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UFRED researchers at work.

See the forest in the trees: Ryerson mapping experts study ways to keep urban greenery healthy

Todd Irvine Wednesday, October 26, 2011
With politicians trying to find every dollar of savings, high-tech research methods can help our urban forest survive and thrive. Ryerson University's Andrew Millward's tools of choice: maps.
Pittsburgh's Market Square

What works in cities: Why placemaking requires passion even more than big budgets

Michelle Bruch Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In one of an occasional series of articles looking at how other North American cities wrestle with their challenges, Minneapolis-based writer Michelle Bruch examines how public input helps the bottom line as much as it helps build places where people want to be.  

Readers are invited to our event on community leadership and belonging

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Join us on Thu., Oct. 27 for the second in our Speakers Series line-up. This time, we're focusing on building community leadership and a sense of belonging in our city. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
Streetsports

Game on! A new sports festival attempts to erase the divide between jocks and nerds

Scott Dagostino Wednesday, October 05, 2011
A project of four community leaders who started out as strangers, StreetSport isn't just about reclaiming the joy of competition for GTA residents who might never make it to the big leagues. Like its role model, Nuit Blanche, it's also about putting people at the centre of our public spaces.
Rahul Bhardwaj & Josh McManus

Star columnist Royson James moderates our Oct. 27 event on community leadership and belonging

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Join us on Thu., Oct. 27 for the second in our Speakers Series line-up. This time, we're focusing on building community leadership and a sense of belonging in our city. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
Paul Gallant

Transformative miracles

Paul Gallant Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Con mucho gusto! Yonge Street's new managing editor introduces himself with a story about how a trip south taught him a lesson about his own city.
Richard Sommer, Dave Harvey & Matt Blackett

Join us for our Sep. 22 event on Toronto's public spaces

Yonge Street Staff Thursday, September 08, 2011
The inaugural event in the Yonge Street Speakers Series, taking place on Sep. 22, will examine how Toronto's public spaces shape our lives in ways both dramatic and subtle. The series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.
The Riverdale Hub

The Riverdale Hub expands on Toronto's ever-evolving Gerrard Street

Shawn Micallef Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Riverdale Hub is a social innovation co-working space with a difference: its mission is to empower minority communities. Along the way, a renovation and a bold new presence on Gerrard Street in Toronto's Little India neighbourhood may help speed area's revitalization efforts and test a new funding model for non-profits at the same time.
Sketch

Yonge Street Video: Sketch grows a new creative class in Toronto

Darren Alexander Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sketch creates art-making opportunities for young people who are street-involved and homeless, giving them new career choices. Unexpectedly, there's also a green thumb element to their brand of creativity. Take a peek at our video and watch what's going on.
Danielle Svec

Access, availability and design: Can Danielle Svec find affordable, accessible housing in Toronto?

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, June 22, 2011
When people think of affordable housing, they don't always think of accessible housing, even though experts say the disabled make up huge swaths of low-income people. In Ontario, the numbers are jolting. Almost two million Ontarians are disabled. People like Danielle Svec are negotiating the slowly-improving system.
Dwayne MacIntosh, Deputy Fire Chief of the Fire & Emergency Training Institute

Toronto is training the world for disasters at its Fire & Emergency Training Institute

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, June 01, 2011
By bringing together many of the city's strengths under one roof, Toronto's Fire & Emergency Training Institute (FESTI) has become a melting pot for fire fighters around the world.
Frances Lankin

The long view: Frances Lankin co-chairs a massive review of Ontario's social support structure

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Launched in January 2010, the Ontario Social Assistance Review Committee is taking a penetrating look at the province's support structures, and the implications for Toronto are big, says former United Way CEO, Frances Lankin.
Carol Wilding, CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade

The Toronto Board of Trade pushes for solutions to Toronto's immigrant participation challenges

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Poverty and marginalization are persistent forces in the lives of Toronto's new immigrants. Carol Wilding and the Toronto Board of Trade put forward a series of strong recommendations in the 2010 local election. Where's the progress? And what still needs to be done?
Imperial Plaza

The Imperial Oil Building reborn: a Mad Men era building gets a new life. A slideshow and report.

Shawn Micallef Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Toronto's Imperial Oil Building on St. Clair is being converted into The Imperial Plaza, a residential condo project that is preserving much of the mid-century design and art elements of this iconic building. Read about what's coming and see Yonge Street photographer Tanja-Tiziana's slideshow of some of the details that are being preserved, and the last vestiges of its office days.
Black Daddies

City Building: People are Toronto's infrastructure & Black Daddies Club strengthens at risk fathers

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, April 20, 2011
For the first three years of its existence, the Black Daddies Club was a pilot project that aimed to build community and family in Malvern. Now, the group is moving into a new phase, with new programming, new research models, and a new neighbourhood at Jane and Finch.
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