Yes In My Back Yard Festival

Saturday, February 16, 2013, 11 am–4 pm
Toronto Reference Library
Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, 2nd Floor
789 Yonge, Toronto, Ontario

On February 16th, say “Yes In My Back Yard!”

Join us for the 6th Annual YIMBY Festival on February 16th, 2013, at the Toronto Reference Library to celebrate YIMBYism in Toronto!

Browse the Community Marketplace

Meet organizations and groups from around the city who are making Toronto better! Bring the kids along and drop them off in the supervised ArtZone!

Featuring:

• A-Way Express Courier
• Active 18
• Art Spin
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto
• Career Skills Incubator
• Centre for City Ecology
• ChocoSol
• Collaborative for an URban RENewable Toronto through Sustainability (CURRENTS)
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Design by Nature
• The Dream Team
• East Scarborough Storefront
• Ecoartworx
• Fair Fare Coalition
• Fair Vote Canada
• Forced Marriage Project of Agincourt Community Services Association
• More Than A Haircut: Macaulay Child Development Centre
• Not Far From The Tree
• Park People
• Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre
• Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT)
• Ryerson Association of Planning Students
• Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
• Scarborough Civic Action Network
• Spacing Magazine
• Swansea Area Ratepayers Association
• Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee
• Toronto Green Community
• Toronto Historical Association
• Toronto Park People
• Toronto Public Space Initiative
• Toronto Vegetarian Association
• Transition Toronto
• Wellesley Institute
• Urban Studies Student Union of University of Toronto
• York Pioneer and Historical Society
• Youth Employment Services (YES)
• and more!

YIMBY-ites and Pop-Up Dialogues

Join us in the stage area for lively discussions and presentations about YIMBYism of all types in Toronto! Schedule to be posted soon!

Join the Community Marketplace!

Your group can make a difference. Last year YIMBY! TORONTO included over 45 associations and hundreds of visitors including policymakers and politicians who came to listen to YOU. It was so successful we had to find a larger venue!

Pre-registration is required and there are only a few spots left, so apply for a spot now! The cost to register for a booth in the Community Marketplace is $25 + HST per organization.

WHAT IT BRINGS YOU:

• An opportunity to recruit new volunteers!
• A chance to tell politicians about your work and why it matters in your neighbourhood!
• Networking opportunities with community, neighbourhood and advocacy groups and associations.
• A relaxed, fun atmosphere to showcase your group.

About YIMBY! TORONTO

The YIMBY! Festival provides a social space for people and groups involved in grassroots, locally-driven community development to gather, exchange ideas and strategies to effect change, and imagine their future city. It’s a chance to celebrate achievements and identify new challenges and opportunities, in an atmosphere focused on listening, learning and engaging.

The YIMBY festival was founded by Christina Zeidler in 2006 as a result of her work with neighbourhood groups who were responding to widespread unchecked development in Toronto’s Queen West Triangle. She realized that many neighbourhood groups were unfairly labeled as NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard).

YIMBY is about promoting the role of neigbourhood groups as a positive force for change, who seek developments and projects that enhance the quality of life of the community, and bring the vitality that meets local needs.

This one-day event invites community groups from across Toronto to turn the table on politicians and policy makers, to educate them and each other about the issues that face each community. This is an opportunity for neighbours to meet neighbours, residents to meet politicians and politicians to meet community groups in the spirit of people coming together for positive change.

Find Out More

YIMBY! TORONTO is organized by the Centre for City Ecology. You can phone us at 416-583-5763 or email us at info@yimbytoronto.org.