Tales of Building Roots Across Toronto

Summer Saturdays at the Moss Park Market20230629153049

Summer Saturdays at the Moss Park Market

Building RootsJune 29, 2023

Summer Saturdays at the Moss Park MarketBy Dustin Stern, Director of Community ProgrammingSummertime for Building Roots is a special time. Starting in...

Pop Up Mock Voting Booth at the Moss Part Market20230626111608

Pop Up Mock Voting Booth at the Moss Part Market

Building RootsJune 26, 2023

Pop Up Mock Voting Booth at the Moss Part Marketby Crystal Melin Basi, Director of Community EngagementOver the past few Saturdays we’ve set up a Pop ...

Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto!20230427114951

Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto!

Building RootsApril 27, 2023

Announcing New Partnership with FoodShare Toronto! Starting May 6, 2023, Building Roots will be partnering with FoodShare Toronto as the main supplier...

Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict20230426101327

Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict

Building RootsApril 26, 2023

Our PWYC Market is a place of joy, sharing, friendship, and sometimes– conflict By Amy Rumbolt, Manager, Food Programs & Social Responsibility Whe...

Everyone Has a Story Worth Telling: A Recap of the Opera Makers Collaboration with Regent Park’s Youth Enrichment Academy (YEA!) and the Canadian Opera Company20230328125457

Everyone Has a Story Worth Telling: A Recap of the Opera Makers Collaboration with Regent Park’s Youth Enrichment Academy (YEA!) and the Canadian Opera Company

Building RootsMarch 28, 2023

Everyone Has a Story Worth Telling: A Recap of the Opera Makers Collaboration with Regent Park’s Youth Enrichment Academy (YEA!) and the Canadian Oper...

Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market20230302081802

Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market

Building RootsMarch 2, 2023

Volunteers from the V Hongkongers Group at the Moss Park Market On a cold winter Saturday in late February, the Moss Park Market was bustling with man...

Ackee & Saltfish: The Jamaican dish that went where others feared20230201100033

Ackee & Saltfish: The Jamaican dish that went where others feared

Building RootsFebruary 1, 2023

If food tells the story of a culture, then the choice of ackee and saltfish as Jamaica’s national dish should speak volumes to the bravado, showiness ...

Community caring in Toronto’s east end20230127141944

Community caring in Toronto’s east end

Dustin SternJanuary 27, 2023

I was walking eastward on Dundas East near Parliament Street. A friendly man walking alongside me began making conversation. It came up that we both p...

Students bring hope for the future20230117091207