Did you miss out on the City of Toronto Photo Contest mentioned in the previous post? Well there's another opportunity right now for photographers and other visual artists in the city. The Toronto Public Library has put out the call for applications from artists who would like to exhibit in one of several library branches during 2010/2011. Selected artists will be given one month to display hanging works - no sculpture, unfortunately.

If you're interested, visit the Arts Exhibit Space section of the TPL website for all the details on the available spaces and information on how to apply (the page does state that "preference will be given to exhibitors who live or work in the City of Toronto"). The deadline to apply is April 9, 2010.

Back in May I mentioned the opening of a City of Toronto Photo Contest that was accepting submissions in thirteen categories centered around the theme "Building a Great City - Together". I'm admittedly a bit late with this update as the winners were actually announced in January, but if you'd like to browse through some really fantastic shots from in and around the city you can still view the winners galleries on the City of Toronto Photostream on Flickr.

According to the contest website at www.toronto.ca/photocontest, over 4,000 photos were received from over 700 photographers. Sounds like pretty tough competition to me, so here's a big "congratulations" to everyone who made the winners list!

For several years now the Toronto Police have provided summer employment to a number of youth from priority neighbourhoods who are returning to school in September. The Youth in Policing Initiative is currently accepting applications for the 2010 program, which will offer full-time employment to 150 selected students from early July to late August. This year, the deadline for applications is February 17th.

To apply, students must be between 14 and 17 years old and reside in one of the following neighbourhoods:

• Eglinton East - Kennedy Park
• Scarborough Village
• Kingston - Galloway
• South Parkdale
• Westminster - Branson
• Steeles - L'Amoreaux
• Weston - Mt. Dennis
• Lawrence Heights
• Flemingdon - Victoria Village
• Crescent Town
• Malvern
• Jane - Finch
• Jamestown
• Regent Park
• Dorset Park

There are still two more information sessions scheduled before applications are due, one at 43 Division (Wednesday February 10th, 5pm-8pm, 4331 Lawrence Avenue in the Community Room) and one at the Toronto Police College (Saturday February 13th, 9am-4pm, 70 Birmingham Street in the Auditorium).

You can also learn more about the program and who's eligible to apply by reading the current call for applications. Application forms are found under the "Civilian" link on the careers section of the TPS website. Applications can also be picked up at police stations, TPS headquarters, or at several community centres - Driftwood Community Centre, Malvern Recreation Centre, Regent Park North Community Centre and Rexdale Youth Resource Centre.

Best of luck to all those who apply!

Related Reading:

• Toronto Youth Employment Centres

• Of course the WinterCity Festival continues this weekend.


• Harbourfront Centre celebrates Black History Month with the first weekend of the Kuumba Festival.


• Other Black History Month events include the Theatre Archipelago presentation of the play I Marcus Garvey by Edgar Nkosi White. The show will be at the Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills on Friday and Saturday and at U of T on Sunday.


• Todmorden Mills is also where Valentine's Day Events get started early with a "Victorian Valentine Delights" cooking workshop on Sunday.


• The free event ROM Colloquium 2010: Discoveries Around the World is on from 9:15am to 7pm on Friday. During the annual colloquium event some of the Royal Ontario Museum's experts offer 15-minute talks on the latest research, discoveries or ideas in their field.


• It's also a fine weekend for families at the ROM with a ROMKids Sleepover on Friday night and the last weekend for the ROM Winter Weekends Free Child Admission Deal* on Saturday and Sunday (*Follow the link for details and restrictions).


• On Saturday evening Karl Schroeder, the current Writer-in-Residence for the Toronto Public Library, will be at the Toronto Reference Library reading from his upcoming novel Ashes of Candesce and answering questions about science fiction writing.


• The Toronto-Romanian Film Festival is on from today until Sunday.


• And from the About.com: Toronto forum comes a reminder of the RockBand Event that takes place the first Saturday of every month at Rockie Raccoons.

If you're an event planner hosting something this weekend, feel free to tell us about it in the comments section below. For later events, add them to the February User-Posted Event Listings (or the user posted events for March).