🌳🌳🌳 Welcome to Tree Thread: The Sequel. Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games. To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory. In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Selling dreams of the future while failing to act now is not just cynical but despicable when it concerns the senior population.’ @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

Thanks for sharing! And glad to see some @tngcommunityto.bsky.social volunteers at this truly grassroots event. Thanks Helen, Nancy and Elene for raising awareness on our failure to support people with disabilities to live with dignity and without poverty!

Sharing International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture event by our friends at Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. Registration is required. Please raise awareness. We stand with refugees.

How did I not know about this page before today!? Heritage Toronto has so many walking tours to sample and learn the history of Toronto! I am curious about the history of Church-Wellesley Village and Junction Triangle, and so appropriate for Pride Month. www.heritagetoronto.org/events/

This is an important day to say OUT LOUD that refugees and immigrants are welcome at @tngcommunityto.bsky.social - for the past 100 years, for today, and for the future. We are all better and happier with refugees and immigrants in our community.

Thank you @allianceon.bsky.social for the Community Health Campion Award for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and 17 other Ontario organizations championing harm reduction and human rights. #Alliance2025

Rally held outside Queen’s Park over Bill 6 which criminalizes #homelessness and conflates it with addiction. Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation. #ONpoli cp24.com/video/2025/0...

Anything better than a sunny day in Kensington Market? And big welcome to "Public Butter" on Augusta - this feels so Kensington. All this and more just steps from Spadina.

Thank you @jessicabellto.bsky.social for the Healthcare Advocate Award! Proud to receive it with @tngcommunityto.bsky.social KMOPS team!

As the City evicts encampments again, and the province tries to criminalize living outdoors, please come to this launch and hear about some of the reality of why people live in encampments and what their lives are like. Thursday, May 8, 7 pm, St Stephen-in-the-Field, 365 College Street, Toronto.

On June 2 at 7 PM, TYPE Books is hosting a very special evening to celebrate ENCAMPMENT by Maggie Helwig, who will be joined in conversation by Michael Ondaatje. 883 Queen St. W. This is a free event - TYPE recommends you arrive early or call ahead to let them know if you need a chair.

Love how quickly these were put together and I see them all over the city! #supportlocal #lovelocal

Thank you @unitedwaygt.bsky.social for a beautiful Jane's Walk today. Loving our neighbourhood!

I have my comfortable shoes on for a terrific Jane's Walk with @unitedwaygt.bsky.social today! Looking for nice weather! www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/friday-may-2...

Come work with me! @tngcommunityto.bsky.social is hiring for a Vice-President of Independent Living Services. Come join a fearless, progressive organization making change! charityvillage.com/jobs/vice-pr...

Public streets and public spaces belong to all of us - both for celebration and for protest. Thank you @planningtoronto.bsky.social

What Happened to #Poverty as an #Election Issue? Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

A beautiful day to vote! Quick and easy. Get out and vote this weekend if you can.

Signs of Spring at a @tngcommunityto.bsky.social childcare playground. Looking forward to leaves and flowers surrounding our locations and our playgrounds. Beautiful day!

Thanks for sharing this new article Right To Housing Network! canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

And another great article shared by Right To Housing Network. It is from 2023 but still applies today - except Canada did cut immigration and it is not solving the housing crisis! Let's solve problems with facts. macleans.ca/politics/sto...

Thanks @moreneighboursto.bsky.social and all of the community groups deputing for affordable rental housing in Rexdale! I was proud to depute for @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and share examples of similar successful projects in other residential neighbourhoods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8q...

Op-Ed: Here's an easy policy to help seniors help themselves www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/07/o...

Thank you for these 7 important recommendations and commitments for a thriving Canada!

Canada's federal election is April 28. Our 2025 Federal Election series details the issues Canada’s political leaders must address to strengthen health equity. First up: how can parties ensure everyone has what they need to live a healthy, engaged life? www.wellesleyinstitute.com/elections/20...

"Despite Ontario Superior Court Injunction Recognizing Irreparable Harm, Most Remaining Supervised Consumption Sites Still Facing Forced Closure Tomorrow"

Thank you for this important statement Canadian Drug Policy Coalition! drugpolicy.ca/despite-onta...

On the new episode of our podcast we speak to two of the Interveners in the Charter Challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act. Our conversations with Emily Hill from Aboriginal Legal Services and Demar Hewitt from BLAC are available here: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/podcast...

Good News! Supervised Consumption Sites has been granted an injunction, allowing us to stay open until the court makes its final decision. This is a huge step forward in our fight to protect life-saving harm reduction services. Thank you to everyone who has supported us!

Please see the media statement on behalf of @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and the HIV Legal Network following the conclusion of court proceedings yesterday in the Charter challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act. www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/media-s...

I'm not sure that there are more than 46 non-fiction books coming out in Canada this spring, but still, nice to see my book included (scroll *way* down to find it). The little blurb makes it sound like it's all about me. Rest assured, it isn't really. www.cbc.ca/books/46-can...

Today is our @tngcommunityto.bsky.social Employment Services Pancake Tuesday Open House! We have the pancakes, we have the prizes, all we need now is you! Please join us, eat, and learn about TNGCS at 1415 Bathurst Street.

This is one of my favourite #visualization #KTE #CdnImm graphics we developed at work to look at #Settlement pathways for Canadian newcomers. It informs on the program ideal and audits the actual experience. I got the idea from Health planners and a client who kept hitting barriers.

How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic. My Toronto Star column on their terrible congestion task force report & how they’ve lost their way of late. $billions on a 401 tunnel? Where’s the rational business people now? www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

Are these your top four issues too? Great to listen to @tngcommunityto.bsky.social participants this month.

Tired of the bad news stories that dominate all media? For the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting the incredible work nonprofit staff do every day—pouring their heart, mind, and soul into their mission. Let us know if you enjoy these real-life stories!

Polls are open! Get out and vote! It was fast and efficient. Gotta love our democracy.

Here is an image ready for colouring as we remember $10/day childcare in this Ontario Election. Please ask your candidates to commit to complete $10/day childcare for all children - we are not there yet and most parents can STILL not afford childcare!

We also focused on the role of quilting in #BlackHistory, recognizing it as a symbol of resistance, community, and unity. As part of our ongoing commitment to Black History Month, we are excited to announce the creation of a quilt, to be unveiled at our Caribana event this August.

Happy to celebrate Nonprofit Appreciation Week 2025 @tngcommunityto.bsky.social with one of our peer leaders Javan! Thanks @bhayanaff.bsky.social and Ontario Non-profit Network for championing this week! vimeo.com/1052438736

In case you missed this announcement from last week, we are thrilled to present The Shell, a modular modified shipping container by Robbie Suehiro & Karolina Grujic as the winning design of our un/SHELTERED Design Competition. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/anno...

Ontario: the provincial election is February 27. What would you like to see on housing? More Neighbours Toronto has put together our ideas. We'll be grading the party platforms and statements against this to let you know where they stand. www.moreneighbours.ca/platforms-po...

It was my pleasure to be able to contribute to this issue of the Spacing with an article about Yonge North, the Persian businesses/cultural district and the future of TehranTO! Pick up a copy and read about this fascinating street!! Mine is in the mail!

Congratulations to the Kensington community! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As colleges crumble and former students are pushed out of the country, I revisited the last decade of international student policy for @thelocal.to, and tried to make sense of its legacy.

Fun night at @tngcommunityto.bsky.social long service awards celebrating staff with 20 25 30 and 35 years serving our communities!

Thinking about new Canadians today and how we can welcome them in our community! #immigrationmatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXa...

For decades, internationally educated nurses have come up against barriers preventing them from working in their field in Canada. Despite longstanding shortages and a devastating pandemic, many nurses still find themselves shut out of their profession. thelocal.to/immigration-...

Always something fun and beautiful in Kensington Market! Has someone already named this the 'Sweater Tree'?