Some years back in Toronto when I was RE-Painting my Labyrinth in the Wading Pool in the middle of Christie Pits Park, a father of two young boys was surprised to finally meet me. He had a seven year old and a four year old. His then four year old had learned to walk by […]
The Junior School of Havergal College officially opened their Outdoor Learning PlaySpace today. And… they have a Labyrinth! Often we find connections between water and labyrinth locations, The Burke Brook Stewardship Project is no different. A three lane circle design was placed beside Burke Brook. It’s the second Labyrinth for this private all-girls school. Their […]
Construction on our Junior School Outdoor Learning PlaySpace continues! Here's the new labyrinth: pic.twitter.com/LMinvRcnOr — Havergal College (@HavergalCollege) October 18, 2013
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
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.
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.
