News
As March 2021 approaches, it is nearly the one year mark since Toronto went into the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreaks. Toronto experienced an increase of anti-East Asia…
Pieces to pathways (P2P) is a peer-led initiative offering substance use support programs for LGBTTQQ2SIA youth ages 16 to 29 years old in Toronto. Ruthie Titus (R.T.) is a client…
Blog / News
As COVID-19 continues to cancel and postpone concerts, musicians and venues are being forced to adapt.
Graphic courtesy of FoodShare Toronto FoodShare Toronto’s annual Recipe for Change fundraiser is happening online this year, Feb.19-26. CJRU speaks with Andrea Thompson, Foo…
CJRU speaks with LGBT YouthLine as they gear up to release their Do Better Report. The report offers recommendations to fill gaps in Ontario’s support of 2SLGBT youth. Their execut…
Paterson Hodgson is an artist and community organizer who started a tenant-run food bank in Parkdale’s West Lodge Towers. The food bank operates on an almost bi-weekly basis, distr…
Twelve Donations is a grassroots organization that works towards ending period poverty in Toronto. They offer a free customizable service that provides menstrual products to shelte…
Interviews
After releasing his single, “Loyalty over Everything” CJRU had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with Avi Roy and talk about his inspiration and future goals.
What started out as a solo project turned into more as Grizzly Coast seeks to bring rock and roll energy to her folk-heavy lyrics.
Urban planner Cheryll Case recently published The Black Futures on Eglinton Cultural Mapping Study to address gaps in the Eglinton West’s urban planning. To humanize the consultati…
Living Hyphen is a community that explores the experiences of hyphenated Canadians, meaning individuals who call Canada home but with roots elsewhere. They launched in 2018 as a ma…
Blog
We’re starting 2021 with a makeover of cjru.ca! Here at CJRU we were busy in late 2020 working with Discotoast on this fantastic new website and are so pleased to get to share it w…
