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On Tuesday, April 5, 1994, in downtown Toronto, a 23-year-old woman named Georgina Leimonis was shot and killed in a café known as "Just Desserts." The fear surrounding the incident was bound up from the beginning with concerns about a peculiar category of person-the "Jamaican criminal"-because the suspect sought by police in connection with the killing, and later convicted and imprisoned for it, had immigrated to Canada from Jamaica during his early childhood. This paper discuses the construction of the Jamaican criminal in the English language press through the lens of Michael Foucault's concept of critical ontology.Résumé : Le mardi 5 avril 1994, au centre-ville de Toronto, une femme de 23 ans dénommée Georgina Leimonis a été tuée par coups de feu dans un café connu sous le nom de "Just Desserts". Dès le départ, la peur entourant cet événe-ment s'est greffée aux préoccupations visant une certaine catégorie de personne -le "criminel jamaicain" -puisque l'individu soupçonné de ce meurtre, celui qui a été éventuellement condammé puis emprisonné, était un Jamaicain ayant immigré au Canada alors qu'il était encore enfant. Cet article analyse la construction du "criminel jamaicain" dans la presse de langue anglaise via le concept d'ontologie critique de Michel Foucault.

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As clinicians at a university-affiliated health centre faced with youth mental health and substance use concerns, we reached out to the local community for guidance. We partnered with community leaders to explore how to best understand the issues and engage with the community. Using a community-engaged research (CEnR) approach, we conducted a needs assessment to explore the issues and inform change. We formalised a partnership with the local school and community board, which led to the creation of a Community Alliance. Our engagement efforts allowed us to understand the community more deeply and establish more effective change. Our most successful outcome was the development of a youth mental health and wellness Action Plan which helped direct our strategies moving forward. This article highlights our community engagement activities, processes and lessons learned, which may be of benefit to other academic researchers and clinicians who are interested in CEnR.

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