Pens and pencils fly across the pages as the students concentrate on their work. The room is quiet until the teacher announces, “OK, let’s share.” It sounds like a typical classroom, but it is not. On this Tuesday morning, Lauren Kirshner leads 10 women through creative writing classes at the Sistering drop-in centre in the west-end neighbourhood of Parkdale.
David Baker lives in a small apartment in Toronto. Knowing the restrictions of his living space and recalling the Christmas habits of his family, most often Baker found it easier just to buy an artificial…
December is one of the holiest months of the year, with both Hanukkah and Christmas observed. And while these religious celebrations occur independently of each other, the origins of the faiths they represent are remarkably…
The head of English at a Toronto area high school says Ontario university and college professors expect too much from high school graduates when they first write essays and tests.
Community gardens? Ice rinks? Campfires and solar panels?
Last Saturday, Mike Leone sat alone preparing himself in a room on the second floor of the Gladstone Hotel.
In a dimly lit room, dancers in traditional Mexican attire appear on stage. The men, wearing sombreros and clad in all black; women donning long, flowing vibrant coloured dresses – all with faces painted as…
Most Torontonians are not familiar with the black experience in Canada, but for Adrienne Shadd, African-Canadian history is in her blood.
The hospital’s chief of emergency services hopes the money will assist medical staff in providing comfort and reassurance to children and their families.
A Toronto scientist has a special relationship with King Tut. And for Egyptologist Ronald Leprohon it’s been going on for more than 30 years. “I think there’s a magic there,” he said.