Public Workshop: Growing Streets on Ookwemin Minising​

Waterfront Toronto - T3 Bayside, 10th Floor (Penthouse)Toronto, ON
Wednesday, May 20 • 6 PM - 9 PM

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Public Workshop: Growing Streets on Ookwemin Minising

Design the future streets of Ookwemin Minising with us! This public workshop will invite community (you!) to share ideas and feedback.
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Design the future streets of Ookwemin Minising with us! This public workshop will invite community (you!) to share ideas and feedback.

Ookwemin Minising (pronounced “Oh-kway-min Min-nih-sing”, meaning “place of the black cherry trees” in Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwemowin) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to imagine a new kind of place on Toronto’s waterfront!

On Wednesday, May 20, we’re hosting a high-energy, in-person public workshop to explore the future of OM’s streets together. We imagine this evening to be one that sparks creativity, conversation, and excitement, bringing together voices and perspectives from across the community!

This workshop is for anyone! Whether this is your first time hearing about OM or you’ve been following the project closely, you’ll have the chance to reflect, ask questions, share what matters to you, and hear from others.

The Ookwemin Minising project team brings together planners, designers, engineers, and engagement practitioners who have been working closely with Indigenous partners and the community to imagine what Ookwemin Minising could become. We’ll give you context on this project, facilitate small‑group conversations, and make space for open, respectful dialogue throughout the night.

Note: This is a workshop, not a drop-in open house. Doors open at 6pm - please arrive before we kick off at 6:30pm!
 
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That closed section, on the south side of the park, is now opened...

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If I was taking a class of grade 1 students to the park next week and wanted them to see baby geese, what's the highest-probability spot to go to?
 
evandyk said:
If I was taking a class of grade 1 students to the park next week and wanted them to see baby geese, what's the highest-probability spot to go to?
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Follow the trails closest to the new river mouth. Can't say for sure that one side will be better than the other, either should be fine, so logistically, the side closest to wherever you park or get dropped off.

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interchange42 said:
Follow the trails closest to the new river mouth. Can't say for sure that one side will be better than the other, either should be fine, so logistically, the side closest to wherever you park or get dropped off.

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We're taking the TTC, which refuses to run the 72 bus past the park on weekdays, so we'll be getting off at Commissioner's and Saulter. Which is pretty far from the actual mouth of the river.
 
evandyk said:
We're taking the TTC, which refuses to run the 72 bus past the park on weekdays, so we'll be getting off at Commissioner's and Saulter. Which is pretty far from the actual mouth of the river.
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Well, I hope the kids aren't too whiny about walking, but once you've tackled the long block from Saulter to the Don Roadway, you're at the new part of the river. Either cross the river on the colourful bridge and follow the riverside trail south and west, or don't cross, and just take the first trail south and west along the river from there. There's a pedestrian bridge over the river about 85% of the way to Cherry where you can cross to the other side and make your return that way, or turn around before that if the kids' timers are running low.

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Geese can be a bit testy towards anyone approaching their brood though...
 
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