For many teenagers who struggle at school, the classroom has been a place of failure and trauma, since they were kids. But what if you put them into a different kind of classroom? Say a construction site? Mary Wiens attended an event where students told their construction bosses and teachers how it’s transformed the way they see themselves.

We return to the food we loved as children throughout our lives. For Mother’s Day, two women from Eritrea tell us about the recipes they learned from their mothers –  and how it’s fueling their lives in Toronto, after escaping from one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. Just two of the women supported by Newcomer Kitchen, a made-in-Toronto non-profit that’s helped hundreds of women turn their favourite food into a business.

The Maple Leaf Gardens – home to some of Toronto’s most joyful victories and agonizing defeats. There are new players now at the Gardens including the Toronto Gay Hockey Association.

Shane Hobson and Ben Baby grew up gay in small-town Ontario. They tell Mary Wiens why it’s a victory every time they carry their hockey bags through the front doors of the former Maple Leaf Gardens.