Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2023 i Toronto Life

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When Ahad Bandealy moved to Canada in 2009 to pursue his PhD in behavioural health at the University of Toronto, he never expected to develop Get A-Head, an innovative platform that facilitates mental health care and training. But, as he was trying to accumulate his clinical training hours, he saw the shortcomings of the therapeutic supervision system. For disciplines related to behavioural health such as psychology, psychiatry, social work and addictions counselling, Bandealy says that doctoral students must accumulate a significant number of supervised counselling hours in a short period of time. “Often, you must gain these with little to no compensation, and you are encumbered with a ton of administrative burdens, all while balancing the rigours of your daily life and a class schedule. Practitioner training in psychology has…

IT HAPPENED LAST MONTH: A LOOSE CHRONOLOGY…

Inside the vicious battle for control of the country’s largest newspaper Jordan Bitove always thought it would be fun to own a newspaper. In early 2020, his opportunity arrived: the Toronto Star was in trouble, and its owners wanted to sell. His late father, John, was a self-made millionaire who had bankrolled the construction of the SkyDome and had been a confidante to both Brian Mulroney and David Peterson. His older brother, John Jr., was a wireless and satellite radio mogul who had followed in their father’s footsteps, bringing the Raptors to Toronto and spearheading the city’s bid for the 2008 Olympics. At 55, Jordan was an entrepreneur and an investor, but he had yet to make his mark. At that point, his biggest claim to fame was the creation…

For Hong Kong–style café cooking CAFÉ LE MAJESTIK Curry pork chop and scrambled egg donburi HONG KONG–STYLE cafés are trending, and Toronto’s newest one is named after the plaza it calls home: Majestic City, a shopping mall in Scarborough. The food at this colourful cha chaan teng (“tea restaurant” in Cantonese) is rich and warming, important hallmarks of winter takeout. It’s also affordable, which is a bonus when chicken breasts are going for $27 a kilogram at the grocery store. (Recently, even after tax and tip, it cost around $60 to feed three ravenous people.) The curry pork chop donburi is a crowd favourite. What arrives is a big bowl of steaming white rice drowning in a thick curry sauce, capped off with slices of pan-fried pork chop and a…

SIENNA TRISTEN Programming manager, The Word on the Street CATALYST BY BRANDON CRILLY “Crilly’s debut novel is part solarpunk adventure, part meditation on the power of honest conversations. I love the rich, imaginative world-building. Come for the magical giant squid, stay for the gentle mending of relationships between old friends.” CERYS GOODALL Chief operating officer, Vetster WITH LOVE, ANGIE BY ANGIE REID “This is a wonderful around-the-world travel diary. Reid writes from places like Argentina, Spain and India, visiting fascinating communities where she meets average families, royalty and everyone in between. You can feel the love in her adventures—she quickly becomes a reader’s best friend.” OLGA NSEYA NKUBA Events manager, Institute for Canadian Citizenship A COLORS SHOW “One of my favourite music platforms is ColorsxStudios. They have an amazing series…

Helter Shelter Readers had strong feelings about our cover story on the rental crisis. Many shared their own rental tales: successes, failures, nightmares, other. “An interesting and timely article. All levels of government are concentrating on home ownership to the detriment of people living in rental-heavy cities like Toronto. “My husband and I live in an area that used to have a good mix of affordable rentals and owner-occupied single-family homes. In the past three years, three multi-unit rental houses within three blocks of one another have been demolished to make way for ‘luxury townhomes.’ The multiunit house I live in and two surrounding rentals have been bought with the intention of another such development. “When I contacted city councillors and MPPs, I was given a pat answer about how…

CHRISTIAN DOMBKOWSKI grew up riding horses on his family’s farm in the German countryside. He had a happy childhood, but then his idyllic life began to unravel. In 1984, when he was 12, his mom and dad separated. Four months later, his older brother died in a car crash. His parents decided to give it another try and start a new life in Canada, but after they arrived, they split again: mother and son in a townhouse in Milton, father in Alberta. Young Christian learned English and made friends hanging around Trevi Pizza, a strip-mall shop that was popular with students thanks to $1.25 slices and a wall of arcade games. He spent so much time there that, when he turned 16, the shop hired him as a delivery driver.…

An Italian Honeymoon WHO: Sarah Gadon, actor WHERE: Italy WHEN: October 2022 MY HUSBAND, Max, and I got married last September. We wanted to go on a honeymoon, but I had a few days of work left. I was filming Ferrari in Italy, so I brought Max with me to travel around when we could. We landed in Rome and spent three nights there. Max is an industrial designer, and we’re both interested in architecture, so we were blown away by the Pantheon. He told me that it’s one of the most copied pieces of architecture in the world. After that, we spent a few nights in Modena at Casa Maria Luigia, a B&B owned by Italian chef Massimo Bottura, who appeared on Chef’s Table. It’s a converted country estate…

As had happened to traditional media everywhere, the Star’s revenue was hollowed out by Facebook and other tech vultures who profit from content they didn’t create, and a reversal of this trend seemed unlikely. It broke his heart, but Honderich knew it was time to move on. The buyers were relatively unknown. Jordan Bitove came from a prominent, wealthy family, but he himself was an enigma. Paul Rivett had been president at insurance and investment giant Fairfax but likewise kept a low profile. Soon, a few details trickled out. Bitove had run some profitable businesses in the city. Rivett was an ardent capitalist with a knack for financial turnarounds. Both had donated to conservative politicians and causes, which caused some Star subscribers to fear that the paper’s liberal values would…

Your new graphic novel is called Dreamer: Growing Up Black in the World of Hockey. Is it fair to call it an autobiography? It’s based on my own experiences, which were different from those of most kids in hockey. I was born in Nigeria and grew up in Ukraine. We moved to Parkdale when I was nine years old, and hockey was everywhere in Toronto—on TV, billboards—and all the kids were playing it. My parents didn’t have much money, so all of my equipment was hand-me-downs. I was always the only person of colour on the team. When I was 11 years old, I played a tournament in Quebec and got called a racial slur. Unfortunately, racism was something I would continue to experience throughout my pro career. Every sport…

$0.10 TTC fare hike, effective April 3, raising the price of an individual ride to $3.35. The levy is meant to help cover the cost of 50 new special constables focused on rider safety. $27 Recent per-kilogram cost of chicken at Loblaws, nearly $20 higher than in the before times. $58,000 Amount, on average, that Canada’s top CEOs earn every 43 minutes, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. That works out to a salary of $14.3 million. $1,500,000 Amount Queen’s Park is investing in wholesale bakery Bimbo Canada, to support a new tortilla line in Hamilton. Mayor Andrea Horwath praised the deal, adding that food production is one of the city’s fastest-growing industries. $48,300,000 Approved budget increase for the Toronto Police Service—tabled by Mayor Tory…

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THE BUYERS: Jenny Simon, 38, and Shane Little, 33, both realtors THE STORY: Life and business partners Jenny and Shane moved in together in September 2020, after buying a two-bed condo in Leslieville. They loved walking around the neighbourhood and even adopted a bulldog puppy named Dolly to accompany them on strolls. But, when the pandemic forced them to work from home, they realized that their unit was too small. Worse, the eight to 10 daily trips up and down the stairs to potty train their pooch chewed up a big chunk of their day. The first step was to rent a bigger place close by until the ideal property—a Riverdale townhouse with a backyard—came on the market. Then, with a budget of $1.5 million, they started their search. OPTION…