Thriving in Toronto on Ontario Disability Supports : Ten Hints
By Cheryl Smith
TORONTO, Ontario– So you’re single, middle-aged, disabled, and you live alone in
one of the most expensive cities in Canada: Toronto. Ontario Disability Supports
Program will graciously provide you with between $942.00 and $1399.00 monthly
depending on “special needs” and your ability to prove them.
Housed in the [...]

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Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review
May 2010
Table of Contents
The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
Letter of transmittal
Executive Summary
Recommended Terms of Reference

Scope of the Ontario Income Secuirty Review
Key Strategies to Guide the Ontario Income Security Review
Measurable Outcomes
The Review Process
Why Ontario Needs an Income Security Review
Introduction
From Social [...]

“Sharing The Burden”
with Stephan Cayton Briones
Sharing the Burden is “an artisitic social justice endeavour whereby people with an experience of poverty are given (inexpensive) disposable cameras with which to take pictures” and which resulted in a showing  in July of 2011 at Gallery 1313 on Queen St in Toronto, Canada.
All of the equipment used [...]

Indigenous Environmental Network
“A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions.”

Yinka Dene Alliance and Allies – All Nations Statement Of Solidarity Against Enbridge Northern Gateway
WE THE UNDERSIGNED INDIGENOUS NATIONS STATE IN SOLIDARITY:
Our Nations are bound together by the [...]

Eat If  & When You Can

Creamy, Brothy, Earthy, Hearty

Yunhee Kim for The New York Times; Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop Stylist: Deborah Williams.

By MARK BITTMAN
Published: March 3, 2011

I’m not anti-recipe (obviously), but some things just don’t need them — and most vegetable soups fall into that category. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for [...]

Have you ever done this? You find an awesome recipe with a beautiful picture. You get all the ingredients, put in a ton of effort to get the perfect result—and then it just doesn’t turn out right. You check the ingredient list twice, you reread the steps and you can’t figure out where you [...]

INSTITUTIONS THAT OFFER LOW COST DENTAL TREATMENT
Updated May 2010
FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
101 Elm Street, Toronto
Open September to June
Adult Clinic
Paedodontic (children) Clinic
Orthodontic (straightening of teeth)
416-979-4927
416-979-4925 ext 4319
416-979-4931 ext 4351
REGENT PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE
465 Dundas St. E., Toronto
All Toronto residents
416-364-2261 ext 7019
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE, CASA LOMA CAMPUS
175 Kendal Avenue, Toronto
Low cost cleanings, small fillings and dentures
416-415-4547
QUEEN [...]

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March 2011

THICH NHAT HANH
Words can travel across thousands of miles.
May my words create mutual understanding and love.
May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

“Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh, is a teacher, scholar and peace activist who lectures throughout the world and writes on the practices of mindfulness and peaceful [...]

Welfare paymentsCards are the way to go
Published On Tue Feb 08 2011
Article no author noted

It’s not often that improved bureaucracy and the best interests of welfare recipients can be met with the same change. But replacing welfare cheques with reloadable debit cards is one way.
Paper cheques are increasingly expensive to administer. Worse [...]