2023 Yearbook

We can’t wait to see what you do with this Guelph, Saskatoon, Oshawa, Brandon, Detroit and Buffalo! 4 | 8 80 CITIES YEARBOOK 2023 | 5 We Are 8 80 Cities! We are guided by the simple but Land Acknowledgement powerful idea that if everything we 8 80 Cities acknowledges that the land on which do in our cities is great for an 8 year we are situated is the traditional territory of the old and an 80 yea. [...] To ignite action and challenge the status quo to create We are mindful of broken covenants, violations healthier, more equitable, of human and treaty rights, and affirm the United and sustainable cities for all Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people. [...] We will spark new ideas, innovate, We will expand the adoption of the 8 80 and demonstrate change to Neighbourhood Diagnostic Tool and 8 80 7 While our mission is centred on a people-first approach, we understand the accelerate action to build Cities' programs and services to enable interconnectedness of all living things, and that the health of the land, water stronger, resilient and sustainable. [...] Over the past three years The City of Toronto acquired the expertise of the volunteers study the program has elevated new voices in city building 8 80 Cities' team to conduct a series of public life locations and supported bold projects that strengthen the well-studies at the Western Beaches to uncover insights being of communities. [...] and qualitative data that will be used to inform the After three years, we have seen the program beginning to Western Beaches Public Realm Plan and make the hours of intercept take on an identity of its own, and the networks between space better for all users! public life interviews past, present and future changemakers are being made and studied collected leveraged all the time.