Category: GTA

টরন্টোয় সড়ক দুঘর্টনায় নিহত নাদিয়ার জন্য বাংলাদেশি কমিউনিটির শোক

সড়ক দুর্ঘটনায় ১৭ বছর বয়সী বার্চমাউন্ট পার্ক কলেজিয়েট ইনস্টিটিউটের দ্বাদশ শ্রেণির ছাত্রী নাদিয়া মজুমদারের অকাল মৃত্যুতে টরন্টোর বাংলাদেশি কমিউনিটি গভীর শোকাভিভূত। স্থানীয় সময় গত মঙ্গলবার অপরাহ্নের কিছু আগে স্কুলের নিকটবর্তী বার্চমাউন্ট ও ডেনফোর্থ সংযোগস্থল (more…)

Galo gigante de Barcelos inaugurado no Little Portugal em Toronto

(Revista Amar / Joana Leal) A partir de agora a Dundas West tem um Galo de Barcelos gigante. Esse é um dos símbolos mais conhecidos da cultura portuguesa, mas a partir de agora pode encontrá-lo aqui em Toronto no Little Portugal. Inserido no ano da arte pública, o objetivo da iniciativa da autarquia de Toronto que envolve mais de 15,000 artistas é celebrar a arte e a comunidade. “Nenhum grupo sofreu mais durante a pandemia do que os nossos artistas. Eles não tiveram a oportunidade de fazer aquilo que mais gostam, quer seja dançar, cantar, atuar, ou fazer arte visual. O nosso programa destina-se a ajudá-los a mostrar-nos o que são capazes de fazer”, disse o presidente da Câmara Municipal de Toronto (CMT), John Tory… Read More in Revista Amar >>> 

Overcrowded classrooms during the pandemic? It’s not my fault…

TORONTO – Rule number one: it’s not my fault. In the chaos in which Ontario’s Education sector finds itself, characterized by accusations, invective, controversies, complaints, retaliation and divisions, we have witnessed the most classic blame game on the responsibilities in a situation that is becoming unsustainable, especially in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. To try to understand what is happening, we must necessarily start from a fact: starting from October 12 there has been a merger of dozens of classes in many schools of the Catholic Board, with the consequent increase in the number of students in the individual classrooms. (more…)