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2024: Wexford Blooms 2gether

Interview with Naziha Nasrin on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning

July 26, 2024
CBC Radio

2024: Wexford Blooms 2gether

Toronto strip mall to host free night market inspired by Indian subcontinent

July 24, 2024
BlogTO

GuelphPOPS

Reimagine Food Story: plazaPOPS

November 21, 2023
10C

2023: Wexford Blooms

Student corner: Reflections on participating in plazaPOPS at the University of Guelph

October 10, 2023
Ground Magazine

2023: Wexford Blooms

Trading parking spaces for public spaces

August 17, 2023
Toronto Sun

2023: Wexford Blooms

A Toronto strip mall parking lot is being converted into an outdoor movie theatre

July 30, 2023
BlogTO

GuelphPOPS

Community gathering space and garden pops up at Shelldale Centre

July 13, 2023
Guelph Today

GuelphPOPS

Guelph to open pop-up space at Shelldale Centre

July 11, 2023
Global News

2023: Wexford Blooms

‘Good for the spirit’: Pop-up mini-paradises coming to Scarborough’s Wexford Heights as plazaPOPS returns

June 21, 2023
Scarborough Mirror

2022: ThistlePOPS

plazaPOPS Aims to Enhance Community in Suburban Landscapes

November 10, 2022
University of Guelph

2022: ThistlePOPS

Barren Toronto parking lots have been transforming into inviting pop-up parks

September 14, 2022
BlogTO

2022: ThistlePOPS

plazaPOPS looks to create a community hub in Thistletown

August 5, 2022
The Green Line

ResearchPOPS

plazaPOPS receives SSHRC and FedDev funding for new round of pilots!

June 20, 2022
University of Guelph

2019: WexPOPS

plazaPOPS Converts Unused Parking Into Lively Public Space

March 26, 2020
Pop Up City

GuelphPOPS

plazaPOPS Installation Adds a Pop of Colour to Reynolds Walk

September 30, 2019
University of Guelph

2019: WexPOPS

How turning parking spaces into tiny parks could ease Toronto’s public space shortage

August 19, 2019
Toronto Star

2019: WexPOPS

When parks pop-up, butterflies pop in

August 19, 2019
Park People

2019: WexPOPS

Measuring success in a suburban oasis: U of T students team up with neighbourhood groups to address urban challenges

August 1, 2019
University of Toronto

2019: WexPOPS

Wexford Heights BIA partners with plazaPOPS to create urban oasis

July 30, 2019
BIA Kickstarter

2019: WexPOPS

WexPOPS, a Scarborough ‘oasis,’ aims to prove what plaza spaces can be

July 10, 2019
Scarborough Mirror

2019: WexPOPS

Pop-up garden in Toronto has deep roots in Guelph

July 9, 2019
Guelph Mercury

2019: WexPOPS

8 Questions with Daniel Rotsztain and Brendan Stewart

July 9, 2019
880 Cities

2019: WexPOPS

U of G plazaPOPS Green Space Project Makes Headlines

July 7, 2019
University of Guelph

2019: WexPOPS

Interview on CBC Fresh Air

July 7, 2019
CBC Radio

2019: WexPOPS

Toronto strip malls are about to get more interesting

July 5, 2019
BlogTO

2019: WexPOPS

Reinventing Strip Malls – plazaPOPS

June 14, 2019
Novae Res Urbis

2019: WexPOPS

A new project is going to be animating Toronto’s Strip Malls

April 19, 2019
CBC Radio

2019: WexPOPS

plazaPOPS coming to Wexford Heights Plaza

April 11, 2019
Scarborough Mirror

2019: WexPOPS

More than an eyesore, Scarborough strip malls celebrate community

December 10, 2018
The Discourse

2019: WexPOPS

5 new projects receive grants to shake up underused public spaces

August 25, 2018
Toronto Star

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PlazaPOPS is funded by the City of Toronto’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative, as part of Government of Canada support through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

Research for plazaPOPS is funded through a SSHRC Partnership Development grant, in partnership with the City of Toronto and the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) in the Ontario Agricultural College.