Mark A. Cadiz

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After the Paris attacks in Nov. 13 2015, a vigil organized for that same weekend was held at city hall in Toronto.

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On July 27, 2013, Sammy Yatim was shot and killed on a TTC street car in downtown Toronto. Days after family and friends held a vigil and protested the excessive violence by Toronto police.

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Anouk in Montreal.

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Dave and his son Gabriel attended a vigil held for Zahra Abdille, 43, and sons Faris, 13, and Zain, 8, who were found dead in their Toronto apartment. More photos on my blog at http://avisualjournalist.tumblr.com/

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"Je suis Charlie, je suis Ahmed, Toronto est Charlie." Click here http://bit.ly/1KGU4m2 to find my short report about the rally in Toronto for Metroland Media, published Jan. 12, 2015. More photos on my blog at http://avisualjournalist.tumblr.com/

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Gulshan Singh, left, his daughter Amara and wife Valerie attend a tribute for their son and brother Jasun at Centennial College on Nov. 20. Jasun, a University of Toronto and Centennial College journalism student, took his life on Oct. 30 by jumping off the Leaside Bridge. Read my article here.

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Was browsing through my archive and found this photograph I took of an old friend of mine five years ago in Montreal. Ichrak, I'd love to take another portrait of you...let's reconnect.

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Ana Maria Roa, a Toronto resident of 22 years came to Canada when she was 18. Earlier this year she was caught in the middle of the the violent protests in her hometown of San Cristobal, Venezuela. I interviewed her for a story featured on CBC NEWS.

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The National Job Fair has more than 50 employment sectors at the show, from automotive to mechanical to civil service. Here, Daniel Levesque, the president and founder of the National Job Fair says the event is not only for students, but also for people between the ages of 25-45 looking for a new job or career change. (Mark Cadiz/CBC NEWS)

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Back in 2012 I had the pleasure of meeting Fiona during her early days of Muay Thai training. Recently she won the WKA North American 2014 Championship title in the 110 lbs Women's Novice category.

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Why 28% Of Recent J-School Grads Would Do Things Differently

In todays news scrum the staff debates why over a quarter of J-school graduates regret their choice of major the modern job market and the word Duh.

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Blog post and photos by Mark Cadiz @markacadiz On July 29, 2013 hundreds marched for Sammy Yatim calling for justice. Earlier this week the officer in question, Const. James Forcillo, was charged with second degree murder.

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Because Syria is no longer Syria. It is a nuthouse. There is the Italian guy who was unemployed and joined al-Qaeda, and whose mom is hunting for him around Aleppo to give him a good beating; there is the Japanese tourist who is on the frontlines, because he says he needs two weeks of “thrills”; the Swedish law-school graduate who came to collect evidence of war crimes; the American musicians with bin Laden-style beards who insist this helps them blend in, even though they are blonde and six-feet, five-inches tall. (They brought malaria drugs, even if there’s no malaria here, and want to deliver them while playing violin.)

Francesca Borri’s jarring account on the hells of freelancing in Syria — and our journalism crisis. (via azmatzahra)

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Asad Muhammad, an aviation student, was one of the creators of a space capsule which reached the edge of space and garnered world-wide attention last year, March 30, 2013. 

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