Centennial College has announced they will be relocating programs from one of their five Toronto campuses to another amid a decline in international enrolments and “stagnant government funding.” Progress Campus in Scarborough will be absorbing the programs that are currently offered at the Story Arts Centre Campus in East York The College says they are currently in the planning stages of the move and steps will be taken to ensure impacted students and staff “are equipped with the necessary resources and support to navigate this transition with minimal disruption.” The move is expected to happen in Summer of 2026 is a critical step if we are to safeguard Centennial’s long-term sustainability,” read the college’s statement “It’s a step that will ensure the impact and spirit of the Story Arts Centre as a creative powerhouse continues at Progress Campus.” The college announced earlier this year that 49 full-time programs will not accept new students in the 2025-26 academic year including 16 programs in its business school 14 programs in its media school and seven programs in its engineering school College president and CEO Craig Stephenson said at the time the institution is adapting to changes in the federal government’s immigration policy that led to a big drop in international student enrolments which significantly impacted the school’s financial standing The college anticipates new international enrolments will decline by 43 per cent in the current academic year resulting in a loss of nearly 5,000 international students compared to the 2023-24 academic year Colleges and universities across the country are facing program and staffing cuts after Ottawa’s decision early last year to slash the number of international student permits with Ontario seeing its allotment cut in half The federal government announced last September that it would further reduce the cap for this year to 437,000 permits Ottawa’s plan means some 300,000 fewer international study permits will be issued over the next few years Multiple Ontario colleges have announced program cuts in recent months include Algonquin College Many Ontario colleges and universities said they were running deficits and the province’s top-up is about half of what they needed. 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A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices LocalNewsCentennial College closing East York campus, moving programs to Scarborough siteBy Joanna LavoieOpens in new windowPublished: March 06, 2025 at 3:22PM EST Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved Centennial College has a longterm vision for a Progress Campus with more buildings and less surface parking and the information within may be out of date Centennial College is applying to intensify its Progress Campus in Scarborough with a plan to guide growth there for the next 20 to 40 years The City of Toronto is hosting a public consultation on the plan, which requires establishing a specific Official Plan policy for the campus The college released a master plan last year with its vision for a Progress Campus which will add more buildings and less surface parking contains six buildings on its larger eastern side The first scheduled project is a $105-million addition to the three-storey A-Block building which will break ground next spring and could open in January 2023 24 consultation will run from 6:30 to 9 p.m Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter These incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks There were four residential break and enters reported in the district from April 1 to April 7 Toronto Police Service received 19 reports of a break-in at a home between April 1 and April 7 including four in the district of Scarborough In total 374 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 81.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Closson Drive and Lawson Road on Thursday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Centennial Scarborough in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Finch Avenue East and Warden Avenue on Thursday There have been eight residential break and enters reported in L’Amoreaux in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Orchid Place Drive and Parkborough Boulevard on Tuesday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Malvern in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Garrybrook Drive and Huntingwood Drive on Friday There have been four residential break and enters reported in Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan in 2025 Find out where residential break and enters were reported in East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto and York This story was automatically generated using open data collected and maintained by Toronto Police Service. The incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks, but recent crime data is preliminary and subject to change upon further police investigation The locations have been offset to the nearest intersection and no personal information has been included for privacy reasons Account processing issue - the email address may already exist One of Ontario’s largest colleges is suspending dozens of programs in the latest round of cuts at post-secondary institutions as the federal government reduces the number of international students in Canada Toronto’s Centennial College said 49 full-time programs will not accept new students in the 2025-26 academic year 14 programs in its media school and seven programs in its engineering school.  It said the changes will not impact students who are currently enrolled in those programs and they will be able to graduate College president and CEO Craig Stephenson said the institution is adapting to changes in the federal government’s immigration policy that led to a big drop in international student enrolments which significantly impacted the school’s financial standing “We are adapting to federal immigration policy changes that have had significant implications for our enrolments and finances within the current provincial funding and policy context,” Stephenson said in a statement.  “As we continue to educate students for career success in this new reality we are adjusting our full-time academic program offerings following a comprehensive Stephenson said job cuts are “unavoidable” amid the program suspensions but the college is making these changes to ensure its long-term sustainability Centennial College’s announcement comes as colleges and universities across the country face program and staffing cuts after Ottawa’s decision early last year to slash the number of international student permits Ottawa’s plan means some 300,000 fewer international study permits will be issued over the next few years Ontario colleges that have announced program cuts in recent months include Algonquin College which said it was planning to close its campus in Perth by the end of August 2026 due to “unprecedented” financial challenges.  Algonquin College president and CEO Claude Brulé said in a message to the school community on Jan 9 the institution is projecting a $32 million loss in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year and it’s anticipating a deficit of $60 million for 2025-26 and $96 million for 2026-27 if no measures were taken to mitigate the budget crunch.  “This is an extremely difficult decision that is not taken lightly and is a direct result of the financial challenges we are facing,” he said Brulé said the college is also conducting a full review of its programs administrative and support services to focus resources on its core operations.  “These are the most challenging fiscal times in the college’s history I understand how morale is being negatively impacted and employees and learners may be feeling concerned and anxious as they await updates,” he said Sheridan College said in November it was suspending 40 programs including some in applied science and technology but that current students would still be able to graduate Seneca Polytechnic has temporarily shuttered its Markham campus north of Toronto because of an expected decline in student population.  The president of Centennial College said the school will continue to offer 128 full-time programs and admit new students with the possibility of reintroducing the suspended programs “in the future.” Ontario’s post-secondary institutions turned increasingly to international students after the provincial government cut domestic tuition by 10 per cent in 2019 and froze it there The province said last year it would keep those tuition rates frozen but announced an additional $1.3 billion in funding for post-secondary institutions over three years.  Many Ontario colleges and universities said they were running deficits and the province’s top-up is about half of what they needed The University of Toronto Scarborough and Centennial College are teaming up to establish the EaRTH District – an initiative aimed at advancing the cleantech sector through research academic programming and commercialization which stands for Environmental and Related Technologies Hub will be a knowledge and training centre at U of T Scarborough focused on the development of clean technologies Among the partnership’s plans: apply innovative technologies to food production in an urban setting through the development of Canada’s first net-zero vertical farm.  “We know the future belongs to sustainable clean technology and this partnership complements the strengths of both Centennial College and U of T Scarborough,” says Andrew Arifuzzaman U of T Scarborough’s chief administrative officer adding that U of T Scarborough is renowned for its expertise in environmental sciences while Centennial College is a leader in providing training in new and emerging sectors of the economy “This commitment is also an exciting opportunity to bring economic activity and jobs to the eastern GTA in a sector that is only going to become more important in the future.” will create training and research opportunities in a variety of fields water conservation and urban agriculture the director of strategic initiatives and external relations at Centennial College says cleantech is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Ontario economy and that the EaRTH District will help train a skilled workforce to ensure the province remains internationally competitive from the heating and cooling to the lighting to the vertical farm industry and the community can interact with,” says Petrou “The goal is that they would be able to engage with this facility at all levels through programming testing and experiential learning opportunities.” Petrou adds that an important goal of the EaRTH District is to bring together industry community and academia to develop clean technology that can help build more resilient communities Another is to connect with other cleantech innovation hubs around the world building a global network to support and advance the sector.   U of T Scarborough and Centennial College signed a memorandum of understanding in early 2019 and have already undergone an extensive consultation process for the vertical farm The facility’s design will allow industry to test and commercialize clean technologies “The vertical farm will become a key resource in assisting communities across Canada in tackling issues related to food waste and advanced design and integrative systems,” says Professor Bernie Kraatz who is U of T Scarborough’s vice-principal of research “These are all key areas in understanding how to create resilient communities in the face of climate change.” U of T Scarborough and Centennial College are actively looking to expand EaRTH which already includes the Environmental Science and Chemistry Building at U of T Scarborough Built using sustainable building practices the building houses research and teaching labs for environmental sciences Students from Centennial marching on Queen’s Park in November 1966 didn’t come to confront Bill Davis (then Ontario’s education minister but to thank him for establishing Ontario’s first community college Centennial celebrates of education 50 years this month The day Centennial College opened it rained and barrels stood in the hallways to catch water from the leaking roof Construction workers continued to drill and hammer inside the building a former radar factory on Scarborough’s Warden Avenue Nothing gorgeous about it at all,” recalls Sandy Marion The “temporary” campus rented from the federal government didn’t close for 38 years Ontario’s first college of applied arts and technology “It just went nowhere but better,” said Marion who taught Secretarial Studies there from Day One until 1998 She remembers one thing most about Centennial’s early days: working there was fun Marion was teaching secretarial skills in Cobourg - she had taken a course as a graduation present - when a man named Frank Graham appeared in her classroom head of Ontario’s trade schools and responsible for setting up the new community college system drew the outline of Ontario on her blackboard and the first one is Centennial,” Marion said he told her On the day in May 1966 when Centennial got its founding documents from the province Marion was one of two instructors the college called with offers “what I thought was quite a bit of money,” she said found by a committee of Scarborough and East York residents The faculty had three weeks to pull together a curriculum and programs for 514 students as construction continued having to wear a hard hat while sitting at his desk not much older than most students enrolling in technology typing and what was then called “office practices.” “John Haar said anytime we needed money we’d just send a cab down to Queen’s Park to pick up the cheques.” Her secretarial program turned out Centennial’s first-ever graduation class in 1967 Students at the college “were not afraid to speak up to us and if they didn’t like something we would hear about it,” said Marion members of the first student council led a march to Queen’s Park in November 1966 - not to confront then-Education Minister Bill Davis but to thank him for establishing the college system Students on that march “knew this was their chance (for higher education) They didn’t have the grades to get to university,” said Marion who thinks she was lucky to be at the fledgling college herself serving 18,000 full-time and 20,000 part-time students as well as partnerships with Ontario universities and schools overseas Celebrations for its first half-century include an Oct 28 gala fundraiser in the Centennial Residence and Culinary Arts Centre is a reporter with toronto.com and Metroland Media Toronto who covers Scarborough and other overlooked parts of Toronto He worked previously for Metroland in York Region This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The school’s new A-Building uses all-electric domestic hot water heating and HVAC systems A-Building establishes a new gateway to Centennial’s flagship Progress Campus in Scarborough (Photo credit: Riley Snelling) (CNW Group/Centennial College) Centennial College is opening the doors to the first combined LEED Gold zero carbon and mass timber higher-education building in Canada establishes a new landmark to Centennial’s Scarborough Campus the building spans six storeys and more than 130,000 sq An Indigenous Working Group made contributions to Indigenous elements of the build as the College worked with Colliers Project Leaders DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to deliver the approximately $112-million project that supports Indigenous ways of being and teaching The A-Building has achieved zero carbon certification due to its efficient building envelope, along with all-electric domestic hot water heating and HVAC systems A solar photovoltaic panel array on the roof will generate enough electricity to offset the facility’s electricity use by 68,000 kilowatt hours annually which will contribute to its LEED Gold certification centennialcollege.ca A-Building Ballet professor Drew Berry helps student Jayden Ramirez during class Theatre student Kamila Ultarakova practises a scene with classmates in one of the rehearsal studios Toes poke through a student’s well-worn ballet slippers Ballet students practise a dance in one of the studios Toes pock through well worn ballet slippers of a student Ballet students practice a dance in one of the studios Student rehearse in one of the rehearsal studios Theatre student Kamila Ultarakova practices a scene with classmates in one of the rehearsal studios Centennial College has opened a fully accessible Performing Arts Centre in the heart of Scarborough The 18,000-square-foot facility houses amenities designed for arts students nine ensemble and individual music rehearsal rooms and a “black box” theatre performance space this new centre constitutes a place to gather to create and ultimately to perform for self and others,” Craig Stephenson the soundproofed studios and collaborative lounge spaces will help facilitate ideation and creativity — key ingredients in the performing arts.” More than 250 students have been taking classes at the centre since early January Arts and Design had been renting temporary studio space all over Toronto for its training needs He has worked in a number of Toronto newsrooms since graduating from the photojournalism program at Loyalist College in Belleville in 1992 Centennial College’s new Performing Arts Centre in Scarborough opens on March 30 Centennial College is opening its Performing Arts Centre to provide students with performance and rehearsal space in one location Centennial College's new Performing Arts Centre in Scarborough opens on March 30 Centennial College is opening its Performing Arts Centre in Scarborough’s Golden Mile to provide students with performance and rehearsal space in one location The Performing Arts Centre is an 18,000-square-foot facility tailored to the needs of arts students and a “black box” theatre performance space the college’s School of Communications Arts and Design had been renting studio space all over Toronto for its training needs “My favourite part of the new space are the sounds,” says theatre arts student Maria Baryshnikova of the newly unified space we were only in studios with other theatre students It’s wonderful to hear all those sounds filled with passion for the arts and creation.” More than 250 students have been taking classes in the newly leased space since early January The college plans to make studios available to local community groups to address the lack of performing arts space in Scarborough Chief Stacey Laforme of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation struggle to cut the ribbon on Canada’s first LEED Gold higher-education building at Centennial College Progress campus forms a new gateway to Centennial’s Progress Campus highlighting the College’s commitments to sustainability and reconciliation Its design reflects Indigenous values and principles based on the concept of ‘two-eyed seeing’ – viewing the world through the dual lens of Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge Centennial College’s remarkable new A-Building not only hosts teachers but is a teacher itself struggle to cut the ribbon on Canada's first LEED Gold forms a new gateway to Centennial's Progress Campus highlighting the College's commitments to sustainability and reconciliation based on the concept of 'two-eyed seeing' – viewing the world through the dual lens of Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge you are learning,” Stephenson said at a ceremony officially opening the Progress Campus landmark on Sept built of mass timber and reflecting Indigenous learning and principles Nearly everyone who spoke at a dedication ceremony on Progress Campus praised McQuabbie an Indigenous outreach co-ordinator at Centennial and some said his legacy would live in A-Building and continue inspiring people “Joseph was fun and Joseph was fierce,” said Sean Kinsella Stephenson’s special adviser on Indigenous affairs told an audience at the opening event “Joseph’s spirit is the foundation of the building behind us.” Both Kinsella and McQuabbie were directors of Centennial’s Eighth Fire and members of an Indigenous working group which spent years contributing guidance on the building before construction began students and faculty contributed to the vision forms a new gateway to Centennial’s Progress Campus highlighting the College’s commitments to sustainability and reconciliation based on the concept of ‘two-eyed seeing’ — viewing the world through the dual lens of Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge Stephenson said McQuabbie worked over a decade to ensure spaces like A-Building at Centennial would provide feelings of safety and belonging for Indigenous students That’s not about just allowing ritual smudging with a push of a button — which can be done in 13 A-Building rooms with special exhaust fans — but in a sense the structure creates everyone being welcome Built around a courtyard and inscribed with references to Indigenous treaties and teachings the structure is grander than a mere extension of the old A-Block chairperson of Centennial’s board of Governors called it “courageous in its concept,” saying it demonstrates new ideas and is experimental and practical chief of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation said the long journey leading to the building’s opening was worth it and the changes Centennial made for Indigenous peoples are something special “It says a lot about who you are and who you are becoming” said Laforme calling A-Building a contribution to the campus and reconciliation between Canadians and Indigenous peoples The building is one of several featuring Indigenous designs completed or taking shape in Scarborough an adviser on the A-Building project whose spirit an Anishinaabe from the French River Treaty 13 and Henvey Inlet First Nations his sister Kimberly McQuabbie presented the college with a stained-glass eagle feather in McQuabbie’s personal colours and his box containing four sacred medicines and he loved to tease the hell out of me,” Kimberly remembered before singing an honour song for him with other family members When you miss McQuabbie or you want to speak to him Click here to see Canada's most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages The expansion of the A-Building at Centennial College is more than just an addition it’s a living teaching tool with the design rooted in Indigenous values and principles inside and out Located at the college’s Progress Campus in Scarborough The $112-million project includes a six-storey more than 130,000-square-foot addition and a 15,000-square-foot renovation The building design is based on the concept of two eyes seeing or viewing the world through the lens of both Indigenous and western knowledge “There are teachings embedded in it,” said Eladia Smoke “The idea behind including all of these (Indigenous) elements is that as you see different parts of the building it will spark curiosity and people might ask questions and then have conversations and discussions about the meaning of each of these spaces.” When asked about the most unique part of the project Smoke said it was that a post-secondary institution saw the value in creating a space intended for mainstream student use that grew out of Indigenous principles “I think this is the way forward for us,” said Smoke “Eighth Fire Prophecy is that if we choose that path of walking back the way we came and picking up things that have been forgotten along the way we will find our way to a place where everything is alive I think that’s what this promise of this building means.” The college worked with Colliers Project Leaders DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to deliver the project A working group made vital contributions to Indigenous elements of the build The outside of the building resembles the skin of a fish “The aluminum cladding was detailed with contemporary parametric software to replicate the way a fish’s scales move over its body shifting independently yet forming a single skin,” said Craig Applegath “It’s incredibly functional yet also quite magical.”  EllisDon was the design-builder in charge of the design team for the stip sum project senior project manager at EllisDon Construction The new building attaches to the existing L-shaped A-Block Building on the campus and is connected to the building on the second and third levels “This completes the square and the courtyard is in the centre,” he explained The interior courtyard will serve as an outdoor classroom allowing teaching in a circle formation “It’s one of the real showcase spaces of the building,” said Beadle “When you come into the second floor you will go through the Indigenous commons which is the circular teaching space and really the heart of the building but then you go off into the courtyard.” The new facility also provides a space for the school of engineering technology and applied science programs and houses administrative offices amenity zones for students and staff to gather and food services There are also flexible classrooms and 13 rooms equipped with special exhaust fans make it possible for smudging to occur “The way it’s centered around reconciliation is that these spaces are for everyone so it’s not just for Indigenous folks to feel at home or feel like they belong but it’s also for non-Indigenous folks to learn about our ways and learn about the treaty and partnerships here,” said Seán Kinsella Some of the green elements that helped the building achieve zero carbon certification are a highly efficient building envelope and all-electric domestic hot water heating and HVAC systems Floor-to-ceiling windows let natural light into the space and support its WELL Silver certification is featured prominently in the building with exposed wood throughout “It is a bentwood structure that is an open framework where we listen to our elders and we learn from the land so that whole space mirrors the natural rise of the earth,” said Smoke “Then we come to the heart of the building The Indigenous Commons is a domed space built on the principles of the Anishinaabe roundhouse or Nimii-Idiwigamig…and that opens out onto a courtyard where we honour the four levels of creation the Indigenous suite all work together so you can very easily have ceremonies there using traditional protocols That space is modelled after the Haudenosaunee longhouse.” Haudenosaunee wampum and Anishinaabe Mishomis/grandfather teachings are featured on the prominent northwest corner “The building’s narrative is a story of seed revealing the seven directions teachings in a cyclical view of an interconnected world,” said Smoke TORONTO — Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Stevenson Memorial Hospital have invit.. — Construction of a phased expansion is underway for a new emergenc.. 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Canadians can now turn to the Liberal housing.. — Residential carpentry company Kingsview Carpentry Ltd Students of Centennial College’s School of Hospitality Tourism and Culinary Arts can apply for scholarships starting in September 2022 thanks to a gift from Dale and Sandy Bartlett franchise owners of this McDonald’s near the Progress Campus Scarborough’s Dale Bartlett hasn’t forgotten his start at a local McDonald’s or how many students helped his business since Bartlett started a job at the Markham Road McDonald’s near what is now Centennial College’s Progress Campus He rose through the ranks and with Sandy Bartlett has owned that same restaurant for the past 15 years which “kept student needs at the forefront,” McDonald’s Canada said in a release The Bartletts also created a $25,000 scholarship fund with Centennial “to help students with financial need and a passion for hospitality and the culinary arts the opportunity to pursue their dreams.” Tourism and Culinary Arts nearby can apply for $1,000 scholarships Five students will be chosen by the college each year for five years Bartlett said the new lounge was created as a space for students “to connect collaborate and grow into industry leaders.” There were seven residential break and enters reported in the district from Jan Toronto Police Service received 38 reports of a break-in at a home between Jan including seven in the district of Scarborough In total 137 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 82.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 Two break-ins were reported at these locations: a house near Alexmuir Boulevard and Homedale Drive on Wednesday a house near Bushmills Square and Montezuma Trail on Wednesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Agincourt North in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Acheson Boulevard and Byford Street on Saturday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Centennial Scarborough in 2025 Four break-ins were reported at these locations: an apartment near Birchmount Road and Finch Avenue East on Saturday a house near Collingsbrook Boulevard and Solway Court on Sunday a house near Buena Vista Avenue and Southlawn Drive on Sunday There have been five residential break and enters reported in L’Amoreaux in 2025 Two architectural firms have teamed up to design a precedent-setting campus building at Centennial College in Scarborough mass timber higher education facility in Canada Toronto-based DIALOG and Smoke Architecture of Hamilton which is a studio that focuses on First Nation and Indigenous projects six-storey structure has been designed to reflect both Indigenous and Western cultures and is based on the concept of two-eyes seeing or viewing the world through the lens of both “It’s probably one of the most exciting projects I’ve worked on my whole career because it is so rich with not only meaning but the expression in form and function,” explains Craig Applegath “This is a very unusual one because it’s also Indigenously inspired and it’s mass timber.” The project involves building a 105,000-square-foot structure next to the existing A-block building on the Progress Campus such as rerouting underground utility lines and removing a bridge is expected to begin in late spring and early summer Renovation work will also start on the A-block building Actual construction work will start in the fall Substantial completion is anticipated by fall 2022 and building occupancy is scheduled for January 2023 The aim of the project is to show how higher education facilities can make an important contribution to reducing environmental harm by eliminating CO2 emissions The architects and contractor maintain that the sustainably harvested mass timber will set an important precedent across Canada “All the columns are glue-laminated wood and the beams are glue-laminated beams that support CLT “There was a desire by the college to make sure that it was designed so it could be exposed The only structure that isn’t wood there is the concrete core for the elevator and stairs and so forth and the concrete exit stairs.” Wood was chosen for the project because it’s a sustainable resource and embodies carbon Timber for the project will be milled in Quebec and brought to the construction site for assembly “What’s really interesting about timber is the really fast construction because you actually mill and cut the elements offsite,” says Applegath “These things go up very fast because it’s almost like Lego.” Since many of the students who will go to the college will be Indigenous youth from various parts of Ontario the school wanted that reflected in the materiality as well as design of the building The structure will have wide open spaces inside and large windows so that the wooden components are visible to passersby The roof is covered with photovoltaic panels that will help power the building The building envelope will be a unique feature To reflect on what can be learned from plants and creatures there will be large metal shingles on parts of the exterior representing the scales of a fish or snake says both the first and second level floorplates will be concrete but for the most part Galvanized steel or stainless steel connectors will be used to fasten the joints where beams and columns meet “We are using CLT floor and roof decks with a concrete topping A triple-glazed curtainwall is required to meet the ambitious energy goals.” Mass timber specialists from EllisDon will be brought in to do the work A challenge will be working on the project when school resumes as the new building will have to be tied into the existing A-block on the second and third levels via a passageway “EllisDon will implement a detailed logistics plan with an alternate pedestrian routing plan around the construction site that provides for safe passage into the campus and around the construction site,” says Whitely “Adjacent buildings will be provided with protective hoarding noise and vibration monitoring and temporary safety and wayfinding signage for the duration of construction.” The new building will have academic programming space for the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science programs and flexible classrooms that support Indigenous ways of teaching and being as well as support areas such as Wisdom Hall The project is seen as a significant first step towards realizing the goals outlined in the Indigenous Framework of the college and advancing its commitment to truth and reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples of Canada MONTREAL — An iconic shopping centre in Montreal’s east end is slated to undergo.. 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The A-Block expansion project began its construction in November and since then considerable progress has been made at the site. The expansion includes a 136,000 ft² extension of the existing A-Block Building using FSC certified black spruce from Northern Quebec which has been cross-laminated and glue-laminated The installation includes a total of 1057 individual pieces of timber.  Timber was requested as the primary building material by Centennial College for sustainability purposes will play a role in making the building carbon neutral the building will also boast photovoltaic panels on its rooftop which will produce enough energy to offset the annual carbon emissions associated with its building operations.  Another one of Centennial's goals is to honour the Indigenous land that the new building is built on. The project is seen as a significant first step towards realizing the goals outlined in the Indigenous Framework of the college and advancing its commitment to truth and reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples of Canada Centennial College: Progress Campus A Block by DIALOG ad Smoke Architecture Helmets to Hardhats is the leading construction industry gateway for the men and women who have served in Canada's military, providing opportunities in construction and related industries for serving, transitioning, and former military personnel. H2H works with Building Trades Unions and Employers — such as the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario (CDCO) — to ensure registrants receive only the best industry wages and benefits.  "Being in the trades is very compatible with military veterans it is a similar work environment," said Wyatt Bilger one of two H2H team members working on the mass timber project It's a really great opportunity for veterans coming back to the workforce." He is the Union representative on the job site and it is his first time working on a mass timber project "I absolutely love it; the speed and tempo of the work is fantastic the project is already on its fourth and fifth levels You can see the current state of the building in the video below Director of Building Material Sciences at EllisDon explained to UrbanToronto but the rest of the structure is all timber All of the concrete that will need to go into the new building has already been poured and cured the focus is on the construction of the mass timber structure which will be completed by the end of January and electrical will all be installed.  "What we're putting up is the finished product," said Davenport "We don't have to go in and drywall or paint anything [over the wood] after the timber has gone up It's kind of neat that the structure is inherently the aesthetic."  Substantial completion is anticipated by early 2023 and building occupancy is scheduled for middle of 2023 for the start of the 2023 Fall semester.  says he believes that this is just the beginning of mass timber in Ontario and I expect it's going to become a good share of the building market going forward." Beadle thinks mass timber will become another standard choice of building material "It seems to be becoming another popular option More information on the development will come soon you can learn more from our Database file for the project you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page UrbanToronto’s new data research service, UrbanToronto Pro, offers comprehensive information on construction projects in the Greater Toronto Area—from proposal right through to completion stages. In addition, our subscription newsletter, New Development Insider drops in your mailbox daily to help you track projects through the planning process It’s no secret that Toronto’s home and condo prices have increased dramatically over the years. Rapid population growth, a strong economy, and investment interest have all contributed to rising costs But some Toronto neighbourhoods have actually managed to double their prices in a mere five years A new study by Zoocasa looked at the average home and condo prices of 35 MLS districts in Toronto They found that eight neighbourhoods saw the cost of condos double between July 2014 and July 2019 only doubled in two areas in that time period The neighbourhood that saw the biggest price growth in a five-year timeframe was district E10 (West Hill prices have jumped a whopping 147 per cent The average condo now goes for $340,000 compared to $138,000 Rouge) came in second and third for biggest price jumps for condos Condos in E08 now average $424,000 compared to $176,000 “Neighbourhoods with condos priced below the city average saw the sharpest increase over the timeframe; of the neighbourhoods that doubled seven of eight remain priced below the $500,000-mark in 2019 and were well below the $250,000-mark in 2014,” Penelope Graham Interest in condos has been growing since they’re considered a more affordable option to other types of properties. But while condo sales in the City of Toronto dipped by 12 per cent year over year in Q2 2019, sales have soared in the GTA by 77 per cent This is due to their more affordable pricing and transit accessibility the average condo price in Toronto is $627,927 Corktown) doubled their cost in the past five years Prices in C03 increased from $920,000 to $2 million (up 121 per cent) and prices in C08 rose from $887,000 to $1.7 million (up 101 per cent) the majority of Toronto neighbourhoods only experienced a 25 to 49 per cent growth in home prices in the past five years The average price of detached and semi-detached homes is now $1,167,968 U of T Scarborough and Centennial College are teaming up to establish the Environmental and Related Technologies Hub (EaRTH) as an initiative that focuses on advancing the clean tech sector EaRTH will be a knowledge and training hub in the Eastern greater Toronto area located at U of T Scarborough UTS is known for its “expertise in the environmental sciences while Centennial College is a leader in providing training in new and emerging sectors of the economy.” the plan in partnership includes the development of Canada’s first net-zero vertical farm and living lab that applies innovative technologies to food production in an urban setting Funding options for the project are still being discussed says U of T Scarborough’s Media Relations Officer Don Campbell the university anticipates selecting an architect through a public RFP process — Centennial College (@CentennialEDU) April 22, 2019 The vertical farm will create training and research opportunities in fields such as waste management director of strategic initiatives and external relations at Centennial College says that clean tech is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Ontario economy and the EaRTH District will help train a skilled workforce Petrou also says that an important goal of the EaRTH District is to bring together industry Petrou adds that EaRTH aims to connect with other clean tech innovation hubs across the world and build a global network to support and advance the sector U of T Scarborough and Centennial College are actively looking to expand EaRTH, which already includes the Environmental Science and Chemistry Building (ESCB) at U of T Scarborough OAA Study Highlights Urgent Need for Site Plan Approval Reform Architecture and design firms announce promotion of staff members Recipients of 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards announced Turenscape Announced as 2025 RAIC International Prize Recipient 07mayAll Day14sepGroundwork Exhibition - Canadian Centre for ArchitectureMontreal, Quebec Groundwork is a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of engagement with new project sites the CCA will take a critical look at how designers across diverse geographies and contexts engage with their environments in preliminary phases of projects and stages of transformation will be highlighted as revelatory aspects of architectural work that help to deepen our understanding of new critical modes of practice and engagement the project questions how different architects situate themselves in relation to changing natural and disciplinary boundaries The exhibition is on from now until September 14 For more information, click here 13febAll Day11mayElana Herzog - ExhibitionToronto, Ontario This exhibition surveys the 35 year career of Toronto-born Brooklyn-based artist Elana Herzog and is curated by internationally Canadian artist Jessica Stockholder It features a new site-responsive installation made This exhibition surveys the 35 year career of Toronto-born Brooklyn-based artist Elana Herzog and is curated by internationally Canadian artist Jessica Stockholder It features a new site-responsive installation made using wallpaper designed by the artist Part of Herzog’s process is to encrust textiles onto – and into – different surfaces explains “while working in the building trades I became intimately acquainted with the built environment and how it is constructed On a very personal level I learned about how systems interact and are installed in buildings – what’s behind the walls and under the floors.” Her work can be described as a form of domestic archeology often engaging architecture and other more intimate forms of material culture For more information, click here 01mayAll Day30Arthur Erickson: Design in MindVancouver, British Columbia The Arthur Erickson Foundation has announced the world premiere of ArthurErickson: Design in Mind The immersive pop-up exhibition will run from now until May 30 This experience marks the culmination of the AE100 Centennial Celebration a year-long series of events honouring the life and work of architect Arthur Erickson For more information, click here 08mayAll DayTMU Department of Architectural Science Year End Show 2025Toronto, Ontario Toronto Metropolitan University's Department of Architectural Science encourages its students to test boundaries and apply their skill to prevailing issues present within their evolving surroundings Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Architectural Science encourages its students to test boundaries The annual Year End Show presents the culmination of the 2024-25 academic term showcasing the impressive and cutting-edge works of our top students in all four years of study and at the graduate level For more information, click here To view this year’s thesis booklet, click here 08mayAll Day14University of Montreal - Cohort 2025Montreal, Quebec The annual exhibition of graduates from the Faculty of Planning at UdeM will soon be back for an extended 2025 edition A full week to admire the innovative projects of future architects For more information, click here 09mayAll Day11housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… 2025 SymposiumToronto, Ontario The housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto Given our recent pressing issues and experiences with affordability issues The housed…[un]housed…[re]housed… symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto the symposium will probe and discuss precedents with a critical and multi-disciplinary lens and expand on the Fair Housing Act discourse which prohibits discrimination and the Ontario Human Rights Commission that housing is a human right For more information, click here 09may7:00 pm10:00 pmPresence roma XLV exhibition - CambridgeCambridge, Ontario The University of Waterloo School of Architecture class of 2025 is proud to reaffirm its  long-standing Presence in Rome with an exhibit of our design projects For more information, click here 13mayAll DayUniversité de Montréal School of Architecture's 60th anniversaryMontreal, Quebec Come and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Université de Montréal School of Architecture on Tuesday the school is preparing a commemorative catalog and visuals to reminisce on the school’s 60-year history since joining the Université de Montréal To register for the event, click here 14mayAll Day24City Building 2025 - Call for SubmissionsToronto, Ontario This is an exhibition of contemporary works by artists who explore our changing urban environment while looking at local architecture and urban issues Artists interested in participating are being asked to send a image list, current CV /artist statement, and 4 to 6 jpegs to [email protected] Selected artists will pay $40 per selected work The exhibition will be on display from May 14 to 24 For more information, click here 24mayAll Day25Doors Open TorontoToronto, Ontario Doors Open Toronto invites the public to explore the city’s most-loved buildings and sites The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually The event provides rare access to buildings that are not usually open to the public and free access to sites that would usually charge an admission fee it has attracted more than two million visits to nearly 700 unique locations and remains the largest event of its kind in Canada For more information, click here 'If we agree that everyone should have the right to a basic standard of living then we need to ensure that everyone has sufficient income to meet their basic needs' With inflation on the rise, people across the Greater Toronto Area are facing food insecurity, especially newcomers This is the case for Mohammad Shafin and Adekunie Adebiyi two international students who have recently settled in Scarborough Adekunie Adebiyi is an international student from Nigeria He arrived in Toronto in September and is attending Centennial College in Scarborough (Centennial College’s Story Arts Centre campus publishes the Toronto Observer) With everything being new to him, Adebiyi said he is struggling to understand how things work in Canada, a common experience for many international students upon their arrival to Canada “Things are not the same way back home,” he said While he has applied for many jobs and secured interviews the moment he mentions he is an international student they tell him they cannot continue with him Many employers are not willing to hire people who might still be struggling to speak English Adebiyi finds this very frustrating since many of his skills acquired in Nigeria are not taken into consideration when applying for jobs in Canada “I have a logistic background back home I was a field executive where I was working … when I apply for a job they tell me that I don’t have Canadian experience,” he said “If you don’t give me employment then how do you want me to have Canadian experience?” Adebiyi is still looking for a job while he studies He said Canada should help international students be able to secure a job Mohammad Shafin is an international student from Bangladesh Shafin came to Canada to study at Toronto Metropolitan University and has been in Toronto since September 2021 the job field has been shaky,” said Shafin “I’ve been looking for a part-time job for almost two months now Both Shafin and his parents are tense over the situation and he fears he might not be able to complete his studies Both Adebiyi and Shafin go to Feed Scarborough’s food banks Because most of the money being sent to them or any money they earn goes to paying rent and school they have little to no money to pay for groceries In 2016, 57 per cent of the population in Scarborough were immigrants In Toronto overall 47 per cent were immigrants vs When people arrive in Toronto they are most likely to settle in Scarborough “Ninety-five per cent of our clients were not born in Canada and 72 per cent of them have been in Canada for one year or less,” said Robin Sagi coordinator for marketing and donor relations at Feed Scarborough Feed Scarborough was started back in 2018 by Suman Roy, who ran for city council for Scarborough Southwest in the recent 2023 byelection He started Feed Scarborough in his back yard and since then has been able to open five food banks across Scarborough where people experiencing food insecurity can get access to food and supplies at no cost to them The organization also has a three-day-a-week mobile healthy-meal program food truck and three community gardens and also leads a vaccine initiative in Scarborough Southwest according to Feed Scarborough’s website They also offer weekly educational initiatives Feed Scarborough serves about 4,500 Scarborough residents weekly She believes that food insecurity in Canada is a lot more different than food insecurity in other portions of the world “The price of food here is very large That has to do with the fact that we have a very long winter and we can’t produce a lot of things here.” Sagi also said the minimum wage has not kept up with the rising cost of living “Most people don’t get an annual raise,” she said “You have to fight for that unless you’re part of a union or something.” Sagi said she understands the situation that people like Adebiyi and Shagin are going through When international students come to Canada they previously needed to have at least $10,000 worth of savings However, the average tuition cost for undergraduate university students is CAD $36,100 per year and $21,000 per year for international graduate students The living costs average around $15,000 per year for university students “$10,000 in savings isn’t even going to get you your rent for a whole year here,” said Sagi “the ideas that we have around Canada and coming to Canada and being prepared for Canada aren’t always the representation of what’s happening in Canada.” The government of Canada recently announced on Dec. 7 that the minimum cost-of-living requirement for new international student application would increase to CAD $20,635 in 2024 international students are eager to find jobs but a lot of them face the problem Adebiyi and Shafin face Sagi said a lot of their clients also volunteer in order to get Canadian experience in the workforce This is why many international students and even newcomers struggle to pay for groceries Feed Scarborough is a member of Daily Bread and Second Harvest which is where they are able to get food every week they can offer their clients fresh produce “We really want to promote healthy eating because when people are food insecure they’re more likely to eat lower nutrition-valued food rather than food that is healthy for their body and minds,” Sagi said Their partnership with Second Harvest also helps them reduce the amount of waste that comes from food The food insecurity that Feed Scarborough’s clients are experiencing is an escalating issue across the city, a situation the Daily Bread Food Bank called “a crisis” in its 2023 Who’s Hungry? annual report “Almost one in five people in Canada are food insecure with that statistic being closer to one in four for Indigenous populations and visible minorities,” said Michael Widener professor at the geography and planning department at the St food insecurity impacts all of the Greater Toronto Area and there are food banks in almost every part of the city He says that this has been a persistent issue in the city but that recently this issue has been “getting worse.” “Data from Daily Bread is showing rapid growth in the number of households using food banks and the frequency of their usage,” Widener said George campus of the University of Toronto in the nutritional sciences department remarks on the fact many of the people who are facing food insecurity in Canada do have jobs it’s just a matter of not always being able to make ends meet do not have sufficient incomes to meet the needs of themselves and their families,” said Tarasuk “Neither the federal nor provincial governments are taking responsibility for ensuring that all Canadians have enough money to meet their basic needs,” said Tarasuk With more newcomers and international students arriving in Canada every year food banks are trying their best to help everyone However, the increase in food bank users means there will be people that they will be unable to help. This was the case with a food bank in Brampton that denied international students “If you saw someone that is going hungry or is hungry you want to help them,” said Councillor Thompson He said he understands the situation not only in Scarborough but also in the Greater Toronto Area and thinks people should have access to both food and shelter He said he is also aware of the fact that some people take advantage of those who are trying to help People have brought to his attention that people have opened food banks but that all the resources were not going to where it’s needed He did remark on the fact that this was not the case at Feed Scarborough these agencies are trying their best to keep up but they are ultimately not the real answer “Reducing the stress people face in paying high rents will free up money so they can buy other essentials like groceries,” Widener said However, according to Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives people in Toronto should have a minimum wage of $34 an hour “If we agree that everyone should have the right to a basic standard of living,” said Tarasuk “then we need to ensure that everyone has sufficient income to meet their basic needs.” From Dec. 1 to 22, Feed Scarborough has a reverse advent calendar campaign in which each day a different food necessity can be taken to their donation sites The Toronto Observer is an award-winning news organization staffed by journalism students at Centennial College in Toronto © The Toronto Observer | Produced by Centennial College journalism students TorontoSome Toronto homes and condos double in price in 5 years By Pat ForanOpens in new windowPublished: August 22, 2019 at 8:23PM EDT is seen with her daughter Diana Braithwaite a historian of Canada’s black community who was 96 died on July 23 at her home in Scarborough’s Centennial neighbourhood After a service at the McDougal and Brown Funeral Home Scarborough Chapel on Monday Braithwaite was buried in Resthaven cemetery She was one of the last elders who had grown up in part of Wellington County where the first African-Canadian pioneer community in Upper Canada formed in the late 18th century according to the Ontario Black History Society Braithwaite and her late husband of 62 years Henry (Bob), a Second World War veteran, moved to southeastern Scarborough in 1946 and were among the first African-Canadians to live in the area. who attended Centennial Road Junior Public School across the street while Braithwaite developed a successful career as a black historian and researcher She worked at Ontario’s Education Ministry on a black studies guide for students served as co-president of OBHS for three terms and wrote on black history for the newspaper Contrast Braithwaite chronicled prominent black people and families in Canada publishing The Black Woman in Canada in 1975 The Centennial Community Recreation Association has recorded Braithwaite’s accomplishments in her neighbourhood noting she was at a meeting which led to the founding of the CCRA Diana Braithwaite founded the Rella Black History Foundation to continue her mother’s research and make African-Canadian history accessible for new projects Situated at the intersection of Highway 401 and Markham Road Centennial College’s new library at Progress Avenue is a real eye-catcher The design of this 103,500-square-foot facility was headed by Diamond + Schmitt architects who are also responsible for building the University of Toronto Scarborough campus’ new Instructional Centre that opened up last month  The college spent $34-million to create this four-storey library where students could come every day to use its computer facilities and group study rooms “This is so much more than just a library building,” said Sydney Browne the Principal Architect at Diamond + Schmitt “The building stands as a welcoming entry to the college and connects to other existing school buildings on campus  It gives a more visible identity to the college.” “There are over 1,000 new classroom spaces a lot more computers and a lot more student space  The building ranks very highly in energy efficiency  We have already submitted our architectural plan to the Canada Green Building Council.” the learning centre’s exterior is framed by large dark bricks and tall copper-coloured glass panes the college’s brand new architecture makes its statement by installing a four-storey high green living wall  This is a Canadian-owned technology pioneered by Alan Darlington a biologist and inventor of the Nedlaw bio filter living wall “The technology is based on studies back in the early 90’s when I was doing research at the University of Guelph,” said Darlington “I think it’s very exciting that the wall is a way of bringing nature back indoors  It is really effective at cleaning the air in an energy-efficient way.” a first year Architectural Technician student at the college also likes the idea of the bio filter wall on campus it is very eco-friendly and I think it brings more people together because they enjoy the environment here,” she said  “I take courses down at the Morningside campus but I prefer commuting here to study because the place is nicer  I am now telling all my friends to come too.” Laced on the surface of the wall are branches and shrubs of green plants such as ivy and rubber trees  There is a non-stop flow and exchange of a veil of water from top to bottom  The sound of the trickling liquid movement not only brings a calming peace to the quiet library but also reminds visitors of the natural sounds of a tropical rainforest The innovative wall is a main attraction of this new establishment that gets not only the college’s students but also nearby Scarborough residents talking “This is a very fresh type of architecture,” said Abraham Iki a project executive of Bell Canada Enterprises and one of Centennial College’s professors of project management “A lot of the residents nearby have come up to me and asked me about this college because they see this new building when they’re driving by Markham Road on the 401.” Darlington also feels that the new library brings a breath of fresh air to Scarborough’s architectural scene “I lived at Victoria Park and Kingston Road and I loved that part of town but things could definitely be better,” said Darlington “There is some old infrastructure that needs maintenance but I see a current group of architects trying to move forwards and create better designs and higher sustainability for this area  I would expect to see more cutting-edge buildings in Scarborough.” With the issue of affordable child raising concerns across Ontario one member of a student group in Scarborough refuses to allow this problem to linger Elizabeth Comrie is one of eight students at Centennial College’s Ashtonbee campus who formed a group tasked to target something they wanted to change as part of their Power and Social Movement class The group has started a Change For All campaign fighting for affordable and spacious daycare facilities They have petitioned residents and child-care workers in an effort to convince government officials to amend rules and regulations for child care and crack down on unlicensed facilities that create unsafe spaces for young people her group is fed up with the quality of these centres “The facilities are not acceptable,” she said “There’s not enough daycare centres close to low-income neighbourhoods and the space is limited for the ones that are in the area because they are either in the bottom of a building or a plaza.” In order to qualify for fully subsidized child care in Ontario a family must make less than $20,000 in yearly income one must be working full-time for at least 40 hours weekly to be eligible With many local centres charging $400 monthly for daycare per child Comrie believes the financial headaches of daycare lead to bigger problems “Charging $400 a head for a child is leading us into a lot of huger issues; poverty and lack of parental support within homes because they’re left with no choices,” she said “That’s why a lot of kids now are getting into trouble and are delinquent Pauline Camuti-Cull was involved in child-care services for 25 years Now an adviser and early childhood educator at Centennial College’s Progress campus Camuti-Cull believes the issue of infant/toddler care must be addressed given that parents are made to pay $1,000 a month or more A look at some of the subsidized daycares within Scarborough She also says parents expressed concerns regarding having children ready for school “If you provide a good program that really is focused on where the child is that that’s developmentally appropriate you’re going to help children be ready for school,” she said Camuti-Cull thinks improvements can be made to the system so children are afforded quality time with teachers and greater learning opportunities “I think that the shift to full-day learning is a positive shift in the field,” she said “It’s a good way to allow families access to care in a way that can be more affordable and is seamless.” she hopes changes will be implemented so that daycare expenses are tied to income “It should be calculated at a reasonable amount not set at a rate where it’s going to cause families to go into poverty,” she said Sean Squires is quite adamant that his job is not to produce the next Olympic athlete But what is also quite clear after talking with the man responsible for rejuvenating a cross-country program at Centennial College is his determination to bring out quality performances from athletes With a burgeoning program of more than 30 student athletes Squires fulltime job and mandate at the college is to ensure a comprehensive quality review process for all Centennial programs making sure academic standards fall in line with what is expected by the provincial government Squires is stretching quality assurance further after Centennial runners said so much for hospitality and won the inaugural Colt Indoor Invitational – a competition that attracted six other post-secondary schools to Variety Village in Scarborough recently three silver and three bronze finishes with cross-town rival Humber College placing second followed by Fleming College of Peterborough The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association doesn’t stage a provincial indoor championship the 54-year old Squires – who has held Ontario executive positions in sailing and badminton while also working at York University - appeared focused more on creating a positive experience for each athlete “This is an opportunity for students to be part of something special a way to build confidence while also supporting academic success,” said Squires who calls himself a recreational runner and Boston and the Toronto Waterfront Marathon - has plans to compete in the UK (London) Marathon on April 26 “I was invited to start the Centennial cross country program the men and women finished eighth in Ontario this past fall – and that’s wonderful a positive experience and the proudest moment for me is not where they place in a race but seeing them do well and get an invitation to attend their graduation.” Squires has an extensive background in coaching officiating and playing sports at the recreational and competitive levels he’s adamant that students have to earn a spot on the team – and standards of good grades must come first Nine of the 20 runners on the cross-country team qualified for academic scholarships and a smaller indoor team has several of those students and there’s not much time for development,” he said “(Students) know the purpose of being at Centennial is to get a great education that will lead to fulltime work.” Svetlana Martynova placed first in the 600 and 1,000 metres She set a record for colleges in that event finishing in two minutes 55 seconds – eight seconds faster than the previous best time he’s a very inspiring person and has a personal approach to everyone,” she said “It’s easy to see the hard work that he puts in to the program and how much he cares about how we do as students in the classroom first.” Saed Griffith was the top Centennial male runner with first place finishes in 600 and 1,000 metres Lugei Juma was second in the Men’s 600 metres while Jaime Morgan-Lynette placed sixth in the Women’s Two Police Foundations students have an emotional moment during the memorial held by the students of Centennial College in Scarborough for slain student Simone Reid Friends sign a large photo of Simone Reid during a break in Thursday’s memorial for the slain student at Centennial College Uniformed Police Foundations students listen to speakers during the memorial for fellow student Simone Reid Simone Reid’s friends listen to the service Classmates and friends came together to mourn the 18-year-old's death on Thursday Police believe the policing student was the victim of a homicide Classmates and friends came together to mourn the 18-year-old’s death on Thursday Through tears and bewildered sorrow, friends and classmates assembled at Centennial College on Thursday to remember Simone “Shanni” Reid, an 18-year-old student who was found dead last month in what police are treating as a homicide who grew up in Jamaica and finished high school in Toronto was enrolled in the police foundations program at the east-end college Rows of chairs were set up in a concrete-walled atrium on Thursday where an enlarged photo of the smiling young woman was placed on stage Uniformed classmates and weeping friends filled the seats to remember their peer as many speakers underlined in their remarks was so suddenly and inexplicably taken from their lives “Simone’s presence should be here,” said Shanice Bernard a fellow student in the police program who met Reid in the first weeks of the school year “It broke my heart to know that you just met the person Reid was found not breathing, with obvious signs of trauma, and pronounced dead in a Scarborough apartment Nov. 13. Police were initially trying to find Reid’s father, Winston “Paul” Reid, believing he was one of the last people to see her. Then he was found dead too — lifeless inside his blue Toyota Sienna which was parked in an abandoned area in Markham Police have not released a cause of death for Reid or her father yellow and black balloons—the colours of Reid’s native Jamaica — and paper garlands were strung across the front edge of the stage A series of speakers from Centennial and the Jamaica Advocacy Club addressed the assembly from a glass podium smiling in selfies and appearing in videos with her friends Bernard said she knew something was troubling Reid in the final weeks of her life Brittanya Belight said she and Reid went to high school together in Jamaica before Reid moved to Canada to graduate at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute Belight said she hadn’t seen Reid in four years “I’m sorry I wasn’t here for you,” she said “I didn’t know what you were going through.” Whoston Wray, a family friend, said he’s raising money with a GoFundMe account to help pay for Reid’s body to be taken back to Jamaica Wray told the Star that Reid’s funeral is planned for Dec reflecting on Reid’s ease with people and her ready smile “It’s hard to go on like nothing happened when it’s staring us in the face,” she said She left the stage wiping tears from her face making them an excellent investment for anyone who bought a place like albeit expensive prospect for buyers in the market right now A new value analysis report released on Wednesday by the real estate listing site Zoocasa shows that condos are now experiencing higher appreciation rates than houses in 23 of Toronto's 35 neighbourhoods What this means is that houses aren't the sure bet they were once thought to be. Condos, on the other hand, continue to skyrocket in value across the GTA Quarterly data from the Toronto Real Estate Board shows that the average unit price for condos rose 9.7 per cent between July and September of 2018 compared to the same stretch of 2017 the price of an average unit ($615,582) was up 11.7 per cent while detached home prices declined over the same period by 1.4 per cent with 23 of Toronto's 35 markets experiencing higher appreciation among condos than houses Home sales are now starting to bounce back, but slowly — and market experts are still championing condo sales for bolstering the GTA's otherwise flagging housing market Zoocasa notes that there are pockets of the city in which house value appreciation still outpaces condos Here are five areas in Toronto where condos are crushing as an investment compared to houses This north Etobicoke hood boasts an average condo price of $372,000 — an appreciation of more than 43 per cent since last year at the same time Condo prices are rising far faster than house prices in the Jane and Finch area tying Richview at 43 per cent appreciation condos in this part of the city are up 37 per cent Condos near Scarborough's waterfront are growing in value fast up 35 per cent over last year with an average price of  $536,333 as of September 2018 The gentrification of Parkdale continues with condo prices reaching an average of $629,045 up 32 per cent over September of last year House values didn't rise as fast in this part of the city but they still went up by 18 per cent to a whopping average of $1,716,518 the camera is a toy Olympic 1996 beach volleyball bronze medallist John Child has been tasked with rebuilding Centennial College’s volleyball programs A former Olympic medallist and 10-time Canadian champ Scarborough’s John Child can keep a crowd fascinated with some great stories about his rise to success in the sport of volleyball And he’ll have ample opportunity in his new gig – re-building a Centennial College women’s and men’s volleyball program that has been in hiatus for the past few decades while trying out for the school team in Grade 9 that he just didn’t seem to have what then coach Ed Martin figured was needed to make the Midland Avenue Collegiate squad Gung-ho about sport and about 6-foot-2 in size as a teen the Scarborough-born Child remembered being a bit disenchanted at the time kept telling him to focus on soccer as the youngster often kicked the ball around their house yard on Citadel Drive Child preferred hitting the ball rather than kicking one taking in the practice at Midland that same day was Scarborough Titans coach Neil Cowey lanky youngster had potential in the sport – and gave him a chance at the club level did return to Midland to prove a few things – making the squad in grades 10 He was also chosen team MVP and twice picked as school Athlete of the Year But Child’s success in the sport may well have started with the Titans then some 10 years with the Scarborough Solars club before switching to the beach volleyball version That’s where he tagged up with Mark Heese and both went on to make a few bucks on the World Beach Volleyball circuit including three trips to the Olympic Games Heese often shares stories with his family and friends about Atlanta – and the bronze medal won in 1996 – as well as the fifth place finishes four years later in Sydney and again in Athens in 2004 “In the early ’90s I switched to the beach game but just happened to be in the right place at the right time it became an Olympic sport and I was competing for Canada three years later.” Having met his wife Bridget 22 years ago during a mixed volleyball recreational tournament and their children Jenna and Adam avid players of the same sport Child has put aside his competitive shoes – but not his interest As the founder of the Leaside Volleyball Club now Child has another challenge: rejuvenating men’s and women’s volleyball programs that were shelved at Centennial College about 20 years ago “I feel great about the opportunity and what lies ahead,” said Child “This is fantastic and I’m flattered to be asked to get things going again.” Approached by Centennial Athletic Director Steve McLaughlin shortly after Child was inducted to the College Sports Hall of Fame he didn’t back away from the invitation to re-build the program “He asked if I was interested in the job,” said Child “And when the sport has taken over your life I figured this was a wonderful opportunity to give students a chance to play Child – a business management grad from Centennial many years ago – made it clear he won’t be coaching His job will be to find individuals with exceptional talent to build under his tutelage Centennial is planning to re-join the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association in time for the 2014/15 season even though Child may still have some eligibility “Those days are over – a few major injuries from surgery for my shoulder to knee problems,” he recalled “But don’t rule out trying to do what they’ve started at colleges in the United States – find a place for some sand and build a beach volleyball program one day at Centennial.” A Toronto police Forensic Identification Services officer gathers evidence at the scene of a murder at a home on Bathgate Drive in the Port Union Road and Lawrence Avenue area the morning of Wednesday A man is in police custody after a woman was found murdered in a home in Scarborough’s Port Union neighbourhood early Wednesday on Bathgate Drive near Lawrence Avenue and Centennial Road Officers arrived and found a woman with severe trauma becoming the city’s 58th murder victim of the year There is no outstanding suspect and no risk to public safety Neighbours say that the victim was a woman in her late 60s or early 70s and that she had been living with her adult son who has mental health issues “She was a wonderful person,” Abraham Washington said Washington said the woman’s husband died a few years ago of natural causes The neighbour said the woman told him that her son was sick Washington said his sons would help the woman by mowing her lawn adding the woman had lived in the house for more than 30 years described the woman and her son as reclusive The neighbour said the woman had a physical disability and used a walker “She was the primary caregiver … She would take a cab and go to the grocery store.” The neighbour noted the victim’s son had odd behaviour She recalled when the woman came over to her house because her son had apparently locked her out of the house in the winter “I remember going over and knocking on the door and window and no (answer) and then finally we called a locksmith to go over and he opened the door.” Police are asking people with information to call the homicide squad at 416-808-7400 He has been covering the crime beat since 2002 and has a passion for giving a voice to those affected by tragedy and looking at societal issues that may have contributed to it 2014This article was published more than 11 years ago A new measure is being used to rank Toronto's neighbourhoods – the "neighbourhood equity score" which combines ratings for economic opportunity participation in decision-making and physical surroundings change the way Toronto's 140 neighbourhoods are evaluated by city staff when they decide where to direct services The new rankings are likely to set off a lively debate about the city's role in providing social services and what areas of the city are most deserving of extra funding and attention – all against the backdrop of the fall civic election The new measures were developed in conjunction with researchers at St Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health and are adapted from work done by the World Health Organization Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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