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We are guided by the simple but powerful idea that if everything we do in our cities is great for an 8-year-old and an 80-year-old, then it will be better for all people.
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How do public plazas strengthen communities? In this blog post, guest contributor Ronika Postaria
discusses how they’re more than open spaces—they’re catalysts for engagement, creativity, and well-being.
🔗https://www.880cities.org/collective-spaces-public-plazas-toronto/
#PublicPlazas
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The 8 80 Cities November Newsletter is here!
🔗https://mailchi.mp/880cities.org/8-80-cities-november-25-newsletter
📩 Don’t miss out—subscribe now: https://www.880cities.org/subscribe/
#880Cities #CreatingCitiesForAll
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🎉Earlier this November, we gathered for our final virtual meetup and officially celebrated the graduation of the 2024-2025 Ontario Community Changemakers cohort!
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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While Cooksville filled the fall with colour and movement, Rockcliffe Smythe brought a different kind of warmth to 8 80 TowerPOPS. Our Prayer Bead Workshop invited neighbours to slow down together, sip hot chai, and create something meaningful with their hands.
2 people smiling and threading beads through string, while a third set of hands are seen doing the same. This is for the prayer beads workshop. This image is surrounded by decorative, bright, colourful circles. The white circle in front of the image has a label with the 8 80 TowerPOPS Rockcliffe Smythe logo and the title Prayer Beads Workshop.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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As the weather turns colder and we start moving into winter and the holiday season, we have been reflecting on the moments that brought warmth, joy and connection to our TowerPOPS communities this year. Cooksville’s Garba Night was one of those special evenings that stayed with us.
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy Halloween 🎃👻

Check out these links on halloween in cities and stay safe!

https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic-commons/what-halloween-can-teach-us-about-civic-life-1221f3538333

https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/trickorstreets.shtml

#happyhalloween #trickortreat

October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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📫The 8 80 Cities October Newsletter is here! This issue is a wrap-up of our work this fall. We welcome 30 Changemakers from Ontario and share events, videos, podcasts, and a bunch of valuable resources for you to enjoy.

🔗https://ow.ly/cZvQ50XkUUv

#880Cities #CreatingCitiesForAll
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🍂As we head into a weekend of community, we ask: how can cities foster connection in the face of urban loneliness? Join us for The Paradox of Proximity, a panel + Q&A on tackling the loneliness crisis in cities across Canada and beyond.
Meet our panel:
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🚀 Exciting news! 8 80 Cities announces their 30 #OCChangemakers who will receive $5,000 to bring their ideas to life through the Ontario Community Changemakers program! 🤝🏼Powered by 8 80 Cities with funding from Balsam Foundation. 🔗 Learn more: ontariocommunitychangemakers.org
Graphic announcing the Ontario Community Changemakers 2025–2026 cohort. It features a grid of 30 circular headshots of selected individuals, each framed in a different colored circle. The Ontario Community Changemakers logo is in the top left corner, and the text 'CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025–2026 COHORT!' appears in the top right.
October 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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REMINDER! Book your tickets now for The Paradox of Proximity, a free panel and Q&A.
Link in bio!
📅Tuesday, October 14, 2025
⏲️ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ET
📍Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Main Floor
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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The 8 80 Cities team is reaching out as fellow parents, neighbours, and volunteers who care deeply about making Toronto’s streets safer for children to fight back Premier Ford’s recent plan to dismantle Toronto’s lifesaving Speed Safety Camera program.
Info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/events
#SafeStreets
Poster for a family-friendly protest organized by Parents Against Speeding TO. It invites participants to bring strollers and join a walk to keep kids safe from speeders. Event details: Saturday, October 4 at 10am, walking east on Bloor near Dundas West, close to the Toronto Health Office at the Crossways Building. Includes a QR code and logos of supporting organizations.
October 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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8 80 Cities welcomes our Copenhagen partners @BLOXHUBdk for a panel on The Paradox of Proximity: Tackling Loneliness in Cities.
📍 UrbanSpace Gallery
📅 Oct 14 | ⏲️ 6:30–8:30 PM ET
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-parado...
Free event, limited space. Let’s rethink connection in urban life.
Promotional graphic for an event titled “The Paradox of Proximity: Addressing the Loneliness Crisis in Cities in Canada and Beyond.” The background features a stylized cityscape with colourful block-like buildings in black, gray, green, blue, and pink. Presented by 8 80 Cities in partnership with BLOXHUB.
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We honour the #NDTR and Orange Shirt Day, dedicated to reflecting on the painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada. This is an opportunity for us all to learn about and acknowledge the truth about the experiences of Indigenous peoples, their children and survivors.
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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📫The 8 80 Cities Sept. Newsletter is here! This month, we share a collection of articles on School Streets, residential schools, the joys of growing up with grandparents fond of nature, events, resources, and more!
🔗https://mailchi.mp/880cities.org/8-80-cities-september-25-newsletter?e=9fb1bea2d1
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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🎉All are invited! TowerPOPS Cooksville Garba Night!

Join us for a night of dancing at the TowerPOPS location in Cooksville, Mississauga. There will be simple how-to-Garba demonstrations.
🔗https://bit.ly/46APoPo
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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📫Our August Newsletter is out! We wrapped the month in our most recent blog post, part of this edition, and curated great content to share with you all. Enjoy! 💫

🔗https://mailchi.mp/880cities.org/8-80-cities-august-25-newsletter?e=9fb1bea2d1

#880Cities #CreatingCitiesForAll
880 Cities logo with the tagline 'Creating cities for all.' on the left, and the text 'August Newsletter' on the right
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Did you miss our Ontario Community Changemakers Info Session last week? If you couldn't make it, we are happy to share it here: ow.ly/fR7P50WygWN

Ready to apply? Visit ontariocommunitychangemakers.org

#OCChangemakers #SocialInclusion #PublicSpace #CivicEngagement #Ontario #BalsamFoundation
Graphic for the Ontario Community Changemakers (OCC) Info Session recording, now available. A laptop screen displays 'Ontario Community Changemakers Info Session July 24, 2024' with logos for Ontario Community Changemakers, 880 Cities, and Balsam Foundation. The background is red with white and red circular accents. Text reads: 'OCC Info Session Recording NOW AVAILABLE! See description for details.
July 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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20 community leaders from 8 Knight cities will gather this August in #Toronto for a 3-day workshop hosted by 8 80 Cities w/support from @knightfoundation.org. Learn more: emergingcitychampions.org/blog/20-knig...

#Akron #Macon #StPaul #Charlotte #Detroit #Miami #SanJose #Philadelphia #K880Champs
Group photo collage of the 2025 Champions from the Knight Emerging City Champions program. The image features 20 individuals, each with their name, city, and state listed below their photo. Participants represent cities including Akron, Charlotte, Detroit, Macon, Miami, Philadelphia, Saint Paul, and San Jose.
July 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Our 8 80 Cities July Newsletter is out! Great articles, updates on our work and more.
🔗https://www.880cities.org/july-25-issue
#880Cities #CreatingCitiesForAll #RightToPublicSpace #ightToParticipation #ightToMobility
Logo and text for the July Newsletter. The logo features two overlapping circles—one blue and one green—with '880' in white inside. Below the circles is the word 'cities' in green, and beneath that, the tagline 'Creating cities for all.' To the right of the logo, separated by a vertical line, is the text 'July Newsletter' in black.
July 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The #OCChangemakers program continues to support diverse, multigenerational projects across urban and rural Ontario. Aligned with 8 80 Cities' vision of inclusive communities for all ages, the program uplifts creativity, resilience, and local leadership.
🔗ontariocommunitychangemakers.org/apply-now
Graphic promoting Ontario Community Changemakers, inviting Ontarians 19+ of all abilities to apply with creative community project ideas. Two people talking indoors while holding coffee cups, with the word "Multigenerational" displayed at the bottom. Person in a red apron and embroidered white shirt sitting on a wooden bench against an orange wall, with the text "Uplifting Urban & Rural Creativity" at the bottom. Group of people seated in a classroom, watching two individuals at the front, with the text "Fostering Inclusion & Resilience" at the bottom.
July 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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8 80 Cities announces the opening celebrations for the two inaugural #880TowerPOPS site transformations in #Cooksville, #Mississauga, and #Rockcliffe-Smythe, #Toronto.

Learn more: www.880cities.org/press-releas...

#PublicHealth #PhysicalActivity
8 80 TowerPOPS logo.
July 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Join our team! We’re looking for an enthusiastic Project Manager to join our 8 80 Cities team.
Read the full job posting here: www.880cities.org/8-80-cities-...
#880Cities #CreatingCitiesForAll #ProjectManager
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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More #SchoolStreets are coming to Mississauga!! 8 80 Cities is proud to support the City of Mississauga’s School Streets program through the National Active School Streets Initiative delivered by @greencommunities.bsky.social & funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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Two Mississauga schools are going car-free at pick-up and drop-off times as part of the Mississauga School Streets pilot project.

The project is delivered in partnership with Green Communities Canada and funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Read more: buff.ly/gJF8SzA

#SchoolStreets
NO CARS ALLOWED: Safer spaces to be created for kids at 2 Mississauga schools  | INsauga
Cars will be kept away from student drop-off and pickup areas in front of two Mississauga schools at certain times of the day under an extended pilot project aimed at making roads safer for kids.…
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July 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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For a taste on what to expect, I wrote about last year's "Ride The Meadoway" here. #ThrowbackThursday #BikeTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2024/07/july...
July 2024 Ride The Meadoway
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
www.twowheeledpolitics.ca
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Hey #BikeTO! Scarborough Cycles will be hosting their second "Ride The Meadoway" event on Saturday, July 19. Meet 9:30 AM at Wexford Hydro Park for 10:00 AM departure. #ScarbTO #TOpoli www.scarboroughcycles.ca/group-rides/
Details from this "Ride The Meadoway" poster can be found at https://www.scarboroughcycles.ca/group-rides/.
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM