Scarborough

From Oct. 2018 to June 2019, journalists Anita Li and Aparita Bhandari created pop-up journalism and community engagement in Scarborough that invited locals to contribute to stories that combat stereotypes and explore issues like transit and culture. The Discourse Scarborough is now on hiatus.

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We’re hiring a reporter in Scarborough

Do you want to listen to your community, work on stories outside of the daily news grind and bring issues from Scarborough into national conversations? Then we want to work with you.

Latest in Scarborough
Newsletter: We listened for one month in the GTA. Here’s what we heard.
Newsletter: Sometimes, community grows from tragedy
Newsletter: Housing, childcare and education are gender issues. Here’s why.
Newsletter: In Scarborough, residents feel media gets the story wrong
Newsletter: Welcome to #GTADiscourse. Let’s talk, Toronto!
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