Are you ready for climate change impacts in your city or town?
Introduction to a Key Volunteer, Anushen
Author: Anushen Selvasegar I was 16 when I first learned about a summer job from an organization called CREW. At first, I almost didn’t even care what they were about, I only just saw this as an opportunity to have something to do during the summer since I was stuck at home during the pandemic.…
TMU Students Empower St. James Town in Heat Resilience
Author: Melanie Seabrook Community Climate Resilience On the morning of March 9th , 2026, CREW volunteers, St. James Town residents, and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) students came together at the newly opened Virtu Café located at Bloor and Sherbourne. The group met to learn about local experiences with heatwaves and community climate resilience. They also…
Neighbourhood Heatwave Response Project Video
In collaboration with residents and volunteers in St. James Town, Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) and the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) undertook the Neighbourhood Heatwave Response Project to support community-led climate resilience in high-rise communities. St James Town is one of the most densely-populated neighbourhoods in Canada, with 19 high-rise rental buildings. High-rise residents can…
CREW in St James Town
CREW has been building leadership capacity and volunteer teams in this exceptionally diverse neighbourhood since 2016.
CREW brings people together in workshops, training sessions, door to door outreach, asset mapping, lobby greeting tables, community events, gardening, homework clubs, ESL classes, and more. Learn more about our most recent initiative in St James Town – the Neighbourhood Heatwave Response project.
Core Impacts
Heat & Drought
Floods & Precipitation
Catastrophic Weather
Core Adaptations
Community Actions
Are You Ready?
Food Security
Green Spaces
Social Networks
“Recovery from natural and other disasters does not depend on the overall amount of aid received nor on the amount of damage done by the disaster; instead, social capital – the bonds which tie citizens together – functions as the main engine of long term recovery.”
Daniel Aldrich, 2010
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