CommunityStreets-a Youth lens on the future of urban housing
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CommunityStreets at DesignTO 2025 is a panel discussion/open mic bringing together civic leaders, Youth community activists, and design and economic thinkers at OCAD University to explore a Youth lens on affordability, access, equity, and the future of housing.
49 McCaul St.
4:00-6:00pm
Faculty of Design
Event
Faculty of Design
Public
49 McCaul St.
4:00-6:00pm
Faculty of Design
Event
Faculty of Design
Public
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DesignT.O. 2025-Public Talk
CommunityStreets-a Youth lens on the future of urban housing
Toronto has 623k Youth (Toronto Youth Council, 2023) who will inherit housing that is in a state of crisis. It will continue to be so if a determined society does not address supply, affordability, scale, sustainability, and more. Responding to these challenges, Community Streets engages in the task of asking Youth ages 17–29 what they need, want, and aspire to in housing solutions and the placemaking to support it. How might this Youth-based line of inquiry lead to shifts in urban housing form, and characteristics of communities, streets and neighbourhoods required to drive and sustain it. Design and creative practice are also evocative tools for permeating all aspects of social, economic, and political life, and offer the power to shift the way our cities operate, and function. Let us listen to learn and collectively imagine the future of housing with the next generation of city dwellers.
CommunityStreets at DesignTO is a panel discussion/open mic bringing together civic leaders, community activists, and design and economic thinkers at OCAD University to explore a Youth lens on affordability, access, equity, and the future of housing.
Date: Saturday February 1, 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue: 49 McCaul Street, Open Gallery space, OCAD University. Audio/Video (live stream) & Photography will occur. Accessible venue with ASL interpreters.
Panel Discussion: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (doors open 3:30 pm) Open Mic: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm RSVP (optional): cgiraudy@ocadu.ca
Co-Hosts:
- Cheryl Giraudy Architect & Associate Professor, OCAD U, Toronto
- Saskia van Kampen Arts Practitioner & Associate Professor, San Francisco State U, California
DesignTO 2025 Event: https://designto.org/event/communitystreets/
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