Local Voices: A Bitter Winter on the Streets of Parkdale
Anna refused to leave the streets for a shelter. As temperatures plunged, I got worried. Then someone stepped in with an unusual solution.
‘It’s So Scary to Be Pregnant Again’
How poverty affects pregnancy in one Toronto community.
The Kids of Condoland
A baby boom’s coming to Toronto’s high-rise communities, but are they built for healthy family life?
No Rooms Available
As Parkdale’s affordable housing crisis turns into a public health crisis, a community organization decides to take over a rooming house.
Treating Toby Nicol
One percent of the population accounts for a third of health care spending. Can a program for some of Toronto’s neediest change that?
When a Bedbug Problem Snowballs into an Emergency
A simple household nuisance reveals the cracks within our support system for Toronto seniors.
Where Torontonians Without OHIP Go When They Get Sick
A day at a clinic in Rockcliffe-Smythe that offers health care to anyone who can provide a postal code starting with the letter M.
The Flip Side of Revitalization
What happens to the health of the people left behind?
A Mental Health Crisis in Little Bangladesh
As a counsellor, Ahmed Haider saw the way lack of meaningful work affected his clients. Then he lost his job.
Addictions, Mental Health and ‘Other Consequences of Colonization’
In conversation with one of Ontario’s only indigenous community health centres.
When Emergencies Aren’t Urgent
Why does Kensington-Chinatown have one of the highest rates of low-urgency emergency department visits in the city?
Should Feeding People Be Part of the Health Care System?
Stonegate Community Health Centre is trying to treat patients before they get sick.
A Space of One’s Own
Reimagining what a community hub can look like in West Toronto.
‘Meeting Them Where They Are’
At Sistering, harm reduction means providing more than a space to sleep and the tools to use drugs safely.
Oakridge’s Very Own Food Truck
Something amazing happens in the parking lot of an east-end community centre every Friday afternoon.