The rich get richer and the homeless get fined
by Stephen Gaetz
November 10, 2011

Homelessness continues to be a visible problem in most Canadian cities.  I would say most Canadians, when they think about how we respond to homelessness, would consider emergency shelters, drop-ins and soup kitchens – charitable programs set up to shelter [...]

The long view: Frances Lankin co-chairs a massive review of Ontario’s social support structure
Paul Carlucci | Wednesday, June 01, 2011

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“Public policy,” says Frances Lankin, “is not an exercise in sheer logic.”
So call it [...]

THE COST OF CARING: Report on the Consultation on Discrimination on the Basis of Family Status

VI. HOUSING
1. Introduction
Canada, as a signatory to a number of international human rights instruments, has recognized that adequate housing is a fundamental human right. With the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, [...]

Meet Bonnie Briggs
By Cheryl Smith
TORONTO, Ontario —  The colourful array of individuals walking the
pedestrian paths at Church and Wellesley includes a dancing monarch
butterfly, nearly majestic in the surrounding concrete.  This eclectic choir
seems to welcome Bonnie Briggs: androgynous, enigmatic, and unlikely
“Local Hero“.
Bonnie sports an over-sized NDP-orange t-shirt, baggy corduroy dungarees
torn open at both knees, and [...]

“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 [...]

Cops and Condominiums: Poverty and Gentrification in Toronto’s Downtown Eastside
By Linchpin
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By Alex Balch
According to the Toronto Star, I live in the worst neighbourhood in the city.
This past April, in an innocuously titled article “Dundas-Sherbourne poised for a surprising rebirth”, The Star’s Robyn Doolittle pointed out that Toronto’s downtown eastside [...]

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 [...]

NDP calls for a national housing strategy to help Canadians
Libby Continues the Call for a NationalAffordable Housing Strategy
CANCER FOR  WORKERS Toronto Star April 27, 2011

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A quintessential Norman keep: the White Tower in London.
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Main article: Norman architecture
The Normans’ architecture typically stands out as a new stage in the architectural history of the regions which they subdued. They spread a unique Romanesque idiom to England and Italy and the encastellation of these regions with keeps in their north French [...]