Posts by Camila

The recent October Studio marked 5 years of the Ontario Community Changemakers, a multi-generational microgrant and fellowship opportunity designed by 8 80 Cities and funded by Balsam Foundation.

Mapping Memory is a community art and storytelling initiative that documents and celebrates the layered histories of Ottawa’s Chinatown through visual memory mapping.

Kiana’s project documents successful community farming initiatives in Ottawa and compiles years of knowledge into a guidebook designed to help groups create their own sustainable and community-rooted collective growing programs. 

From the Ground Up is an Afro-Caribbean, cultural and environmental learning experience led by Dolly through her youth initiative, The Amani Effect.

The Ontario Adaptive MTB Riders weekend project involved planning and hosting an Adaptive mountain biking camp for new riders in May 2025.

Two White Feather’s project grew from the intention to sit with encampment residents in a way that honoured their humanity, their stories, and their struggles. Over the past year, it has become a place of refuge, resistance, and relationship-building at the 100 Vic encampment.

Hannah conceptualized her project as a nostalgic return to an enduring community ritual: parades. Building on her previous project, the MacGregor-Albert Giraffe Parade, put on by neighbours in memory of Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, Hannah wanted to continue exploring ways of bringing people together in Waterloo Park. Although she had initially planned for a single micro-parade project, Hannah decided to experiment with hosting several small ones .

QUEER BASH is Rubyyy Jones’ bold and tender response to the realities of being visibly Queer in a small rural town

Meredith’s project brought neighbours together through accessible community pop-ups that created joyful weekly gathering spaces and strengthened pride across St. Patrick’s Ward. 

Nancy Angus’s project invited people to meet in local parks and green spaces to write about their lives and share short, light-hearted stories.