Throughout the Jane and Finch core, street art and murals are common to this area. Expression by artists has proving to captivate a strong message or display a beautiful piece of art is that is characteristic to this community. Some that I found include majestic doves clinging for hope and illustrations of hands coming together […]

Sometimes, amidst our busy schedules, we forget to look around and recognize what makes the spaces around us unique. When asked to search for graffiti that appeared illegal, I went on a search for something that I figured would appear loud and clear. However, after several days with no luck, I came across the graffiti […]

                  Video What place does a four-lane road have running through the largest green space in Vaughan? I often wonder; had it not been a flood plain would this forest even exist, or would it have succumbed to development like the rest of the surroundings. Walking through the […]

Every day I take my dog for a walk, across the street and down a hill. We go onto a path leading us to Rainbow Creek Park. Once we get there, I play with my dog in the large open space this park has to offer.  It is a really nice park that boasts a […]

  For the three days I have of class, I always take the same long route from my home in Oakville to school; walk 10 minutes to catch the #6 Oakville Transit Bus and take it all the way down to the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Upper Middle Road. There I switch over to […]

Every morning, if it is not raining, I walk over a hill and through a parking lot to get to class. There are stone blocks at the foot of the hill just before the parking lot. On one of the blocks, in faded blue paint, is what looks like a word with embellished letters. It […]

    I pass by this piece of graffiti every day on my bus ride home from Eglinton West Station. Sprayed onto the side of a coffee shop, it sticks out against the image of wealth and affluence that the surrounding tree-lined streets of large detached homes, retirement housing, veterinary offices and law firms convey, that […]

Just a few steps from outside Scott Library on the second floor of the Ross building, you enter a new world separate from the sphere of academics that contains grey concrete walls and red spray paint.  “Get brainwashed here” is not exactly a slogan that one would think York University would embrace. We can denote […]