#9103 - Apr 1991

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KENSINGTON COMMON ·
The Kensington Market Drum, Aprill991
KILLING THE BEAST
PROJECT TO DEVELOP
A TENANTS'
ASSOCIATION
APRIL 14. SUNDAY.
3 P.M. AT
I
ST. STEPHEN S
COMMUNITY HOUSE
A musical theatre
production to .raise ·
consciousness
·regarding the rights
and responsibilities
of landlords and
tenants, and to
transcend the
language and culture
barriers that exist in
our community.
Come to our first
meeting! All creative
and/or interested
people welcome.
Young Women's Days
Making Young Women's
Recreation· a Priority
_ by Jan Borowy
On April 12 and 13, Toronto's
City Hall will become a community
centre organized by young
women and specifically devoted
to. their own concerns. This twoday
health and physical activity
event provides young women ages
13 to 19 with the opportunity to be
involved in and organize their own
activities. This is the first time
such an event has beef! organized
in the inner city and the program
has over 32 sessions ranging from
raps on health, sexism and racism,
sessions on creating videos to co~
operative games as well as more
traditional activities found at a
community centre like basketball
and roller skating.
The event's program has been
designed and co-ordinated by an
organizing committee of 15 young
women mainly from the Regent
Park area. One exciting aspect of
the event - a Video Speaker's
Comer is the idea of the Young
Women's group at the Drug-Free
Arcade, a St. Stephen's Hous~
project.
The Young Women's Days
event is co-ordinated by the Centre
for Women's Health and the
Central Neighbourhood Hou·se
sponsored Young Women's
Recreational Research project.
The re~earch project started in
Septembe!· 1990 and focuses on
Toronto's inner city. The researchers
are investigating the
barriers that keep low-income
young women of racially and
ethnically diverse backgrounds
from being equal prticipants. And
when placed in the context of
where government resources go,
an overview of policies at the
federal and provincial level reveals
that recreation activities and
programs receive far less funding
than Olympic sports.
As well as identifying the barriers,
the researchers found that
there was a large gap between
what the young women wanted
and what was being offered at the
centres including who had a say
over designing the programs. The
researchers have found that there
are few programs and opportunities
specifically devoted for young
women.
Overcoming these barriers and
making young women's recreational
interests a priority will be
the focus for the Young Women's
Days. The activities and discussion
groups are being facilitated
by young women or by facilitators
who will run workshops defined
by the young women's interests.
In order to overcome some barriers
identified by the young women,
transportation is being provided,
food is free and childcare is
available.
Butitsnotonlyatimeforyoung
women, on April 12 at 1:30 to
3:00p.m. a forum will be held for
teachers, youth workers, recreation
providers, communtty ac­
.tivist and others interested in
making young women '·s recreation
a priority. Parents issues and
concerns can beairedataParent's
forum April 17 at the Drug Free
Arcade, 293 Augusta Ave. at 7:00
p.m. .
Further information is available
by calling Jan Borowy, young
women's project researcher at
Central Neighbourhood House,
925-4363 or Kate Scowan from
the Drug-Free Arcade, 920-8980.
On-Going at
The·Arcade
by Kate Scowen
Since the Drug-Free Arcade
opened last June the program has
developed considerably. Aside
from the growing numbers of
multi-ethnic youth we serve each
month our program now includes
a young women's group. We meet
everyWednesdayfrom3:30-5:30
p.m. at the Arcade. Currently we
are organizing ourselves to participate
in the Young Women's
Days which will take place :lt City
Hall on April 12th and 13th. Our
group will be running a "speakers
corner" at the event and hope to
produce a final video by the end
of the summer.
During March Break we focussed
our attention on our 12 and
under group and offered a variety
of free activities; including Kite
making, t-shirt painting and an
outing to the ROM. Everyone had
a great time and we hope we can
offer similar programming this
summer.
We are also in the process. of
hiring one of the older youth who
is a regular at the Arcade to work
· with our 12 and under group. We
hope that by doing this we will
encourage the empowerment and
leadership skills of youth at The
Drug-Free Arcade. ·
To find out more about
the Arcade and the programs we
will be offering this Spring and
Summer, drop by or call us at
.920-8980.
Clases de ·ciudadania canadiense para personas de habla
hispana. Ofrecidos gratis en el Scadding Court Community
Centre. De 9:30 de Ia manana a las 12 der media dia.
Todos los sabados. Para mas informacion !lamar a Maria
Jones al numero 363-5392 del centro o venga a Ia aula
#2 guaderia .en el centro.
E.S.L. classes for newcomers of all languages. Basicintermediate
levels at Scadding Court Community Centre.
Every Tues., Thurs., Fri. from 10 am. to 2 pm. Day care
available for children 2 years and over. Contact Maria
Jones at 363-5392 at the centre or come and register in
room #2.
Clases de ingles ofrecidas gratis en el Scadding Court
Community Centre. Todos ,los martes, jueves y viernes
de 1 o de Ia manana a las 2 de Ia tarde. Guarderia infantii'
para ninos de 2 anos a edad escolar. Para mas
informacion !lamar a Maria Jones al numero 363-5392
del centro o presentarse en el aula #2 del mismo.
Scadding Court Community Certtre, 707 Dundas
St. West, esquina/corner Bathurst.
from participating in community / L-------------'---------------'
and recreation centre youth programs.
While there has been extensive
research on women and
leisure or recreation in Britain,
this · may be the first project in
Canada to focus exclusively on
low-income young women.
The interim research findings
reveal that young women are far
from equal participants at community
centres. Most centres find
that young women make up only
5 to 25% of the young people in
programs. To date, the research~
ers has found that safety, family
responsibilities, workathomeand
in the job force, peer pressure,
school and the nature of the programs
offered at centres all work
together to prevent young women
Bloorcourt
Veterinary
Clinic
Consultation By Appointment Monday to Saturday
Health Care, Surgery and Acupuncture
1079' Bloor Street West
(416) 537-9677 Dr. Jack
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MARKET GOURMET
by Pt>igi Rockwell
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The Artichoke - Fancy but Fun
The most contradictory of vegetables is back in season. It's
pointy and it's soft. It's elegant and you eat it with your fingers. It's
refined enough for posh society but much more fun at a raucous ·
dinner party. It impresses adults and it's my two-and-a-half-yearold's
favourite vegetable. It's the artichoke-_tender but beware the
choke.
Spring is the artichoke's season but according to the Bal brothers
of Oxford Fruit Market it's available most of the year.
The simplest way to prepare the artichoke is to strip off the outer
layer of leaves, chop off the stem at the bottom and slice off the
prickly top. Rub half a lemon over the artichoke and then boil or
steam until a leaf comes out easily and the meaty portion at the
bottom is soft. Allow one artichoke per person. To eat, start peeling
off the leaves from the outside. Dip the edible bottom part into a
sauce (garlic butter, vinaigrette or mayonnaise) and then scrape off
this meaty part with your teeth. Yum. When you get to the centre
· there will be a soft light green cone which is edible. Underneath the
cone is the prickly centre or the choke. Scoop this out and you're
left with the delicious bottom part of the artichoke.
It's a gregarious vegetable which makes a meal a fun event and
who better to ask about this festive addition to a meal than
Kensington Carnival's Ida Carnevale. She gets this recipe from her
Italian-born mother.
Roasted Artichokes a Ia Ida
4 artichokes
1 cup bread crumbs
/
pepper
1/4 cup butter
I lemon
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 finely diced garlic buds
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
1/3 cup and 4 extra teaspoons olive oil
.
Slice bottom off stem and then again slice off stem from artichoke
and keep the stem. Slice off top of artichokes. Take off outside
leaves. Wash artichoke and rub with lemon and set aside. Combine
bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, garlic and pepper. Open artichokes
leaves and with a spoon stuff the bread crumb mixture between
I
leaves. In a heavy saucepan inelt 1/4 cup butter in 1/3 cup olive oil
and place artichokes, leaf side up, in oil. Place stems around
artichokes. Drizzle a teaspoon of oil into each artichoke. Cook on
medium high until saucepan sings (Ida's .term for just before the
vegetable starts burning, when the oil is good and hot). Lower heat
and add 1/2 cup of water or enough so the water is about 1" deep in
saucepan. Let steam and regularly spoon some of the oil and water
mixture over the.artichokes. They are ready when you can easily
pull a leaf out of the artichoke. Serve one per person and pour a little
of the sauce over each artichoke. Eat as above. You can subsitute
finely diced anchovies for the parmesan cheese in the bread crumb
mixture.
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