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 …

Life is a Journey – Explore New Horizons
Life is a Journey – Explore New Horizons
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …