https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-toronto-parks-public-washrooms/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=150184 Washrooms in parks aren’t as regular as they could be — especially in the winter. And it makes these public green spaces less welcoming Jacqueline L. Scott Opinion Parks Toronto urban development Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal Photo illustration of hiking boots on a picnic table with pink toilet paper hanging off, behind a green filter https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-rivers-black-history/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=70990 Canada often tries to erase Black people from both history and the environmental movement, but our presence and love of nature remains, scholar and outdoors enthusiast Jacqueline L. Scott writes Jacqueline L. Scott In-Depth Black history environmental racism freshwater Ontario Chloe Cooley illustration: Naomi Moyer. Photo: Katherine Cheng / The Narwhal. Photo Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal Chloe Cooley is on Canada Post’s 2023 Black History Month stamp. She was enslaved in Niagara-on-the-Lake and resisted being sold across the Niagara River to the U.S. in March 1793. Her resistance led to the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada a few months later, a significant step on the long road to the Abolition of Slavery in Canada and the rest of the British Empire.