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Jane-Finch tour guides posing with neighbourhood volunteers who cooked up a banquet for all 80 walkers!

In each Jane’s Walk city or town an expanding web of groups and individuals comes together to program, promote and support the neighbourhood walks. This constituency is raising urban literacy, promoting walkability and increasing social connectedness between people and neighbourhoods. Here’s a list of some of the groups that have collaborated with Jane’s Walks over the years:

Toronto: Lost Rivers, East Toronto Climate Action Group, Conservation Council of Ontario, ROMwalkers, The Carleton Village Residents Association, Green Here, York Quay Neighbourhood Association, Mustard Seed Housing for Homeless Women, Bain Coop, Spacing Magazine, Centre for Social Innovation, East Scarborough Storefront, Residents Rising, Flemingdon Neighbourhood Services, Friends of Fort York, Think Tank Toronto, 54 East Studio, Dorset Park ANC, Malvern ANC, Crescent Town ANC, Mount Dennis ANC, Jane Finch ANC, Victoria Village ANC, Bathurst-Finch ANC, LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests), The Stop Community Food Centre, Green Arts Barns, Humber Heritage Committee, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, The Missing History Plaque Project, Grange Park Preservation Group, The Grange Historical Society, Lawrence Heights, Gerrard-India Bazaar Business Improvement Area, Heritage Toronto Walks, Moore Park Residents’ Association, Mount Dennis Walking Club, Active 18 Community Association, Regent Park Neighbourhood Initiative, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Ontario Walks, Toronto Field Naturalists, St. Clair West Village Residents, St.Clair West Revitalization Committee, The Stop – Jane Finch, The United Way, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, Working Women Community Centre, Citywalks, West Don Lands Committee, Waterfront Toronto, Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, City of Toronto Cultural Affairs, University of Toronto, Spacing Magazine, CBC Radio One, CBC Television, Toronto Star, Toronto Community Garden Network, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, Toronto District School Board, Mammalian Diving Reflex, ERA Architects, Friends of Christie Pits, Friends of Dufferin Grove Park, Sistering, Iranian Women’s Organization.

Ottawa: Imagine Ottawa, City Repair Ottawa, Heritage Ottawa, Ecology Ottawa, CBC Radio One

Winnipeg: The Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba, Resource Conservation Manitoba, The Winnipeg History Society, Manitoba Recreational Trails Association, The Active and Safe Routes to School Program, The Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Manitoba, Prairie Pathfinders

Calgary: Alberta TrailNet, Calgary Community Foundation, Recreation & Sport Division of Alberta Tourism, City of Calgary Parks Dept, Calgary United Way,

Vancouver: Think City, Dream Vancouver, Urban Solutions Institute, The Endswell Foundation

Guelph: Guelph Civic League, Wellington Water Watchers, Howitt Park Neighbourhood Group, Old University Residents Association, Guelph and District Labour Council, Neighbourhood Support Coalition, Residents for Sustainable Development, Guelph Environment Network, The Guelph Arts Council

“...that the sight of people attracts still other people, is something that city planners and city architectural designers seem to find incomprehensible. They operate on the premise that city people seek the sight of emptiness, obvious order and quiet. Nothing could be less true. The presences of great numbers of people gathered together in cities should not only be frankly accepted as a physical fact… they should also be enjoyed as an asset and their presence celebrated…”
- Jane Jacobs, ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities