recent CELOS documentation:

public bake ovens

Laneway House notebooks

local development map

AODA notebooks

Current Research

this area is under (re)construction

Parks Research

wading pools	campfires	better skating rinks
sociable spaces	park clubhouses	community architecture
The Dufferin Grove experiment	First Nations campfires	park gardens
Adventure playground	park history	DIY skateboarding

playgrounds

Helmets>>

skate lending

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Background research

playgrounds

Helmets>>

skate lending

Freedom of Information

City Hall

Thorncliffe Park Women's Committee

community consultations: just data mining?

financial records

our vital little plan

Neighborhood development map

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see also Website Usage

Publications

Disseminating information about public space

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For our current set of publishing activities, see

• CELOS Booklets
• CELOS Information Bulletins
• CELOS Speakers' Series
• CELOS Reports
• CELOS Slide Shows
• CELOS Videos
• CELOS book draft, 2016

Friends of Dufferin Grove Park began a monthly newsletter in September 2000, which has been published by CELOS since 2003. CELOS also distributes a weekly web newsletter about the Dufferin Park Farmers' market, and an occasional e-newsletter about Toronto city rinks.

Notes

CELOS 2018 AGM Agenda, May 12, 2019

CELOS projects

Local:

Dufferin Grove Park Conservancy link

Cob Maintenance link

Dan’s Table Maintenance

Adventure Playground Maintenance

Northwest Corner Revitalization Project education link

Websites reorganization (slow but steady): dufferinpark.ca, cityrinks.ca, publicbakeovens.ca, celos.ca

Citywide:

Skate lending/Regent Park link

AODA link and link

Laneways link

International:

Bake ovens connections link

Park People

8-80 Cities

Partnerships:

Parksite: (Big on Bloor) Darren Leu/Dyan Marie:

Block Party Supply (Christie Pits waste diversion project) link

Botanicus Art Ensemble (MacGregor Park archway)

Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee (shipping container café)

Build a Better Bloor Dufferin link

Financial Report link

Discussion

- What’s happening in 2019. See e.g. the map page we made of local development projects, here.

- CELOS "pile of bricks" oven is going to the Milky Way community garden, see garden video here.

Community Consultation

Here is a recent picture showabout the unmaking' of Dufferin Grove Park.'

The 2010 report by Dave Harvy and (Toronto Park People), funded by the Metcalf Foundation Fertile Ground for New Thinking Dave's concludes that it's time for Torontonians involved with parks to join their voices in bringing about park improvements.

You can find out about the Recreation Service Plan by going to this city webpage. You can find out how the consultations were set up by looking at this staff report.

Here is the City's list of "stakeholders" who were contacted to give their opinions about the Recreation Service Plan in May and June, 2011 (and the Parks Plan in September 2011). Here's the city's stakeholder list with contact links. If your "park friends" or advisory group is not on the list of groups who will be asked for their views, you can e-mail 311@toronto.ca and ask them to help you get on it.

Notes on the public consultation sessions:

consultation reports.

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