BIGS of the YEAR
The English Tutor Provides Educational Opportunities for Littles During COVID19
The COVID19 school shutdowns in mid-March prevented Littles from going to school, however The English Tutor made sure that didn’t mean that they didn’t have access to education. Founded by two Toronto teachers, Julie Champagne and Samantha Leach, The English Tutor has been providing children and youth in the BBBST community access to virtual classrooms and online learning opportunities during the pandemic. Thus far they’ve […]
Bedridden Big Stays Connected To Little
Bedridden with an undiagnosed illness in late March, Nicola pulled out her computer to send her Little, Khiya, an email. It was the first few weeks of the province-wide state of emergency orders that were beginning to shape the next few months of lockdown, quarantine, and COVID regulations in the city of Toronto, and Nicola was extremely ill. Still – […]
2020 Scholarship Winners
Coming Out as a Gay Mentor
Luis Cabrera and his 15-year-old Little sat across from each other, socially distant, in a park in Toronto discussing the recent Black Lives Matters protests and Pride. “I can’t understand how people even care,” Luis’ Little said to him regarding the prejudice that still exists against both the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. “How are you […]