Etobicoke Lakeshore Press: March 2023

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MASTHEAD FIAT LUX CONTRIBUTORS

Roger Tumminieri, Publisher

etobicokelakeshorepress@gmail.com

Instagram: @etobicokelakeshorepress

(416) 788-0716

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Kira Bauer

www.linktr.ee/kirabauer (Health & Wellness)

James Maloney, MP

www.jamesmaloney.libparl.ca (Community)

June MacDonald-Jenkins www.humber.ca

(Humber College Community Update)

Amanda Kirkland

www.amandakirkland.com

(Personal Development)

John van Goch

johnvgoch@gmail.com

(Thinking Outside The Blue Box)

Jonathan Nhan

www.curateandupgrade.ca (Wellness)

LIFE’S UNDERTAKINGS THE PODCAST

Brad Jones, the funeral director believes this spring we’re all travelling toward new beginnings and positive potentials. You can listen to Life’s Undertaking Podcast wherever you listen. You may even hear a story or two about his Purple and Yellow VW Camper.

Brad Jones’ 1971 VW Camper, which always represented spring break, family vacations and joyful adventures.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Welcome to our March edition!

It’s been really nice for me travelling back down to South Etobicoke to deliver copies of the mag. By now, I trust you’re getting used to picking it up at your favourite local business. Thank you for your support!

Please join me in kicking off Springtime in Toronto with a feature on St. Paddy’s Day. This month’s cover story is all about your fave local Irish pub, T.J. O’Shea’s as they gear up to celebrate St. Paddy’s Weekend in Long Branch! Read all about it on Page 8.

Thank you to our Editorial Contributors for their submissions to this issue.

Thank you for reading!

Roger Tumminieri

Publisher, Etobicoke Lakeshore Press etobicokelakeshorepress@gmail.com

Instagram: @etobicokelakeshorepress

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(416) 788-0716

YOUTH SPORTS MIMICO LACROSSE

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO GET INTO LACROSSE!

When you think of Mimico, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?

SanRemo? Wild Pigeons? Lacrosse?!!!

Looking for a new sport for your kids? Look no further than Mimico Lacrosse.

Join the Tradition.

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IT’S TIME!

The annual rite of passage is upon us.

Celebrate St. Paddy’s Weekend at T.J. O’Shea’s Irish Snug in Long Branch...

Tickets Include:

Guaranteed reservation for March 17th, 2 drink tickets, swag bag, and entrance into our door prize draw!!!

Entertainment:

March 17th: Irish Dancers 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm

March 17th: Live Music 3:00pm - 7:00pm Johnny Devil, 9:00pm - 1:00am Ryan Andrews

March 18th: Irish Dancers 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm

March 18th: Live Music: 3:00pm - 7:00pm Erin Marie, 9:00pm - 1:00am Nathan Bishop McDonald

FRAMES BY Angela

HUMBER COLLEGE COMMUNITY UPDATE

Important and exciting work addressing systemic social barriers is happening at Humber College through our new Centre for Social Innovation (CSI).

The CSI, which is part of Humber College’s Centres of Innovation Network, is committed to addressing these barriers while simultaneously creating social opportunities alongside equity-deserving populations and the community organizations that serve them.

The early goals of the CSI will be to co-create sustainable solutions to support community capacity building, barriers removal and strive to provide opportunities for interprofessional and multi-disciplinary approaches to this work.

To demonstrate our commitment to these approaches the CSI will soon be hosting a series of Spring Social Innovation Workshops. The sessions provide an opportunity to hear from faculty, students and community-based organizations about the genesis of their projects to create positive social impact and why it matters to the community. Through facilitated workshops, participants will work with them on a challenge within their research or project.

These workshops are a tremendous opportunity for the wider South Etobicoke and Humber community who have heard a bit about the Centre – or those completely new to it – to find out more about its goals and initiatives and how its important work relates to them.

These workshops are happening on

March 1 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Lakeshore Campus, March 22 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at North Campus and in early April at a to-be-determined South Etobicoke location.

Each workshop will address a series of ongoing community base social innovation projects such as:

Engaging and Educating Young Adult Cannabis 2.0 Consumers,

Developing a Best Practice Model for Mental Health Crisis Care: A CommunityEngaged Approach

Community Agency Partnerships: Best Practices for the Creation of Healthy Communities

Highlighting the Indigenous Economy through the Power of Storytelling

Amazing social innovation activities are happening at Humber, and we encourage everyone to be a part of the initiatives and the inquiry that this work generates.

Finally, I would also like to mention that the Building a Path Forward: Housing Affordability Visioning Conference for South Etobicoke will be occurring from March 3 to March 5 at Lakeshore Campus’ G Building.

Please check out the workshop series and the Housing Affordability Conference on our website at humber.ca/csi for more information or to register to participate. We look forward to hosting our community at these events.

JUNE MACDONALD-JENKINS

By: June MacDonald-Jenkins, Principal - Lakeshore Campus

SOCIAL INNOVATION SPRING WORKSHOPS

MARCH 1, MARCH 22

AND APRIL 3

Register now for the opportunity to network with like-minded students, faculty and community members while working together towards social change.

Everyone is welcome.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE

MARCH 3 TO MARCH 5

Register now at humber.ca/socialinnovation

Be part of something positive.

Beyond the Conscious: Understanding the Role of the Unconscious Mind

By: Jonathan Nhan

A common myth is that humans only use a limited percentage of their brain power. While our full brains are active and functioning, there is a significant portion of our minds that is unconscious. What is this unconscious part of our minds and what is it used for?

Take a moment and notice all the things you are doing now without any awareness. I’m guessing that you’re sitting and holding your posture upright without an active thought. You may get up to grab a glass of water, walking over to the sink and coordinating your body in a series of complex motions without overburdening your brain power.

Outside of large movements and actions, your bodily functions are running automatically. Your heart beats at the rate that it needs to, you blink when your eyes need a break, and you breathe without a thought. On top of all this, you have thoughts, feelings, and emotions that appear in reaction to the world and experiences around you. The true powerhouse processor of your mind is the unconscious mind.

Your unconscious is responsible for taking commands and direction from your conscious mind and interpreting them in a way that positively benefits you. It is constantly listening for instructions and assumes positive intentions behind everything that you tell it. Between the conscious and unconscious mind is a filter - a critical faculty - that evaluates the information that is being sent your way and decides whether to accept or reject it.

How often have you ever thought to yourself “Wow! I did that without thinking”? There is an endless list of things that is powered by your unconscious mind. Simple things that are obvious, like your heart rate and breathing are controlled by your unconscious mind. Actions like walking, sitting, or falling asleep can happen without conscious thought. Think about complex actions that you do - driving, bike riding, your favourite hobby; again there are

many things that you can do without thinking. In fact, sometimes thinking about what you’re doing can make you forget what you’re doing!

This is only the first couple layers of the power of your unconscious mind. The one fact about the unconscious mind that fills me with endless wonder is that the unconscious mind is constantly receiving and shielding your conscious mind from all the input. Your body is constantly receiving feedback and data from all your senses. The billions of neurons that you have in your body are constantly firing and sending information, yet you’re not consciously overwhelmed by this.

To experience what this means, notice how you aren’t aware of these parts of your body now; but when I mention your feet, your chest, or your tongue, you suddenly notice what you feel in each of these parts.

Finally, consider how your thoughts, feelings, and emotions can appear without a thought.

Your unconscious mind is the part of you that affects everything that you do. The important thing to remember is that you can make use of this unconscious power, consciously. This will be our topic for next time.

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What’s New? Not Much.

CTV NEWS – “delays ‘frustrating’ amid reports that Metrolinx has ‘no idea’ when Eglinton Crosstown will open”.

The year 1861 announced the first streetcar in Toronto. When finished, the Crosstown will not be a NEW thing. It will be a new “OLD thing”. The Crosstown was started in 2011, 12 years ago. Could that time have been used to modernize OLD infrastructure for transit options that are actually NEW?

The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics is the first Canadian customer of Pipistrel. Pipistrel manufactures the Velis Electro, the earth’s first and currently only, in service, commercially available, electric

passenger aircraft. This is a NEW alternative! It’s environmentally friendly. It’s quiet. It requires considerably less land than conventional aircraft to land or to takeoff. Indeed it could require no NEW land to operate. Normal aircraft functions could be done from many flat surfaces.

A recent suggestion was to tax private parking lots to help pay for public transit. The TTC received almost 1 billion tax dollars in subsidies in 2022. Perhaps a NEW suggestion would be to allow transit riders to pay fully for their new “OLD things” and subsidize NEW things instead.

What’s new with you?

JOHN VAN GOCH

JAMES MALONEY, MP EARTH DAY 2023 AND

Earth Day, 2023

Earth Day was first celebrated on 22 April 1970 and over the years, it has become the largest participatory environmental movement on the planet. As Canadians, we are fortunate to have breathtaking forests, majestic mountains, and scenic lakes, one of which our community of Etobicoke-Lakeshore enjoys right in our backyard. Just as these gifts inspire us, they come with a tremendous responsibility to protect them. From preserving nature to fighting climate change and delivering clean air, we will continue to lead the way to a better future for everyone.

One of the ways we are tackling climate change is by investing in clean technology. Canadian cleantech entrepreneurs are making huge strides on solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges, including technology for energy-efficient buildings, advances in sustainable agriculture and innovation in water security.

And they deliver back. Clean technology businesses contributed more than $28.2 billion to the Canadian economy in 2021 and exported $9.2 billion in goods and services.

In 2021, the cleantech sector employed more than 188,000 Canadians in rewarding, well-paying jobs and women accounted for 41% of all jobs in the sector.

On April 17th at 7pm, I will be hosting a Facebook Live conversation along with Dr. Andrew J. Weaver, who has authored

or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in climate, meteorology, oceanography, earth science, policy, education and anthropology journals. He was a Lead Author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th scientific assessments, and part of the team that shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore.

We will be discussing clean technologies and other climate action issues. If you are interested in tuning in, email me at: james.maloney@parl.gc.ca and I will provide the link.

Canada’s Volunteer Awards Nomination Period Open

It is that time of year again and I am always grateful to everyone who takes time out of their busy lives to volunteer and give back. Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognize that contribution and highlight the many ways that volunteering strengthens our community.

Nominees can be:

- individuals or groups

- businesses

- social enterprises

- not-for-profit organizations

(Political and public advocacy work unfortunately is not eligible.)

Here are the categories:

- Community Leader

This category is open to individuals or

CANADA’S VOLUNTEER AWARDS

groups of individuals who:

> volunteer either on their own or as a group

> give their time to an organization or a cause

> take a lead role in solving social issues

- Emerging Leader

This category is open to individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 who:

> show leadership through volunteering

> help strengthen their community through volunteering

- Business Leader

This category is open to businesses or social enterprises that:

> practice corporate social responsibility

> promote and support volunteering at local, regional, and/or national levels

> create positive social, cultural or environmental impacts in their communities

- Social Innovator

This category is open to not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises or registered charities that:

> address social challenges in their communities

> use innovative ways to serve and strengthen communities

You can submit nominations until April 26, 2023. Email me if you would like more details at james.maloney@parl.gc.ca.

IN THE COMMUNITY