Our thoughts go out to Kathy’s family, friends and colleagues.

For more on Kathy’s legacy, please visit the Social Life Project: tinyurl.com/5d7e89tx

We were so glad that she was able to make it to Toronto for the 2nd Global Placemaking Summit this past June. It was an honour to host her again – especially as the event provided an opportunity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of PPS.

Kathy, along with Fred Kent and Steve Davies, were the founders and driving force behind Project for Public Spaces (PPS) and the Social Life Project. An environmental designer by training, Kathy helped to champion the role of public space in communities around the world.

Further resources:

TRC Calls to Action: nctr.ca/about/histor...

Indian Residential School Survivors Society - www.irsss.ca

Orange Shirt Day Society -https://orangeshirtday.org/

At Placemaking Canada, we recommit ourselves to centering reconciliation in our placemaking work, to advancing the TRC Calls to Action, and to furthering our learning from Indigenous communities from coast to coast to coast.

And for all of you thinking about the good work yet to be done -- to make this country more equitable, sustainable and inclusive... we see you! That, to us, is what #CanadaStrong is all about.

The buildings of #TheWell and their interior walkways and gathering spaces came about as the result of a collaboration between four developers. Landscaping by Claude Cormier

A variety of programming activates the spaces. Stewarded by a central management entity. #PlacemakingCanada #POPS