Adele Lukusa
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Changemakers
Urban planning for your community with plazaPOPS' Naziha Nasrin
For one of our Changemakers newsletters, we spoke with urban planner Naziha Nasrin about how she builds community and celebrates suburban culture through her work with plazaPOPS.
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Business
QUEER TORONTONIANS IN TRADES
On-the-ground stories from LGBTQ+ tradespeople, including their experiences on worksites, their survival strategies at work and the push for advocacy happening right now.
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Neighbourhoods
Café Club: Discover Leslieville's hidden gem, a living room-turned-community hub
Art gallery, your friend's place and a co-working space — this unassuming house in Toronto's downtown east end is all that and more.
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Changemakers
Art as an archive and community space with Anson Ng
For one of our Changemakers newsletters, we spoke with local artist Anson Ng about how he’s using vibrant paintings to preserve the disappearing landmarks of Toronto’s Chinatown.
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Changemakers
On the importance of community care and how to balance work and activism with Deqa Nur
For our March 2024 Changemaker newsletter, we spoke with activist Deqa Nur about Toronto's housing crisis and how she supports marginalized communities.
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Changemakers
Let's talk therapy in Toronto with Kate Scowen
For one of our Changemakers newsletters, we spoke with Kate Scowen about the lessons she’s learned through her work at Hard Feelings, a community hub offering accessible, low-cost therapy.
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Changemakers
Zillah Ferguson on comedy, roast battles and Toronto’s unique scene
For one of our Changemakers newsletters, we chatted with comedian and writer Zillah Ferguson about her journey into stand-up comedy and the unique energy of Toronto’s comedy scene.
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Culture
How the disability arts movement made a home in Toronto
For 50 years Mad, d/Deaf, and disabled artists and art lovers have been making space for their work and communities in this city.
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Business
TORONTO'S STAND-UP COMEDY SCENE
Stand-up, an artform popular in the United States for decades, finally crossed the border and caught on in Toronto in the 1980s. The ecosystem has grown exponentially since then, so what’s next in store for this talented but underrated community?
