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Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy. placemaking-canada.ca

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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On National Seniors Day, we’re reflecting on the importance of communities that support people to age with dignity, independence, & connection — with comfortable places to sit, accessible streets & public spaces, safe crossings, nearby amenities, and opportunities for meaningful social connections.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We honour the survivors of residential schools and think of the children that never returned home, and everyone that carries the burden of their loss.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On the occasion of Labour Day, an article on Port Union, NL - Canada's union-built town. Started in 1916, it included a salt fish plant and general store, woodworking shop and printing press, forge and a shipyard, movie theatre... and rows of neat red duplexes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The story of Canada’s 'only union-built town' | CBC News
Founded on Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula more than a century ago, Port Union is called Canada’s only union-built town. It was the brainchild of union organizer William F. Coaker, who wanted to he...
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A global sporting final has a remarkable way of bringing people together. ⚽🌍 Across Canada, communities will be gathering in public squares, parks, civic plazas, waterfronts, streets and other shared spaces to experience the excitement together.🧵
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Happy Parks Day, Canada! 🌿🍁 Parks are where communities connect, play, celebrate, and enjoy nature. They’re some of our most important public places... #ParksDay #PlacemakingCanada #Placemaking #Parks #PublicSpaces #Community #Nature #Canada
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In Vancouver, several blocks of the Granville St. entertainment district were pedestrianized for the World Cup. The site has proved to be so popular that earlier today, Vancouver City Council voted to extend the pilot until Labour Day.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day 159+, everyone! Today we celebrate the amazing places found from coast to coast to coast…
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and there are beautiful celebrations taking place in communities across these lands we now call Canada. Take a moment to see what’s going on where you live – and go enjoy some of the festivities! Photo: Sunrise over Lake Ontario, by Bill Badzo (CC/Flickr)
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
As we celebrate the one-year mark since we co-hosted the Global Placemaking Summit, the Placemaking Canada Steering Committee is excited to share our updated mission and values! Please read on...
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Placemaking Canada was formed to connect public space advocates across the country. For 10 years we’ve convened gatherings, championed initiatives and empowered placemakers. As we enter our next decade, public space even more important. We look forward to you being part of our next chapter.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Let’s celebrate! It’s been a year since Placemaking Canada co-hosted the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit in Toronto with @placemakingx.bsky.social What a time it was - over four days we brought together over 320 participants representing over 20 countries in 8 unforgettable venues across the City.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
**Attention Toronto Placemakers** C40 Cities & Arup are hosting "Ready Set Retrofit!” – showcasing how cities across N America are using quick, low-cost interventions to transform underused spaces into greener and more inclusive places. June 3, 5-7 pm; Info & Registration: luma.com/tocw-m9nv
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Ready, Set, Retrofit: How flexible interventions in public space can be a bridge to long-term climate action · Luma
Join us to explore how Toronto and other cities across North America are embracing "planning by doing"—using quick, lower-cost, and flexible interventions to…
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Over 80 Canadian cities – and hundreds more around the world – are hosting events as part of this year’s #JanesWalk. This coming weekend (Fri May 1-Sun May 3) is an extravaganza of walking and rolling tours – an opportunity to join fellow urban enthusiasts and explore your city with fresh eyes.
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Jane's Walk – Jane's Walk is a festival of free, community-led walking conversations.
The 2026 Jane’s Walk Festival Weekend is May 1, 2, and 3 — online and around the world! The Jane’s Walk Steering Committee encourages city organizers to make decisions about their local festivals that...
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PlacemakingX @placemakingx.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#PlacemakingCanada was founded 10 years ago here in Montreal. Great to have another #PlacemakingMontreal workshop for @placemaking-canada.bsky.social, led by @tjhfx.bsky.social and @ethankent.bsky.social.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we celebrate the girls and women who advocate for, design, program and steward the public spaces of our communities. Our cities are better for your care and leadership. Image: CC Province of BC #IWD2026
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
An exciting edition to the study of public life and the literature of urbanism and cultural studies! Black Public Joy, by Jay Pitter, explores Black people’s public joy histories, sacred rituals, movements, and contemporary expressions. /x
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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Across Canada and beyond, Indigenous Peoples are reclaiming and rematriating place names – not just as acts of recognition, but as assertions of law, governance, and jurisdiction. Read the full special report on our website, linked in bio
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We are heartbroken to to hear about the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC. Our hearts go out to the victims of this tragedy, and to the community dealing with the aftermath of this terrible event. For those needing support, please contact the services below, as listed on the Govt of BC post.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
After 15 long years, Toronto's #EglintonCrosstown LRT line is now open! The 19km route has 25 stops, linking Etobicoke to Scarborough along a key midtown artery. Very exciting to see the new transit route up and running. 📷The Trolley Pole
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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Beyond privileged to have another major feature for the second weekend in a row. This time in The Walrus, where excerpts from Black Public Joy are summarized—including a snippet of my research & a couple of stories. That kind of editorial engagement is rare for authors, and I’m deeply grateful.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Request for Proposals | Toronto, ON Our friends at @c40cities.bsky.social, City of Toronto & Waterfront Toronto are seeking proposals for a pop-up gathering space on Ookwemin Minising. A great opportunity to for local placemakers to enrich this brand-new public space. /... 📸Waterfront Toronto
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Wishing you all a wonderful, restorative winter break... and a year filled with public space and placemaking adventures.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Today, more than ever, let us remember. We pay our respects to the many who have fought in conflicts around the world, and to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. Let us always strive for peace, dignity, human rights - and a world where no one has to face the horrors of war. 📷 Lx 191 Guelph ON
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
'Sometimes it’s difficult to truly comprehend what some members may have gone through': Indigenous Veterans Day marked at ceremonies across the country www.aptnnews.ca?p=235331
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS VETERANS DAY 🇨🇦 November 8th 2025
Beautiful red poppies made with magnificent skill by indigenous may and Inuit artists
honouring indigenous veterans today and every day
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The team at Placemaking Canada is deeply saddened to learn that Kathy Madden has passed away. Kathy was a friend and mentor whose guidance helped to kickstart our organization, and whose ongoing support over the years helped to keep us on track with our efforts to advance Canadian placemaking.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Having a city that can accommodate messiness is a sign of urban health." Within this, public spaces can be a place of "positive friction" and an opportunity to "deliver on the promise of empathy." #ZahraEbrahim, in conversation with @fabulavancouver.bsky.social at the #VPL. Cc @vpsn.bsky.social
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The draft report from the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit, held in Toronto this past June, is now live. Check it out and let us know what you think! Big props to the local organizing committee and @placemakingx.bsky.social for the collaborative effort!
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Truth and Reconciliation Day. We honour the survivors of residential schools and think of the children who never returned home, their families and communities, and everyone who carries the burden of their loss. 🧵
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Canada Day 158+ Today we celebrate placemakers, placekeepers and public space advocates from coast to coast to coast. Thank you for enriching our communities and making this such a beautiful place to live. 1/2
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! There are a beautiful array of activities taking place from coast to coast to coast. Enjoy! We take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to advancing Reconciliation, upholding the values of #UNDRIP, & to continuing our journey of learning & action.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This morning at AKI Studios: keynotes on placemaking and peacemaking, the importance of small interventions, complete communities, and a pecha kucha of of placemaking initiatives from across the country. #GlobalPlacemakingSunmit
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Welcome to Toronto to all the placemakers that are here from around the world for the Global Placemaking Summit! @placemakingx.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social
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Commit2Green @commit2green.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🏙️🌳 How do we bring together #placemaking goals with the need for urban greening and #renaturing for #resilience? Today at the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit, Commit2Green led the conversation on "Placemaking with Nature!" @placemakingx.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Not possible. Opening up streets for people. Can no one think about the automobiles? Snap shots of DoWest Street Festival dowestfest.com via @glista.bsky.social @anotherglassbox.bsky.social @ericlombardi.bsky.social and Chris McKee
“Love a good Toronto street festival”

Photo of DoWest Street Festival“The reason Toronto's city leaders and car-crazy boomer voters won't pedestrianize major destination streets for summer is that once we start, they'll never be able to take them away.
They would be too popular.”

Photos of DoWest Street Festival“Toronto in a moment: the chaotic sound and movement of the street festival vs. the deliberate quiet and pace of elderly folks collecting cans and bottles for deposits--celebration for some, survival for others.”

Photo of DoWest Street Festival“Do West Festival in Toronto on Dundas St W.”

Photo of DoWest Street Festival
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Dennis Lago of @UrbanStrategies kicks off the 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit with a tour of #TheWell - a unique, 8acre mixed-use development on site of the former Globe & Mail production facility. #PlacemakingCanada
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Starts tomorrow! The 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit has over 130 sessions. 4 full days of activity. A limited number of 4-day and Weds tickets still available. Don't miss out! Program & registration: placemakingx.org/summit25
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The Global Placemaking Summit brings together Placemaking leaders worldwide to shape the agendas of the movement going forward. The summit will be June 8–11, 2025, in Tkaronto-Toronto, Canada.
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PlacemakingX @placemakingx.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A helpful message ahead of the upcoming #GlobalPlacemakingSummit. #Placemaking is doing not planning! @placemaking-canada.bsky.social
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Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We'll hit capacity soon for the 4-day #GlobalPlacemakingSummit registration, & have opened up tickets for a 1-day finale, June 11th, at @evergreencanada.bsky.social. Join us shaping the future of #Placemaking & #PlacemakingCanada! @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @tjhfx.bsky.social @vpsn.bsky.social
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Toronto is home to some amazing public spaces - like Berczy Park, just a few steps from St. Lawrence Market. Check out these and other amazing places as part of the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit, June 8-11. Info, 4-day pass + 1-day Weds tickets avail here: www.placemakingx.org/summit25
Photo of Berczy Park, with people sitting on benches, trees and fountain.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Can't make it for the full Summit? Join us on Weds June 11 for a one day placemaking extravaganza - taking place at #EvergreenBrickWorks. www.placemakingx.org/summit25
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The Global Placemaking Summit brings together Placemaking leaders worldwide to shape the agendas of the movement going forward. The summit will be June 8–11, 2025, in Tkaronto-Toronto, Canada.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Early bird ticket prices for the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit wrap up at midnight tonight! Get your Summit pass today and join us in Toronto for four days of amazing public space and placemaking dialogue and events.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Early bird rates for the 2025 Global Placemaking Summit go up at midnight on May 7. Don't delay, get your tickets and join on June 8-11 in Toronto! www.placemakingx.org/summit25
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The Global Placemaking Summit brings together Placemaking leaders worldwide to shape the agendas of the movement going forward. The summit will be June 8–11, 2025, in Tkaronto-Toronto, Canada.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We're excited to host the upcoming Placemaking Summit 2025 in Toronto, and are looking for passionate volunteers to help with event logistics, registration, attendee support, and more. June 8-11, 2025, Toronto ✅ Interested? Fill out the volunteer form here: tinyurl.com/4yv2ht6y
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragedy that took place in Vancouver last night. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families and loved ones, the city's Filipino community, and with everyone unsettled by this terrible event.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Just over 7 weeks to go until the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit in #Toronto! The event will feature a fantastic mix of workshops, walks, site visits and agenda setting activities. Get your tickets today! Early bird rates will be ending soon. www.placemakingx.org/summit25
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Home | Global Placemaking Summit
The Global Placemaking Summit brings together Placemaking leaders worldwide to shape the agendas of the movement going forward. The summit will be June 8–11, 2025, in Tkaronto-Toronto, Canada.
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Coming up: @place_canada's TJ Maguire joins @Penalosa_G and @placemakingus Madeline Spencer next Tuesday for a discussion on The Heart of Place: Active Participation & Sense of Belonging. Tues, Apr 15, 2025 11:00am - 12:00 ET Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
h/t @urbanismspeakeasy.com "If low-income workers could live without a car, that would put a whole lot of money back in their pockets, and that's exactly what congestion pricing does," @collinwoodard.bsky.social in @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1804793/cong...
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Everyone Who Claims Congestion Pricing Is Elitist Or Bad For The Working Poor Is Lying To You - Jalopnik
If low-income workers could live without a car, that would put a whole lot of money back in their pockets, and that's exactly what congestion pricing does
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Placemaking Canada @placemaking-canada.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Our draft program of events is now online! Join us this June 8-11 for the 2nd Global #PlacemakingSummit in #Toronto. www.placemakingx.org/summit25
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The Global Placemaking Summit brings together Placemaking leaders worldwide to shape the agendas of the movement going forward. The summit will be June 8–11, 2025, in Tkaronto-Toronto, Canada.
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Vancouver Public Space Network @vpsn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A great initiative out of the @cityofhamilton.bsky.social ON to create more rain-friendly spaces! #lifebetweenumbrellas "Green Venture is launching a program called Rain Ready Hamilton to help you create ..rain gardens, permeable driveways, or other projects" www.greenventure.ca/rain_ready_r...
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