A recent report found homelessness has become worse under Ford, a consequence of the province’s underinvestment in social housing.
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Private equity firms are targeting low-income apartment buildings across the city as the ultimate investment: buying them out, evicting tenants and renovating the empty units. The new rents, subject to increases without controls, are so high that they’re sending some residents to the food bank.
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They’re ultra-rich, predominantly American, and over the next eight years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.
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In Haldimand County, there are several unregistered burial sites where Black freedom-seekers are resting. And some are becoming the centre of a movement to have them reclaimed and protected. In this WEP exclusive, Daysha Loppie explores critical questions being raised about how we deliver our duty to the dead, and how cities can better plan around their history.
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A decade ago, Toronto tried something new, transferring vulnerable individuals picked up by the cops to a “situation table” of community workers, in order to tend to people in crisis within a day or two. On its 10-year anniversary, Xavier Richer Vis reports on how the program, called FOCUS, has “changed the game,” radically improving outcomes in delicate cases.
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These immigrants have spent a quarter-century in Canada, yet they have no access to publicly funded health care. Why advocates are urging Ontario to bring back recently gutted health-care coverage for the uninsured.
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At a boxing gym in the Junction Triangle, a free program is teaching young people from underserved communities how to cope with the challenges life throws at them.
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At the height of the pandemic, South Asians reported the poorest mental health outcomes of any racialized community in Canada. But finding the words to discuss what’s happening to them — not to mention finding a South Asian therapist to provide culturally relevant care — can be a significant barrier to treatment.
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In 2020, nearly a quarter of hospitalizations for children and youth were for mental health conditions. Becca Lemire talks for the first time about her own hospitalizations for a mental health crisis during her teen years and shares what a better path out of those woods can look like.
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For decades, lawyers and advocates have fought for the rights of Black people in the Canadian justice system. Here are some of the rising stars of the next generation.
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Crime reporting is one of the oldest forms of journalism. It tells us who should be feared and who should be punished for tearing the social fabric. But its often sensational approach has consequences: It demonizes Black people with exaggerated portrayals of their criminality, and invites the rest of society to do the same.
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Racial bias plays a role in jury deliberations and weighs heavily on trial outcomes. So why are the courts still reluctant to admit it?
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Systemic barriers in Ontario guarantee that Black people are vetted out of jury selection from the start. Journalist Eternity Martis explains who gets chosen for Ontario juries – and why it matters that the answer is rarely Black people.
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