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Investigating Sustainable Solutions for Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers (#GBLs)
An educational campaign aimed at bringing awareness on the adverse impacts that using a two-stroke gas leaf blower (GLB) has on the environment and broader society.
The purpose of this education campaign is to bring awareness to not only the City of Toronto, but also the public, on the adverse impacts that using a two-stroke gas leaf blower (GLB) has on the... Read more
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Cooksville Community Garden
An interactive website for a community garden design for Cooksville, Mississauga, Ontario.
This research team designed a website that outlines a community garden design for Cooksville, Mississauga. The garden is intended to be both centrally accessible and also easily transportable, as the... Read more
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Oshawa Beautiful: Accessing Your Green Spaces
A digital and interactive campaign aimed at inspiring residents and visitors alike to explore the nature-plentiful beautiful city of Oshawa, Ontario
This team’s project has three components in service of improving access to green space, changing perceptions of Oshawa, Ontario, and encouraging pride and stewardship of the city’s natural areas.... Read more
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Reducing Pollinator Habitat Fragmentation in Toronto
A targeted approach to reducing pollinator habitat fragmentation in Toronto, Ontario
Pollinators are an essential part of Toronto’s urban landscape. These species, which consist of butterflies, bees, beetles, moths and wasps, provide valuable ecosystem services that benefit plants,... Read more
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Reimagining the Complete Street
Evaluating issues related to urban water management, ecology, air quality and public safety, to inform proposed interventions intended to transform the Queensway, in Toronto, into a Complete and Green Street
As a major city on the international stage and the most populated city in Canada, Toronto has a responsibility to lead by example as it develops for the future. Green and Complete streetscape... Read more
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The Food / Care Connector
An Interactive Walking Tour on Food Security Infrastructure in West Toronto
This research team explored infrastructures of food security and community care in the West Toronto neighbourhoods of South Parkdale, Dufferin Grove and Little Portugal. As a result, they designed a... Read more
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Financing Biodiversity Conservation
A survey of financing tools to enable urban biodiversity conservation finance in the City of Toronto
People have sought refuge in parks during the pandemic amidst public health restrictions. Under Section 42 of Ontario’s Planning Act, developers must provide cash-in-lieu (CIL) for their projects... Read more
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#RECYCLINGISALIE
The goal of this public education campaign is to get the public, in their capacity as consumers and citizens, to better understand plastic waste – from what we put into the bin, to where it ends up.
The problem isn’t that consumers/ citizens are unpersuaded that action to protect the environment is important. On the contrary, it is the solutions that consumers/ citizens are taught and... Read more
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Cycling in the 6: Winter Wheels, Why or Why Not?
Sarah Giacomantonio and Cameron McCoy will take you on an hour-long journey with their podcast, “Cycling in the 6: Winter Wheels, Why or Why Not?”
This podcast explores winter cycling in Toronto Ontario, covering its history, the policies that impact it as a mode of active transportation, best practices from other cities, how individuals are... Read more
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Indigenous Food and Medicine
There is a large gap between non-Indigenous and Indigenous plants and practices.
The general public often looks for information at different locales in the city such as informational booths or park headquarters and thus, an excellent way of relaying is by putting a brochure or... Read more
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Residential Ecological Zoning Podcast
This project is a podcast intended to give a firsthand account of a proposed pilot project for “Residential Eco Zoning” in the City of Toronto.
The fictionalized podcast is called “In the Zone,” and features three characters: the host, Myna Variance; a city councillor, Harry Tage, and; a local resident, Hyde Ensity. Residential-Eco... Read more
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The Old Canada Linseed Oil Mill
This presentation outlines the potential to incorporate a vertical farm in the City of Toronto by restoring the Old Canada Linseed Oil Mills.
This presentation outlines the potential to incorporate a vertical farm in the City of Toronto by restoring the Old Canada Linseed Oil Mills. We hope to bring food production closer to markets while... Read more
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Wetlands in the Balance
Chances are you have taken more walks in nature during the pandemic than ever before...
The purpose of this project is to highlight the economic, social and environmental costs of what is lost when we develop on environmentally-sensitive lands. The Ford government has loosened... Read more
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A Greenway Reconnecting Communities
Enhancing Parks, Open Spaces, and Active Transportation Around the Allen Road Expressway
Caroline Bucksbaum is a student in the Master of Planning and Urban Development program at Ryerson University. This project was completed for the City of Toronto, City Planning Division, Community... Read more