Sep 13, 6:00pm
We are SO excited to invite you to the next
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a FREE Desi-inspired night market and mela featuring local vendors, restaurants, and musicians!
Sep 14, 6:00pm
Get ready to join us for a pickle party Saturday September 14th from 6-7:30pm! Keep an eye out for more details and tickets 👀 Let’s relish this fun!
Sep 12, 5:30pm
plazaPOPS is hosting a walking tour of our sites as part of a continuing education event hosted by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, and anyone is welcome to join.
Sep 6, 6:00pm
Scarborough Landmarks is an art workshop that invites you to reflect on your not-so-glamorous daily journeys and honour the mundane, everyday landmarks that make up the places we call home. Let’s gather and rethink how we decide what a landmark is – what heritage is.
Aug 30, 6:00pm
A FREE artistic exploration-focused night featuring local artists and vendors with great music and light refreshments!
Aug 29, 6:30pm
A77 is excited to be hosting a Community Identity & Expression Mural Workshop this Thursday at Wexford Heights!
Aug 25, 1:00pm
The Green Line is partnering with plazaPOPS (for the third time!) and Temple University to host a community meal and Story Circle focused on pedestrian safety in Wexford/Maryvale!
Aug 24, 12:00pm
Discover the art of sketching en-plein-air! This workshop is FREE and open to artists of ALL skill levels (including absolute beginners)! 🎨 Basic art materials will be provided but if you have some, you are encouraged to bring your own supplies 😆✨
Aug 16, 6:00pm
“SMRTI”: Lets dive into the ocean of Indian classical dance together. Your instructor, Raga Aadi, is looking forward to some fun discussions and lots of dancing 💃
Aug 11, 4:00pm
Muslims in Public Space is hosting a sidewalk chalk activation on site. Join our workshop on Islamic geometric shapes and learn about Islamic gardens and the plants within them by Global Sustainable Foods.
Jul 27, 6:30pm
We are so excited to invite you to our first
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a FREE Desi-inspired night market and mela featuring local vendors, restaurants, and musicians!
Jul 13, 4:30pm
Join us for a 12 km ride to visit some of Scarborough’s tastiest takeout spots in Wexford Heights! Grab some takeout, have a seat, and enjoy “Wexford Blooms 2gether’, this year’s plazaPOPS installation!
Jul 9, 4:30pm
We are excited to announce a special Arabic Calligraphy Workshop hosted by LunaLight Creations in collaboration with plazaPOPS! Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking to explore the beautiful art of Arabic calligraphy.
Jun 22, 2:00pm
On June 22nd join Plaza Pops x GSF for a planting workshop for the beginning of summer!
Jun 22, 1:00pm
Scarborough has a special spot in our hearts and minds.
We’ve been planning a print and digital series focused on cartography and wayfinding. This is us mapping it out, together.
Presented with planner/professor/local-homie ajeev bhatia.
Focusing on the south west, we will end sharing a meal together.
ps. Jaana (jaa-na) means going.
Jun 15, 12:00pm
Join us for an opening day celebratory party at our hub site (2020 Lawrence Ave E) where we’ll be launching our 2024 season with a community planting day – many hands make light work and we need YOUR help greening the parking lots with native plants from Native Plants in Claremont!
Apr 18, 5:00pm
💡Have ideas on how we can make this year’s Lawrence Avenue East plazaPOPS the best ever? 🙌 Join us at our drop-in OPEN HOUSE, Thursday April 18th, 5:00 pm -8:30 pm, at Precious Blood Church (1737 Lawrence Ave E)!
Mar 28, 7:00pm
We hosted a Community Iftaar at Sahan Restaurant in Wexford Heights to break bread together, commemorate the month of Ramadan, and honour our community members, neighbours and community organizations.
Ghadir Meats
1848 Lawrence Ave E
Colony Plaza
202 Lawrence Ave E
The Wexford Residence
1860 Lawrence Ave E
Daniel Rotsztain
Executive Director, plazaPOPS
Naziha Nasrin
Program Director, plazaPOPS
Brendan Stewart
Director of Design and Research, plazaPOPS
Michael Belley
Building Up
Fiona Persaud
Wexford Heights BIA
Bryan Peart
Working Women Community Centre
Noor Khan
plazaPOPS Curator
Mehedi Khan
Muslims in Public Space
Igor Samardzic
Muslims in Public Space
Echo Railton
Lead Garden Steward
Ryan Harris
Building Volunteer
Maria Taylor
Building Volunteer
Michael Mathis
Researcher
Vanessa Marshall
Researcher
Wanda Howard
Project Manager
Jacob Pullman
Project Manager
Warren Russell
Building Volunteer
Keith Fraser
Event Planner
Victoria Chapman
Researcher
Thomas Lee
Project Manager
Warren Taylor
Public Relations
Victor Knox
Event Planner
Mary Bond
Project Manager
Benjamin Lawrence
Community Coordinator
Ryan Harris
Building Volunteer
Maria Taylor
Building Volunteer
Michael Mathis
Researcher
Vanessa Marshall
Researcher
Funders
plazaPOPS is supported by the City of Toronto, Economic Development and Culture’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative, with support from the City of Toronto’s Planning Division
Funders
The City of Toronto’s Main Street Recovery and Rebuild Initiative is funded by the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Funders
The University of Guelph is plazaPOPS’ research partner, and is pursuing a multi-disciplinary research initiative funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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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.
