There is a holiday celebrated worldwide on May 1th with two very notorious exceptions, Canada and the US are the only countries in the world that do not celebrate “International Workers Day” a holiday more widely spread around the world than Christmas!
International Workers Day commemorates the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago in 1886, when Chicago police fired on workers during a general strike demanding an eight-hour day, killing scores of them.
follows Kendal and Mikey as they grow from teenage boys to young men growing up in Toronto’s Regent Park. We come to know the young men but also their mothers, and mentors like Ainsworth Morgan (a former teacher) who push them to succeed albeit their current circumstances living in an austere environment.
Regent Park has a “bad rep” in Toronto as one of many areas in the city where gun violence, drug deals and racial profiling is an everyday occurrence. Over the last few years, the area is in the process of re-building. Some buildings have been demolished, others are half-way there while the rest are awaiting demolition; this is all part of the Regent Park Revitalization project by the city of Toronto. It was built in a way that is physically isolated from its surroundings and over the years, it has become somewhat of a socially isolated community.
Hot Docs once again has outdone itself. One of the most unique film festivals in North America is back for a 16th installment, and all the passionate and nearly obsessed film junkies here at Alternavox headquarters have done their homework and come up with a list of documentaries you simply can’t ignore. There is such incredibly variety this year that it was very hard to come to single consensus of what was best. But we persevered and came up with a list that reflects the incredible variety that Hot Docs seems to have at its very heart.
Posted by: EugeniaFiled in Bentobox29th April 2009
1/3 cup of margarine or butter
1/3 cup of sugar
1 egg beaten
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
Pinch of ground nutmeg
1⁄4 cup Ovaltine
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup oats
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius. As this recipe does not take long to make, grease a baking pan as your first step in the preparation, so the cookies may go into the oven right away.
Whether you are a professional shutterbug or strictly amateur, Alternavox needs you! May is our “City Issue” and to celebrate we challenge you to capture the beauty, diversity and culture that is Toronto. We are looking for unique and original images that allow you to look behind the lens and examine the intricacies and hidden gems that this city has to offer.
Denise Bebenek is a mother.She has a beautiful family and a loving husband.Yet Mothers Day for Denise does not mean breakfast in bed, or a pile of roses. It means facing her greatest loss.
Posted by: ShamimFiled in Technovox29th April 2009
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By Shamim Ahad and Phil Liew
Climate change is the quintessential hot-button issue. As the effects of climate change are felt all over the world, both climate change supporters and deniers have been doing their best to flood the public with waves of information supporting their divergent positions. The politics of climate change go beyond the science and touch a very emotional public-nerve, which is why the fear of climate change and the fear of climate-change remediation resonate so strongly with the public.
Albert Einstein once said “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Of course the context of those words was a world in which humankind had first devised atomic weapons that could bring our species to the brink of extinction. While no less valid of a statement today, the current human created economic and environmental crises have me looking at the quote in a different way. In regards to climate change and its proposed solutions, I am much less appalled at the technological answers available than the barriers created by humanity’s reluctance of change and self-serving perceptions in judging the scope of urgency.
There is no better example in play today, in our part of the small spinning rock named Earth that is, of how human attitudes alone are postponing the implementation of renewable energy projects than the debate over the feasibility of a wind farm off of the Scarborough Bluffs. The Save the Toronto Bluffs (http://www.savethebluffs.ca/) is a well-organized community campaign against the idea of a wind power generation in the area and the installation of an anemometer. This device will simply test, for a period of a year, whether or not the most viable site that Toronto Hydro Corporation has available is suitable for an offshore wind farm of some 60, 30 story turbines. Arguments against the idea range from harmful health effects from noise and vibrations, that the turbines affect bird and insect migration, and the subjective bad aesthetics of a wind farm.
1. Peter Bjorn And John; - Nothing To Worry About
2. Feist & Ben Gibbard - Train Song
3. Velvet Code - I’ll Follow You
4. Velvet Code - Say You Love Me
5. Wax Fang - World War II (Pt. 2)
6. Fanfarlo - You Are One of the Few Outsiders That Understand Us
7. Bajofondo - El Mareo (With Gustavo Cerati)
8. Bajofondo - Pa’ Bailar (With Ryota Kumatsu)
9. Chris Garneau - We Don’t Try
10. The Ivoryton Piano Factory - Whispering Spirit
And featuring in our “Indie Highlights” section Velvet Code’s unique electro sound read the “Indie Highlights” article here! and Argentina’s and Uruguay’s unique sounds of Bajofondo on our “Double Shot” section!
I first tried out hibiscus tea at a health club in Cancun Mexico and dearly loved the flavour. Once I discovered about the health benefits, I became r...
Publisher-Creator Mikhail Saavedra began life down by the deepest tip of southern Latin America. He started life with a deep curiosity for all things, with music and books being at the forefront, a curious child by all accounts. As he grew and opened his eyes to the world, he developed a sense of justice and dignity in part as a reaction to growing up in a military dictatorship. Alas, this did not fill him with fear or cynicism but a more rebellious spirit, which led him to being incredibly popular at the principal’s office and the local riot police department….
Then came Canada and it was here that he was able to formulate his deep desire to learn about the world, with Toronto being the kind of multicultural soup that could engage his need to know and embrace. It started with writing, then moved on to what became Toronto’s first Latin Alternative radio show, followed by an all-English show in the same vein. It was this desire to find the true “crossover” among people, which led him to the concept of “Alternavox”
He is a lover of wine, good food, Neruda, Eduardo Galeano, rebel music, revolutionaries, dancing, family and beautiful people. Believes that kindness in this much too cynical world is revolutionary, that you are a better person when able to give a little without asking for the change and that on the same token you should laugh at yourself and the madness surrounding you as often as possible as you set out to change the world bit by bit.
Publisher-Creator Mikhail Saavedra began life down by the deepest tip of southern Latin America. He started life with a deep curiosity for all things, with music and books being at the forefront, a curious child by all accounts. As he grew and opened his eyes to the world, he developed a sense of justice and dignity in part as a reaction to growing up in a military dictatorship. Alas, this did not fill him with fear or cynicism but a more rebellious spirit, which led him to being incredibly popular at the principal’s office and the local riot police department….
Then came Canada and it was here that he was able to formulate his deep desire to learn about the world, with Toronto being the kind of multicultural soup that could engage his need to know and embrace. It started with writing, then moved on to what became Toronto’s first Latin Alternative radio show, followed by an all-English show in the same vein. It was this desire to find the true “crossover” among people, which led him to the concept of “Alternavox”
He is a lover of wine, good food, Neruda, Eduardo Galeano, rebel music, revolutionaries, dancing, family and beautiful people. Believes that kindness in this much too cynical world is revolutionary, that you are a better person when able to give a little without asking for the change and that on the same token you should laugh at yourself and the madness surrounding you as often as possible as you set out to change the world bit by bit. 