Ryerson University held an event on Monday honouring Holocaust and Rwanda Genocide Memorial Day. Presented by the Azrieli Foundation, a Jewish philanthropy organization, Write to Heal brought survivors of the holocaust and Rwanda Genocide to speak about their experiences as well as how to find your voice in the aftermath of genocide.

Women walked topless in public in Toronto recently; they were advertising the need for greater awareness of breast cancer. Joy Thorne-Enright, co-ordinator of Centennial College’s advertising program, says charities and corporations are more likely to use these kinds of in-your-face images to capture attention.