tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post2870982405887001541..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Mundane knowledge: Toronto street peopleDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-34474275793785935172012-10-10T19:31:46.517-04:002012-10-10T19:31:46.517-04:00I am agree with you why? Why we not help this hum...I am agree with you why? Why we not help this humans being to study<br />work and support thenself than ignore then on the street. Is commom<br />to help others countries but why we not help our people here.<br />How you can help your neigbours when you not help your family.<br />My dream is to help this people to go ahead in life.<br />I ask God to give me guidance to realize my dream in reality.<br /><br />MadelineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-28170132479885696122012-09-26T01:27:31.423-04:002012-09-26T01:27:31.423-04:00hmmm.....I work with feeding and caring for the st...hmmm.....I work with feeding and caring for the street dwelling Torontonians your referring to and try as I may, I cant specifically say why each one is there in a general sense...Here are a few reasons I have heard of; broken hearts, drugs, mental illness, running from home, avoiding violence.....and a hundred other related reasons.....including unemployment.Alexandroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925667321352933046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-8096353685409206802012-03-20T21:02:37.416-04:002012-03-20T21:02:37.416-04:00Thanks, all, for these first-hand comments ... I a...Thanks, all, for these first-hand comments ... I appreciate hearing your experiences.Dan Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-81011280033616161032012-03-20T20:10:28.856-04:002012-03-20T20:10:28.856-04:00I saw this seven years ago in T.O., and before tha...I saw this seven years ago in T.O., and before that again in the late 90s. Boggled my mind. In Winnipeg we have a much higher per capita population of homeless people, but they never sleep on the street here in this casual manner - generally they've passed out, not settled down for the night. This is true even in the summer.<br /><br />It might, however, be a pattern that developed in Toronto because of its more clement weather year-round. Here, we have people searching the poor streets for sleepers in winter, so perhaps the annual break also breaks the pattern.<br /><br />NoniNoni Mausanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-39087071443588422932012-03-20T18:20:57.279-04:002012-03-20T18:20:57.279-04:00I'm not from Toronto (but I have lived in calg...I'm not from Toronto (but I have lived in calgary, vancouver, and now montreal).<br /><br />I have never felt in danger down town in any of those cities (I'm young, I'm out at all times of the day and night). Maybe it is just the fact that violet crimes are less endemic in Canada. <br /><br />Also maybe homelessness is less socially stigmatized. I would say I am upper middle class, but I have had friends growing up in Calgary whose siblings were homeless, parents were addicted to serious drugs. The class divide between the bottom and the middle, is less apparent. There was a McGill Daily article about a guy who is going to school at McGill homeless right now. Apparently he is not particularly destitute, but he doesn't want to take on student loans. http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2012/02/homeless-on-purpose/...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03472581334287873972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-2992956562529061982012-03-19T14:42:20.526-04:002012-03-19T14:42:20.526-04:00I've seen young people sleeping on that corner...I've seen young people sleeping on that corner many times. This seems about right, this seems about right. The job situation in Toronto and the Province of Ontario has been fairly abysmal for a long time. Even for university graduates. Opportunities exist but they are extremely limited. Lots of immigrants in Toronto who have qualifications that aren't recognized here compete for the low level service jobs.CBBBnoreply@blogger.com