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Sixteen winners were recognized for work in their community FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com Hero. A small word that has a big meaning. Sixteen such people were honoured Thursday, Oct. 19 at the 2017 Urban Hero Awards gala, which celebrates community â&#x20AC;&#x2122;heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for their inspiring work, leadership, and good deeds in Toronto. Created by Metroland Media Toronto in 2009, which publishes the Mirror, Guardian, and Villager newspapers, this year saw 65 nominations submitted by the public in eight categories: Arts, Business, Education, Environment, Good Neighbour, Health, Social Issues, and Sports. Eight winners were selected by Metroland Media Toronto staff, and for the first time, the awards included a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; online voting round, which saw another eight nominees with the most votes across the categories declared Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice winners. Some 16,000 unique votes were cast. Surrounded by supporters and well-wishers, each winner received a framed write-up, which resembled the front page of a newspaper, highlighting their accomplishments during a threecourse dinner at York Mills Gallery on Leslie Street, south of Hwy. 401. "A hearty congratulations to the recipients," said Dana Robbins, pub-

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Left, recipients of the 2017 Urban Hero Awards gather for one final hurrah following the ceremony at York Mills Gallery last Thursday Sixteen people/organizations were honored for their good deeds and impact made in their communities across Toronto. The categories included: Arts, Business, Environment, Education, Social Issues, Good Neighbour and Sports. Right, Sharon Nyarko was honoured in the category. She managed to take a picture with her award at the beginning of the evening, before having to sneak out to write a university exam. lisher of Metroland Media Toronto, noting each winner made a difference to the people in their neighbourhoods. Dikema Etto doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t place much value on being an Urban Hero. "Helping others, to me, gives me much joy," said the Good Neighbour category winner. "Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to give than to receive." For the past eight years, the Scarborough resident has picked up and distributed food and care items twice a month to homeless people downtown through StreetFeed. "They genuinely appreciate you coming out," Etto said. "Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something special about it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not being a hero. The whole phrase is meaningless. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how can I improve your life and

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gional Arts Centre in Bloor West Village is paying it forward by focusing on student success. "Life is not easy, there will be obstacles along the way," he said. "You have to keep moving forward." In previous years, the Urban Hero Awards were held in Etobicoke, Scarborough, and North York. This year, in conjunction with Canada 150 celebrations, the program was open to everyone in the city. Sponsors of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event were Canadian Tire, HealthyPlanet, Newad, Humber College Lakeshore Campus, Rajasri CPA, and Dr. Amanpreet Chopra. For information or to submit a nomination for next year, visit www.urbanheroes.ca

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The Toronto Wildlife Centre is hosting its Wild Ball fundraising gala on Thursday, Nov. 2 in support of the rescue, medical care and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned animals. The event for the North York-based wildlife centre will be held at Palais Royale Ballroom, 1601 Lake Shore Blvd. W., with the goal of raising $200,000. The gala’s special guest will be award-winning author Margaret Atwood. "I am thrilled to be a part of the fundraising efforts of Toronto Wildlife Centre, the only hospital in the Greater Toronto Area that is caring for sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals," Atwood said in a release. "The success of Wild Ball is crucial to Toronto Wildlife Centre’s continuing efforts to save the lives of our fellow ’earthborn companions and fellow mortals,’ to quote Robert Burns." Juno Award-winning

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An orphaned eastern grey squirrel is hand fed at Toronto Wildlife Centre. representing more than 270 species are admitted annually. For information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thewildball.com or call 416-631-0662 ext. 3207.

Brew House and Barrel House. Toronto Wildlife Centre, situated in Downsview Park near Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue, opened in 1993 and some 5,000 wild animals

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Ontario colleges at a crossroads The strike that hit Ontario’s 24 community colleges and cancelled classes for 230,000 full-time students is not your run-of-the-mill labour dispute. Yes, there are two widely diverging and entrenched sides. But this particular labour dispute is extraordinary for one big reason. The 12,000 striking college professors, instructors, counsellors and librarians have an ambitious, far-reaching goal that goes far beyond wages and benefits. They want nothing less than to change the business model for the province’s community college system so there are more full-time professors with more power. Represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union, they’re calling for a drastic reduction in the percentage of part-time instructors at the colleges and an increase in the number of full-time teaching positions. In recent years, colleges have increasingly turned to cheaper, part-time instructors to save money. The union says part-timers now make up 70 per cent of all college teachers and want that number reduced to no more than 50 per cent. The college’s bargainers - the College Employer Council - see things differently and makes its calculations based on the number of teaching hours, not the number of teachers. By their measure, half the teaching is already done by full-time professors. Only 30 per cent is done by contract instructors while part-time employees, who are also union members, account for a fifth of the teaching. Whatever numbers you pick, the fact remains the union wants more full-time professors. And meeting its demands would carry a hefty price tag - $250 million more a year, according to the Employer Council. Now the question for Ontario is not simply whether the strikers deserve what they want. It’s whether those demands will deliver a better education for college students and justify spending an additional $250 million more a year on them. If the answer to those last two questions is "yes," someone has to figure out where to find the money. No one can expect tuition fee hikes to cover all or even most of that higher cost. Clearly, the provincial government read taxpayers - would have to contribute more. The province is far more generous in funding universities than colleges. Yet the distinction between the two has blurred. Colleges now grant degrees and their professors conduct research. Meanwhile, in this era of new, disruptive technologies, when the very nature of Canada’s economy is in flux and the challenges facing young people trying to enter the workforce are huge, community colleges have a greater role in the education system. College management can’t fix everything on its own. Whatever happens in the current strike, the Ontario government needs to rethink the province’s colleges system and how it is supported.

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Final year of council’s term to be quiet... by design At this time next year, Torontonians will have selected a new mayor, and a new city council. A year is, or ought to be, a long time, a long enough time for a lot to happen. But if I may make a prediction, by this time next year there is a good chance that not very much will happen at all, at least at Toronto City Hall. There’s sure not much on the horizon. In a term where council committed - and recommitted - billions of dollars to a one-stop subway line to Scarborough and the reconstruction of an elevated highway at the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway, dipped toe in the Rail Deck Park, another billion-dollar-plus project, and bravely tried -

DAVID NICKLE The City and failed - to implement road tolls to start paying for it all, the last year looks quiet. Perhaps, indeed likely, this is by design. Mayor John Tory has made it clear that he’s aiming for a second term, and his 2014 second-place opponent Doug Ford has made public that he’s aiming to win that election for himself. For Tory, now is no time

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to take risks and pick potential fights. Indeed, I’d bet that the mayor’s last big fight - and it won’t really be that big will come in his decision to back making the Bloor Street bike lane pilot project permanent when it comes to Toronto council next month. If that goes smoothly, then the only other hurdle on the horizon will be the 2018 operating and capital budget, which if history is any indication, is always fraught in the making but reasonably acceptable in the finale. And the mayor and council can get on with their shortened re-election campaigns, starting in May this year rather than the usual January. If it’s to be a two-way

battle between Tory and Ford, keeping a low profile in 2018 is a good strategy. Ford has ammunition to take on Tory, but there’s a finite amount of it and he tipped his hand with his early campaign launch. To win, all Tory has to do is keep his head down, and keep it civil. David Nickle is a reporter and columnist covering Toronto City Hall for Metroland Media Toronto. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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Combating child hunger one student at a time JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With roughly one in three Toronto kids living in poverty and 40 per cent coming the school hungry every day, it’s nearly impossible for far too many youngsters to be at their best throughout the school day. Hunger is a serious problem that affects grades, behaviour and graduation rates, and with Toronto holding the dubious title of Canada’s child poverty capital two years running according to a study released last year by a group of social service agencies, the issue seems unlikely to abate. There is some hope through programs such as the Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS), which provide meals through student nutrition programs to help all students start their school day on equal footing. Abigail Taylor, a Grade 8 student at D A Morrison Middle School, noted that the program helps ensure she and her classmates are sure to start their day fed - something that might not be the case for far too many otherwise. "Some people don’t eat breakfast, and (the nutrition program) has things like pancakes and oatmeal," she said. "It fills my stomach so I won’t have to wait for lunch. That helps me focus in class." Fellow D A Morrison student Kiona Auld-Lewin uses the school’s breakfast program some days, when she wasn’t able to eat from home for whatever reason. "You get more energy and you feel better the whole day in school," she said. Student nutrition programs aren’t simply for kids whose families’ budgets are stretched. Some have parents who are pressed for time, work difficult hours or otherwise have trouble ensuring their kids have full stomachs before they walk out the door. All told, roughly 200,000 Toronto students partake in the more than

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"It will help get rid of the stigma. And in such a diverse city, when you’re playing in the playground with someone you sat next to at breakfast that morning, you’ve already broken bread with them and you’re going to see new friendships." – Sandra Best, TFSS 800 student nutrition programs city-wide. Child hunger is a problem that has been addressed head-on by many other developed nations, where student nutrition programs are a fact of life. "Canada is the only G7 country that doesn’t have a national child nutrition program," said Sandra Best of the TFSS. She argues that such programs should be present in all schools, not just those in less affluent neighbourhoods, and that all students should be encouraged to join. "It will help get rid of the stigma," she said. "And in such a diverse city, when you’re playing in

the playground with someone you sat next to at breakfast that morning, you’ve already broken bread with them and you’re going to see new friendships." Catherine Parsonage, executive director and CEO of the TFSS, noted there is a marked difference when kids start their days off with a healthy and nutritious breakfast every day. In elementary school, students can focus more. According to studies conducted by the organization, that leads to a nine to 12 per cent increase in literacy, a 10 per cent increase in math scores, and a whopping 18 per cent increase in science marks. "And then when you get to high

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school, when children are fed every day, suspensions are cut in half and graduation rates go up 17 per cent," she said. Behavioural problems also decrease as students are generally more content, and incidents with law enforcement go down. More needs to be done to ensure all students enjoy those benefits, however. While a healthy breakfast provided through an inschool program only costs about $1.66 per student, the City of Toronto and the province only provide about 26 cents of that. Corporate and private donors contribute greatly to many student nutrition programs, but there is still a need for more funding. "On average, students only have milk four times a month," Parsonage said. She added that, of the 40 per cent of students who go to school hungry, 20 per cent don’t have lunch, either. Dinner too often consists of processed or fast food due to the fact that it tends to be cheaper and more convenient than healthier alternatives. Programs such as Beyond 3:30,

which offers after-school cooking classes to students using healthy ingredients. "They learn lessons they can take home - they can say ’here’s an onion, a carrot, a potato and a chicken breast. What can I make for three people with it?’" Parsonage said. Mazon Canada is referred to as "the Jewish response to hunger" but provides funding for food programs serving all faiths. Jay Brodbar of Mazon said the importance of keeping kids fed goes beyond simply avoiding hunger pains. "Hunger is a need in and of itself, but kids who eat can focus more on school, learn better and have more self-esteem," he said. According to Divided City: Life in Canada’s Child Poverty Capital, a 2016 report by a coalition of social service agencies, 29 per cent of food bank users are children, and food bank use increased by 13 per cent from just 799,320 visits in 2008 to 905,970 visits in 2016. To learn more about student nutrition programs, visit www.tfss.ca

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l Saturday, October 28 Retiring on a Low Income: Plain Language Advice WHEN: 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m WHERE: North York Seniors Centre, 21 Hendon Avenue, Toronto CONTACT: 416-733-4111 COST: Learn how to get the most from income security programs in retirement. This free workshop is most helpful for adults, aged 55-64, who will be eligible for the GIS.

Monster Dash WHEN: 4:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Rd, Toronto., Toronto CONTACT: 647-8284663 COST: Registration, pledges All pledges and donations will support the Ontario Science Centre’s Community Access Programs, including the Adopt-aClass program.

The Yiddish Song and Dance Party WHEN: 7:30 p.m - 10:30 p.m WHERE: Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Ave W, Toronto CONTACT: 416-434-0180 Join dance master, Steve Weintraub, songbird Lenka Lichtenberg and the Freileche Klezmer Band for an evening of joyous music

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battle. Making matters worse, accessing the supports they need can be a time-consuming affair, with agencies and service providers scattered across Toronto and many homeless and underhoused people dealing with mobility issues and financial and

health challenges. For one day, however, a variety of service providers will be under one roof when Homeless Connect returns to the Mattamy Athletic Centre in downtown Toronto. The event will bring together more than 80 free services, from dental

checkups and vision care to housing and legal supports to job training and even haircuts and manicures. "When you’re looking at some of the services provided to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, they can be all over the city," said Dha-

The Toronto Japanese Garden Club is hosting the 65th annual Fall Flowers and Bonsai Exhibition on Sunday, Oct. 29. The event will be held at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, from noon to 4:30 p.m. Bonsai demonstrations will be held at 2 p.m., followed by Ikebana demonstrations at 3 p.m. The exhibition will also include displays, refreshments and gift items such as plants and used kimonos for men, women and children. Admission costs $5 for adults. Entry is free for children aged 12 and younger. The Toronto Japanese Garden Club formed in 1952 when a group of young people met at Toronto Buddhist Church to discuss what would become the garden club. The first general meeting was held in March 1953. For exhibition information, call 416-444-3702.

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nukshi Jayawickreme of Homeless Connect Toronto. "(The homeless) are usually looking at getting one thing done per day, so it can take months to get everything they need done, done." The event will also allow community service providers to meet with clients and other agencies to build relationships. Visitors will receive Citypak backpacks filled with toiletries and other essentials and will have guides to tour them around the facility. "The guides will meet with them to help them identify their top priorities so they can get what they need most taken care of," Jayawickreme said.

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Local pumpkin parades on Nov. 1 Over 40 parks in Toronto will glow orange on Nov. 1, including some in North York. Jack-o-lanterns will light up several parks during its annual pumpkin parades. According to the city’s website, it has been a tradition since the first pumpkin parade was orga-

nized in Sorauren Park in Parkdale in 2004. North York locations include: Roding, De Havilland ’Mossie’, Dempsey, Dallington and Glen Long parks. For a complete list visit pumpkinparades.ca/ Pumpkin parades are orga-

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the City of Toronto. Nominees must be at least 14 years of age during the active program year. The work or act for which a nomination is being made must have taken place in the last five years. Posthumous nominations can be made for good work done in the past 10 years. For the first time, the awards program included a ‘People’s Choice’ voting round, whereby the public could vote for their favourite nominee once a day between July 7 and Aug. 13. The eight nominees with the most votes across the categories were declared People’s Choice winners. Another eight winners were

selected by Metroland Media Toronto staff, and assessed based on the following criteria: Impact – How their contributions have made a lasting difference to a person, a group or an issue in the community. Inspiration – How the person serves as a role model or inspiration to others. Challenges – What obstacles (social, personal or other) the nominee has overcome to make an impact in their community. The final 16 award winners were officially announced at a gala event Oct. 19 in Toronto. For more information or to submit a nomination for next year, visit www.urbanheroes.ca

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t’s my pleasure to help announce the winners of our 2017 Urban Hero Awards in Toronto and share their inspirational stories with our readers. It’s been exciting to see this concept grow. We at Metroland Media Toronto created the awards program in 2009, first in Etobicoke, and then expanded it in subsequent years to North York and Scarborough. This year, in conjunction with Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations we decided to “go big or go home.” We merged our local awards programs into one, opening nominations to everyone in the city. It was our most successful awards program to-date, with 65 very deserving nominations submitted by our readers, partners and contacts. For the first time, we hosted a ‘People’s Choice’

vote online that saw an incredible 16,000 unique votes cast for our nominees. That an awards program like this can garner this kind of support, speaks to the value of recognizing our everyday heroes. It was our intention to put the spotlight on our neighbours, our teachers, coaches, business leaders and volunteers – to seek out the people who make a real difference in our communities. Those people serve as inspiration to the rest of us, and we feel it’s our job as a community news organization to bring those stories to light. I offer my congratulations to our winners, and my thanks to the nominators for identifying this great group of citizens. Well done! – Dana Robbins, Publisher, Metroland Media Toronto

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Toronto Argonauts’ offensive lineman Jamal Campbell has won an Urban Hero Award in the People’s Choice sports category. The Jane and Finch native still lives in the area and continues to give back to his neighbourhood despite his new found fame.

Jennifer Smith helps girls, women enjoy playing hockey

ennifer Smith loves everything about hockey. Growing up, she would watch the sport on television and play lots of it on the rink and on the street. But she never played organized hockey until she attended the University of Toronto and joined a women’s intramural league. "I played for four years and really didn’t think I’d play hockey after that," she said, until she found out about a women’s recreational league starting up in 1992. "I’ve played ever since," she added. Now 49, Smith is the president of the Toronto Leaside

Girls Hockey Association, which operates out of the city’s east end. She became involved with the organization back in 2003 as an assistant coach of her daughter’s hockey team. "I don’t think I would have ever imagined in 2003 that 14 years later I would have had this incredible opportunity to help with our board, with our hundreds of volunteers, to shape and grow this organization in the way that we have," she said. Founded in 1974, it was established to create opportunities for girls and women, regardless of their skill lev-

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Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association president Jennifer Smith settles in for another night at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, as the Toronto Leaside Junior Wildcats practise behind her. Smith has been selected as an Urban Hero in the sports category in recognition of her dedication to girls’ hockey.

environment for these athletes is important," Smith said. Her commitment and passion for helping women in hockey is what earned

her a nomination for an Urban Hero award from her colleague June Smyth. "She just wants every girl who’s interested in playing to be able to play at the best

level for them and to love the game," Smyth said. "I’ve always admired Jennifer and looked up to her because not only is she dealing with a difficult position, but she manages it with grace and understanding and really tries to help people." Smith said she’s happy being recognized for her work, but she said she can’t do it alone. "There’s 13 of us on this board, and there are hundreds of volunteers in this organization . I’m just one person; it takes many volunteers to put 1,600 players on the ice every week," she said. "This is lovely, but really, it’s a team award."

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against her. "In rugby, you can be any shape or size," she said. "I knew nothing about the sport, I hadn’t watched a game. All I knew is you could tackle and run." She stayed with various sports throughout Grade 12, but when it came time for post-secondary studies, the communications and sociology McMaster University graduate could only focus on one varsity sport. Rugby won. The Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue resident continued playing competitive rugby following her university studies, and was recently named to the inaugural women’s Canada Rugby League team competing in the Rugby League World Cup next month in Australia. "I was ecstatic," Bui said of being named. "It’s almost surreal I made the World Cup (team) at age 30. I never anticipated this would happen to me."

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Nina Bui, at Weston Collegiate Institute’s field Saturday, has been named to the Canadian women’s Rugby League team travelling to compete at the upcoming World Cup in Australia. There are three derivatives of rugby: rugby union, rugby sevens and rugby league. Rugby union is made up of 15 players per side playing two 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens consists of

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Students (top left) and dignitaries (top right) sign a steel I-beam before it is hoisted and permanently placed in Centennial College’s new Centre for Aerospace and Aviation under construction (bottom right) at Downsview Park.

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