“Oops I Wiin” markered upon one of the arcs of the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool in Bellevue Square Park in Kensington Market . . . They won hunh? …Sure. Why not. Happy Walking! View this post on Instagram #streetart A post shared by Missy Cohen 🦊 (@foxxymissy) on Sep 23, 2012 at […]
“Today I walked down to the neighbourhood labyrinth at Christie Pits park. It’s painted on the conical wading pool, and on this day the benches were filled with Chinese elderly (joyously) shouting at each other. “I have a long relationship with this particular labyrinth, I’ve probably walked it 100 times. I used to walk down […]
“I walk along the beach last night, spot a labyrinth I had not noticed before. A man is placing stones, so I ask him about it – fixing it now, been there for months, he creates them all over the city in unexpected locales. He shares his story and his energy, that which i feel […]
Toronto & Vancouver City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public Labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian & Vancouverite.
Intended to create safe walking spaces for both play and contemplation.
Labyrinths are placed in parks, public spaces, during neighbourhood street parties or major urban festivals like Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market in Toronto or Car Free Days in Vancouver.
HiMY SYeD – Labyrinth Maker & Project Co-ordinator
Labyrinths are made on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples –
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish),
Stó:lō and
Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)
and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
Labyrinths are made in traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of
the Kwantlen,
the Katzie,
the Semiahmoo
and Tsawwassen First Nations.
Traditional: recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by the People or First Nations in parts of the country.
Ancestral: recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation.
Unceded: refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown (government) by a treaty or other agreement.
