Connie Tsang:
Toronto Event Photography

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RIP Agnès Varda (1928-2019)

about 2 weeks ago

Team portraits: Makelab

about 3 weeks ago

Band photos: Girls Rock Camp Toronto

about a month ago

Van der Pop's Women & Weed Toronto: 2019

about 2 months ago

Speculation: Leslie Ting

about 4 months ago

In my rural high school, one of my favourite classes was Urban Studies. I was endlessly fascinated by cities and the opportunity for something greater beyond my backwater hick town, so when the teacher asked us to give him the pros and cons of city living in the very first class, I was all excited and raised my hand to contribute. “Way more social and active than smaller towns! More friends and activity!” I remember he just crunched up his face and pressed me to explain. “What do you mean?” I enthusiastically defended the numbers of people and more potential to find like-minded folks. He shook his head and said something to the effect of, “Just because there are a lot of people, it doesn’t mean there’s more community than rural areas.” Initially, I thought that was a jaded rural anti-city teacher talking, and was kinda fed up with the idea that he was teaching the class, but, in retrospect, you know, there are times when I’m working so much to pay the exorbitant rent and city lifestyle, that social life suffers for weeks... and that makes me reconsider my thoughts at time. This city is so big, with so many things to do, so many people to catch up with, and if not kept in check, the options can leave one paralyzed, having the exact opposite effect that my grade 12 self imagined!

It’s partly my fault for a strange work schedule, not reaching out to people, aging and the mounting lack of hunger/drive, a change in neighbourhoods where I know fewer people, and an insane comfort with my own company, but man, I’ll admit now that cities can, indeed, encourage isolation and makes me pine for my small town life quite often.

But heck, it could certainly be worse! I love what’s on offer here. I love that I can get whatever food I fancy at any time of the day. I love that I don’t need a car. I love that I can get paid doing what I do. I love that my dad can live here and get by in his mother tongue. Things are great. I just need to manage my time better and try a little harder. It’s on me! (But in the meantime, I can still have these occasional romantic thoughts of what I consider home, right?) #iphone8#toronto

Halifax by iPhone.
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#halifax#novascotia#connieinvadestheworld

West-coast-friend-turned-radiant-east-coast-momma. ❤️
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#halifax#connieinvadestheworld

I’ll admit I was a bit irritated when I saw the snow upon arrival, but now that I’m wandering around in cozy Dartmouth (and realizing that I’m far away from the chaos of Toronto), the romance has finally settled in.
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#iphone8#dartmouth#halifax#landscapes#novascotia

Admiring some of the Group of Seven pieces at St. Anne’s Anglican, a gem of a church in Little Portugal.
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#toronto#church#iphone8#art#groupofseven

Today’s Rally for Education in a nutshell. Sad that this had to happen, but so proud of all the people across Ontario who came in busloads to show solidarity.
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#onpoli#toronto#protest#rallyforeducation#dougford#education#school#ontario#politics

I certainly can’t post these food shots taken at @bar_volo without acknowledging the mad parm-grating/olive oil-drizzling skillz of @giulianovolo ! 👏 Magnifique!
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#torontofood#toronto#foodphotography#foodporn

Had my regular eye exam. Feared progressive lenses for my 40-something eyes were inevitable, but doctor said it wasn’t critical, so I will put ‘em off one more year. Who’s in denial? THIS GAL!

Here’s Lucy, another inspiring leader, who I recently met as part of the Engineers Without Borders’ Kumvana Fellowships program:
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“LUCY PINYOLOYA is an investment officer with Mango Fund, an Impact Investment Fund and partner of EWB in Uganda, responsible for the Northern Uganda.
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Lucy is a survivor of the 20+ year conflict of Northern Uganda, and that experience gave her the zeal and ambition to create change for the rural women of Northern Uganda through agribusiness, which employees about 60% of rural women.
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While in Canada Lucy wants to engage with organizations working in manufacturing industries, particularly agro-processors that deal in agricultural products. Additionally, she would like to connect with small business entrepreneurs and successful women leaders.”
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Engineers Without Borders’ Kumvana Fellowships provide an opportunity for dynamic leaders across sub-Saharan Africa to spend one month in Canada learning, developing skills, and collaborating with like-minded leaders in various regions across the country.
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#engineers#engineerswithoutborders#canada#subsaharanafrica#headshots#torontophotographer

“I wanted to invent cinema, and to be happy to be a woman. I wanted to be a radical.” Thank you, Agnès. (1928-2019)
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Shot for @tiff_net at the Varda Filmmakers’ Lounge, September 2016.
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#film#agnesvarda#cinema#filmmakers#femalefilmmakers

Family portraits for the @makelabstudio team, featuring their furry mascot (and such a good boy), Samson!
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Makelab Studio provides tech-based pop-up experiences for live events, including edible selfie photo booths, digital graffiti walls, laser cut wearables and desserts, 3D printing studios, on-site fabric printing presses.
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#technology#events#torontoevents#portraitphotography#makelab#portraitday#dogs#3dprinting

(Photos: Connie Tsang)

Canadian - Netherlands Resilient Cities Summit

June 19, 2015

From Waterfront Toronto:
"On May 28-29, 2015, the Dutch Consulate in Toronto and Waterfront Toronto hosted the Canadian – Netherlands Resilient Cities Summit: Planning and Design in a Changing Climate.

The Summit was a unique opportunity for Canadian and Dutch experts to discuss real issues and challenges for mitigation and adapting to a changing climate, and to work on joint solutions. Key themes of the Summit included fostering safe and clean environments, urban flood protection, the management and re-use of soil and sediment, how to achieve more community resilience, and the importance of a regional resilience strategy. Increasingly, we realize the need to find integrated solutions to complex infrastructure systems and to design for smart and resilient cities."