BIPOC elementary students share their 3D designs for healthy communities as part of It’s My Future Toronto program
students were asked to dream up healthier Toronto communities, most were especially interested in more and better public spaces – a dream shared by many adults in the city.
Students from Chief Dan George Public School and Nelson Mandela Park Public School recently visited OCAD University to finalize their design concepts as part of The annual program, created by former OCAD University dean of design Dori Tunstall, challenges BIPOC students to come up with innovations for a better Toronto. IMFTO
is now in its fourth year, and has grown from 17 students participating in 2021 to about 100 this year.Before the workshop, students spent several sessions receiving guidance from professionals in the fields of journalism, advertising, policy and design as they tackled this year’s challenge of “designing a healthy Toronto.” Globe and Mail journalists worked with students in writing and editing workshops to help them get their ideas down on paper.
“Building something three-dimensionally, it engages all of the senses – it’s tactile,” said Kathy Moscou, interim dean of OCAD University’s faculty of design. “You can actually touch what this community looks like. You can see what this looks like.”“I built a community centre for new immigrants for learning, for socializing and fun.
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