The CONTACT Photography Festival is an annual city-wide festival that began in 1997. It encompasses exhibitions, public art installations, and programs that feature the work of local and international lens-based artists every May.
Read MoreSome of the best breakfast in the city can be found at the hidden café inside Toronto’s City Hall. Most people wouldn’t know to look for Cafe On the Square, but it’s been serving delicious and affordable food for decades. This secret gem offers breakfast, lunch, and a variety of snacks and coffees to the employees of City Hall and anyone else lucky enough to come across it.
Read MoreHot Docs was founded in 1993 and is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers.
Hot Docs also prioritizes making their screenings as accessible as possible to members of the deaf community as part of their current mandate and multi year accessibility plan.
Read MoreLocated in the Deer Park neighbourhood, Pilot Coffee offers up great drinks and delicious treats. This is the company's newest store, and because it's so modern, it has plenty of accessible amenities I haven't yet seen in any other coffee shop in Toronto.
Read MoreHale Coffee’s Midtown location is situated just off Yonge Street, south of Soudan Avenue. Despite being at the bottom of a condo, it offers quality coffee and pastries, especially the muffins, which are definitely worth trying.
Read MoreAccessTO was once again invited to attend TIFF this past September. This post is coming in late as I have had some things happening in my personal life that have kept me from writing as much as I’d like to. I did want to put together some thoughts on accessibility surrounding TIFF and some of the movies I was able to see this year.
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