University of Toronto

In the year of 1900, the population of New York City was 3.4 million people. Sadly, two thirds of the people were living in unsanitary and crowded tenements (Tenements). What is worse is that many people did not know the tenements. Jacob Riis, the author how How The Other Half Lives, opened citizen’s eyes about what New York City was truthfully like. Jacob Riis however has not been the only writer to write about the reality of the world. Author’s like Kate Chopin, who wrote The Story Of An Hour,…

This paper highlighted things that I had not thought about prior to this. However, after reading the research I can see now where environmental racialization is a factor. Subsequently, it’s not just a phenomenon present only in the Toronto. I feel it is the root of many cities that I have travelled to in Southern Ontario, and in America as well. When Scarborough was developed I was not around. However, if I were privy to initial planning documentation, I wonder if the developers ask for…

The Bloor-Yonge subway station the busiest station in the TTC with hundreds of thousands of people going through it every day. These huge crowds create chaos within the station during rush hours of the weekdays, making the average commuter frustrated and annoyed. While these times are testing of one's patience, the subway would not be the same without this epicenter of Toronto's commuters. The beginning of the day for most commuters on the Bloor-Yonge is remarkably difficult, with the walk…

In order to further explain my experience in Canada as an immigrant, I composed a song called “I left the town”. The song is a small screen shot of my entire experience which depicts my ups and downs when I left my home country. Most of the immigrants in Canada relate to this song as we all face emotional, financial and cultural challenges after moving to Canada. The first paragraph of the song describes the beginning of my journey when I left India “with a ray of hope and dream”. The paragraph…

Greenbelt was established February 5th, 2005. It’s a 2 million acre (809 thousand hectare) solution for all Ontarians. The Greenbelt goes as far north as Tobermory and extends 325 km from Rice Lake in Northumberland County, east of Toronto, to the Niagara River, west of Toronto. It’s even larger then PEI (1.4 million acres). The Greenbelt’s purpose is to protect environmentally delicate areas, and productive farmlands from urban sprawl and development. There are approximately 5,500 farms in…

Theoretically, the term 'Public Art ' (municipal or community art) signifies any work of art which is designed for and located in a space available to the general populace, from a public square to a enclosure within a building freely accessible to the general public. In practice, however, a significant amount of such works of art end up tucked away in storage, or in private governmental workplaces. A lot of the public art, which has fortunately evaded being classified as antiquity, contains a…

Toronto is a city with a population of over 2.6milion people, making it the most city in Canada. Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Statistics Canada in 2006 indicated that 49.9% of Toronto's population is foreign-born. Toronto is a racially diverse city. Ruprecht (1990), has provided synopses of the settlement and development of more than 60 different ethnocultural communities in Toronto. According to Sue et al. (1992), race is related to the external appearance of…

Essay Regent Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto where recent immigrants go to live. It is right beside Cabbage Town, which is ironic because Regent Park is a poor area, and Cabbage Town has houses that are the second most expensive in Canada. Regent Park is a community that the city of Toronto wants to revitalize because it has many old building and structures and because it is a very poor community. Revitalization leads to urban renewal, which refers to building new infrastructure such…

The Ultimate NBA Playoff Experience “They need a three to tie, Lowry half court heave a prayer at the buzzer, oh Kyle Lowry he hits and we are going to overtime in Toronto (Eastern).” This is what Kevin Harlen, a NBA commentator, said during the game as Kyle Lowry hit a buzzer beater to go into overtime in the playoffs. The NBA playoffs are a huge attraction in the United States, Canada, and even countries overseas to many people. Basketball can be one of the most exciting sporting events in…

so many ways from being more independent, proving our strength in the war, technological advances, gender and racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many concepts that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash. There has already been visible change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been Canadian (Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett).…