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Holocaust Survivors Connect With Young People For Yellow Rose Project
Holocaust Survivors Connect With Young People For Yellow Rose Project Holocaust survivor Franka Kon inspired the name of Toronto's Yellow Rose Project.Holocaust survivor Franka Kon and the inspiration behind the Yellow Rose Project had been waiting her whole life to attend her senior prom. That celebration finally came one evening in June 2011 in Toronto…
Metric Singer Emily Haines Partners With Kiehl's For MusiCounts
Metric Singer Emily Haines Partners With Kiehl's For MusiCounts Metric's Emily Haines sits in a Kiehl's store to discuss the importance of music and MusiCounts.There’s still time to step up and help Metric singer Emily Haines raise money for Canadian charity MusiCounts through her partnership with Kiehl’s. For every product sold online at kiehls.ca,…
Indigo Books Gives Students Thousands Of Books Via Adopt A School
Indigo Books Gives Students Thousands Of Books Via Adopt A School Students from Toronto's Ogden Junior Public School attended Indigo Books & Music's Adopt A School fundraising event at the corporate office, Sept. 27, 2013.The students at Ogden Junior Public School in downtown Toronto will soon have more than a thousand new books in their library…
CBS' Good Wife’s Alan Cumming Out There for Gay Rights and AIDS Research
CBS' Good Wife’s Alan Cumming Out There for Gay Rights and AIDS Research Alan Cumming sports a one-of-a-kind T-shirt for the Ali Forney Center's Shred of Hope fundraising auction.Actor Alan Cumming, who plays Eli Gold in CBS drama The Good Wife, was recently in Toronto hosting a fundraiser for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and is…
Ron Howard Supports Jacob Burns Film Center To Further Media Literacy
Ron Howard Supports Jacob Burns Film Center To Further Media Literacy (L to R) Jacob Burns Film Center board member Ron Howard, 2011 Vision Award recipient Steven Spielberg and JBFC executive director Steve Apkon — photo credit: Lynda Shenkman CurtisOscar-winner Ron Howard’s own Ron and Cheryl Howard Family Foundation is in a “nascent phase” says the…
Urban Arts Group Manifesto Removes Barriers For Youth
Urban Arts Group Manifesto Removes Barriers For Youth Manifesto Festival at Y&D Square 2010 and is of J. Period & Black Thought of the Roots.Opportunities are very nice to have, especially when it comes to things like ambitious career choices in the arts. But having access to potentially career-boosting resources and networks is a real game-…
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi The Scott brothers in New Delhi with World Vision.Property Brothers’ Drew and Jonathan Scott have built a lucrative career out of their expertise in real estate, both as renovators and realtors, and in the process have become TV stars in their native Canada and in America, where they reside…
Maestro Fresh Wes An Inspiration Beyond The Hip Hop World
Maestro Fresh Wes An Inspiration Beyond The Hip Hop World Maestro Fresh Wes at one of his speaking engagements.Maestro Fresh Wes, who is celebrating 25 years in hip hop with his first full-length studio album in 13 years, Orchestrated Noise, and still holds the record in Canada for the top-selling Canadian hip hop album with 1989’s Symphony In Effect …
Breakdancer Encourages Youth Leaders Through Hip Hop
Breakdancer Encourages Youth Leaders Through Hip Hop Bboy Piecez, real name Michael Prosserman, executive director of UNITY charity.For elite breakdancer Michael "Bboy Piecez" Prosserman, the founder and executive director of Unity Charity, falling down and getting back up again did more than just make him great at popping and locking; it inspired him to…
Horses, Cows Facing Emergencies Central to Innovative Course
Horses, Cows Facing Emergencies Central to Innovative Course This horse got stuck in a mud hole — photo credit: Tomas Gimenez.Most would agree that having an emergency preparedness plan for dealing with fire, flood and other disasters and accidents is a sound idea albeit one rarely practiced outside of institutions. Deborah Chute and Dr. Rebecca Gimenez…
Shawn Desman Heading To Kenya With Free The Children
Shawn Desman Heading To Kenya With Free The Children Shawn Desman performs at 2012 We Day, Alberta — photo credit: Michael Rajzman.Shawn Desman has been participating nationwide in Free The Children’s massive We Day student gatherings since he first performed at one in 2010, encouraging a new generation of social activists. The Toronto singer-dancer, who…
Southbrook Organic Winery At Forefront Of Eco-Friendly Deliciousness
Southbrook Organic Winery At Forefront Of Eco-Friendly Deliciousness Owner Bill Redelmeier poses by barrels separating Southbrook's meeting area and tasting room — photo credit: Kim Hughes.Winemaker Bill Redelmeier is the kind of guy who makes environmental sustainability seem really cool. And he will happily blab your ears purple about the critical…
Muslim Teens Break Barriers In Two YouTube Videos
Muslim Teens Break Barriers In Two YouTube Videos Teenagers Abdullah Ghuman, Sheikh Akbar and Adam Saleh hold the 'Meet a Muslim Person' sign in Union Square Park.Adam Saleh, Sheikh Akbar and Abdullah Ghuman are three Brooklyn, NY-born best friends who run a vlog on YouTube called TrueStoryASA. Watch any one of their weekly videos, which averages 20 to 25…
Beyonce, Madonna, J-Lo, Florence Help Raise Millions For Girl Power
Beyonce, Madonna, J-Lo, Florence Help Raise Millions For Girl Power Madonna promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada.A massive fundraising concert organized by Chime For Change co-founders Frida Giannini, actress Salma Hayek Pinault and singer Beyonce, raised S4.3 million over the weekend to help girls and women in 70 different countries achieve…
Liz Marshall Documents Animal Suffering In Our Ghosts In The Machine
Liz Marshall Documents Animal Suffering In Our Ghosts In The Machine From Our Ghosts In The Machine documentary: this rescued beagle still has the tattoo from when it was experimented on in a research lab — photo credit: Jo-Anne McArthur.Liz Marshall knows the topic of animal rights is a tough subject. She knows most people would rather look away. That’s…