A global sporting final has a remarkable way of bringing people together. ⚽🌍 Across Canada, communities will be gathering in public squares, parks, civic plazas, waterfronts, streets and other shared spaces to experience the excitement together.🧵

Happy Parks Day, Canada! 🌿🍁 Parks are where communities connect, play, celebrate, and enjoy nature. They’re some of our most important public places... #ParksDay #PlacemakingCanada #Placemaking #Parks #PublicSpaces #Community #Nature #Canada

In Vancouver, several blocks of the Granville St. entertainment district were pedestrianized for the World Cup. The site has proved to be so popular that earlier today, Vancouver City Council voted to extend the pilot until Labour Day.

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Earlier today, Vancouver City Council voted to extend the Granville Street Pedestrian Pilot through to Labour Day. It's been a popular place over the past few weeks of World Cup fever. It will be interesting to see how it carries on after the games are over. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Canada Day 159+, everyone! Today we celebrate the amazing places found from coast to coast to coast…

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, and there are beautiful celebrations taking place in communities across these lands we now call Canada. Take a moment to see what’s going on where you live – and go enjoy some of the festivities! Photo: Sunrise over Lake Ontario, by Bill Badzo (CC/Flickr)

As we celebrate the one-year mark since we co-hosted the Global Placemaking Summit, the Placemaking Canada Steering Committee is excited to share our updated mission and values! Please read on...

Placemaking Canada was formed to connect public space advocates across the country. For 10 years we’ve convened gatherings, championed initiatives and empowered placemakers. As we enter our next decade, public space even more important. We look forward to you being part of our next chapter.

Let’s celebrate! It’s been a year since Placemaking Canada co-hosted the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit in Toronto with @placemakingx.bsky.social What a time it was - over four days we brought together over 320 participants representing over 20 countries in 8 unforgettable venues across the City.

**Attention Toronto Placemakers** C40 Cities & Arup are hosting "Ready Set Retrofit!” – showcasing how cities across N America are using quick, low-cost interventions to transform underused spaces into greener and more inclusive places. June 3, 5-7 pm; Info & Registration: luma.com/tocw-m9nv

Ready, Set, Retrofit: How flexible interventions in public space can be a bridge to long-term climate action · Luma

Join us to explore how Toronto and other cities across North America are embracing "planning by doing"—using quick, lower-cost, and flexible interventions to…

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Over 80 Canadian cities – and hundreds more around the world – are hosting events as part of this year’s #JanesWalk. This coming weekend (Fri May 1-Sun May 3) is an extravaganza of walking and rolling tours – an opportunity to join fellow urban enthusiasts and explore your city with fresh eyes.

Jane's Walk – Jane's Walk is a festival of free, community-led walking conversations.

The 2026 Jane’s Walk Festival Weekend is May 1, 2, and 3 — online and around the world! The Jane’s Walk Steering Committee encourages city organizers to make decisions about their local festivals that...

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#PlacemakingCanada was founded 10 years ago here in Montreal. Great to have another #PlacemakingMontreal workshop for @placemaking-canada.bsky.social, led by @tjhfx.bsky.social and @ethankent.bsky.social.

Ethan Kent@ethankent.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Experiencing the Lumino #WinterPlacemaking installations and conference. @qdsmtl.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @tjhfx.bsky.social @maxmusicant.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social #PlacemakingCanada #PlacemakingMontreal

Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we celebrate the girls and women who advocate for, design, program and steward the public spaces of our communities. Our cities are better for your care and leadership. Image: CC Province of BC #IWD2026

An exciting edition to the study of public life and the literature of urbanism and cultural studies! Black Public Joy, by Jay Pitter, explores Black people’s public joy histories, sacred rituals, movements, and contemporary expressions. /x

Across Canada and beyond, Indigenous Peoples are reclaiming and rematriating place names – not just as acts of recognition, but as assertions of law, governance, and jurisdiction. Read the full special report on our website, linked in bio

We are heartbroken to to hear about the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC. Our hearts go out to the victims of this tragedy, and to the community dealing with the aftermath of this terrible event. For those needing support, please contact the services below, as listed on the Govt of BC post.

After 15 long years, Toronto's #EglintonCrosstown LRT line is now open! The 19km route has 25 stops, linking Etobicoke to Scarborough along a key midtown artery. Very exciting to see the new transit route up and running. 📷The Trolley Pole

Beyond privileged to have another major feature for the second weekend in a row. This time in The Walrus, where excerpts from Black Public Joy are summarized—including a snippet of my research & a couple of stories. That kind of editorial engagement is rare for authors, and I’m deeply grateful.

Request for Proposals | Toronto, ON Our friends at @c40cities.bsky.social, City of Toronto & Waterfront Toronto are seeking proposals for a pop-up gathering space on Ookwemin Minising. A great opportunity to for local placemakers to enrich this brand-new public space. /... 📸Waterfront Toronto

Wishing you all a wonderful, restorative winter break... and a year filled with public space and placemaking adventures.

Today, more than ever, let us remember. We pay our respects to the many who have fought in conflicts around the world, and to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. Let us always strive for peace, dignity, human rights - and a world where no one has to face the horrors of war. 📷 Lx 191 Guelph ON

'Sometimes it’s difficult to truly comprehend what some members may have gone through': Indigenous Veterans Day marked at ceremonies across the country www.aptnnews.ca?p=235331

NATIONAL INDIGENOUS VETERANS DAY 🇨🇦 November 8th 2025

The team at Placemaking Canada is deeply saddened to learn that Kathy Madden has passed away. Kathy was a friend and mentor whose guidance helped to kickstart our organization, and whose ongoing support over the years helped to keep us on track with our efforts to advance Canadian placemaking.

"Having a city that can accommodate messiness is a sign of urban health." Within this, public spaces can be a place of "positive friction" and an opportunity to "deliver on the promise of empathy." #ZahraEbrahim, in conversation with @fabulavancouver.bsky.social at the #VPL. Cc @vpsn.bsky.social

The draft report from the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit, held in Toronto this past June, is now live. Check it out and let us know what you think! Big props to the local organizing committee and @placemakingx.bsky.social for the collaborative effort!

PlacemakingX@placemakingx.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In coordination with @placemaking-canada.bsky.social we are pleased to share a draft report of the 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit: www.placemakingx.org/summit25

Truth and Reconciliation Day. We honour the survivors of residential schools and think of the children who never returned home, their families and communities, and everyone who carries the burden of their loss. 🧵

Canada Day 158+ Today we celebrate placemakers, placekeepers and public space advocates from coast to coast to coast. Thank you for enriching our communities and making this such a beautiful place to live. 1/2

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! There are a beautiful array of activities taking place from coast to coast to coast. Enjoy! We take this opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to advancing Reconciliation, upholding the values of #UNDRIP, & to continuing our journey of learning & action.

This morning at AKI Studios: keynotes on placemaking and peacemaking, the importance of small interventions, complete communities, and a pecha kucha of of placemaking initiatives from across the country. #GlobalPlacemakingSunmit

Welcome to Toronto to all the placemakers that are here from around the world for the Global Placemaking Summit! @placemakingx.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social