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Having studied architecture and landscape architecture in Toronto and Paris, Julie is passionate environmentalist and educator. She combines a keen interest in ecological restoration, and sustainable environmental design, with extensive experience in developing technical drawings, graphic maps, photorealistic renderings, collages, and hand sketching. She often teaches sketching workshops locally, which combines her love of architecture, […]

Norwin Anne is a Filipinx textile based artist / designer, (re)maker and eco-culture communicator. They studied Fashion Techniques and Design at George Brown College with a waste conscious approach and slow fashion mentality. Primarily working with secondhand materials, they started focusing on textile waste as a research study during school which evolved into learning more […]

Tisha Tan works in the Education & Training division at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. As a Community Outreach Coordinator, she develops and delivers events and programs across the City of Toronto, providing meaningful opportunities that connect people to the nature that surrounds them. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Biodiversity and a […]

Anne Purvis is a former Scientists in School presenter and board member of the Toronto Field Naturalists.  Her and her husband have been managing a conservation property in Northumberland county for 30 years and are currently involved in Pollinator Partnerships and Toronto Nature Stewards, restoring habitat in Toronto gardens and ravines. They are the parents […]

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is an artist-run centre committed to supporting diverse approaches to photographic and image-based practices through exhibitions, education programs and facilitating artistic production. Gallery 44 provides space and context for meaningful dialogue between artists and publics. Together, we offer an entry point to explore the artistic, cultural, historic, social and […]

Julie Pasila is a photo-based artist from Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada. Her practice examines the natural world through the use of analogue and experimental photographic processes that are durational in nature; many of her projects unfold over the course of several years and use repeated site visits to explore the landscape and its relationship to natural rhythms, […]

Greenest City builds healthy, inclusive neighbourhoods through education and empowerment to preserve, protect and improve the environment. We are dedicated to growing good food, sharing good food and connecting people with community and the environment.

Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti (she/her) is a gardener, author and industrial designer completing a PhD in environmental studies at York University. Her work is informed by a belief in the intrinsic value of nature and the importance of building community by sharing skills and knowledge to reclaim and rebuild the commons.