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Loneliness among older adults is a leading health and social concern globally and in Canada, including racialized and minoritized groups. Although previous studies have explored loneliness among ethnic minoritized groups in Canada, little is known about the constellating factors contributing to loneliness among native-born and immigrant Black older adults (BOAs) in Canada and their unique ways of dealing with the experience. Our study explores the constellating factors shaping loneliness experiences among BOAs living in Ontario. Using a narrative approach, we purposively selected and interviewed 13 BOAs. Time as a driver of change, a sense of belonging reinforced through place identity, and challenges of making a new home were dominant themes. Our finding highlights the need for increased cultural sensitivity at the micro and macro levels, which will improve a sense of belonging and reduce loneliness among racialized immigrant older adults.

The film industry plays an important and largely under-theorized role in processes of urban change shaping the physical and cultural renderings of place in material and imaginative ways. In this paper, I examine the relationship between film and urban redevelopment at the Distillery District in Toronto, Canada. I argue that the film industry functioned as an important intermediary tenant at the site following its closure as an operating industrial plant in 1990, and prior to its redevelopment as an arts, culture, and entertainment centre in the early 2000s. By weaving together a set of interviews conducted with current tenants, planning material and media reports, and an analysis of feature films shot on location at the site, I map the inception of film production at the Distillery in the context of site planning, and the ways in which the memory of film practice is drawn into a contemporary strategy for place differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]