Tag: Toronto
Nuit Blanche: An unnatural cultural phenomenon
[slideshow gallery_id=”5″] Nuit Blanche, sponsored by Scotiabank, artificially reproduces white nights’ natural phenomenon through art, gathering over a million visitors for one sleepless night on the brightly illuminated streets of downtown Toronto.
OCAP calls for expropriation of 'Drina's House'
The “Taking It Back” campaign launched in Allan Gardens on Sunday, Sept. 22 by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). The campaign demands the city expropriate buildings left empty by landlords, make the necessary repairs and turn it into viable social housing for the neighbourhood. They point to the past to show its been done before. OCAP’s Gaetan…
Rambling Rob Ford caught on camera by GBC student
George Brown College student captures Rob Ford slurring “Let’s go party!” on video Tina Todaro, Staff Reporter Every year the city of Toronto hosts its annual Taste of the Danforth, a festival designed to celebrate Toronto’s Greek community. This year, not only did the Greek community get publicity, but so did Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford. On…
Education for all: Sanctuary City Toronto
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter City council recently passed a motion declaring Toronto a “sanctuary city” by a vote of 37-3. A policy which will now allow everyone, regardless of their immigration status, to access services like education, housing, health care, social and emergency services without the fear of being detained or deported….
GBC and the winter storm in pictures
Photos by George Brown College students of the severe winter storm on Feb. 8, 2013. Despite most post-secondary schools in Toronto closing George Brown College stayed open.
Disability Pride becomes annual march
By Karen Nickel Special to The Dialog In 2011 the Disability Pride movement sprang out of the momentum of the Occupy movement, focused on how austerity, cuts and the lack of police training protocols adversely affecting their community. A main point was that persons with disabilities were the “lowest 1% of the 99%” and persons…
Regent Park Film Fest builds community
By Dani Feraday Dialog Reporter The Regent Park area in Toronto, located at the corner of Parliament and Gerrard, is known as Canada’s oldest and largest social housing project. With people from all different walks of life, the community is as diverse as the city itself. When the new renovations started by Toronto Community Housing…
Toronto Palestine Film Festival turns five
By Ali Mustafa Special to the Dialog The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) hit theatres this week. Launched in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of al nakba, TPFF aims to showcase the vibrant cultural heritage, resilience, and collective identity of the Palestinian people through film, art, and other events. In five short years,…
Scrapping Jarvis bike lanes will kill GBC students
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor Just when I think this city’s government is finally turning a corner and making some halfway reasonable decisions I find they’re not looking, drifting toward the curb and crushing the nearest cyclist with a five-ton truck. Oh well, what’s some blood on the road if it means that Rosedale’s drivers…
Taking back the night in Parkdale
By Karen Nickel Dialog contributor Toronto’s ‘Take Back the Night’ (TBTN) rally and march took place in my neighbourhood of Parkdale on Saturday. This event, held for the past 32 years in a different location each year, is organized by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape (TRCC/ MWAR) who unfortunately are…