Art Outside: A toolkit for creating public art for a just transition
This forthcoming toolkit offers a guide to anyone interested in the purpose, principles, and practical considerations when creating public art outdoors for a just transition.
Policy Brief: Community Investment is Climate Action
Climate action is a powerful way for Canada (Ontario) to address pressing community concerns. Achieving this synergy requires framing and implementing climate action in ways that are relevant to people’s lives.
Community Listening Session Guide and Toolkit
This toolkit is a resource to support stakeholders to learn together about how climate action can address community priorities.
Scarbrite 2024
Scarbrite and JTIA researchers collaborated on four outdoor plein-air workshops. Through artwork and discussions, the teams focused on Scarborough residents’ relationship with nature and sustainability.
42 Voices 2024
In collaboration with good futures collective, we held a two-hour workshop outside in the plazaPOPS installation in Wexford, which is a temporary public greenspace pop-up in a plaza parking lot.
Scarborough Cools 2024
In collaboration with good futures collective, we held a two-hour workshop outside in the plazaPOPS installation in Wexford, which is a temporary public greenspace pop-up in a plaza parking lot.
Canadian Climate Challenge 2024
Canadian Climate Challenge partnered with Malvern Family Resource Centre to host an event that showcased the ways that had been working with the community.
United Way Golden Mile 2023
In collaboration with United Way Greater Toronto, we explored residents’ priorities and visions for their community and more.
Malvern Farmers’ Market 2023 and 2024
A series of interactive workshops to generate conversations about community priorities and climate action.
Scarbrite 2023
In collaboration with Scarbrite Collective, we launched the "Makers in Motion" initiative, a series of intergenerational workshops focused on sustainable art-making in Scarborough’s Greenway Network.

