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Architects Against Housing Alienation to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) will represent Canada at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, from May 20 to November 26, 2023. AAHA is a curatorial collective, newly formed for the Venice Biennale of Architecture. It has a mission to instigate an architectural movement and create socially, ecologically, and creatively empowering […] ....

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Big news for Little Jamaica, Toronto

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Is Toronto's Little Jamaica history? - The Globe and Mail


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The lunch time lineup outside Randy’s Take Out on Eglinton Ave. West on April 7, 2021. The ongoing LRT work has impacted the area which is important to the Jamaican community, and with little support from the city, some businesses have closed.
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On Thursday, Toronto City Council will consider a motion to protect Little Jamaica, the strip along Eglinton Avenue West that has been the hub for the city’s Black communities for half a century. It needs the help: Black-owned businesses have been punished by a decade of Eglinton Crosstown construction. ....

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City of Toronto proclaims Black Mental Health Week in Toronto


March 1, 2021
Today, Mayor John Tory proclaimed March 1 to 5 as Black Mental Health Week in Toronto. Throughout the week, various events planned by community groups and agencies will focus on the impact that anti-Black racism has on mental health. The week is also a call to action for more support and access to culturally-responsive mental health services and programs for Black residents.
 
Anti-Black racism continues to affect the lives of more than 400,000 people of African descent who call Toronto home. Experiencing systemic discrimination and microaggressions are social stressors that increase the risk of negative physical and mental health including anxiety, depression, suicide or suicidal thoughts, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, high blood pressure and premature mortality. ....

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