PHOTOGRAPHS IVY LIN Journalist, broadcaster, author, mother, fashionista, businesswoman and dragon tamer. Amanda Lang is a woman with shoes that are hard to fill....
PHOTOGRAPHS DANIELA MITROVIC; RESEARCH MONICA PURBA Borrowing from grandmothers’ closets and runway trends,...
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATIONS ALEXANDER FRID On the opening screen of World 1-1 in the original Super Mario Bros., you assume control of a mustached little man in red overalls. He stands idle on a brick road bordered...
PHOTOGRAPHS JENNIFER WEILER High school, senior year: for most students, this is the year of college and university applications, prom, and...
PHOTOGRAPH PAUL SEYMAND Andre, a one-time animator who asked that I use a pseudonym instead of his real name (like a spy), was hired to do some unpaid 3D modelling at Toronto’s CORE Digital Pictures...
PHOTOGRAPHS CASSANDRA D’ONOFRIO Martin Reader Curriculum Vitae: Age: 28 Home: Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, B.C. Sports: Swimming, Beach Volleyball Education: Camosun College, Victoria, B.C. Years in sport : 15 years; professional competitor since age 21;...
PHOTOGRAPHS AS CREDITED: Machu Picchu, Peru ALBERT NOGUEIRA NIELLES DREAMSTIME Travelling is what most of us aim to do at least a few times in our lives. Being able to take on the world with...
ILLUSTRATION MEGAN LUNN Every era has its own version of a hipster: edgy, ‘too cool for school’ attitude, and an intentional ‘effortless’ look (oh the irony!) See if you can spot the hipster in these...
PHOTOGRAPH DANNIKA MOSES You’ve seen them lurking just about everywhere, from thrift stores to boutiques....
PHOTOGRAPHS JEREMAINE EBANKS Vibrant leaves are plucked off lively bushes and gathered in foreign lands. These leaves are then dried, sometimes crushed and steeped into billions of cups around the world. The aroma and taste...
PHOTOGRAPHS DANNIKA MOSES Strip clubs and burlesque shows are two social settings where an exposed body is to be expected....
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATIONS MEGAN LUNN THE CONVERSATION It started as just another conversation with a Toronto taxi driver. But the typical ‘how was your day?’ type questions soon led to a surprisingly intimate tale of his life...
EMERGE asks: How would you define virginity? “Sex is a two part thing, doesn’t matter if you give or receive. Once you’ve engaged in it, you cannot classify as a virgin. You cannot claim...
VINTAGE TORONTO CONCEPT EUNICE WU; PHOTOGRAPHS DANIELA MITROVIC DISTILLERY DISTRICT The Distillery District, once The Gooderham and Worts Distillery, was founded in 1832 by brothers-in-law William Gooderham and James Worts. It was the biggest distillery...
VINTAGE TORONTO CONCEPT EUNICE WU; PHOTOGRAPHS DANIELA MITROVIC ENOCH SCHOOL HOUSE The schoolhouse, one of the oldest buildings in Toronto, represents the history of the evolution of education in the city. Built in 1848 by...
VINTAGE TORONTO CONCEPT EUNICE WU; PHOTOGRAPHS DANIELA MITROVIC DOMINION HOTEL On the northwest corner of Queen Street East and Sumach Street sits one of the oldest hotels in Downtown Toronto. The Dominion Hotel, built in...
VINTAGE TORONTO CONCEPT EUNICE WU; PHOTOGRAPHS DANIELA MITROVIC ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL Originally built of wood in 1807 as the ”church at York”, this Gothic Revival cathedral is the fourth Anglican Church on the same site. ...
PHOTOGRAPHS MEAGHAN DECLERQ When we have a headache, we reach for Tylenol. When we have a cold, NeoCitran becomes our very best friend. Without question, we pop pills, whether prescribed or not, to rid us...
PHOTOGRAPHS CHRISTINE PSAILA Recycling isn’t only for the blue bin, paper and pop cans. Being environmentally conscious is a trend many Toronto designers are picking up on. Emma Paige Burchell, Will Fung, and Melanie Ferrara...
ILLUSTRATION ALBORZ JESMI Much like Jackie Robinson broke into baseball’s major leagues in the late 40’s, the story of Toronto radio station Flow 93.5 is about overcoming obstacles and breaking barriers. Flow, started more than...
Artist’s rendering and graphic courtesy of Women’s College Hospital. Walking down Grenville Street in Toronto, a cloud of brown dust rises up forcing me to cough into my sleeve with one arm and protect my...
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION NICOLE MEDEIROS Twenty-five years ago when Lisa Brown started Workman Arts, mental health was a painful subject. Brown wanted to support emerging and established artists with mental illness and addiction, as well as to...
PHOTOGRAPHS JESSICA RAYMOND Canada is often stereotyped as a nation of igloo-residing inhabitants with a great love of hockey. One of these stereotypes actually bears some reality: hockey and everything affiliated with it is extremely...
PHOTOGRAPH JESSICA RAYMOND Toronto Maple Leafs logo is used with the permission of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. Last playoff appearance: 2003-2004 Last championship title: 1967 While interning with The Hockey News, I...
ILLUSTRATIONS MAYA ALENTIJEIRO Research by Bushra Layeq I wonder how many times throughout history an elderly individual, either sir or madam, has uttered the penultimate scoff of resignation: “Kids these days! They don’t know the...
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN DEMI YANG-OSMOND; MARIO-INSPIRED ARTWORK GRANT TABLER OTHER VIDEO GAME-INSPIRED IMAGES PHOKUSPOKUS DREAMSTIME ...
PHOTOGRAPHS CHRISTINE PSAILA AND KAILYNN FIFE “Quality over quantity.” That is what actor-producer Adrian Grenier said was his key piece of advice for participants who attended the inaugural Emerge conference at the University of Guelph-Humber...
PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION JEREMAINE EBANKS Do you remember The Jetsons? The Jetsons is a cartoon series originally airing in the early 1960s and set 100 years later in the early 2060s. The main character works one hour...
PHOTOGRAPHS IVY LIN Journalist, broadcaster, author, mother, fashionista, businesswoman and dragon tamer. Amanda Lang is a woman with shoes that are hard to fill....
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