#torontoon — Public Fediverse posts
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via @lydiaschoch
‘We can’t wait’: Why this Toronto non-profit is rushing to build a #MicroShelter community
The city says it can’t find land for micro shelters, so #TinyTinyHomes found its own. Now the non-profit is fundraising to build a 10-shelter community by the end of the year
“Winter is coming up again and people will be outside again this winter. So we can’t wait,” said Donais.
cc: @justbob
#TorontoON #TorontoONT #Ontario #ScarboroughONT #TinyHomes #MicroShelters #Housing #Homeless #Unhoused #HousingForAll
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#TorontoON - #Site3CoLaboratory
" #Site3 #CoLaboratory is a volunteer run #MakerSpace in #Toronto’s west end, at Ossington and Bloor.
The shop is 2000 square feet and is fully equipped with #woodworking tools, #metalworking tools, #3DPrinters, electronics and more! See our 'Tools & Materials' page for more info and a complete tool list.
The vision for our organization is to provide an inclusive space that promotes a four step cycle of create, display, teach and inspire.
- Build and maintain an inspiring space and community that provides members with access to the right tools and knowledge to create anything they can think of.
- Display, promote, and support member made projects.
- Teach new #skills through regular events, #workshops, and #classes.
- Inspire communities to bring their projects to life with our #CollectiveKnowledge, tools, and support.
- Interested in learning more? Come by Site 3 for a tour any Thursday between 7-10pm!Membership
Site 3 is 100% volunteer run and is a registered Ontario non-profit organization. We are a community of makers, artists, inventors, tinkerers, learners, teachers, and much more. If this sounds like your kind of thing, maybe you should join us?
Membership Levels
The membership structure consists of three levels. All three membership levels pay the same monthly dues of $60 plus #HST with different privileges for each membership level. We have a minimum 2 month membership period meaning your first and last month’s membership fees will be charged upon signup ($120 plus HST). Storage lockers are available at an additional monthly fee."
#SolarPunkSunday #Ontario #CoLaboratory #MakerSpace #ToolLibrary #VolunteerHours #BuildingCommunity #Makers #DIY #SharingKnowledge
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#CommunityGardens in #Ontario Parks That Welcome Everyone
by Andrew Boyd, March 22, 2026
"Picture a garden where pathways welcome #wheelchairs and #walkers with smooth, wide surfaces. Where raised beds bring vibrant tomatoes and fragrant herbs to comfortable heights for everyone. Where sensory experiences of soil, sunshine, and growing things aren’t limited by mobility or ability. That’s the promise of #accessible community gardens in #OntarioParks.
"These thoughtfully designed spaces transform traditional gardening into an inclusive activity where families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities can dig, plant, and harvest side by side. You’ll find gardens with wheelchair-accessible raised beds at shoulder height, tactile plant markers in braille, and gently graded paths that eliminate barriers between you and nature’s therapeutic benefits.
"Ontario’s accessible community gardens aren’t just about physical access—they’re about belonging. They’re neighborhood gathering spots where retired teachers share #composting wisdom with young families, where #AdaptiveTools make planting possible for arthritic hands, and where the simple joy of watching seedlings sprout creates connections across generations and abilities."
"Whether you’re seeking a peaceful outdoor activity, looking to grow your own fresh vegetables, or searching for meaningful community connection, these gardens offer something remarkable: green spaces designed with everyone in mind. From Toronto’s urban plots to gardens nestled in smaller communities, accessible gardening opportunities are blooming across the province, waiting for you to join in. The soil doesn’t judge, and neither do these welcoming spaces—they simply invite you to grow."
#SolarPunkSunday #AccessibleGardens #AccessibleSpaces #TorontoON #EastviewGardens #OttawaON #LandsdownePark #HamiltonON #GagePark #NottawasagaBluffs #AlgonquinPark #RondeauON #BarrieON #Awenda #SpendTimeOutdoors #GrowYourOwn #GrowYourOwnFood
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#TorontoON - #CommunityGardens
"Community gardens are shared spaces in parks where people can grow food, flowers and native plants together. The community or agencies manage the gardens, and some gardens have designated plots that are collectively maintained, with harvests donated to local community food organizations. The City of Toronto supports community gardens by providing space in parks, access to water and waste removal.
If you wish to grow just for yourself or your family, please visit Allotment Plots and Gardens."
Includes locations, guidelines and how to start a community garden:
#AllotmentPlots and Gardens
"Allotment plots and benches can be booked by residents who wish to grow vegetables and flowers for their personal use. Each plot/bench is located within an Allotment Garden or greenhouse that the City of Toronto manages.
Outdoor allotments are open from the beginning of March to mid-November and are closed from mid-November to the end of February. Indoor allotments are open from the beginning of October to mid-May and are closed from mid-May to the end of September."
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkToronto #GrowYourOwn #GrowYourOwnFood #GreenSpace #UrbanAgriculture
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#TorontoON - #Toronto #LittleFreePantries Project
About the Little Free Pantries Project
"Give what you can. Take what you need. Working together for a better future!
It is estimated that #FoodInsecurity affects almost 1 in 5 Toronto households (18.5%). Toronto Little Free Pantry Project’s objective is to address this need on a local level and ultimately make our city a better place. We are communities coming together, building, hosting and stocking #LittleFreePantries in order to help those in need amongst us.
Please consider giving to a Little Free Pantry in your area. Suggested items are canned foods, dry pasta, tomato sauce, rice, beans, cereal, granola bars, hygiene products. Click here or here for Daily Bread Food Bank’s list of high demand items.
Please do not leave perishables or expired items. Please do not leave baby formula in extreme hot or cold temperatures.
If you have materials which might be used or repurposed for building a pantry and may wish to donate these, please contact us using the form below.
If you are skilled in carpentry and/or have equipment or space which could be used to create pantries, please contact us using the form below. We have established a waitlist of interested hosts who need help to build their pantries. Typically the host would cover the cost of materials and labour.
Here are instructions for building your own Little Free Pantry (recommended).
Hosting A Free Pantry
Working together for a better future
Particularly if you live in a high foot traffic area, please consider hosting a pantry of your own. We would encourage you to source or build a pantry of your own, however, please contact us if you are looking for help to establish your pantry. You must have the permission of the property owner to establish a pantry.
Please advise us when your pantry is operational so we can add it to the map! The locations are published in order to help community members find pantries to give or take items. Host names are not included
For those in need
Please take from the Free Little Pantries with love from your neighbours. If you find yourself in need regularly, know that your community is here to help. There are local food banks able to provide you with more substantial and nutritious supplies of food designed to meet the specific needs of you (and your family).
Check out our map to know where you can find the Little Free Pantries in Toronto."
FMI:
https://www.torontolittlefreepantriesproject.com/#SolarPunkSunday #MutualAid #FoodSecurity #Ontario #Toronto #BuildingCommunity #CommunitySupport #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
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Unfortunately, this group may be defunct. Too bad. I hope maybe it gets restarted... Past events included #GuerillaGardening, tea parties, and game nights.
#SolarPunk Meetup
"Meet solarpunks across Toronto and the GTA! Let's hangout and discuss how to live as if the future is now ('prefigurative life'), how to responsibly balance nature, technology, and humans, and how to survive and thrive in our capitalist realism world..."
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#TorontoON - Guide to the Best #SunflowerFarms in Southern #Ontario
"It’s sunflower season 🌻 and these huge picturesque flowers are springing up all over the province. Starting around late July, families can take some time to wander through farm fields, feel at one with nature and, of course, take plenty of selfies! Many farms also include family activities, such as festivals and produce & flower markets. Say cheese with help from our Guide to the Best Sunflower Farms in Southern Ontario…
Note: The usual season for sunflower farms runs from late July until mid-to-late August. Keep in mind that the availability of farm operations is not guaranteed, as nature is always changing."
Learn more:
https://www.familyfuncanada.com/toronto/sunflower-farms/#SolarPunkSunday #FamilyFunToronto #Toronto #SpendTimeOutdoors #SpendTimeInNature
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There's a lot going on at #EvergreenBrickworks in #TorontoON -- including a #ChildrensGarden, #FarmersMarkets, #Workshops, #CycleTorontoRecHub, and much, much more!
"Welcome to Evergreen Brick Works, a former brick factory turned gem in the heart of Toronto’s beautiful ravines. Open daily and all year round, the Brick Works is a space to play, eat, shop, explore and connect in all seasons.
Be sure to visit this summer and catch a Football Watch Party, an outdoor movie, a playful adventure in our Children’s Garden or our weekly Saturday Farmers Market"
https://www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works/whats-on/
#SolarPunkSunday #Ontario #Toronto #ThirdSpaces #YouthCentre #CommunityHub #CommunitySpaces #SolarPunk #BuildingCommunity #UrbanAgriculture
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#TorontoON - #RepairCafeToronto
"#RepairCafé #Toronto organizes and supports #CommunityEvents where neighbours help neighbours learn how to repair household items. Our events are hosted by various organizations, including local #CommunityCentres, #NeighbourhoodHubs, #EducationalInstitutions, #FarmersMarkets, and more. The video below was filmed at one of our favourite Repair Café locations. You can meet some of the volunteers and fixers, and see what it’s like to visit a Repair Café."
Link to video:
https://vimeo.com/154463372?fl=pl&fe=tiFMI:
https://repaircafetoronto.ca/#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #FixIt #ReduceWaste #ReuseRestoreRepair #RightToRepair #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResiliency #Ontario
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Toronto air quality plummets to 1990s bingo hall levels
#Beaverton #CDNWx #TorontoON
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/07/toronto-air-quality-plummets-to-1990s-bingo-hall-levels/ -
Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday !
#TorontoON - East End Midi #RepairCafé
Saturday, June 27, 2026
1:00 pm – 5:00 pmEast End United
310 Danforth Ave, TorontoMidi Event — Fixing
- Small Appliances and Home Electronics
- Housewares
- Jewellery
- Clothing & Textiles
"A medium sized repair cafe with three types of fixer stations, this cafe is now regularly scheduled for every three months! Location and all gender washrooms are accessible. Cafe runs from 1pm to 5pm with the last item accepted at 4:30 pm."https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/midi-repair-cafe/?rc-date=20260627
#RepairCafesToronto #FixIt #RightToRepair #RepairCafes #ReuseRestoreRepair
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#TorontoON - #RepairCafé at St. Lawrence Market
#REmarket
Thursday, June 18, 2026
11:00 am – 3:00 pmSt. Lawrence Market Tent
125 The Esplanade, Toronto#RepairCafe fixing:
- Small Appliances and Home Electronics
- Housewares
- Jewellery
- Clothing & Textiles
- Computers
- Bikes"ONE item per person
Visitor registration ends at 2:00 pm
In partnership with St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association - Waste Reduction Group (SLNA-WRG) REmarket."https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/repair-cafe-at-st-lawrence-market-tent-2-2-2-2-2/
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesToronto #REmarketToronto #Fixit #RepairCafes #ReuseRestoreRepair #BikeRepair
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_wrks and Dr. MistaLow – Emissary
#Brooklyn #BrooklynNY #CollaborativeAlbum #HipHop #HipHopRap #InstrumentalHipHop #Rap #TorontoON #chillout #jazzy #oldsamples #NewYork
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://doctormistalow.bandcamp.com/album/emissary -
what the fuck the go train announcer just said my commute was sponsored ?!?!
#transit #GOTransit #TorontoON #OnPoli #CanadaPoli #PublicTransit
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#CreativeReuseToronto Storefront Drop-in #Repair Events
Sunday, January 25, 2026 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Creative Reuse #TorontoON
68 Abell St, Toronto DirectionsMidi Event — Fixing
Small Appliances and Home Electronics
Housewares
Clothing & Textiles"Bring your broken items to Creative Reuse Toronto's storefront location. We will be fixing small appliances, home electronics, clothing, jewellery and small furniture.
Accepting items for repair until 3:00PM.
Come early and beat the rush!"#RepairCafes #RepairCafesOntario #RepairCafesToronto #Mending #SmallApplianceRepair #HomeElectronicsRepair #FixIt
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#TorontoON - Sheltering from the storm: how homeless Torontonians turned to #UnionStation as #WarmingCentres filled
While centres save lives, advocates say, Toronto’s winter shelter response is still leaving residents in the cold.
By Victoria Gibson, Jan. 17, 2026
Excerpt: "In winter, the city expands its shelter system — squeezing additional beds into existing shelters, opening up warming centres once temperatures plunge below -5 C, and letting people shelter in contingency spaces such as shelter meeting rooms once temperatures reach -15 C.
"These sites save lives, says Cathy Crowe, a longtime street nurse and homeless advocate in Toronto. But as those facilities, too, are often at or beyond capacity — and people continue to seek refuge in public spaces like transit stations — she sees a city continually unprepared for extreme weather, with safety nets like the shelter system still unable to catch everyone in need.
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"[Unhoused person, Douglas Watt] sees the #CostOfLiving, and #housing, as another major force. 'It’s hard for people to live, and keep up,' he said, noting he relied on disability supports that don’t offer much to cover expenses.
"He used to live with family members outside the GTA, but said they were facing health battles and he didn’t want to add to their stress. So he made the choice to leave without a place to land.
"One shelter in Halton turned him away for lack of room, he said. Some nights, he sleeps at GO stations in Burlington and Oakville. Asked if he’d looked for shelter in Toronto, Watt said he worried about having his possessions stolen.
" 'I’ll be honest with you, shelters are even worse than being on the streets sometimes,' he said."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/pIk2L#Housing4All #Houseless #Unhoused #TinyHouses #Homeless #Shelters #HomeslessShelters
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Opinion: We should remember unhoused people when a severe snowstorm hits
Here we go again. #Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.Updated Jan. 15, 2026
By Cathy Crowe Contributor"Here we go again. Toronto’s annual open-and-shut Band-Aid operation of emergency shelters for inclement weather.
"I’m used to city councillors fighting hard for their communities — whether it’s for transit, schools, safe roads, libraries or parks — but none of them questioned why their Scarborough, East York, York, North York or Etobicoke wards had no cool centres.
"Instead, it appears they believe a single 24/7 cooling centre, likely operating in the lobby at Metro Hall, will be sufficient for everyone needing respite across a city that spans 43 km east to west and 21 km north to south. This despite the city’s own 2024 Street Needs Assessment that counted more than 1,600 people living outside and shelter data that documented more than 150 people per day denied shelter due to lack of space.
Toronto has botched its approaches to protect vulnerable people during extreme weather."
Source:
https://www.thestar.com/rolling-file/opinion-we-should-remember-unhoused-people-when-a-severe-snowstorm-hits/article_0ccef729-53aa-455e-bf22-69106af3e072.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/Ek5Fc#EmergencyPreparedness #EmergencyShelters #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #WarmingCenters #CoolingCenters #Housing4All #TorontoON #Ontario #Canada
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CCR is ten years old, and we're celebrating it the only way we know how: with a brewery tour and photo walk on 12 July 2025!
#classiccamerarevival #photowalk #torontoON #craftbeer #filmphotography #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm
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Let's take a walk—a twelve-kilometer walk from Old Town Toronto to midtown, a return to the On the Road Series and the first time in Toronto, Ontario!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ds8olHl2A
#TorontoON #filmphotography #believeinfilm #shootfilmbenice #kodaktrix400 #510pyro
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Ontario gunning for scumbags.
#TorontoON
#Scumbags
:dougcoffee:
https://dougzone22.ca/2024/11/21/scumbags-beware-206/