Scadding Court Community Centre
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2017

Nov 27 Toronto parents concerned over potential closure of respite child care – INSIDETORONTO.COM
Nov 2 Big Ideas for Big Box Stores – TVO Video, Length 4:49
Sept 27 Literary-minded installations to check out at Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017 – QUILL & QUIRE
Sept 15 Shipping Containers Are An Instantly More Vibrant Community In A Box – HUFFPOST
Aug 31 The growing city: Toronto offers urban agriculture opportunities – INSIDETORONTO.COM
Aug 17 Repurposed shipping containers are the latest affordable space trend, but city planning policies need to catch up – NOW
Aug 8 At-risk youth in Toronto get summer job opportunities through Canada Summer Jobs funding – GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Aug 8 More than 220 Toronto youth to get summer jobs after federal government investment –
CBCNEWS
July 31 Syrian newcomers add another layer to Canadian food identity – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Come visit one of our newest vendors at Market 707 for a delicious taste of Syrian food – other amazing new food vendors include Nev’s Sandwiches, Bagel Box, and soft serve icecream. Yum!  While here, check out Peoples’ Champ Vintage clothes and the DunBat Skate Shack.
July 19 Highlights and Lowlights from the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival – TORONTOIST
July 18 Toronto Fringe Sees Record Breaking Festival Again! – BROADWAY WORLD TORONTO
July 6 Toronto Fringe presents 160 plays at 35 venues – INSIDETORONTO.COM
July 6 Record Crowds at the Redpath Waterfront Festival – NEWSWIRE.CA
July 5 Q&As: Fringe artists offer comic relief – NOW
July 3 East End artists take on the “Fringe” – BEACH METRO
July 2 There’s a marathon of theatre at the Toronto Fringe – TORONTO STAR
June 29 Toronto Fringe Club heads down Bathurst St. – TORONTO STAR
June 26 What to See at Toronto Fringe Festival – TORONTO.COM
June 21 we find out about the plan for finding alternative uses of the empty Target at – 28   
June15 Thinking inside the box: Pop-up events reimagine big, empty Target store – CBC News
June 15 Big ideas are popping up at former east end Hamilton Target – THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
June13 Scadding Court”s Gone Fishin’-Interview with Kevin Lee –  OMNI/Cantonese
June 8 Best Filipino Restaurants in Toronto – TORONTO.COM
June 6 Scadding Court Community Centre – OMNI/Focus Mandarin
June 6 The Toronto Fringe, rebranded – NOW
June 5 Indoor fishing returns to Toronto this weekend – BLOG TO
June 2 Summer day camps ‘crucial’ for kids  – Toronto Star
May 31 Toronto Fringe announces 2017 lineup  – Toronto Star
May 17 Scadding Court Community Centre is home to the City of Toronto’s Aquaponics 707 – INSIDETORONTO.COM
May 15 Subsidized eatery opening soon in Toronto – TORONTO STAR
May 2 Scadding Court: One Community Centre’s Approach to Economic Inclusion Making a Difference – SCCC Media Release
April Waterfront Artisan Market – May 20 – October 7, 2017  – THECULTURETRIP.COM
April WATERFRONT ARTISAN MARKET – ON THE GO TORONTO
April The Waterfront Artisan Market Returns to HTO Park this Summer – Wire Service Canada (press release) – QUEENS QUAY
April Waterfront Artisan Market – BOATEL  
April The Waterfront Artisan Market (WAM) – EVENTFUL TORONTO
April
April 22 The Waterfront Artisan Market returns to HTO Park this Summer! – PRLOG.ORG
April the Waterfront Artisan Market – TORONTO.COM
April The Waterfront Artisan Market returns to HTO Park this Summer – ALLEVENTS.IN -TORONTO
April Waterfront Artisan Market – MAKEYOURMARKET.CA
April Waterfront Artisan Market – BLOG TO EVENTS
April The Waterfront Artisan Market – NOW Magazine events
April 25 Submission: Call for Artists/Request for Proposals – Animate Our New Fringe Club at Scadding Court Community Centre, Toronto Fringe – tapa.ca (Theatre Dance Opera)
April Waterfront Artisan Mark, Start date May 20, End date October 7, 2017 – TODOCANADA.CA
April 13 Toronto is getting an amazing waterfront market this summer – DAILYHIVE.COM
April 12 The Waterfront Artisan Market Returns To HTO Park This Summer! – EMAGTO.CA
April 11 THE WATERFRONT ARTISAN MARKET RETURNS TO HTO PARK THIS SUMMER! -WAM Press Release
March 14 Apply today for DECA Young Leaders Scholarship – INSIDETORONTO.COM

2016

October 28 Learn to make Mnandi Pies’ Zimbabwean-style beef and kale – TORONTO STAR
October 17 Toronto Central Lions host Seniors Appreciation Event – THE BULLETIN- Journal of Downtown Toronto
August 4 ‘It was family here’: Alexandra Park marks 50th anniversary as old makes way for new – CBC News
July 22 When Will They Stop Killing Us? – HUFFINGTON POST
July 19 Open House with an Open Heart – Condominium Lifestyle
July 20 Vigils to honour fallen police officers and black people killed by police – NEWSTALK1010
July 11 Highlights and Lowlights from the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival – TORONTOIST
June 29 Fringe says goodbye to Honest Ed’s, and hello to… Scadding Court! – NOW
June 29 Toronto Fringe Festival announces new home for 2017 – BLOGTO
June 29 Toronto Fringe Club heads down Bathurst St. – TORONTO STAR
June 29 http://fringetoronto.com/wp-content/uploads/Fringe-2017-Finds-New-Home.pdf – THE TORONTO FRINGE
June 12 Plenty of fish for Scadding Court’s annual event – TORONTO STAR
June 7 Scadding Court stocks up for annual Gone Fishin’ program – INSIDETORONTO.COM
June 2 Video: Growing trend of urban gardening – CITYNEWS
June 1 Jamestown student gets scholarship, says she hopes to inspire others – CTV News
May 27 Scholarships help kids achieve their dream – TORONTO SUN
May 24 Urban farming a growing trend in Toronto – INSIDETORONTO.COM
May 17 Scadding Court Community Centre is home to the City of Toronto’s Aquaponics 707 – INSIDETORONTO.COM
April 1 Welcoming Syrian Families to Toronto Event – snapd
March 22 Toronto Board of Health gives unanimous support for safe injection sites – INSIDETORONTO.COM
March 15 Syrian refugees receive warm welcome at Scadding Court Community Centre – INSIDETORONTO.COM
February 4 Cooks savour commercial kitchens offered at Scadding Court Community Centre – INSIDETORONTO.COM
February 1 CBC Radio interview of the former Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Patrick J. LeSage spoke about the scholarship program (40:40 – 43:00)

2015

November 6 Scadding Court’s PayPal issues have been resolved – INSIDETORONTO.COM
November 4 Scadding Court Community Centre’s fundraiser for Syrian refugees causing trouble with PayPal – INSIDETORONTO.COM
September 16 Graffiti artist Paula ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez helps women from Women’s Residence create a mural on Dundas and Bathurst building – INSIDETORONTO.COM
September 4 Community Arts Report – Market 707, Mohess Howard Ganga – SOUNDCLOUD, JAZZ-FM91
August 28 Community Arts Report – Kevin Lee, Market 707 – SOUNDCLOUD
August 28 Market 707: Kevin Lee, Scadding Court Executive Director – Shirley Camia, JAZZ-FM91
August 26 City releases program for Nuit Blanche – Metro News Toronto
August 12 Toronto’s Best Street Food – NOW
August 7 Kultura Filipino Arts Festival – Global News Morning Show
August 4 Filipino Street Eats: Recipes for Beef Tapa, Taho and Atchara – CTV News
July 15 Local chef Cookie Martinez sells baked crickets in her Colombian street food – Toronto Star
July 5 Foodcrawling: 5 Best Latin Restaurants in Toronto – thelatinkitchen.com
June 19 Pool fishing and jazz fest: What to do around T.O. this week – The Globe and Mail
June 18 Flavours of the City meets “Gone Fishinʼ” as the Scadding Court Commercial Kitchen is unveiled – Post City
June 8 Indoor fishing returns to Toronto this week – blogTO
June 4 Toronto’s Market 707 finds success thinking inside the box – Metronews
June 3 Expansion is next step for out-of-the-box marketplace – Toronto Star
June 2 Market 707 Part 1 filmed with a Panasonic GH4 at 4K
May 31 10 new stores and restaurants on Dundas West – BlogTO
May 31 NEPAL SCADDING COURT FUNDRAISER VIDEO – Jimmy Yoo – Vimeo.com
May 31 Investing in Our Diversity Scholarships sends Toronto students to post-secondary – City Centre Mirror, by Justin Skinner
May 28 Forty-six youth recognized for commitment to diversity in annual scholarship program – Toronto Community Housing Media Centre
May 27 What the city can learn from the Abukar sisters: Porter – Toronto Star
April 20 Market 707 expanding to two new locations – Post City Toronto
February 12 Welcome to Sea Container Cabin’s Toronto Showroom – Sea Container Cabin
January 26 6 innovative food businesses we love in Toronto – Savour Toronto
January 15 Scadding Court helping create active, healthy children with new Healthy Foundations family fitness classes – InsideToronto.com
January 13 Alexandra Park kids score new hockey equipment – InsideToronto.com
January 10 Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities and Bauer Hockey help get kids across Canada outfitted and into hockey – CNW
January 6 Long live poutine in Toronto! – Savour Toronto

2014

December 12 The Road Not Taken: Bernardo judge considered priesthood – CBC
Former Chief Justice, Patrick LeSage talks about Scadding Court and TCHC: Listen from 40:30-42:30 of his interview.
Novemer 15 The top 10 bakeries that supply coffee shops in Toronto – BLOGTO
November 8 Scadding Court – Market 707, Toronto / LGA Architectural Partners – Architecture Lab
October 6 Vital Signs, Toronto Foundation, Vital Ideas grants: Toronto Foundation for Student Success started school health clinics – Toronto Star
August 7 Alfajores offer a taste of Colombia at Pan American Food Festival – Toronto Star
July 26 Fil-Canadians try luck at food, retail business – ABS-CBN Canada
July 25 Liberal government spends $7.2 million on recreation programs – Toronto Star
July 1 Ryerson Community School finishes colourful mural before summer break – InsideToronto.com
June 18 Pool becomes a taste of fishing ponds music – Singtao
June 16 Gone Fishin’ event lets city kids catch trout in swimming pool – Toronto Star
June 13 Friends of McCormick Park look to Scadding Court’s shipping container model to bring healthy food to the community – InsideToronto.com
June 13 Scadding Court’s Gone Fishin’ event brings fishin’ to the community – City Centre Mirror
June 10 Indoor Swimming Pool Fishing BBQ now fishing now – Singtao
May 28 The top 10 food events in Toronto for summer 2014 – BLOGTO
May 27 Fresh Air Fund: Don’t tell the campers, but they’re learning stuff – Toronto Star
May 16 Canada’s First Shipping Container Greenhouse Comes Alive – Canada NewsWire
May 14 Market 707 Farmers Market vendor Bombay Street Food’s interview with CBC Here and Now – CBC
April 22 Scadding Court Market 707 opens ‘inorganic’ market collecting unwanted electronics – InsideToronto.com
April 1 50 things to do this spring in Toronto – BLOGTO
March 20 Scadding Court Community Centre gardening program grows with new greenhouse – City Centre Mirror
March 19 How Ontario’s failed police accountability system lets our authorities get away with systemic abuse of society’s most vulnerable populations – this MAGAZINE
March 7 Dominique Grant singing during International Women”s Day Celebration at Scadding Court – video by Jeff Andrus
March 7 Trinity-Spadina women recognized for International Women’s Day – InsideToronto.com
Jan 31 Podcast from CanCulture Toronto that talks about Market 707 and BOB – CANCULTURE
Jan 29 Lunar New Year celebration at Scadding Court – OMNI NEWS, Mandarin Version
Jan 29 Lunar New Year celebration at Scadding Court – OMNI NEWS, Cantonese Version
Jan 17 Kevin Newman Live – A Part of CTV News Video Network (21.01 – 24)
Jan 9 ‘Business in a box’ eases Canada rental woes – Al Jazeera

2013

Dec 30 Never bin better -Cool shipping container outdoor market inspires others to jump on trend – POSTCITY.COM
Dec 6 Community Centre ready for makeover: SCADS OF DEVELOPMENT – Novae Res Urbis
Nov 13 Design charette at Scadding Court envisions city’s first container mall – YongeStreet
Nov Market 707’s Annual Harvest Festival – snapd Downtown Toronto
Oct 25 Novae Res Urbis Toronto Edition
Oct 22 How a few shipping containers have revamped this Toronto street – Video by THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Oct 18 Shipping containers create an instant community market – THE MALAYSIA SUN
Oct 17 A market made of containers fills a neighbourhood gap – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Oct 1 Extra, Extra: Crowdfunded Street Furniture, Gross Things to Eat, and Police Wiretaps – TORONTOIST
Sept 23 Introducing Market 707: Toronto’s only street food and retail market made entirely out of shipping containers! – TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOOD GUIDE.COM
Sept 22 Professor Jennifer Schulenberg Reflects On How To Improve Policing In Ontario – THE HUFFINGTON POST
Sept 20 Police Forum: committed retrospective discrimination causes to improve Ontario’s police complaints system – www.enorstar.com
Sept 20 Ontario Police Complaints System Forum Report launch – go to PAGE 7 – Metro Post
Sept 18 Improve Ontario’s police complaints system to strengthen exchanges increased accountability Reporting Initiative – MING PAO
Sept 18 Policing:Report recommending changes to the police complaints system released – EXCHANGE – Morning Post
Sept 18 Improve Ontario’s police complaints system to strengthen exchanges increased accountability Reporting Initiative – www.iask.ca
Sept 17 Ontario Police Complaints System Forum Report Launched – OMNI NEWS (choose Ontario Cantonese)
Sept 17 Ontario Police Complaints System Forum report – www.mingpaofun.com
September Toronto Urban Design Award Jury Report
Aug 15 Rigging the Roti – THEGRID
July 12 Toronto Food Events: Night It Up!, Food For Thought, Hogtown Throwdown, Seafood in the Sky – BLOG TO
June 18 Scadding Court’s Swimming Pool is Now a Fishing Hole
TORONTOIST – June 18, 2013  tweet this
June 17 Fish Fry-Day at Market 707 – foodiesonfoot
June 16 @Market707 Fish FryDay – Food Trippin’    tweet this
June 14 Get hooked on Scadding Court’s fishing event – InsideToronto.com
June 14 Food Spy: It’s Fish FRYday at Scadding Court – The Grid TO
June 7 Cookie Martinez Container Launch @ Market 707 – Gail at Large
May 30 Activism comes naturally for descendant of rights pioneer: Porter – Toronto Star
May 28 Market 707 -th3hungrycat.ca
May 24 Connecting community organizations to what they can “only dream of” – Toronto Community Foundation
May 15 In Food news: trout in the swimming pool – TheStar.com
May 10 A guide to the food vendors at Market 707 this season
May 9 Scadding Court’s Market 707: Toronto’s most underrated food court
Spring 2013 Take 5 in Toronto – Travelgirl
April 12 Wiggle Room is a new east-coast style burger joint running out of Market 707
April 8 Market 707 turns to crowd-funding to expand its offerings
April 6 Young women in Alexandra Park get training boost
April 5 Introducing Wiggle Room: a new East Coast street food stall at Scadding Court’s Market 707
April 4 Crowdsourcing: Matt galloway spoke with Marisa Bernstein. She is one of the co-founders of Projexity.
April 4 Market 707 turns to crowd funding to build patio, new retail space
April 2 New website aims to foster city building in Toronto
April 2 Weekly Lunch Pick: Filipino Favourities at Kanto in Scadding Court’s Market 707
March 27 Scadding Court Community Centre receives federal funding for new economic prosperity program
March 15 West Side community center funded youth training women leaders – MING PAO
March 14 Government of Canada Supports Leadership and Prosperity Project for Young Women in Toronto
March 14 Budget date or not, here he comes: Flaherty holds photo op at Finance HQ
February 25 Homeless women find recipe for independence at Scadding Court
February 6 Scadding Court Community Centre looks to empower young women with new program
January 23 Hello, It’s Definitely Not Thai Food’s “Ugly Sister”
January Big design ideas….. Canadian House and Home, January 2013

2012

COMMUNITY
December 17 Scadding Court CC offering childcare during Teachers’ strike
December 15 Greater Toronto Area kids activities and more school choice and more lectures this week
Sept 14 Federal funding nearly million overweight youth crime prevention – MING PAO
Sept 15 Federal funding nearly million overweight youth crime prevention – www.iask.ca
Feb 3 Community Celebration of Spring MPs do show Olivia Chow attended New Year – www.enorstar.com
POLICE COMPLAINTS FORUM
November 27 The Ontario Police Cimplaints System Forum – CBC News, Toronto (jump to 13:53)
RE-DEVELOPMENT
September 24 Changes in Alexandra Park
GONE FISHIN’
June 18 Fishing in an Indoor Swimming Pool
For some, an annual indoor fishing event at Scadding Court is the next best thing to the cottage
June 8 Scadding Court Community Centre’s Gone Fishin’ festival one of its many successes: Porter
MARKET 707
October 14 Food Trippin’ – Toronto Garlic Festival 2012
October 13 Toronto Garlic Festival – Petervisima in Food
September 27 Nuit street eats – NOW
September 1 Kitchen Confidential: Fast food gone wild
August 28 Yum, Yum: Market 707
August 25 Market 707 – jouljet.blogspot.ca
August 11 Restaurant reviews: Casbah and The Fifth Grill & Terrace
August 10 Thrifty fun find: Melting pot of cheap eats
August 10 Camel Burgers: Toronto’s appetite for the exotic is being tested by local eateries offering camel burgers and kangaroo meat
August 9 Market 707 + Food Trucks
August 8 Camel burgers now available in Toronto
August 1 Market 707: Shipping Containers for Public Spaces
July 26 At a Bathurst and Dundas street-food market, camel is the other red meat
July 20 Testing Toronto on Wheels – Street Food Fridays
July 18 Street Food Fridays brings together two of Toronto’s most innovative food purveyors
July 13 Market 707 – Feast On It!
July 6 707 Market Outdoor Theatre – SNAP Downtown Toronto
July 5 Global influences make Filipino cuisine a tasty fusion
June 29 Spice City Toronto: Shipping-Container Eats
June 23 Summer brings new life to Scadding Court market
June 18 Weekly Lunch Pick: Filipino Favourites at Kanto in Scadding Court’s Market 707
June 12 Pop-up Containerized Food Court is A Vision of Social Entrepreneurship
June 11 6 unique foodie spots in Toronto, Canada
June 9 Posts from the ‘foodtruckeats’ Category – TorontoStuff
June 8 Light load: Food trucks meet shipping containers
June 3 Sidewalk market at Scadding Court brightens up a dull corner of Toronto
June1 Market Containers: Matt Galloway spoke with Kevin Lee, Executive Director of the Scadding Court Community Centre
June 1 Scadding Court’s Market 707 serves as model for other Toronto projects
June 1 Scadding Court’s Market wants to spread the word of shipping-container food
May 31 Shipping containers whet entrepreneurs’ appetites
May 24 Market 707 a go-to destination for cheap eats in Toronto
May 19 ❤ing T.O. at Bathurst & Dundas
YOUTH PROGRAMS
June 6 Porter: Tough-on-crime Rob Ford doesn’t see Toronto’s outreach workers are crime prevention
April 11 Scadding Court launches website, programs to inspire youth – InsideToronto.com
INVESTING IN OUR DIVERSITY SCHOLASRHIP
May 23 Awards an effort to balance ‘inequities’
March 27 Scholarship program seeks partners – InsideToronto.com
LIVE LOCAL MARKETPLACE
April 21 This little piggy went to Bathurst and Dundas – Food Trippin’
April 12 The top 8 food trends in Toronto for 2012 – blogTO
March 24 9 places to get Filipino-style lechon in Toronto – blogTO
March 13 Container markets at scadding court – the urban geographer
January Issue Entrepreneurial Landscape by Jon Woodside

2011

LIVE LOCAL MARKETPLACE
December 8 Hidden Toronto: Scadding Court Community Centre live local marketplace – examiner.com
October 1 In Scading Court, shipping containers redefined canned food
August Issue Digging Deeper – Local market News
August 27 Friday Night Market – SNAP Downtown Toronto
August 27 Toronto’s My Little Meat Market the place for healthy meat – Digital Journal
August 17 Toronto Becomes Home to Live Local Marketplace – FOODSERVICE & HOSPITALITY
August 14 Food buskers in Canada, third installment: Toronto’s Live Local Marketplace food vendors
August 13 1 Love T.O. pop-up shop opens on Dundas
August 12 Street food revolution housed in shipping containers – thestar.com
August 11 Marley vibe – NOW
August 10 Sloppy Bunjo – theStar.com
August 10 This Week in Fashion – BlogTO
August 8 Thinking inside the box at the Scadding Court Marketplace – TORONTO.COM
July 15 A culinary tour of the local_marketplace at Bathurst and Dundas
July 14 Sloppy_Seconds – NOW Magazine
July 1 1 LOVE T.O. “Pop-Up” Shop: Recap
July 11 1 Love T.O. opens shop at Scadding Court marketplace
July 6 B/Life – food and drink – The GRID TO
July 1 A new food market is born on Dundas – SPICE CITY Toronto
June 30 Shipping container marketplace – Le zig le Zag
June 28 Modular marketplace launches on Dundas Street
June 2 Scadding Marketplace will be a Friday night highlight
COMMUNITY DOG SWIM
June 21 Community Centre treats dogs to pool time
June 21 Going to the Dogs
GONE FISHIN’
June 20 Indoor Fishing in Toronto
June 14 Bain: Gone fishing in a downtown pool
INVESTING IN OUR DIVERSITY SCHOLASRHIP
August 19 Community role model nabs scholarship
June 21 Central Commerce student wins $1,000 scholarship
GUEST BAKER PROJECT
March 1 Centre For Local Research into Public Space (CELOS)
RE-DEVELOPMENT
February 28 Scadding Court planning major site makeover – The Bulletin

2010

G20 TORONTO SUMMIT
July 9 G20 town hall meeting – Toronto Sun
July 9 Area residents vent about G20 at downtown town hall meeting – 680News & The Canadian Press
July 6 Post-G20 town hall Thursday night – InsideToronto.com
June 23 Community Centres step up in wake of G20 school closures – CBC News
June 22 G20 concerns lead to downtown school closures – CTV Toronto
GONE FISHIN’
June 15 Youngters reel in a taste of cottage living – InsideToronto.com
June 11 Score ‘a keeper’ at Scadding Court starting this Monday – InsideToronto.com
June 10 Reel in a big one at Scadding Court – InsideToronto.com
INVESTING IN OUR DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
June 4 Community impact, giving back ……… winners – The Bulletin
MISCELLANEOUS
November 21 Eid-ul-Adha 2010: Scadding Court Community Centre – 2010 Eid celebration video
October 24 Youth group targets drug awareness – The Bulletin
October 19 Candidates should connect with immigrant communities to increase voter turnout….Toronto Observer
Fall 2010 Feed the Body, Feed the Mind – network (CMHA), Fall 2010, page 22
September 24 Live Local Marketplace opens today – InsideToronto.com
September 15 It had to happen: Toronto mayoral candidates suffer from debate overload – Toronto Life
September 10 Henderson: Mayoral candidates put accessibility issues in spotlight – Toronto Star
August 24 Government of Canada Encourages Young Canadians to Discover Careers in Science and Engineering – Marketwire
July 30 Ward 20 candidates discuss youth and policing – InsideToronto.com
July 20 The 7th Annual Disability Pride Celebration in Toronto – BlogTO
July 21 The Edible City: Where is Food on the Election Agenda? – Cities Centre UofT
July 21 Chewing on food as an election Issue – Toronto Star – Webesday July 21, 2010
April 22 Raising The Roof for Chile fundraiser slated – InsideToronto.com
March 20 Police women help fuel community team – The Badge
March 2010 issue Older students try out university at community centre – www.thebulletin.ca
January 14 Residents cook up a neighbourly idea – InsideToronto.com