As always, Gene Domagala is the perfect person to make connections. With the date for my photo exhibition rapidly approaching and the need to finalize …
Presenting: St. Aidan’s Church and Father Stephen Kirkegaard – Charity Comes Full Circle in the Beach
It’s ironic, just as I decided to do my first neighbourhood portrait of Toronto, the Beach, my intended subject, was in the news a lot. …
Presenting: Kingston Road – a Revitalizing Business Community and an Integral Part of the Beach
During a recent historic walk with Gene Domagala he took me into the local Scotia Bank office near Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston to show …
Presenting: Neil Macdonald and the Beach Business Improvement Association – A Community Overview
The article series about the Beach contains an entire kaleidoscope of personalities and organizations that make up this great community. The following interview with Neil …
Presenting: The Beaches Library – A Centre of Learning and Community Interaction
Right in the heart of the Beach, just a few steps from the intersection of Queen Street and Lee Avenue is the Beaches Library, a …
Presenting: The Beaches Lions Club – Celebrating with the Community and Making a Difference
For many decades now the Beaches Lions Club has been an integral part of the Beach Community and the driving force behind one of the …
Presenting: The Beach Rotary Club – Service Above Self in the Beach
One of the areas I really set out to focus on in my Beach neighbourhood portrait was the local spirit of charity and community assistance. …
Presenting: The Balmy Beach Club – Legend by the Lake
No neighbourhood portrait of Toronto’s Beach community could ever be complete without one of the true institutions in the area: the Balmy Beach Club, a …
Presenting: Fire Station 227 – History, Heroism and Community Connections in the Beach
Having just completed my interview with Lido Chilelli, the creator of the Toronto International Beaches Jazz Festival, I was planning to head east on Queen …
Presenting: Sheila Blinoff and Carole Stimmell from the Beach Metro News – A Nerve Centre of Information Gathering and Community Involvement in the Beach
One of the central organizations in the Beach is Beach Metro Community News, a non-profit, non-partisan community newspaper founded in 1972 that is distributed throughout …
A Great New Resource for Travellers to Toronto: The Toronto Greeter Program – “TAP into TO”
I am a big proponent of Greeter Programs, i.e. programs that involve local volunteers who are coordinated by the city, then matched up with tourist …
Ignite the Night
As a person who has been privileged to have travelled to many beautiful places across the world and to have made life-long memories, I often …
Presenting: Skills for Change – An Organization Dedicated to Helping New Immigrants Integrate Successfully into the Canadian Workplace
Along the continuum of cross-cultural experiences, becoming an immigrant and deciding to live full-time in another culture provides the most intense cross-cultural experience. Issues commonly …
Presenting Legacy International: An NGO Dedicated to Conflict Resolution, Peace-Building and Intercultural Exchanges for a Better Tomorrow
Heaven knows that in these times full of cultural misunderstandings and conflict, we need people and organizations that build bridges between people of different cultures …
Presenting: Canada’s Largest and Most Popular Museum – The Canadian Museum of Civilization
My recent trip to Ottawa last weekend gave me a chance to explore Canada’s capital first-hand. One place I did not have time to visit …
Presenting: Elderhostel – Adventure and Learning for People 55+
Learning and exploring is one of the big mottos of this website and learning vacations are one of the best ways of expanding one’s mind. …
Presenting: The Scadding Court Community Centre Uses International Travel and Cross-Cultural Learning to Help At-Risk Youth
Sometimes you come across individuals or organizations who quietly do phenomenal work in the community right here under our noses, without any big fanfare. Through …
Presenting: The National Gallery of Canada – One of Ottawa’s Treasures
Canada’s capital has many sights to see and the National Gallery of Canada is one of its treasures. I will have the opportunity to visit …
Doctors Without Borders – A Global Volunteer Organization Helping People In Crisis Regions
One of the subjects I am going to research in the near future is combining travel with volunteer opportunities all over the world. Volunteering is …
Presenting: Pier 21: Canada’s “Front Door” to Millions of Immigrants
I am fascinated by human stories and by intercultural connections. The immigrant experience combines both these elements. On the continuum of intercultural experiences from tourist …
Interview with US Servas: Servas Fosters PeaceThrough Intercultural Exchange
How to become a concerned traveler, not just a tourist.. Servas travelers are warmly welcomed in more than 15,000 homes throughout the world. You know …