ResearchPOPS
Eat the Plaza
June 25, 2025
The Grind
Media
2024: Wexford Blooms 2gether
Is the ‘ugly duckling’ strip mall making a comeback?
March 24, 2025
Globe and Mail
2024: Wexford Blooms 2gether
Toronto-area strip malls are foodie havens. Here’s how this project is helping them become places for people, not just cars
November 21, 2024
Toronto Star
2024: Wexford Blooms 2gether
Toronto’s privately owned public spaces unknown to many: advocates
August 29, 2024
CBC News
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
2023: Wexford Blooms
Student corner: Reflections on participating in plazaPOPS at the University of Guelph
October 10, 2023
Ground Magazine
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
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
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
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
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
