Marilyn Stanley
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Noelle Walsh
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Andrea Pole
, Barry Kazimer
, Kirsten Lyon
, Mary Therrien
, Sarah Schwartz
, Linda Leitch
, Jude Castillo
, Elisha Lazarski
, Andrea Gillespie
, Janet Hosokawa
, Sara Campbell
, Mary-Esther Lee
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Sandra Furlotte
, Monica Miller
, Agnes Marshall
, P. Thompson
, Debra Fisher
, Joshua Lewis
, Vanessa S
, Linda Ham
, Paris Semansky
, Laurie Burns
, Natasa Ilic
, Joan Clare
, Diana Richardson
, Elmira Olson
, Deb Philippon
, Margaret Lindo
, Leila Grobel
, Shayla Bradley
, Carol McConnell
, Lisa Mallia
, Janice Cournoyer
, Lynn Hallson
, Pearl Saban
, Rhona Brinkman
, Leonard Constant
, Kim Cappellina
, Samantha Fitzpatrick
, Jane Graham
, Geordan Patterson
, Caleb Nault
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Heather Belliveau
, Carl Scott
, BJ Underwood
, Maria Mclean
, Patricia McKeown
, Leslie Vermeer
, C. Ray
, Marin Beck
, Sharon Bird
, Elaine Baptie
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Christine Lion
, Maureen Brownlee
, Charles Leblanc
, Mary Mexis
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Denise Duvall
, Benita Hartwell
, Huguette Lemieux
, Christopher Evans
, Leslie Kallas
, Randi Ann Doll
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Heather Norris
, Jessica Gilbert
, Alanna King
, Karen Nordrum
, Kevin Smith
, Fin Macdonald
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Mary Campbell
, Colleen Coco Collins
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders
Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto’s gentrifying Chinatown–Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind.
A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable.
