Jane Jacobs reminded us that presence matters. ✨
The simple act of walking, participating, and connecting with neighbours is what shapes thriving communities.
Trust and Community take time. 🌿
#CommunityTrust #PublicSpaces #JaneJacobs #JanesWalkFestival #SafeNeighborhoods
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Thank you, Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, for featuring a Jane’s Walk story! Words by Wesley Reibeling 🙌
🔗https://www.oala.ca/ground-published-issues
06.11.2025 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
These quotes from our walk leaders, gathered by our 2025 Festival Organizers, capture the heart of what Jane’s Walk is all about: stories, connection, and community.
💬 Got a memory that’s stayed with you? Share it with us! Submissions open until Nov 30.Using this link: form.typeform.com/to/C52ZILep
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Share Your Jane’s Walk Story with us! We’re writing a book about Jane’s Walk, and we’d love for you to be part of it. 💛
👉 Submit your story by November 30, 2025: form.typeform.com/to/C52ZILep
Or email/voice record to: contact@janeswalk.net
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Each year in the first week of May, we honour her legacy not with statues — but with walking conversations, shared stories, and street-level connection. 👣💬
Walking With Us.
#JaneJacobs #PublicSpace #Urbanism
04.05.2025 14:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📌 Tips for walkers:
Be respectful, dress for the weather, wear comfy shoes, and don’t walk on private property. No RSVP needed — just show up and walk.
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🚲 Bike Share Toronto is offering $3 off a Day Pass with code JANESWALK (May 2–5), thanks to a partnership with Tangerine. Ride to a walk — or just explore like Jane would’ve.
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Walks kick-off today! 🚶🏽♀️🚶🏿🚶🏼♂️
With 150+ walks across the city, this is the biggest Jane’s Walk in Toronto’s history — and you're part of it.
From stories of hidden histories to bold ideas for the future, these community-led walking conversations bring people together!
02.05.2025 17:00 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Café Wim was one of my favourite places when I first moved to Ottawa, so I was delighted to find references in works by Colin McAdam and Andre Alexis. Join me next weekend @janeswalk.bsky.social #Ottawa to find out more #WriteOttwa
26.04.2025 20:49 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I'll be co-leading a #BikeTO @janeswalk.bsky.social in Etobicoke this Saturday morning.
Come to the suburbs and learn about cycling & pedestrian infrastructure design, traffic signals, accessibility, equity & more
Bring questions.
We will have stickers.
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/saturday-may...
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Full walk list for this weekend is here! www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
There’s one in beautiful Trillium Park on Saturday morning 🍃
01.05.2025 01:05 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
#WorthTheFollow ❤️ @kayehm.bsky.social
@janeswalk.bsky.social by #BikeTO and #WalkTO
01.05.2025 12:09 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're excited to be part of Jane's Walk Toronto 2025!
Saturday, May 3rd, 2 pm to 4 pm
Start Location: Don Mills & Eglinton, SW corner
More info on Eventbrite:
eventbrite.ca/e/save-ontar...
Original artwork by @janeswalk.bsky.social
02.05.2025 15:12 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A map of Toronto with multiple JanesWalkTO sessions across the City
Meet Toronto's new island: Ookwemin
Minising (formerly
Villiers)
Meet on the new Cherry Street bridge across the Keating Channel (just south of Lake Shore Boulevard). Join us from 2:30pm onwards to enjoy music by Mosquito Bar.
City of Toronto staff: Parks & Recreation - Danny Brown; City Planning - Sonja Vangjeli / Julie Bogdanowicz (Urban Design); Fred Martin (Waterfront Secretariat and the Indigenous Affairs Office); and David Stonehouse (Waterfront Secretariat). Waterfront Toronto staff: Shannon Baker
Walk End:
Join us for more music followed by social gathering and wrap-up at the Keating Channel Pub.
Looking forward to @jbwicz.bsky.social’s @janeswalk.bsky.social session on May 3rd
Meet Toronto’s new island: Ookwemin Minising (formerly Villiers)
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/saturday-may...
24.04.2025 10:39 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
We're excited to be part of Jane's Walk Toronto 2025!
Saturday, May 3rd, 2 pm to 4 pm
Start Location: Don Mills & Eglinton, SW corner
More info on Eventbrite:
eventbrite.ca/e/save-ontar...
Original artwork by @janeswalk.bsky.social team
25.04.2025 15:09 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
First panel discussion started today at 3:00pm — online linked emailed!
#JanesWalkTO #Toronto2025 #WalkWithUs #CityForPeople
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🎤 Panel Discussions — April 26/27
🎬 Citizen Jane Screening (plus bingo!) — April 28
🥳 Launch Party at STACKT Market — April 30
👣 Walks across Toronto — May 2 to 4
🗺️ Free, local, and made for everyone.
💡 Explore your city. Meet your neighbours.
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🚶♀️✨ This is your official Jane’s Walk Toronto 2025 Festival Schedule!
From panels and film screenings to over 140+ community walks — this city is moving, and we’re inviting you to walk with us. 📍April 26 – May 4, 2025
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#WalkWithUs as we explore the questions shaping public life today.
🚧 Disrupting Public Space — a live podcast recording featuring voices across planning, design, and activism.
We’re talking access, grief, belonging—and how public spaces are shaped, contested, and reclaimed.
12.04.2025 15:53 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Go deep, not wide — focus on one strong story or theme.
🎨 Walks can be anything: podcast, bike ride, convo, playlist!
📸 Capture photos & stories — your walk lives on.
😬 Stage fright? Try a self-guided format.
💬 Got questions? We’re here to help.
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👟 Here are some tips!
🎤 You don’t need to be an expert — your lived experience counts.
📚 Be inspired by Jane Jacobs + local changemakers.
♿ Prioritize accessibility — avoid stairs & loud areas
🚦 In car-heavy areas? Plan safe crossings or try a 🚲 or 🚌 walk.
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🚨 Walk Submissions Extended!
📅 New Deadline: April 24
Got a story, idea, or route you love? Now’s your chance to lead a walk at #JanesWalkTO — May 2–4!
📝 All walks are free, community-led, and open to all.
👉 Submit here: www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/submit-a-walk
@janeswalk #WalkWithUs
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We’re screening Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — a gripping doc on Jane Jacobs’ fight to save NYC from top-down planning disasters. Watch the film, stay for the Election Night vibes. 🏙️⚡
👟 Hosted by Innis Urban Studies
🎥 In partnership with CDN Film Forum
🙏 Thanks to Prof. David Roberts
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🎬 Election Night Jam + Citizen Jane Screening!
Kick off Jane’s Walk Festival Toronto 2025 with a film night on civic spirit, public life, and people-powered cities.
🗓️ Mon, Apr 28 | 🕖 7PM
📍 Innis Town Hall, U of T
🎟️ Free!
🔗 RSVP: janeswalkfestivaltoronto.com/events
14.04.2025 13:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Alexandra Lambropoulos & Sami Ferwati. of Untitled Planning
Their podcast dives into how identity and spatial justice shape more thoughtful cities.
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Venha participar do Jane's Walk em BH que vai acontecer dia 26/10 e percorrer o córrego dos Pintos, entre os bairros Gutierrez e Prado, trazendo a tona esse rio esquecido com suas histórias desde a construção de Belo Horizonte.
May 3-4 2025.
Jane's Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by the late urbanist Jane Jacobs
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