Walking into any Toronto hospital reminds Shakhlo Sharipova of the career she left behind. "Just the smell of the hospital brings those memories back. I feel this is my mission, this is where I belong really," she said. It's been 15 years since Sharipova entered a hospital as a working physician. She emigrated to Thorncliffe Park from Tajikistan in 2009. There, she had spent 12 years working as an ophthalmologist, specializing in glaucoma.After arriving in Toronto, her ability to continue that c
A Toronto community organization is calling on Metrolinx to commit to specific targets to hire from communities most affected by the construction of the Ontario Line.
Wajid Iqbal lives and operates a small business in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood, but Ontario Line construction means his family may need to uproot. A technicality leaves small businesses out of a fund meant to support small businesses during the construction project.
Sarah and Francis Johnston, a biracial couple who faced discrimination, gave work opportunities to runaway slaves who fled north and arrived at their farm.