Health, Incarcerated
How the prison system became a ramshackle, underfunded wing of the health care system.
Elderly, Confused, and Under Arrest
As more and more seniors with dementia become entangled with the law, how can the justice system adapt?
Not Criminally Responsible
Were last summer’s high-profile disappearances from CAMH signs of a broken program—or a complex system working as it should?
Why Are Most People in Prison Unconvicted?
Even as the rate of convicted offenders drops, the number of people in detention awaiting trial keeps growing. The uncertain, boring, brutal reality of life on remand.
Letters from the Inside
For a time, I was the only openly gay man in my prison. Then I met a trans woman and we started our own LGBTQ2 support group.
Visiting Day
An animated documentary about one teenager’s journey to visit her dad in prison.
The Games We Play
Active leisure is more important than ever, so why are we making it so hard to just go out and play?
Mapping Our Divisions
A bird’s-eye view of Toronto in 2019 reveals a city where geography is destiny and a person’s postal code can be as telling as their medical chart.
My Home, Moss Park
Life in a neighbourhood where death comes too often and too early.
Hunger in a City of Plenty
In virtually every culture, people connect over food. To be deprived of food is to be alienated from social life.
The Emergency Room in the #MeToo Era
In Toronto hospitals, nurses are being asked to do far more than treat physical injuries. Providing that care can take a toll.
The Health Effects of Anti-Black Racism
Black Torontonians face a variety of specific health challenges. Racism is one of them.
Addictions, Mental Health and ‘Other Consequences of Colonization’
In conversation with one of Ontario’s only indigenous community health centres.
Connecting to Thorncliffe
Language is one of the biggest barriers to engaging the people of Thorncliffe Park. The other is trust.
Should Feeding People Be Part of the Health Care System?
Stonegate Community Health Centre is trying to treat patients before they get sick.
The Grocery Bus
What happens when the only store in your neighbourhood shuts down?
Oakridge’s Very Own Food Truck
Something amazing happens in the parking lot of an east-end community centre every Friday afternoon.