22 has been an occasion for people to reflect on how they can better treat the environment. Did you know that high-density living, such as an apartment building, is much more environmentally friendly than living in a rural community? Shared walls = [...]
By Georgina Alford Last March, The Corner@240 welcomed Lara Mrosovsky, author of “Grow Without A Garden”, for a series of workshops teaching residents about gardening on balconies. Gardening does not only have aesthetic benefits, in fact, a scientific report has listed a wide range of health and mental health benefits including reducing stress and [...]
By Shirley Roberts The St. James Town (SJT) neighbourhood has been hit hard by COVID-19. Our densely populated community has been dealing with high numbers of the virus and the associated consequences of illness, anxiety, and grief. A recent uptick in the number of cases associated with new variants of the virus has [...]
Interviewed by Georgina Alford with contributions from Adonis Huggins and Nea Maaty- FOCUS In celebration of International Women’s Day, The Corner spoke with an inspirational woman leader, Rowena Pinto, Chief Program Officer of UNICEF Canada. Growing up in Quebec at the time of both separation referendums, Rowena has always been passionate about [...]
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.
