The many faces of Regent Park

Global 360: 10.2007.Issue 4

In this issue the Global 360 reporters take a closer took a look at Regent Park, bounded by Gerrard St. on the North, Shuter St. on the South, River St. on the East and Parliament St. on the West.

As Ontario approaches the eve of the provincial elections, Global 360 finds that, although the city has become an absentee landlord to the large tracts of community housing in Regent Park, residents and community workers are respondeding to civic issues on their own.

These are the stories of people living and working in Regent Park. Please explore these multimedia profiles of residents, former residents and community workers.

Check out the Global 360 blog and stay tuned here at Global 360 to see what else the multimedia reporters discover about this rapidly changing neighbourhood.

In this Issue: The many faces of Regent Park

The Regent Park Film Festival: Connecting people through film
By Maria Nguyen and Lianna Shen

This small community film festival helps to bring a diverse community together.


Making Pathways: Paving the way to school
By Elizabeth Haggarty and Kristina Jarvis

Pathways To Education was founded in September 2001 and has enrolled 95 per cent of the grade nine students in Regent Park with the promise of tutoring, personal support, bus tickets and bursaries.


Hitting the right note: The Regent Park School of Music
By Martha Jack and Andrew Halfnight

Born in Nigeria, Thompson Thompson Egbo-Egbo is one of the many success stories from the Regent Park School of Music.


Moving on and moving up
By Lori Harito and Emily

A former Regent Park resident opens up about his childhood.