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…

We organized the inaugural Corktown pumpkin parade, where local families brought their pumpkin carving creations to cast a warm glow over Corktown’s Sackville Playground, as part of the City of Toronto’s most popular community engagement programs. Special recognition for all the creativity exhibited by our young Corktown carvers!

We installed a new mural on external building wall just west of Corktown’s Sackville Playground through the generous support of the City of Toronto’s Outdoor Mural & Street Art Program and collaboration of Corktown business Green Roofs for Health Cities, designed to promote a local theme and facilitate commercial or industrial neighbourhood identity. Entitled ‘The…