“I spend 10 hours every day quilting”: Before Covid, he couldn’t sew. Now he sells his designs on Instagram “I spend 10 hours every day quilting”: Before Covid, he couldn’t sew. Now he sells his designs on Instagram
By Justin Yong | Photography By Daniel Neuhaus |
May 28, 2021
05/28/2021
Justin Yong is a Toronto-based photographer whose work dried up when the pandemic hit last spring. With idle time on his hands, he borrowed a sewing machine from his mother and took up quilting. Now he makes elaborate, one-of-a-kind quilts with fabrics that he sources from across the city, and sells them on Instagram. Here, he tells Toronto Life
Katherine Hay is the president and CEO of Kids Help Phone, which provides mental health support to youth across Canada. During the pandemic, her organization has seen a huge spike in calls, texts and online messages. Hay spoke to Toronto Life about what’s causing the surge and how Kids Help Phone mobilized to meet the increased need for support.
How has the pandemic affected what you do at Kids Help Phone?
During the first two or three months after Covid hit, we saw a 350 per cent increase in calls. We didn’t go dark for even one minute. When the pandemic hit, we didn’t say, “Well, we better start innovating.” We were built for something like Covid. We offer several different services: our phone line; our text line, Good2Talk; and a crisis service. Though it’s still human-to-human communication, our crisis text line uses machine learning to triage based on a texter’s severity of need. It looks for particular words that are more likely to indicate that a texter is in
Kids Help Phone saw a 350% increase in calls during COVID
CEO Katherine Hay breaks down the surge in demand for support during the pandemic. Haley Steinberg, Toronto Life
Katherine Hay is the president and CEO of Kids Help Phone, which provides
mental health support to youth across Canada. During the pandemic, her organization has seen a huge spike in calls, texts and online messages. Hay spoke to Toronto Life about what’s causing the surge and how Kids Help Phone mobilized to meet the increased need for support.
How has the pandemic affected what you do at Kids Help Phone?
A Q&A with TL Insider Dale Schattenkirk on the perks of membership A Q&A with TL Insider Dale Schattenkirk on the perks of membership
By TL Insider |
Toronto Life and FASHION magazine, invitations to workshops and one-of-a-kind cooking and cocktail masterclasses, promotions from top brands like a $50 Tiger of Sweden gift card upon signing up and more.
We caught up with Dale Schattenkirk, a partner at KPMG, to learn about how he enjoys membership, which virtual events are his favourite, as well as what he’s most looking forward to in the coming months.
Tell me about your relationship with the city.