🌊Reconnecting the City to the Lake walk by @O2design + Jane’s Walk Toronto brought people together for a multi-sensory journey.

🟣 JANE’S WALK HIGHLIGHT THEME: DIGITAL WALKS Explore Toronto at your own pace through self-guided Jane’s Walks available anytime during the festival. This year features 7 new digital walks, joining 11 digital walks from previous years. janeswalkfestivalto.com/copy… #OurStreetsOurStories

🏛️ JANE’S WALK HIGHLIGHT THEME: HISTORY & PLACES From Toronto’s earliest streets and markets to hidden neighbourhood histories, music scenes, and waterfront stories — these Jane’s Walks explore the people, places, and moments that shaped the city. #OurStreetsOurStories 🟢 Friday, May 1 🛒 Toronto’s First Market ⏰ 10:00am–11:30am 👤 City of Toronto Archives 📍 St. James Cathedral → St. Lawrence Market 🏛️ A Walk through Toronto’s Old Town ⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm 👤 Rebecca Rizzo 📍 St. James Cathedral → Toronto’s First Post Office 🌳 Sunnylea: Glimpses of the Past Hiding in Plain Sight ⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm 👤 Pamela Gough and Peggy Smith 📍 Royal York Station → Sunnylea 🏘️ Tales of Two Cities: Rosedale and St. James Town ⏰ 6:30pm–7:45pm 👤 Sophie Zhou 📍 Rosedale → St. James Town 🔴 Saturday, May 2 🏘️ Swansea’s Centennial Walk: Exploring the Community ⏰ 11:00am–1:00pm 👤 Swansea Historical Society 📍 Runnymede → Swansea Town Hall 🌲 Wychwood Park ⏰ 12:00pm–1:30pm 👤 Marilyn Spearin 📍 Wychwood Park 🥊 Heavyweight Tour of the Junction: George Chuvalo’s Early Life ⏰ 2:00pm–3:15pm 👤 Mitch Chuvalo and Neil Ross 📍 The Junction 🎶 Yonge Street’s INCREDIBLE Music and Pop Culture History ⏰ 7:00pm–8:30pm 👤 Mark Vendramini 📍 College Station → Queen Station 🟣 Sunday, May 3 🏖️ The Beaches: Toronto’s Summer Playground from Then Until Now ⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm 👤 Jennie Worden and Kaila Hunte 📍 The Beaches No registration required — just show up, walk, listen, and connect with the stories layered into Toronto’s streets, parks, neighbourhoods, and public spaces. #JanesWalkTO #OurStreetsOurStories #TorontoHistory

🚋 JANE’S WALK HIGHLIGHT: TRANSIT Transit shapes how Toronto grows, who gets connected, what gets funded, and whose communities are transformed along the way. These Jane’s Walks explore cancelled expressways, transit politics, forgotten infrastructure, street design, and the stories behind how we move through the city. #OurStreetsOurStories 🔴 Saturday, May 2 🚆 25 Stations, 25 Stories — What Does the Eglinton Crosstown Tell Us About Toronto? ⏰ 3:00pm–5:30pm 👤 Allen Lu 📍 Mount Dennis Station → Golden Mile 🚋 Memories of Glen Echo: Transit Archaeology in Toronto’s Northern Frontier ⏰ 3:00pm–4:30pm 👤 Scott Lenner 📍 Yonge Boulevard Parkette → Lawrence Station 🏛️ Politics of Transit — The Past Informing the Future ⏰ 12:00pm–1:45pm 👤 Doug Vidal-Hernández 📍 Parkdale Amphitheatre → Exhibition GO 🟣 Sunday, May 3 🛣️ Revisiting Cancelled Expressways: Walking the Route of the Spadina Expressway ⏰ 10:00am–11:00am 👤 Mark Vendramini 📍 Cedarvale → St. Clair West 🚦 Waiting for the Light ⏰ 11:00am–12:00pm 👤 Malcolm Kennedy 📍 Spadina & St. Andrews 🚉 Caledonia Dreamin’ ⏰ 10:00am–11:15am 👤 Jan Schotte 📍 Caledonia LRT Station No registration required. Just show up, walk, and explore how transit infrastructure shapes everyday life in Toronto. #JanesWalkTO #TransitTO #OurStreetsOurStories

🗣️ JANE’S WALK HIGHLIGHT THEME: ADVOCACY & POLITICS We’re highlighting community walks connected through shared themes across the festival. This series focuses on housing justice, disability advocacy, surveillance, public space, grassroots organizing, displacement, and community power across Toronto. #OurStreetsOurStories 🟢 Friday, May 1 🗣️ Our Voices — Our Place: Collage, Sound, and Story Through the Divide ⏰ 6:30pm 👤 Cheryl Case, Happie Micah Edwards 📍 Little Jamaica / Cedarvale Station Plaza 🏘️ From Charity to Community Care: The Evolution of Fred Victor ⏰ 3:00pm–4:30pm 👤 Jane Eastwood, Cary Fagan 📍 Queen & Church → Moss Park 🔴 Saturday, May 2 ♿ Raising Awareness with StopGap Foundation — One Step at a Time ⏰ 12:00pm–1:00pm 👤 Luke Anderson 📍 Kensington Market ✊ Sites of Resistance ⏰ 12:00pm–1:00pm 👤 Heather Spithoff, Bettina Harrigan, Victor Willis 📍 PARC → Parkdale 🏙️ Exploring Moss Park: A Neighbourhood in Transformation ⏰ 12:00pm 👤 Ahsen Bhatti 📍 Moss Park → Allan Gardens 🟣 Sunday, May 3 📹 The Surveillance Stroll ⏰ 1:00pm–2:00pm 👤 Jitka Bartošová, Aarushi Tripathi, Khasir Heanl 📍 Union Station → St. Andrew Station ✈️ Jets at the Island Airport? ⏰ 11:00am–12:00pm 👤 Norm Di Pasquale 📍 Queens Quay → Bathurst 🏠 There Are Homeless People Here?! ⏰ 2:30pm 👤 KL Sison 📍 New Toronto / Lakeshore Blvd No registration required — just show up, walk, listen, and connect. #OurStreetsOurStories

🎋 JANE’S WALK HIGHLIGHT THEME: ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY We’re highlighting community walks connected through shared themes across the festival. This series focuses on ecology, ravines, climate infrastructure, parks, restoration, public policy, and Toronto’s relationship with nature. #OurStreetsOurStories 🟢 Friday, May 1 🌿 Spotlight on Sustainable Development ⏰ 3:30pm–5:00pm 👤 Shayna Stott, Michelle Xuereb, Lisa Prime, Jeanne Ng 📍 Regent Park → Canary District 🌿 Our Streets & Stories at Guild Walk’s Monument Walk ⏰ 6:45pm–7:45pm 👤 John Mason 📍 Guildwood → Guild Park 🔴 Saturday, May 2 🌿 Parkdale Turrets and Towers ⏰ 9:00am–10:00am 👤 Eric A. Charron 📍 Wilson Park Rd → Parkdale 🌿 Biidaasige Park Wetland Walk with Turtle Protectors ⏰ 10:00am–11:30am 👤 Carolynne Crawley & Jenny Davis 📍 Old Fire Hall 30 🌿 Infrastructure of the Don Valley — Past, Present and Future ⏰ 10:00am–11:45am 👤 Andrew Simpson 📍 Don Mills → Don Valley 🌿 Rouge in Bloom ⏰ 10:00am–12:00pm 👤 Parks Canada guides 📍 Rouge National Urban Park 🌿 Protecting Toronto’s Environmentally Significant Areas ⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm 👤 Josh Wise & Karen Sun 📍 Taylor Creek 🌿 A Tour Through the Noise Bylaws ⏰ 11:00am–12:30pm 👤 Ingrid Buday 📍 Yorkville → Philosopher’s Walk 🌿 Jane’s Walk in The Meadoway ⏰ 1:00pm–2:30pm 👤 Eli Chin & Mary Jenkins 📍 Wexford Hydro Park 🌿 Between the New River and the Movies: Meet the Port Lands’ McCleary District ⏰ 2:30pm–4:30pm 👤 Julie Bogdanowicz + City of Toronto team 📍 Don Roadway → Commissioners St 🟣 Sunday, May 3 🌿 Habitat Histories of Toronto’s High Park ⏰ 10:00am–11:30am 👤 High Park Nature Centre Team 📍 High Park 🌿 The Making of Biidaasige Park ⏰ 10:00am–11:30am 👤 Danny Brown 📍 Biidaasige Park 🌿 Water, Industry and Restoration in the Don Valley ⏰ 10:00am–12:15pm 👤 Floyd Ruskin, John Wilson & Dr. Jennifer Bonnell 📍 Broadview → Evergreen Brick Works 🌿 Trillium Park: A Waterfront Walk with Ontario Place for All ⏰ 10:00am–11:30am 👤 Francesca 📍 Toronto Inukshuk Park No registration required — just show up, walk, listen, and connect. #OurStreetsOurStories