“Because they don’t get a manual when they leave the plane.” ~ Gail Simpson, employment facilitator, PED When Bindu D’Cunha arrived in Canada five years a...
In a society where for many of us our neighbours are little more than strangers, Joanne Chrobot believes it is important to reach out and take care of each o...
Helen Sweet started the Brides' Project with two goals in mind: to make planning a wedding a little less expensive and self-indulgent, and to help those livi...
Elementary school teacher Kenneth DeLuca was given good references by his employers and moved from school to school. But beneath his handsome charming appear...
It was a slow Saturday afternoon, at the Thornhill restaurant where Ruth Dorey was working to help a friend. “Why can’t we have the Globe and Mail for a chan...
I’m not the tea-room type. Even as a child, I wasn’t one to put on a frilly dress with a big hat and a faux-pearl necklace and sip make-believe tea from toy...
Prom night is supposed to be magical. Unless, of course, you feel like Cinderella before her fairy godmother appeared and made her dream come true. For some...
Ida Tong learned how to draw when she was just a young child. And now she teaches art to children. It all started when she was eight years old. After an a...
Michael Oesch dreams of walking - walking, walking and walking. Every day since September 11 he has had reoccurring dreams. “I’ve dreamt of walking to the N...