A Love Letter to Toronto's Notorious Jane & Finch Neighbourhood | Your Voice

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  • čas přidán 20. 01. 2021
  • In this week's #YourVoice, The Brandon Gonez Show travels to Toronto's notorious Jane & Finch neighbourhood. Mainstream media constantly portrays this community in the headlines for negative news but our host, Brandon Gonez, speaks to residents who share this beautiful love letter for their neighbourhood.
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Komentáře • 117

  • @Maya-xm5jx
    @Maya-xm5jx Před 3 lety +36

    Jane & Finch was where I first lived when my family immigrated to Canada. It definitely made me stronger, made me appreciate the diversity, and made me work hard. I lost a few friends to fires, domestic abuse, and gun violence when I was really young (like 8-10 years old) which made me more resilient and unapologetic in achieving my goals. Like any neighbourhood, there is the good and bad.... Jane & Finch is no different!!! Let's stop the stigma, please.

    • @alextoronto5840
      @alextoronto5840 Před 3 lety +3

      well we know the stigma comes from the mainstream media. those people probably never even been to jane and finch in their life.

    • @Maya-xm5jx
      @Maya-xm5jx Před 3 lety +1

      @@alextoronto5840So true! I remember getting interviewed by a local news channel walking home from school with my mom, and the reporter was asking us about the gun violence in our area..... Nothing about what I was doing at school or our favourite local restaurants...nope. The media truly creates the toxic narrative.

  • @kevinvito4810
    @kevinvito4810 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this!

  • @MrKerr-zk5ub
    @MrKerr-zk5ub Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing Amazing Amazing!!!

  • @aleezabutler
    @aleezabutler Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing 👏🏾

  • @geetajgajadhar5131
    @geetajgajadhar5131 Před 3 lety +1

    Love it 💕💕💕💕

  • @samedward6532
    @samedward6532 Před 3 lety +2

    Excellent brandon keep up the hard work your show is going to be biggggg from. Toronto east end

  • @samedward6532
    @samedward6532 Před 3 lety +2

    Keep showing the ture aspects amazing

  • @2xlusive
    @2xlusive Před 3 lety +2

    Honestly, as someone who has grown up in this area, (went to school and has spent many a days roaming up and down JF Mall) this really touches my ❤️

  • @napz2362
    @napz2362 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video!

  • @zoegrace295
    @zoegrace295 Před 3 lety

    i love this

  • @afropunk902
    @afropunk902 Před 3 lety +1

    Big up for this

  • @gurjasbirk3699
    @gurjasbirk3699 Před 3 lety +1

    much respects to you and I wish that your channel gets recognized!!! I'm personally not from the jnf area but when im there theres always a great vibe.

  • @safiyaahmed5107
    @safiyaahmed5107 Před 3 lety +1

    Ayy i love this

  • @selenaqueenoftejano
    @selenaqueenoftejano Před 3 lety +3

    Great piece. I live in the east end upper beach area. I love visiting all areas and communities and neignbourhoods of our great city. Onward and upward Brandon!
    Hi Dakota xo 🥰

  • @ANURSE14
    @ANURSE14 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes Brandon G!

  • @1kbconstruction824
    @1kbconstruction824 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video brother 👍🏽very Entertaining

  • @paulr-g9693
    @paulr-g9693 Před 3 lety +1

    Great job; you do good work and have great presence. I love this cause there is a prevailing misconception about Jane and Finch. While there are issues to be dealt with, most of the people there are just like everywhere else.

  • @barbaracanterbury8533
    @barbaracanterbury8533 Před 3 lety +1

    WOW!

  • @muneebahmad7860
    @muneebahmad7860 Před 3 lety +2

    You're dope! keep our communities alive bro!

  • @norasagharian5596
    @norasagharian5596 Před 3 lety

    This was amazing. You always only see one side of everything. This definitely changed my view of Jane and Finch!

  • @NaturallyKristen86
    @NaturallyKristen86 Před 3 lety +1

    ❤️❤️❤️ loved this! It shapes you and I am proud to say I lived there and I could get all my favourite products and grocery items in one intersection 🤯😍🔥🔥🔥

  • @iMusicShuffle
    @iMusicShuffle Před 3 lety +1

    Fcking amazing, see the area portrayed in a different but real way!

  • @ms.zandina4121
    @ms.zandina4121 Před 3 lety +6

    My first experience arriving from JA to Canada was Jane/Finch. That was in the 70's . So much have changed since then. But I still feels a sense of connectedness and although I no longer lives in the neighborhood..am an advocate for debunking the negative stigmatizism everytime!

  • @five-forty3431
    @five-forty3431 Před 3 lety +1

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 As a former Jane & Fincher I approve this message! Love the grassroots efforts to get a deeper look at the Jane & Finch area. Subscribed!

  • @AniOYoga
    @AniOYoga Před 3 lety +4

    Great episode! So glad you are doing this!🔥

  • @Boy123Jim
    @Boy123Jim Před 3 lety +2

    Great to see Jane & Finch get some love. Been here since 2002. Not a bad place, just stay away from Gang stuff & you're good.

  • @mrcoolguy2526
    @mrcoolguy2526 Před 3 lety +23

    Yes can’t wait for more episodes

  • @bobbydigital8243
    @bobbydigital8243 Před 7 měsíci +1

    facts!

  • @mimiwashington1532
    @mimiwashington1532 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this! ❤️

  • @cocochanel6903
    @cocochanel6903 Před 3 lety +1

    I am from there! I lived there and when I sat where I grew up they say I am surprised you are still alive. But I am proud that I am from there

  • @001sander2
    @001sander2 Před 3 lety +28

    "...know this: We'll be back."
    Best outro I've heard in a while 😌

  • @AAAAAA79473
    @AAAAAA79473 Před 3 lety +5

    Brandon deserve more views. Love for North York.

  • @annb7393
    @annb7393 Před 3 lety +18

    I am loving the positive real perspective -- the media is for many their source of education of what is happening the shame is the narrow perspective and not allowing all voices to be heard and seen to provide the real story. Thank you for providing a broader perspective 💕👏

  • @misscompassionate
    @misscompassionate Před 3 lety +2

    Actual tears

  • @femmenoir4
    @femmenoir4 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for doing this 💜

  • @michaeljazzbrand
    @michaeljazzbrand Před 3 lety +3

    Congrats on your amazing show Mr Gonez! Great move! On another note we must refrain from using stereotypical word/s "NOTORIOUS" to describe certain kinds of people or communities, we must use positive genres that is conducive to all of us doing well.

  • @CIRCLEOF4TRESS
    @CIRCLEOF4TRESS Před 3 lety +3

    Great interview Brandon! It is awesome to get a true perspective from people who grew up there.

  • @yoyoma2831
    @yoyoma2831 Před 3 lety +72

    Indian man was jokes..in a good way

  • @krystalira
    @krystalira Před 3 lety +2

    Loved this episode. Keep up the great work Brandon! 🙂

  • @anoja31
    @anoja31 Před 3 lety +1

    💕

  • @alawial-baalawy3058
    @alawial-baalawy3058 Před 3 lety +2

    Love it! This is what the world needs! 💪🏾

  • @AmelieZh
    @AmelieZh Před 3 lety +1

    One of my best teacher lives there. She raves about it.

  • @davidrockefeller2007
    @davidrockefeller2007 Před 3 lety +2

    Best video yet.

  • @NeuroticPengu
    @NeuroticPengu Před 3 lety +3

    dude that was dope. thanks for teaching me something about my city

  • @nds2k1409
    @nds2k1409 Před 3 lety +1

    This content is truly great!

  • @anitaarcher1214
    @anitaarcher1214 Před 3 lety +1

    Ma hood wasn't far from there, Jane/Wilson. It's a tough neighbourhood, poor neighbourhoods have less opportunities for making an honest dollar, but I have so many awesome memories. I moved out with my family in 1990 to a smaller city. My Aunt and Uncle still live in the area. 💕🤗 whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, and more tolerant of other culture's and opinions. And I'm white, 5th Gen Canadian, and I'm proud to still call some of the people I met in my neighbourhood as my life long friends. 👍💕

    • @deancomeau2894
      @deancomeau2894 Před 7 měsíci

      I loved the jane and wilson neighborhood. Chalkfarm got a bit rough at times so did Falstaff but I lived in Exbury Drive Apts. and loved it.

  • @ericdankwah8819
    @ericdankwah8819 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow!! You came into my community to show how positive it is. Big ups to you 🙌🏿

  • @deancomeau2894
    @deancomeau2894 Před 7 měsíci

    I grew up in the mid 70s at 15 tobermory drive which is just east of jane off of finch. Our family was one of the first familys in the building and I never had a problem. Its one big family but if you were and outsider causing trouble then that is where the bad name came from.

  • @truenorthmuskoka9077
    @truenorthmuskoka9077 Před 3 lety +2

    Jane and Finch used to be mainly populated by Italians back in the 60s/70s. It was a different place then. Its been over 40 yrs since I’ve been there and unfortunately it does have a bad reputation but I think thats likely due to the media. You only ever hear about it when there’s a crime. Its nice to see that the people in that community are proud to be there. Im certain there is so much positive there but you just dont hear about it.

  • @suliyamazou9058
    @suliyamazou9058 Před 3 lety +12

    This was absolutely amazing! What a great community to start this segment with!

  • @Anthontd83553
    @Anthontd83553 Před 3 lety +1

    Keep up the great work Brandon!

  • @OnesAdvice
    @OnesAdvice Před 3 lety +1

    Watched from start to end! Such a refreshing perspective

  • @romeolewis9649
    @romeolewis9649 Před 3 lety +3

    You're making us proud.

  • @shaniquewright1951
    @shaniquewright1951 Před 3 lety +1

    I hope you cover the changes happening in Jane and finch and how it’ll effect my community in positive and negative ways.
    Appreciate seeing some positive views coming from a member of the CP24 team compared to before 2021.
    All the things happening here, happens everywhere including downtown Toronto but the only place shown is this area and therefore has led to an extremely bad reputation.
    Great report!

  • @redheadgoodnezz
    @redheadgoodnezz Před 3 lety +3

    I have lived over 10 yrs in the Jane & Finch - Jane & Shepperd area and I am very happy to see the positivity and not just about the few bad apples in our mist..We have such a diverse culture population and MANY hard working families...Big up Brandon on his new endeavor👏🏿🇯🇲 looking forward to more topics

  • @richardannoh5082
    @richardannoh5082 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this. You can say this about so many other hoods in Toronto

  • @matthesagregg5679
    @matthesagregg5679 Před 3 lety +8

    Thank you for highlighting this neighbourhood that is so diverse as the man said in the video. I spent my first 8 years of my life in this community...there's lots of good in it as well!

  • @zabuma
    @zabuma Před 3 lety +6

    Love this! Please make more with different communities throughout Toronto and the GTA! :D

  • @elite.matchmaker
    @elite.matchmaker Před 3 lety +2

    I was born and raised in Jane and finch Grandravine dr, family moved from there when I was 10 years old. My siblings and I are successful, wouldn’t have changed my past, I loved living there, it’s apart of who I am today.

  • @SANsSlowPath
    @SANsSlowPath Před 3 lety +5

    The best line, I am a newbie, it's my first winter time as you can see lol these were my lines too when I move here also, lol. Oh no he said please cut that out dwl but I know what he means Popeyes is not that bad for real. Guess he has never been to places like Onyxx, Jerk Paradise, or Chris Jerk but that's just the Jamaican in me I don't want to do too much so I am out. #BGsquad

  • @StrifePulse
    @StrifePulse Před 3 lety +4

    Statistically speaking Jane and Finch has amongst the highest crime rates and is just a shitty area overall. Having a bunch of bias people defending their homes claiming they think its safe and good doesn’t discard the facts. The facts don’t lie. And I’m not saying that there is no crime elsewhere but Jane and Finch is just one of the worst.

    • @91toinfinity
      @91toinfinity Před 3 lety +2

      What's your point? The man fully said those things are true, but there are other things to the neighbourhood. You don't live here, so stop your noise.

  • @MrRMT1986
    @MrRMT1986 Před 3 lety +1

    Once the Finch LRT is done, property values are gonna go up, which means rent will likely go up too. Is this good or bad? Who knows. But Jane & Finch could possibly become very different in 5-10 years.

  • @youngmaj3093
    @youngmaj3093 Před 3 lety +1

    Creator on the rise... wavy

  • @aaa20106
    @aaa20106 Před 3 lety +1

    Good segment your stock blowing up

  • @squintz2103
    @squintz2103 Před 3 lety +13

    Why's there a shot of Regent Park at 0:43?

    • @wiiiz3
      @wiiiz3 Před 3 lety +3

      i was confused too. i was wondering which part of Jane & Finch has those buildings

  • @spacechimp3199
    @spacechimp3199 Před 3 lety +4

    That mic must give you a good forearm workout

  • @nk3582
    @nk3582 Před 3 lety +2

    As someone who grew up in Flemingdon Park, this warms my heart!!

  • @danieldionne2037
    @danieldionne2037 Před 3 lety

    Next do gastown in Vancouver

  • @MaxKing10
    @MaxKing10 Před 3 lety

    from bathurst and steeles 😄

  • @aden4843
    @aden4843 Před 3 lety +1

    🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @avatarmoney01
    @avatarmoney01 Před 3 lety +1

    Tuning in from Regent Park.

  • @progressivelibertarianview8832

    0:42 "geographically where we are right now..". That's not an aerial of Jane & Finch

  • @mastabluntz2k894
    @mastabluntz2k894 Před 3 lety +1

    Be cool to check out THC’s- during this pandemic/ spike of gun violence.

  • @alishas1992
    @alishas1992 Před 3 lety +11

    Jane and finch isn’t bad i was born there and i currently live in Brampton and Tbh Jane and finch is more safe then Brampton
    And Jane and finch is known for the multiculturalism Jane and finch is what u cal home it’s where most 90s babies started to grow to who they are rn i am and always been proud to say I’m from Jane and finch

  • @goateddd9772
    @goateddd9772 Před 3 lety +2

    Lmaooo they show a pic of old regent park when they explaing jane and finch

  • @_greenner_
    @_greenner_ Před 3 lety +1

    Love is love this Indian man 😂😂

  • @golfhwang
    @golfhwang Před 3 lety

    Nyeah eh

  • @africanballers
    @africanballers Před 3 lety

    And den you hawv bobeyes one of da bes burga I have ever had in my lyf

  • @MaxwellFrith
    @MaxwellFrith Před 3 lety +2

    Yellow coat man wins 😅

  • @dengyaohou
    @dengyaohou Před 3 lety +1

    Good to know, will avoid in the future.

  • @yeeaahhzz
    @yeeaahhzz Před 3 lety +3

    like every other neighbourhood? stats don't lie, bro

    • @Jrsmith416
      @Jrsmith416 Před 3 lety

      What stats?

    • @yeeaahhzz
      @yeeaahhzz Před 3 lety +1

      @@Jrsmith416 Statistically, violent crime is high in Jane and Finch. According to Toronto police data, 31 Division - which has an area of responsibility in western North York - in the past 10 years it has seen far more shootings than any other of the city's 17 police divisions.

    • @Jrsmith416
      @Jrsmith416 Před 3 lety

      I still see no stats and 31 division cover much more than the Jane and Finch area

  • @JustMoseyinAround
    @JustMoseyinAround Před 3 lety +3

    *Maann C*2** would Never. JnF underrated 😤.*

  • @runnersclubhoops5457
    @runnersclubhoops5457 Před 3 lety +1

    My guy JC-Rebel

  • @africanballers
    @africanballers Před 3 lety

    We need @top5 interview

  • @youtubehand
    @youtubehand Před 3 lety +1

    What made this area so problematic? I am asking from the far West.

  • @Miketoys450
    @Miketoys450 Před 3 lety +1

    Jane and Finch all day.

  • @erasertraceur3741
    @erasertraceur3741 Před 3 lety +3

    I dare a white male to walk through there at 3 am....
    R. I. P.........
    RACISM exists in every skin colour.

  • @jaspindersingh3097
    @jaspindersingh3097 Před 3 lety +2

    India has some of the best burgers. This man is a traitor 😂😂

    • @NOT-A-Monolith
      @NOT-A-Monolith Před 3 lety

      No sir I've been to India and having a Cow meat bugger nearly impossible "
      Maybe he had cow for the first time "
      Written this now I'm realizing now

    • @NOT-A-Monolith
      @NOT-A-Monolith Před 3 lety

      And yes I realize it's allowed in 9 states in India

  • @montanahandsome2983
    @montanahandsome2983 Před 3 lety +1

    This was a horrible depiction of Jane and finch. Should have went into the many neighborhoods that make up Jane n finch

  • @simanabdilleh559
    @simanabdilleh559 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this!