›› Lauren Gaultier
Many Fernwood residents are surprised to learn that our community borders extend as far east as Fort Street. Enter Stadacona Centre located between Fort Street, Pandora Avenue, Belmont Avenue, and Stadacona Avenue. With a multitude of businesses, over the next several articles we will be showcasing the restaurants that are tucked away in […]
›› Chantille Viaud
I was on a zoom call recently when my toddler, who was at home because of a COVID exposure at his child care centre, started screaming like the world had ended. Turns out Moana had gone to credits and I hadn’t noticed in time. No one on my call batted an eye.
One of […]
›› Shonna Bell
At least daily I think to myself how hard parenting is—and it is. While it doesn’t change my current situation in those times when I am so overwhelmed with parenting my one child, I try to think of my grandma Kay Bell, a single woman who raised 10 children. In addition to raising […]
›› Grace Lore, MLA
It’s been two long years since the pandemic began and many of us are feeling exhausted. This holiday season was especially hard, as the Omicron variant forced us to rethink our holiday plans. We once again stayed home when we desperately wanted to connect. While we’re all tired of COVID-19—the virus is […]
What does it mean to feel connected to your community?
›› JJ Ford
What does it mean to be nourished, fed, and supported by the people around you? How do we connect through food to a wider network of human and non-human relationships? What does it mean to be accountable in these relationships? As we enter the […]
›› Ariel Reyes Antuan
Our ancestors taught us that supporting each other with kindness and compassion is the best way to enhance our human experience. Food is a connector, however many of us agree that food aid is not sustainable as it is reliant on the surplus of industrial food systems. We need a food justice […]
›› Chantille Viaud
Growing up, my family would give cans of food to our local food bank each year, and I assumed that this was normal. But then one year, friends from Sweden visited us for Christmas. I remember telling them, with pride, that we were gathering cans of food to give to the local food […]
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