We unveiled two new street signs honouring Corktown’s Black and Indigenous history and persons of historical significance with the participation of MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam (Toronto Centre) and City of Toronto Counsellor Chris Moise (Toronto Centre—Ward 13). The two new streets, ‘Henry ‘Box’ Brown Lane’ and ‘North Star Way’ represent Corktown’s important history, and the prominent…

We provided Corktown residents with free or borrowed supplies (gloves, hand sanitizer, bags, etc.) to clean Corktown together as part of the City of Toronto’s annual Clean Toronto Together initiative, held annually on Earth Day weekend. This was the second annual Corktown community clean up, initially undertaken through the kind support of the Downtown East…

We organized spring and fall free tree Neighbourhood Planting Program giveaways, giving away of hundreds of native trees and plants (fragrant sumacs, elderberries, sugar maples and more) to Corktown residents as grateful recipients of the City of Toronto’s Urban Forestry Grants & Initiatives. Participants received up to four native trees and planting tips printed on…

We prepared sections of Corktown’s Cherry Street boulevard for the planning of native pollinator gardens, intended to support the creation of creation of pollinator habitats for bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, and birds and more in alignment with the City of Toronto’s Pollinator Protection Strategy and our own efforts to promote sustainability focused projects…

The Dogs of Corktown community group organized its annual dog-friendly Corktown Common event, with prizes awarded for the neighbourhood’s best-costumed pups. 60+ Corktown dog owners attended this year’s event, the eighth version of this beloved annual event celebrating Corktown’s dog-friendly culture and one of Toronto’s best parks, Corktown Common. With special thanks to the Canary…

We led an inaugural mask making workshop in collaboration with Corktown’s own The Lost and Found Gallery to celebrate Samhain, a traditionally Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season. Celts historically wore masks on Samhain as a means of protection, like today’s Halloween tradition of costumes. Participants attending on the day consequently created…