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 … Continue reading TMU Students Empower St. James Town in Heat Resilience
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In this workshop, high school students developed strategies for community disaster mitigation and engaged in thoughtful reflection on the communities we all live in and share.
Local faith community buildings can be extreme weather resiliency hubs
Helping those in need is in the DNA of faith communities. Now, faith groups across the GTA and beyond are working with a broad range of community partners to prepare their places of worship in becoming extreme weather hubs.
How to mobilize 100 volunteers during a holiday ice storm
At the height of the December 2013 ice storm Lisa Levin was in charge of the north Toronto Circle of Care office, covering for staff who were on Christmas holidays. Lisa needed three things—fast: water, food and people.