Project Features
The title of this news series is “Vital Signs: Opioid-Related Harm Reduction in Toronto.” Pain was named the fifth vital sign by a Purdue Pharma shell company in order to persuade…
News
With a surge in capacity at shelters, the lethal opioid crisis, alternative housing availability, and renovictions, the impacts of a housing and homelessness crisis are felt by Can…
The Unhoused and The Unprepared is a six-part series that dives into how the city is unprepared to deal with its unhoused population, through interviews with encampment residents,…
High retention rates reported for take-home opioid agonist treatment during COVID-19 The cohort of people studied before and during COVID-19 were characterized by extreme structura…
After two years of navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Irish Film Festival is back in theatres this month. The 12th iteration returns to the TIFF Bell Lightbox wi…
The Canadian Film Fest returns for the 16th edition of the festival this month, continuing its dedication to screening and promoting Canadian film and building its community throug…
Close to a hundred residents at an apartment complex in Cornwall, Ont., received eviction notices that would force them to move out of their living spaces under the guise of renova…
Ontario’s housing market has seen skyrocketing rent prices, lowering the margins of those who can afford a place to stay. The situation is most prominent in major metropolitans, li…
Toronto’s winter months amplify the unsafe living conditions faced by the city’s homeless population, many of whom are forced to brave a night without shelter or warmth. In a recen…
“You go and you walk into this room and you’re like – oh, here are my people. They’re not in the village, they’re here.” Phil Villeneuve is a queer DJ, promoter, and cultural organ…
At the brink of capacity, the City of Toronto’s shelter system faces two crises: an increase in opioid overdoses and the challenge of housing the unhoused. At the forefront of thes…
Clashes between Toronto police and protesters at several homeless encampments across numerous city parks last summer highlighted Toronto’s ongoing homelessness and housing crisis….
