WOTS Presents: Ideas & Imagination, Part Two of Two (Saturday 26, 1:30 - 7:00pm) The Word On The Street Toronto 2026-09-20 | WOTS Presents: Ideas & Imagination, Part Two of Two (Saturday 26, 1:30 - 7:00pm)
WOTS 2022 | When We Lost Our Heads with Heather ONeill The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-10-20 | A reading & conversation with Heather O'Neill, author of When We Lost Our Heads, LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Saturday, June 11 at 12pm ET.
Diaspora Dialogues with Tanya Turton Presented by WOTS Toronto Community Pop-Up The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-09-26 | Join us on Sunday, September 25 at 5:10pm for an exciting live conversation with Tanya Turton who will discuss her new release Jade Is a Twisted Green (Dundurn Press). Tanya will be in conversation with Fiona Raye Clarke at Evergreen Brickworks as part of The Word on the Street Toronto's Community Pop-Up.Buy the book with our Official Bookseller: anotherstory.ca/item/a-c8S3j7QPMW_1FVY4OyBgVisit WOTS online: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/community-pop-up-evergreen-brick-works
In Conversation with Maude Barlow Presented by WOTS Toronto Community Pop-Up The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-09-26 | Join us on Sunday, September 25 at 4:00pm ET as lifelong activist Maude Barlow appears in conversation with Katherine Bruce, Executive Director of Planet in Focus, on her recent memoir detailing her life as an activist.Buy the book with our Official Bookseller: anotherstory.ca/item/jxxbdRJkVbIigttscvDmmg Visit WOTS online: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/community-pop-up-evergreen-brick-works
Toronto Book Award Shortlist Presented by WOTS Toronto Community Pop-Up The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-09-26 | Hosted by Steven W. Beattie, join us at 1:00pm ET for readings from the five finalists for the 2022 Toronto Book Awards.03:00-18:59 – Two Indians by Falen Johnson (Samantha Brown and Yolanda M. Bonnell presenting)19:56-46:51 – Wrong Side of the Court by HN Khan47:00-01:14:54 – Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley01:15:12-01:38:35 – The Relatives by Camilla Gibb01:43:56-02:12:40 – The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! by Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Karolyn Smardz Frost (Adrienne Shadd & Afua Cooper presenting)View the shortlist: toronto.ca/city-government/awards-tributes/awards/toronto-book-awards/toronto-book-awards-jury-finalists-winnersVisit WOTS online: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/community-pop-up-evergreen-brick-works
In Conversation with Clayton Thomas-Muller Presented by WOTS Toronto Community Pop-Up The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-09-26 | Clayton Thomas-Muller joins us on Sunday, September 25 at 11:45am ET to discuss his new memoir, tying together personal stories of survival that bring the realities of the First Nations of this land into sharp focus, and lessons learned from a career as a frontline activist committed to addressing environmental injustice at a global scale, Thomas-Muller offers a narrative and vision of healing and responsibility. Moderated by Doug Anderson.Buy the book with our Official Bookseller: anotherstory.ca/item/rC8Hn_GwKfTM-KqkjadSUQVisit WOTS online: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/community-pop-up-evergreen-brick-works
Sharon & Randi – LIVE @ Evergreen Brick Works Presented by WOTS Toronto Community Pop-Up The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-09-26 | Join us on Sunday, September 25 at 10:30am ET for a live performance by the beloved children's entertainer duo Sharon & Randi (and their amazing live band), carrying on the legacy of Sharon, Lois, and Bram with singalongs for the whole family, and their new book ONE ELEPHANT CAME OUT TO PLAY.Buy the book with our Official Bookseller: anotherstory.ca/item/rC8Hn_GwKfTJt55ltrKvegVisit WOTS online: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/community-pop-up-evergreen-brick-works
WOTS 2022 | Rehearsals for Living with Robyn Maynard The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | A reading & conversation with Robyn Maynard, co-author of Rehearsals for Living, in conversation with Nora Loreto. LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday, June 12 at 4pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/rehearsals-for-living
WOTS 2022 | Storming the Stage: Lee Maracles Legacy The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | Moderated by Nancy Cooper. Lee Maracle’s stories are bold, honest, and gentle where it counts. Lee has given generations of writers inspiration, and readers a truly incredible oeuvre. We are joined by Cody Caetano (Half Bads in White Regalia), Shannon Webb-Campbell (I Am A Body Of Land), and Drew Hayden Taylor (Me, Tomorrow), who have called Lee Maracle a mentor and a friend. LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday June 12 at 4pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/storming-the-stage-lee-maracles-legacy
WOTS 2022 | Our housing nightmare: Will it get worse before it gets better? The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | With Toronto Star journalists Tess Kalinowski, David Rider, and Maria Iqbal, and moderated by Raju Mudhar.Real estate prices are soaring; affordable housing is in short supply and rents are climbing fast. Toronto Star journalists discuss what can or should be done by the city, province and Ottawa to deal with runaway costs that have meant owning or renting a decent home is beyond the reach of many. LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday, June 12 at 2:30pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/our-housing-nightmare-will-it-get-worse-before-it-gets-better
WOTS 2022 | Book Talk with First Nation Communities READ Shortlist, Childrens Category The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | A Book Talk with the shortlisted authors for the 2022 FNCR Award, Children's Category. Hosted by Nancy Cooper. LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday, June 12 at 2:30pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/first-nation-communities-read-awards
WOTS 2022 | Surviving COVID: Did our political and healthcare leaders fail us? The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | With Toronto Star journalists Bruce Arthur, Megan Ogilvie, and Nadine Yousef, and moderated by Saba Eitzaz. A look at how the Ontario government and public health-care officials handled the pandemic, from closures and lockdowns to fake news, protests and ever-changing advice. What lessons did we learn? Toronto Star journalists provide behind-the-scenes insights into the biggest health-care crisis of our time.LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday, June 12 at 1:00pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/surviving-covid-did-our-political-and-health-care-leaders-fail-us
WOTS 2022 | Jameela Green Ruins Everything with Zarqa Nawaz The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | A reading & conversation with Zarqa Nawaz, author of Jameela Green Ruins Everything. LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Sunday, June 12 at 1pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/jameela-green-ruins-everything
WOTS 2022 | Under Pressure with Sandra SG Wong, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, and Marissa Stapley The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | Moderated by Kate Freiman.Lives hang in the balance of these thrillers, sending readers on a perilous journey that asks: What would you do in their shoes?LIVE from Queen's Park on Sunday, June 12 at 11:30am.Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/under-pressure
WOTS 2022 | Winners and Losers in the Ontario Election | Toronto Star The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | A conversation with Star journalists Robert Benzie, Martin Regg Cohn, Kristen Rushowy, and Noor Javed, moderated by Jordan Himelfarb. An in-depth look at what happened in the Ontario election and why, plus what the future holds for the leaders of major parties and what Ontario residents can expect to see in the coming months at Queen’s Park. Toronto Star political journalists examine the fallout from June 2 election.LIVE from Queen's Park, Toronto on Sunday, June 12 at 11:30am ET.Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/winners-and-losers-in-the-ontario-election
WOTS 2022 | Poetics of North America with DA Lockheart, Madhur Anand and Michael Fraser The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | Moderated by Manahil Bandukwala. This continent has a long and storied history, and the poems here tell a selection of these tales reinterpreted for the 21st century poetry reader.LIVE from Queen's Park on Sunday, June 12 at 10:00am.Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/poetics-of-north-america
WOTS 2022 | Fiction Feature with Naben Ruthnum and Randy Boyagoda The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-13 | Readings & conversation with authors Naben Ruthnum (A Hero of Our Time) and Randy Boyagoda (Dante's Indiana), moderated by Deborah Dundas. LIVE from Queen's Park, Toronto on Sunday, June 12 at 10am. Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/naben-ruthnum-randy-boyagoda
WOTS 2022 | Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | A reading & conversation with Rollie Pemberton, aka rapper Cadence Weapon, on his new memoir Bedroom Rapper, LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Saturday, June 11 at 6:00pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/bedroom-rapper
WOTS 2022 | Ripple Effect with Genevieve Graham, Anne Lazurko, Amita Parikh, and Rachel McMillan The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | In these inevitable tales, questions of human morality are challenged by the choices and circumstances that ripple beyond a moment to change a life.LIVE from Queen's Park on Saturday, June 11 at 6:00pm.Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/ripple-effect
WOTS 2022 | Best Young Woman Job Book with Emma Healey The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | A reading & conversation with Emma Healey on her new memoir Best New Woman Job Book. Moderated by Dorothea Paas. LIVE from Queen's Park in Toronto, ON. Saturday, June 11 at 4:30pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/best-young-woman-job-book
WOTS 2022 | Poetry Feature with Charlie Petch & Nancy Jo Cullen The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | A reading, performance, and conversation with poets Charlie Petch (Why I Was Late) and Nancy Jo Cullen (Nothing Will Save Your Life), LIVE from Queen's Park Circle in Toronto, ON. Saturday, June 11 at 4:30pm ET. Learn more on the WOTS Toronto website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/charlie-petch-nancy-jo-cullen
WOTS 2022 | Short Reflections with Chelsea Vowel, Kim Fu, Helen Chau Bradley, and Kai Cheng Thom The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | Moderated by Kai Cheng Thom. In these short story collections, writers reflect on the contemporary human condition and the intimacies of knowing ourselves and each other.LIVE from Queen's Park on Saturday, June 11 at 3pm. Learn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/short-reflections
WOTS 2022 | Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance with Jesse Wente The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-12 | A reading & conversation with Jesse Wente on his new memoir "Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance" LIVE from Queen's ParkLearn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/unreconciled
WOTS 2022 | Love in the Air with Farah Heron, Sonya Singh, H.N. Khan, moderated by Uzma Jalaluddin The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-06-11 | Flirtations, breakups, arranged marriages – will these characters find love? Or find themselves in losing it?LIVE from Queen's Park on Saturday, June 11 at 1:30pmLearn more on the WOTS website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/events/love-in-the-air
Balancing Writing with Parenting and Parental Guilt | The City Imagines S3 E5: Parenthood The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-05-20 | Modern parenting can be a lot to navigate, and becoming a parent can have surprising influences on books and the writing process. Tune in and listen to the experiences of writers and parents andrea bennett (Like a Boy but Not a Boy), Erin Pepler (Send Me Into The Woods Alone), and Gillian Sze (Quiet Night Think) as they share more about the struggles and joys they have experienced raising the next generation. Moderated by Sarah Tsiang (Grappling Hook).This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.—Featured Books and ResourcesLike a Boy but Not a Boy by andrea bennett: anotherstory.ca/item/6nvBPLOyqFg_alI7gPoCLQ Send Me Into the Woods Alone by Erin Pepler: anotherstory.ca/item/SLNUxUQVkCt1GZ1L5LY4tQQuiet Night Think by Gillian Sze: anotherstory.ca/item/jxxbdRJkVbIM3Hs_V3bulA Grappling Hook by Sarah Tsiang: anotherstory.ca/item/a0QRjdbYKtpStuXAghw3qg We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists 5:17 How Parenthood Affects the Writing Process11:56 How to Deal with Parental Guilt While Working and Living18:42 Including Children and Family in Writing 35:58 Talking to Kids About Intense Topics and World Events 45:44 Having Conversations About Identity with Kids54:29 Sharing and Discussing Your Work with Kids 57:28 Defining a “Magical Childhood” & the Pressure to Make Childhood Magical and Memorable 1:11:35 Last Words & Advice for Parents
Exploring Connections to the Land | The City Imagines S3 E4: Poetry of Place The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-04-15 | Geography and land in literature, from rivers to mountains, often become characters with personalities and stories of their own. Join poets Joseph Dandurand (The East Side of It All), ryan fitzpatrick (Coast Mountain Foot) and Laurie D. Graham (Fast Commute) in conversation about their latest collections and the intersections of place, land, environment, generational lessons, and the fluctuations that happen in these spaces over time. Moderated by poet Phoebe Wang (Admission Requirements).This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesThe East Side of It All by Joseph Dandurand: anotherstory.ca/item/wsxHDXv980QBDBzJdrI4ow Coast Mountain Foot by ryan fitzpatrick: anotherstory.ca/item/fHsUtIQkUNrgt7vl0PMMpw Fast Commute by Laurie D. Graham: anotherstory.ca/item/ssARrWrToAY6OKeG6NJIkQ Admission Requirements by Phoebe Wang: anotherstory.ca/item/ssARrWrToAbeZXsD2trCNQ We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists6:29 Reading from ryan fitzpatrick12:58 Reading from Laurie D. Graham18:30 Reading from Joseph Dandurand26:10 Waterways, Rivers, and Creeks31:37 Ravines 37:40 Mountains 42:15 How Weather Affects the Writing Process 44:30 Prairies, Grasses, and Flat Expanses 47:14 How Place and Motion Affect the Writing Process 49:01 Witnessing, Unbelonging, and the City Spirit 53:35 Decolonizing Canada Through Writing About Land58:13 Reading from Joseph Dandurand1:01:18 Reading from Laurie D. Graham1:03:39 Reading from ryan fitzpatrick1:05:45 Reading from Phoebe Wang 1:08:18 Favourite Places to Write About 1:12:25 Writing Exercises to Get Creative Juices Flowing1:16:41 Final Thoughts & Thank You
Filling Gaps in Traditional Media | The City Imagines S3 E3: Canadians Dispelling COVID Confusion The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-03-10 | Featuring Nora Loreto's new analysis of gaps in traditional media coverage of COVID-19, this panel highlights citizen journalism successes. Join Nora Loreto (Spin Doctors) and Sarah Jama, co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario, for an exploration of citizen journalism from a group of people who have been helping Canadians to access important resources and information during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moderated by writer and journalist Navneet Alang. This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesSpin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nora Loreto: anotherstory.ca/item/BZH86oGT5-l7LOhKnHiLQw The Disability Justice Network of Ontario: djno.ca We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists 4:24 Thoughts on Ontario Ending Its Mask Mandate and Other Public Health Measures 10:04 Initial Reactions to COVID-19 16:06 How Mainstream Media Frame COVID-19 Impacts23:15 Injecting Citizen Journalism into Mainstream Media31:20 Mainstream Media’s Troubles Speaking About Identity37:35 How to Build Marginalized Voices into Mainstream Media45:45 Media’s Responsibility in the Face of “COVID Fatigue”50:19 Thoughts on the Shifting Criteria for Lifting Restrictions54:48 The Underexposure of Workplaces as Sources of Community Spread 59:49 The Stories That Are Silenced 1:03:17 Absence of Congregate Homeless Shelters in Mainstream Media1:06:50 Final Thoughts & Thank You
Disrupting Traditional Relationship Structures |The City Imagines S3 E2: Loving Relationship Anarchy The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-02-18 | Many people are finding themselves dissatisfied with traditional relationship structures—but more and more, our society is opening up to the wonderful possibilities that relationship anarchy and ethical non-monogamy offer to those looking for love. Join writers and experts S. Bear Bergman (Special Topics in Being a Human), Natalie Zina Walschots (Hench), and Kai Cheng Thom (I Hope We Choose Love) in conversation about all things love & anarchy. Moderated by Jenny Yuen (Polyamorous: Living and Loving More). This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesSpecial Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring For People, Including Myself by S. Bear Bergman: anotherstory.ca/item/6nvBPLOyqFicKiEqcwvegw Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots: anotherstory.ca/item/MEgaIBq6_d-k-kUSdOxVRg I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom: anotherstory.ca/item/6nvBPLOyqFi4fFCL6eBPTw Polyamorous: Living and Loving More by Jenny Yuen: anotherstory.ca/item/a-c8S3j7QPOSvSd3oheVww We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists5:40 Describing and Defining Ethical Non-Monogamy 14:15 Why People Are Becoming More Curious about Non-Monogamy24:24 Experiences Disrupting Traditional Relationship Structures 35:18 Joys and Lessons Learned from Being in Polyamorous Relationships 46:24 Dealing with Jealousy in Polyamorous Relationships 49:12 Telling Family About Polyamory 1:00:27 Advice for People Looking to Explore Polyamory 1:05:57 Unique Stages and Milestones in Non-Monogamous Relationships1:12:11 Why Relationships Go Downhill 1:15:51 Roles Queer Platonic Partnerships Play in Disrupting Normative Social Ideas about Relationships1:19:09 How Anarchist Principles Inform Relationship Anarchy 1:23:23 Final Thoughts & Thank You
Exposing Problems in the Restaurant Industry | The City Imagines S3 E1: The Future of Restaurants The Word On The Street Toronto 2022-01-21 | A searing exposé of the restaurant industry, and a path to a better, safer, happier meal. Join Corey Mintz, author of The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as we Knew Them, and What Comes After, for this exciting conversation with celebrated Toronto restauranteurs Hemant Bhagwani and Kate Chomyshyn. Moderated by Karon Liu. This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesThe Next Supper by Corey Mintz: anotherstory.ca/item/FUkcZsH8MlhecDXCNkvQ_A We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists5:47 About The Next Supper7:42 Reactions and Responses to The Next Supper 9:46 Public Understanding of Problems in the Restaurant Industry13:51 Behind the Scenes of Restaurants During the COVID-19 Pandemic 20:19 Plans for the Return to Half-Capacity Dining 22:13 Balancing Bills with Care for Staff Wellbeing 28:26 Opportunities for Sustainability 31:00 Model Restaurants During the Pandemic37:45 Legislation to Encourage Restaurant Sustainability & Thoughts on Tipping 44:28 Does Delivery Support Restaurants? 46:24 How the Public Can Support Restaurants 52:48 How to Tell If Restaurant Staff are Being Treated Fairly1:00:13 Takeaways & Learnings about the Restaurant Industry 1:04:13 Dealing with Rising Menu Costs 1:09:30 Innovations and Learnings for Restaurant Operations Post-Pandemic1:13:44 Restaurants in 20301:17:40 Final Thoughts & Thank You
December Book Talk: Kai Cheng Thom | For Laika The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-12-13 | The Word On The Street’s December Book Talk features Kai Cheng Thom on her new book for young readers For Laika: The Dog Who Learned The Name of the Stars. In the guest interviewer seat, we have Kai Yun Ching, illustrator of the book and Kai Cheng’s previous illustrator collaborator on From The Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea.Pick up For Laika: The Dog Who Learned the Names of the Stars at your favourite local bookseller! Another Story Bookshop: anotherstory.ca/item/6nvBPLOyqFhRIrukadT4HwKai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer in Toronto. She is an author whose oeuvre includes a novel, a collection of poetry, a memoir, and collected essays. Kai Cheng won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers in 2017.Kai Yun Ching is a community-based consultant, educator, and illustrator. They edited and published Children's Stories, a collection of tales written by children, with the publishing collective Quilted Creatures in 2016. For Laika: The Dog Who Learned the Names of the Stars was released in November 2021 with Arsenal Pulp Press. To support The Word On The Street Toronto, please consider making a donation at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/support-us
Reimagining Community Sports | The City Imagines S2 E11: Sports, Community, and Inclusivity The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-12-10 | From basketball hoops to cricket bats, community sports play a crucial role in diversity and inclusion in our cities. Join author and journalist Perry King in discussion with Jaskaran Singh Sandhu, Shane Stirling, and Lauren Wolman on his new work Rebound: Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City.This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesRebound: Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City by Perry King: anotherstory.ca/item/eICIMlJ6k5FdCqC0ubA8-Q We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists6:50 The Khalsa Cup and Diversity in Ball Hockey 16:40 Basketball and the Poor Condition of Accessible Sports Facilities27:08 Cricket, Sustainability, and Social Development34:01 Sport, Colonialism, and Discrimination 37:12 How Sports Are Rigged Against Marginalized Communities49:08 How We Can Improve Community Sports 55:57 Inclusive Decision-Making and the Discrepancy Between Sports Supply and Demand1:08:00 Disabilities and Barriers to Sport Participation 1:11:53 Do Cities Want to Improve Outdoor Courts?1:16:00 Toronto As a City of the Future 1:19:57 Final Thoughts & Thank You 1:21:58 Thank You to the Ontario Trillium Foundation
Mental Health Care & Deinstitutionalization |The City Imagines S2 E10: Life and Death on the Streets The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-11-19 | Today, there are more 235,000 people in Canada who are counted among the homeless annually and 35,000 who are homeless on any given night. Most of them are struggling with mental health issues. Join writers and journalists Denise Davy and Shawn Micallef in conversation about the grim impact of the deinstitutionalization of mental health care and the the urgent story of Margaret Jacobson, one of Hamilton's longest surviving homeless women. This video is part of The Word On The Street Toronto’s ongoing City Imagines programming, a wide-ranging series of free online discussions that consider urban spaces and the people who live and create in them.---Featured Books and ResourcesHer Name Was Margaret: Life and Death on the Streets by Denise Davy: anotherstory.ca/item/o_qOYZ4my7i7eA-NH6e_2w We encourage you to visit https://native-land.ca to learn more about the land you live on, wherever you’re tuning in from.Connect with WOTS! Website: toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca Twitter: twitter.com/torontoWOTS Instagram: instagram.com/torontowots TikTok: tiktok.com/@torontowots Facebook: facebook.com/torontoWOTS ---Timestamps 00:00 Intro & Meet the Panelists3:35 About Margaret Jacobson 6:40 Research Process for Her Name Was Margaret, Working with Margaret’s Family, and Timing17:01 History of the Deinstitutionalization of Mental Health Care in Canada 21:26 Fighting for Regulations in Rooming Houses 25:08 Cruel Attitudes of Margaret’s Social Workers28:27 History of the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital 35:36 Models of Mental Health Institutions38:02 COVID-19, Encampments, and Myths About Homelessness42:14 Models for Reducing Homeless Populations 47:00 Effective Interventions by Individuals 54:12 Thoughts on Police and Mental Illness Training58:01 Screening of Her Name Was Margaret 59:40 Final Thoughts & Thank You
November Book Talk: Errol Ranville | Memoir: RUN AS ONE The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-11-11 | The Word On The Street’s November Book Talk features musician Errol Ranville with his new memoir Run As One: My Story, published by Great Plains Publications earlier this year. In the guest interviewer seat, we welcome back Carmine Starnino, editor-at-large for The Walrus magazine.Pick up Run As One at your favourite local bookseller, or GoodMinds.com:goodminds.com/products/run-as-one-my-story?_pos=1&_sid=fc4bdb6a0&_ss=rErrol Ranville has been running all his life: from chronic poverty and racism in rural Manitoba; a discriminatory music business; alcohol and drug addiction; and the responsibilities that come with being regarded as a role model. Though Errol has faced seemingly insurmountable barriers as an Indigenous performer in a predominately white music business, his band C-Weed & the Weeds released several #1 songs and went on to score JUNO nominations in 1985 and 1986. Errol was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Indigenous Music Awards in 2011. Errol’s autobiography Run as One is filled with love and passion as he embraces the role of trailblazer for the countless musicians that follow his path.To support The Word On The Street Toronto, please consider making a donation at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/support-us
WOTS Book Talk: Gord Hill on The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-10-14 | WOTS Toronto presents our October Book Talk with Gord Hill, author and illustrator of The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book, revised and expanded and re-released by Arsenal Pulp Press in fall 2021, and Molly Swain, co-host of the Indigenous feminist science fiction podcast and Land Back project Métis in Space.Find the book at your favourite local bookstore, or GoodMinds.comgoodminds.com/products/the-500-years-of-indigenous-resistance-comic-book-revised-and-expandedWhen it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as a groundbreaking illustrated history of Indigenous activism and resistance in the Americas over the previous 500 years, from contact to present day. Eleven years later, author and artist Gord Hill has revised and expanded the book, which is now available in colour for the first time.The titles Gord recommends during this talk are: - Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown- People of the Pines, by Geoffrey York- Conquest of Paradise, by Kirkpatrick Sale- Agents of Repression, by Jim Vander Wall and Ward ChurchillTo support The Word On The Street Toronto, please consider making a donation at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/support-us
Indigenize, Decolonize! Indigenous Writers Roundtable The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents Indigenize, Decolonize! Indigenous Writers RoundtableEvery day, Indigenous people across Turtle Island are building a more hopeful future, through community initiatives, storytelling, and more. Join us as we hold space to grieve the losses of this year, honour the struggles and successes of those dedicated to Indigenous resistance, and discuss the role that writing has in decolonizing our world: how do books and storytelling contribute to healing? How do we celebrate and protect Indigenous storytellers? How have current events changed the way we write?This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 5:30pm ET & concludes the 2021 WOTS Festival celebrations.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
The Spectacular: A Conversation with Zoe Whittall The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents The Spectacular: A Conversation with Zoe WhittallA featured conversation with award-winning author Zoe Whittall about her new novel, The Spectacular.This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 4pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Medicinal Arts: Poetry of the Body The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents Medicinal Arts: Poetry of the BodyMedicine can explore what a body does, but art explores how it feels to be in one. How does poetry help organize the confusion of embodiment? How does our relationship to our bodies change when we begin to write about them? When we feel that our bodies are failing us, how can poetry acknowledge—or even repair—that distrust?This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 2:30pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
First Nation Communities READ: Indigenous Literature Award The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents First Nation Communities READ: Indigenous Literature AwardJoin us as the selected authors in each category (Children’s and YA/Adult) will be presented with their PMC Indigenous Literature Awards and will be asked a few questions about their work. Come and help us celebrate and support Indigenous literature!First Nation Communities READ Launched in 2003 by the First Nations Public Library Community in Ontario with support from the Ontario Library Service.The Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Award is inspired by the goals of the First Nation Communities READ program. It will provide each of the authors of the First Nation Communities READ 2020-2021 title selections with a $3,000 prize. This is the eighth year the Periodical Marketers of Canada has presented The PMC Indigenous Literature Award.This panel will stream live Sunday September 26 at 1pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Workshop: Papermaking with Ontario Science Centre The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents a special Workshop: Papermaking with Ontario Science CentreJoin us for a virtual workshop presented by the Ontario Science Centre!Calling all book lovers! Have you ever wondered about the paper that helps bring your favourite stories to life? Tune in for a papermaking demonstration broadcast live from the Ontario Science Centre! Learn about the science and history of papermaking, including how plant fibres are transformed into paper. Plus, find out how you can make your own paper at home using scraps of cloth, plants or old paper from the recycling bin. Gain a new appreciation for paper and all that it can do!This special session will be held live on Sunday, September 26 at 12pm ET. Visit our website to see the full programming schedule! toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Celebrating the 2021 Trillium Book Award for Poetry The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents Celebrating the 2021 Trillium Book Award for PoetryCelebrating the finalists for the 2021 Trillium Book Award for Poetry, honouring new and emerging Ontario poets, awarded by Ontario Creates.This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 11:30am ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Diaspora Dialogues: In Conversation with Shayda Kafai and Amanda Leduc The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-27 | The Word On The Street presents Diaspora Dialogues: In Conversation with Shayda Kafai & Amanda LeducJoin us for a fascinating conversation with Shayda Kafai and Amanda Leduc as they explore disability justice and activism through their works Crip Kinship and Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. Kafai explores the art activism of Sins Invalid, a San Francisco Bay Area-based performance project, and its radical imaginings of what disabled, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming bodyminds of colour can do. Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate differences.This panel will stream live Sunday, September 26 at 10:00am ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Thank You from The Word On The Street The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | Thank you to all who celebrated the stories that connect us at #WOTS2021, our 32nd annual & 2nd virtual festival! The Word On The Street Toronto is a literary non-profit that champions writing by Canadian and Indigenous authors all year long. In Spring 2022 we are excited to return to the streets (pending health & safety protocols, subscribe to our newsletter for updates!), with our traditional FREE outdoor book & magazine festival. We'll be sharing more details soon.To learn more about the festival, and support our work, visit toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca.Please enjoy our 2021 programming right here on YouTube! Our City Imagines and BookTalk series will resume monthly starting in October. Subscribe to our channel for notifications about new videos and upcoming livestream events! Thanks for being part of our story. -The WOTS Team
Ring: A Conversation with André Alexis The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Ring: A Conversation with André AlexisA featured conversation with celebrated novelist André Alexis about his new novel Ring, the fifth and final book of his Quincunx cycle. Hosted by playwright and critic José Teodoro.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 8pm ET. Visit our website to see the full programming schedule! toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory
Return of the Trickster: A Conversation with Eden Robinson The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Return of the Trickster: A Conversation with Eden RobinsonA feature conversation with bestselling author Eden Robinson about Return of the Trickster, the final book of her acclaimed Trickster Trilogy. Hosted by award-winning author Lisa Bird-Wilson.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 7pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
So Funny It Hurts: Memoirs of Grief & Resilience The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents So Funny It Hurts: Memoirs of Grief & ResilienceHumour is one of the oldest coping mechanisms we have. Join a discussion on the use of humour as a way through grief, the ways our culture does and does not prepare us to be emotionally resilient to tragedy, and the question hiding in everyone’s minds: is it okay if I laugh at this?This panel will stream Saturday, September 25 at 5:30pm ET. Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
How to Be Human: Illustrated Wisdom for Modern Times The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents How to Be Human: Illustrated Wisdom for Modern TimesBetween love, loneliness, justice, body image, and other struggles inherent in being human, there are a lot of things where we tend to cry “why did no one teach me how to do this?” Managing our mental health, knowing how to apologize, setting ourselves free of social expectations: none of these topics were covered in school. Join us as we pick the brains of several authors who are trying to teach themselves—and their readers—about the human condition through their work.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 4pm ET. Visit our website to see the full programming schedule! toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Fabulist Fiction: Identity Exploration through Myth & Magic The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Fabulist Fiction: Exploring Identity through Myth & MagicSometimes the only way to tell a true story about the self is to tell a myth. Fabulism is the literary cousin to science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres: authors who write fabulist fiction incorporate magical and fantastical elements into an otherwise realistic setting. Why straddle this line between the ordinary and the extraordinary? What is so alluring about that in-between space—especially when art is exploring questions of identity? Join our authors as they discuss their own approach to fabulism, and how the myths and legends of their heritage inform the magical elements in their fiction.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 2:30pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Looking Inwards: Memoir, Art & Identity The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Looking Inwards: Memoir, Art & IdentityThe life-affirming qualities of art are well known to the consumer: we read books, watch movies, listen to music to connect with something beyond ourselves. But what about how art impacts its creators? How does artistic practice serve as a lens to look inward with? How can the process of creating art transform the artist? Can a body of artistic work function as a sort of memoir in itself?This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 1pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Celebrating the 2021 Trillium Book Award The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Celebrating the 2021 Trillium Book AwardCelebrating finalists for the 2021 Trillium Book Award, Ontario's leading award for literature, awarded by Ontario Creates. Moderated by Deborah Dundas, Books Editor for the Toronto Star.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 11:30am ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
Diaspora Dialogues: In Conversation with Isabella Wang & Linda Rui Feng The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-26 | The Word On The Street presents Diaspora Dialogues: In Conversation with Isabella Wang & Linda Rui FengJoin us for an exciting conversation with Linda Rui Feng and Isabella Wang as they discuss their new releases Swimming Back to Trout River and Pebble Swing covering Chinese culture and identity in historical settings. In Pebble Swing, Wang writes about language and family histories in an attempt to piece together the resonant aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which stole the life of her paternal grandmother. In Swimming Back to Trout River, Feng tells the story of ten-year-old Junie who receives a momentous letter from her parents, who had left for America years ago: her father promising to return home and collect her by her twelfth birthday.This panel will stream live Saturday, September 25 at 10:00am ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
The Rebellious Tide: A Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan The Word On The Street Toronto 2021-09-25 | The Word On The Street presents The Rebellious Tide: A Conversation with Eddy Boudel TanA featured conversation with novelist Eddy Boudel Tan on his new book, The Rebellious Tide. Hosted by award-winning author C.E. Gatchalian.This panel will stream live Friday, September 24 at 8pm ET.Visit our website to see the full programming schedule!toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/festival-week-schedule
