COMMUNITY ONE BLOG

Success Story: Paperhouse Outreach Collective’s ZIPE

    Legendary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham once said, “There is only one of you in all time; this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost.” This idea of giving voice to unique individuality is at the heart of Paperhouse Outreach Collective’s […]

Success Story: Tessa Gooden

    Tessa Gooden has been performing all her life – as a cellist in the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, a musical theatre performer on Broadway and as part of a rock band. After moving to Toronto in 2013, she decided to continue stretching herself creatively through various forms and genres, taking on the challenge of […]

Success Story: LOFT Community Services’ BLOOM Project

    “You have to do something! So we did.” When LOFT Community Services saw the number of transgender clients in their transitional housing balloon from an average of 4 to 14 in 2016, it was evident that a program designed for their specific needs was vital, and the response was the BLOOM project. “The […]

Success Story: Bi Arts Festival

Celebrate Bisexuality Day happens every year on September 23, but on a calendar awash in days of recognition, Toronto-based visual artist Catherine Jones wanted a more memorable way to help connect and affirm the experiences of her community, one she felt was too often misrepresented and brushed aside. “Being bisexual is particularly challenging;­ there are […]