YES IN MY BACK YARD FESTIVAL 2014
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014, 11AM–4PM
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS [UTS]
371 BLOOR STREET WEST, TORONTO, ON
There were so many great parts of the day – from the informative panel discussion and flash presentations about community development and collaborative consumption happening in the auditorium, to the chatter and excitement of people throughout the hallways and gymnasiums. It truly felt like an “ecology of local democracy” emerged at UTS for the day, as people came together with the common goal of improving the way our city functions at the local level, and saying “yes” to everything that makes it better.
Some highlights from the presentations include:
– When Annabel Vaughan spoke with Anne Gloger from the East Scarborough Storefront and Victor Willis from Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) about the changing climate of community development organizations and the expectations to produce consistent new projects.
– Lucy Gao’s insightful panel discussion with Ryan Dyment of the Toronto Tool Library, Bailey Greenspon of Share Thanksgiving, and Adil Dhalla of CSI about how Collaborative Consumption projects get started.
– During the Flash Presentations when Repair Cafe outlined the goings-on at an average night at a repair cafe, including the importance of making it accessible to all age groups.
Many thanks go out to all of the wonderful organizations and people who attended and helped make the day such a success, as well as the CCE volunteers, staff at UTS, and students from the Maximum City program who put on a great kids table that was just as fun for adults!
We are so pleased that YIMBY 2014 was such a hit! Looking forward to YIMBY 2015!
– by Margot Thomaidis
YIMBY 2014 PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
- 12:00 noon – 12:45pm: Welcome + Panel Discussion: Community Development
- with Anne Gloger of the East Scarborough Storefront
- and Victor Willis of PARC
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm: Flash Presentations by YIMBY Tablers
- 2:30pm – 3:15pm: Panel Discussion: Collaborative Consumption
- with Adil Dhalla of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)
- Ryan Dyment of the Toronto Tool Library
- and Bailey Greenspon of Share Thanksgiving
YIMBY 2014 TABLERS
- Jane’s Walk
- Career Skills Incubator
- Youth Employment Services (YES)
- The Sustenance Project
- Toronto Environmental Alliance
- Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change
- A-Way Express Courier
- Toronto Historical Society
- Swansea Area Ratepayers Association
- Toronto Tool Library
- Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee
- Toronto Park People
- Fair Vote Toronto
- Ecoartworx
- Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Toronto
- Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
- The Kitchen Library
- Evergreen CityWorks
- The Laneway Project
- Skill Tree Toronto
- Active 18
- East Scarborough Storefront
- Toronto 2050
- The Dream Team
- Shape My City
- MINT Film Festival
- Women In Toronto Politics
- Walk Toronto
- Toronto350.org
- Imagine Cities
- Ryerson Association of Planning Students
- Black Creek Community Farm
- Ryerson Association of Planning Students
- Toronto Seed Library
- Cities for People
- University of Toronto Urban Studies Students Union
- Maximum City
- Homegrown National Park Project
- City Builder Book Club
- LEAF – Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests
- Scenic Toronto
- Cabbagetown ReLEAF Tree Stewardship
- The Association for Canadian Educational Resources
- Toronto Balconies Bloom
- Repair Cafe Toronto
- Toronto Clothing Repairathon
- West End Food Co-op
- Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
- RaBIT (Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto)
- Don Watershed Regeneration Council
- StopGap Foundation
- NOJetsTO
- Parkbus
- Trashswag
- Projexity
- First Story Toronto
- Access TO
- Junction Commons
- Mainstay Housing
- North York Community Preservation Panel
- Generation Squeeze
- CREW Creating Resilience to Extreme Weather
- Toronto Undergraduate Geography Society (TUGS)
- ArtsVote Toronto
- Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust
- Toronto Time Bank
- Share Thanksgiving
- Neighbourhood Farm
- Homes First
- Community Living Toronto
- PACT grow to learn
- Toronto Feral Cat Project
Photos
Press
- Yonge St Media: YIMBY teaches Toronto to say yes (17 September 2014)
- Metro Morning: What’s On: YIMBY Festival, Culture Days and more… (26 September 2014)
- Projexity: Do the YIMBY (30 September 2014)
The YIMBY Festival happens annually.
Find out more about YIMBY Festival.