Before we launch into this report, we first want to begin by acknowledging the lands and waters, which connect us and make our work possible. The lands upon which Evergreen operates, and the built communities and cities across the country, are the traditional territories, homelands and nunangat of the respective First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit who are the long-time stewards of these lands.
These are occupied lands and subject to inherent rights, covenants, treaties and self-government agreements to peaceably share and care for the lands and resources across Turtle Island. These regions are still home to diverse Indigenous peoples and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these lands.
The Evergreen Brick Works site is built on occupied Indigenous territory – the traditional homelands of the Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Haudenosaunee, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. The territory is governed by Treaty 13 and is subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek Confederacies and allies to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
2023 was a year of regeneration at Evergreen. We engaged with partners and audiences, focused our strategy, and refined our value proposition. We rebranded to better represent our impact and values as an organization. In many ways this year was a return to our roots, and we’ve emerged with a renewed belief in, and commitment to, the importance of better public spaces in cities, for the health of people and the planet. Thank you for being part of this work which has never mattered more.
In our cities today, we’re disconnected from what matters most: each other, our communities, and nature. Neighbours miss each other in the day-to-day, children play on screens more than they explore the outdoors, and once vibrant communities are reduced to networks of strangers — increasingly distrustful and polarized.
We often think of cities as concrete jungles, defined by streets, skyscrapers and subways rather than centres for social life, resilience and economy. Places where people and life disappear in the crowd. Despite 80% of Canadians living in cities, we are lonelier than we’ve ever been. As cities continue to grow, we have an opportunity to shape our cities of the future, a different future. We are at a pivotal moment, and this is precisely the time to imagine our potential. What if we built cities for the health of people and the planet first?
Infrastructure shapes the context for our lives. The places we create shape how we live, how we move and who gets to participate. Public spaces remain in the background, undervalued and underinvested, but their impacts are outsized and the evidence is clear. At Evergreen, we know that public places are boundless in their potential to reconnect us to what matters most. They can be the antidote to many of our most pressing challenges: climate, health and wellbeing, equity and belonging, and economy. And they can bring us together, strengthen our social connections and resilience and trust, and contribute to the conditions for resilience and change.
In the pages of this year’s Annual Report, I hope you will see that change. A more focused organization, public spaces that work harder for more people, enhanced participation and partnerships across sectors and community, and a palpable momentum. I hope you will be challenged and also share in hope and joy that were highlights of 2023. From engagement with partners and community in project planning, place -based activations and events, to nature-based exploration and education for youth, to the development of AI mapping tools to help communities across the country to enable better land use decisions for climate resilience, we’ve been hard at work bringing people together and shaping better places.
With the support of people like you, private and corporate investors and leaders, government, and many amazing community partners and volunteers the team at Evergreen embraced 2023 with a focus to build cities that are bursting with life. Together we are taking action to empower communities, reconnect children to nature and improve community health and wellbeing and prepare our cities for a changing climate.
The seeds of a healthier tomorrow have been planted. Thank you for helping us nurture them to grow.
I am honoured to be succeeding Helen Burstyn as Chair of Evergreen’s Board of Directors. We are all extremely grateful for her wise, loyal and dedicated support to Evergreen over the past decade. I hope to build on her legacy and am excited to be of service to Evergreen as we work to fill our cities with places of joy and connection.
Evergreen’s efforts in 2023 have strengthened our organization and our focus for greater impact. In this vein, I am particularly inspired by the work of our Climate Ready Schools program and the school grounds Evergreen has helped green across the country. At a time when kids are increasingly disconnected from the play and wonder of childhood in favour of their devices, and when our changing climatic conditions are adversely affecting their opportunity to play and learn outside, this feels urgent. Our focus on schools continues, and this year we have been actively nurturing relationships with school boards and funders to bring these extraordinary school ground transformations to more communities in Canada.
I’m also encouraged by the planning work unfolding in Toronto’s ravines, which we are deeply engaged with. The ambition to bring more nature into Canada’s biggest city, to provide better access to nature to more communities and to set an example for greener cities of the future is bold, rare and exciting.
I am very inspired by the team inside the organization as well as those partners, investors and volunteers who keep showing up to support us and contribute to making cities better, through better public space. I am proud to work alongside people who are committed to improving our lives, bringing new and old thinking to the problems we face and putting smiles on many faces every day. I hope these pages that follow bring a deeper understanding of our work and inspire you to connect with us, or at the very least spark a new idea from which we might all benefit. I look forward to working with you and Evergreen on better public places.
At Evergreen, we are dedicated to transforming public spaces to build a healthier future for people and our planet, but we can’t do this alone. Here’s a look back at 2023:
Our work can often start small and then increase in impact as it reaches and inspires others.
In 2023, we developed a circular waste strategy onsite at Evergreen Brick Works. In November, we introduced a reusable dishware program at the indoor farmers market and we have diverted over 6,000 single-use items from landfill!
High school students from the Native Learning Centre came and cared for the Gitigaan Garden at the Brick Works. They planted, tended, and harvested food that was used by Elders to cook a community meal.
Last year, our Housing Supply Challenge Support Program hosted a session at the Evergreen Conference for 135 participants (both in-person and online). This was an opportunity to explore several housing projects across the country, and how they demonstrate the vital role that intentional social infrastructure plays in healthy and vibrant living communities.
Evergreen’s Institute of Public Art and Sustainability was proud to showcase Jawa El Khash’s work, Nature’s Algorithm. Through four digitally generated holograms placed around the historic brick presses of the Brick Works, visitors were able to catch glimpses of the plants and animals native to the land on which they stood, bringing both a message of hope and a call to action for future conservation efforts.
Public spaces connect us to what matters most. Last year, we offered an exciting range of programming to improve health and community wellbeing and created vibrant, green places for healthier people.
CONNECTING NEIGHBOURHOODS TO NATURE THROUGH TORONTO’S RAVINE SYSTEM
Toronto’s intricate ravine system is one of the largest in the world, and among the city’s most cherished greenspaces. Evergreen’s connection to the ravines runs deep, from tree planting in the Don Valley in our early days as an organization, to our ongoing collaboration on the Loop Trail project.
In 2023, Evergreen hosted 11 ravine activations across the city. Activities ranged from community walks in Thorncliffe Park, Warden Woods Ravine, and G Ross Lord Park to bike rides in South Parkdale, Black Creek, Regent Park and Evergreen Brick Works. Partnership and collaboration were key to the success of these activations. Evergreen worked closely with the City of Toronto, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), Park People and many other community-based groups and local leaders to engage over 430 individuals. Building on the love that Toronto residents have for the ravines, we worked together with partners to ensure that the ravines remain robust, accessible and blooming with activity for years to come.
This year, Evergreen hosted our first ever Good Mourning Festival, a two-day, culturally rich event, that saw over 10,000 community members celebrate and reclaim death as a special part of life. Visitors were invited to explore the topics of grief and mourning through a wide variety of workshops, food, art installations, reflective walks and more.
A group of artists, including Philitimo Life, Space for Grief, Mexican Folk Ballet, Creato and Mammalian Diving Reflex, helped create space through stunning visual, musical and dance offerings. Visitors explored a variety of interactive installations where they wove thoughts into a living tapestry, took leaves (poems) from trees that resonated with them, participated in one-on-one walking performances, engaged with digital storytelling installations and moved their feet to the music and dance in the main pavilions.
ACCESSIBLE CEREMONY SPACE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
We are excited to share that during the Good Mourning Festival the Ode’imniwiigamig or Strawberry Heart Lodge was constructed on the west site of Evergreen Brick Works. This ceremonial Wiigwaam was built by Dr. Hopi Martin in collaboration with the City of Toronto, with the help of Indigenous community members and many Evergreen staff.
The first few months of operation have been monumental for the community. Not only are there weekly ceremonies taking place, but the Heart Lodge is the only Wiigwaam in the city that is on the subway line, making it much more accessible to urban Indigenous individuals.
I attended the Good Mourning Festival at Evergreen Brick Works, an event that centres grief and celebration in public space. I walked around the trails, got delicious food from the vendors, and enjoyed exploring the festival activations. I was struck by an installation about loss and grief where poems were hanging from tree branches. It was amazing to see people — including children — taking pieces of poetry from the trees and putting them back to share with others.
This festival is funded by the City of Toronto’s Cultural Festival Funding Program. I’m proud to see our city supporting work that brings people together in public space for moments of deep connection.
Evergreen is taking what we’ve learned through decades of placemaking in Toronto and expanded that impact across the country. Through the innovative work of our national programs, Evergreen is investing in a healthier and stronger future.
MAKING THE CASE FOR PLACE
Alongside our partners, we relaunched the Evergreen Conference in 2023. This national conference brought industries, cultures and regions together to examine the potential of public space to address social, ecological and economic challenges. This year, we hosted:
From Zita Cobb’s keynote speech on placemaking to sessions on Climate Ready Schools, to transformative action for cities of the future, to Indigenous led programming events onsite, the day was a bustling success.
A DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL EMPOWERING CITIES TO TAKE CLIMATE ACTION
2023 was a big year, as three major Canadian cities used our tool to help build and inform their climate mitigation planning.
We also had the opportunity to feature our technology at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain and Pritzker Forum on Global Cities in Chicago, USA.
MOBILIZING COMMUNITY BUILDERS FOR GREATER RESILIENCY
In 2023, Evergreen helped build municipal and community capacity across the country through events, resource-sharing and skill-building programs. This included:
Nature is vital to our health and wellbeing. In 2023, we introduced two new programs to help kids better understand the effects of climate change and to deepen their connections to the natural world.
In 2023, our Visiting Schools Program launched new content aimed at teaching young people how to approach the climate crisis with action-oriented solutions and to overcome their eco-anxieties.
Students learned about resilient landscapes, green technologies and local climate action strategies. This new content reached 900+ students from 19 different schools across Ontario, delivering programming in both English and French. 100% of surveyed educators said the program equipped them with new ideas and insights for teaching climate resilience.
In our 2022 Annual Report, we shared how we launched our first Climate Ready School pilot at Irma Coulson Public School in Milton. A year later, we went back to hear from the kids who have been enjoying it.
In partnership with Kapapamahchakwew – Wandering Spirit School, Evergreen helped facilitate several Drum Feast events in 2023. These celebrations gave students the opportunity to enjoy land-based programs in the heart of Toronto’s ravine system while learning about Indigenous cultural traditions.
Events and ceremonies were co-developed by staff and Elders from Wandering Spirit School in collaboration with Evergreen’s land stewards and experienced outdoor educators. Through educational activities, a ceremonial meal and the traditional practices of drumming and storytelling, students were able to celebrate alongside teachers and Elders in a truly unique setting.
The Evergreen kitchen was filled with laughter, and the sound of the big drum echoed through the valley. The power of food and community was reflected in the many hands that created the meal of smoked moose stew, sweet water Bannock, and strawberry drink. Feeding the community and feasting with the drums while surrounded by nature allows all our relations to be a part of the celebration in a good way.
At Evergreen, we’re dedicated to creating public places that serve the community. We can’t do this alone. Working alongside communities and volunteers helps ensure that every place is meeting real needs and striving towards equity.
As a land steward, Evergreen believes deeply in our responsibility in creating access to, caring for and centering land in decision making. Working from the advice and past recommendations of Indigenous community leaders and partners, Evergreen’s focus in 2023 was on on laying the foundations for more intentional reconciliation. We worked internally to assess the state of Evergreen’s existing relationships with Indigenous peoples and identify barriers and challenges to righting those relations. In 2024, we will continue this work, aiming to translate all recommendations and results into an Evergreen Reconciliation Action Plan.
Further, in response to recommendations from the community, we launched a city-wide consultation process to learn directly from Indigenous communities as to how we can better welcome and support folks at the Evergreen Brick Works site. This process will directly shape exciting plans in the works for a new Ravine Centre and hub for Indigenous programming on site, in what’s known as Building 1.
In 2023, the new Community Spotlight Series supported 23 different partners with over 30 different programs and activities on site at Evergreen Brick Works. Thanks to the support of our partners, we were able to provide artists with a platform for their work while simultaneously animating our site with a wider range of community-centred programs and activities with fewer barriers to attend.
The Community Spotlight Series helped grow our community. Visitors participated in programs and events including: a variety of theatrical and musical performances; story telling events; sound baths; bolly yoga; sustainable and nature-based art programs; community mural and art projects; film screenings; and an intergenerational dance party!
We couldn’t do what we do without of our amazing volunteers. Your role is integral to helping to make our purpose and promise possible. In 2023, we were able to run five new programs and events (like Noodle Fest, Tomato Festivities at the Farmers Market and the Good Mourning Festival) thanks to the added capacity offered by our volunteers. Volunteers helped plant 50+ native species on site, guided 84 public tours and welcomed 12,000+ visitors to the Children’s Garden.
Garden Circle is such wonderful evidence of how volunteers embrace the Brick Works as their own backyard. So many volunteers came out to help us over the course of the season, braving rain, heat, and cold in order to support our greenspaces. From trash pickups to invasive plant removal to planting, we could not steward this site without the support of our amazing volunteer community.
THANK YOU FOR A YEAR OF BUILDING CONNECTIONS TO NATURE AND EACH OTHER THROUGH BETTER PUBLIC SPACES.
Now more than ever, people are disconnected from each other, their communities and nature. In 2023 we refined our focus to the importance of public places, like Evergreen Brick Works, to connect us to what matters most. Public spaces shape the way we live and help our communities thrive. They encourage us to take a moment and connect to the world around us through conversation, art, food and exploration.
Thanks to the help of our funders, volunteers, and partners, we have been able to continue the momentum needed to prioritize our public spaces to create cities bursting with life!
With your generous support we can continue to transform public spaces for the health of people and the planet, ensuring a healthier future for all.
THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED GROUP OF CHIEF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS — OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
We are excited to announce the arrival of five new board members, Robert Lawrie, Chris Crowell, Steve Mennill, Akif Unal and Cindy Bush. We are also grateful for the years of service given by board members Helen Burstyn, Jamison Steeve, Renee Gomes and Abhijeet Rege, all of whose terms ended in 2023.
Helen Burstyn*
Former Board Chair
Andy Chisholm
Board Chair
Andrea DelZotto
Vice Chair and Chair of the Program and Capital Development Committee
Upton Jeans
Treasurer and Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Cindy Bush
Chris Crowell
Hibaq Gelle
Renée Gomes
Former Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
Carole-Ann Hamilton
Robert Lawrie
Steve Mennill
Tom Milroy
Shabin Mohamed
Abhijeet Rege
Jamison Steeve*
Former Secretary and Chair, Program & Capital Development Committee
Tracey Sobers
Secretary and Chair of the Governance and HR Committee
Akif Unal
*Denotes Director whose term ended in December 2023.
Evergreen’s work locally and nationally is generously supported by public and private donors and our volunteers. We are proud to acknowledge the following individuals, organizations, foundations and partners who contributed from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
* Denotes 5+ years & **denotes 10+ years supporting Evergreen
Abby Litchfield
Abhijeet Rege
Adele Goldberg
Airlie Foundation*
Akif Unal
Alec Ware**
Alexandra Service
Alicia Thurston Photography
Alisa Posesorsk**
Alison Addeman
Alyssa & Jonathan Ages
Amalia Kyriacou
Amanda & John Sherrington
Amanda Escott
Amanda Yazdani
Andrea & Michael Barrack
Andrea Hemmerich
Andrew & Valerie Pringle**
Angela Bradley
Anita Richardson
Anna Deak
Anne & John Brace**
Annette Verschuren*
Arienne Frontin
Arthur Condliffe
Arush Kuthiala
Ates Eraktan
Audreena Fuller
Audrey Dépault
Audrey Mallis
Bank of America*
Bank of Montreal**
Barbara Harrison
Barbara Johnston & James Cowan
Barbara Newman
Barbara Waltman
Barbara Williams**
Barbora Malhotra
BarChef
Beam-Suntory
Beanfield
Ben Bartosik
Betty Khaodhiar
Bev & Chris Cape**
Blair Pierce
Blake & Linda McIntyre**
Blakes
Bob & Joan Wright**
Bonnie Adams
Brad Percival**
Bradley Allgood *
Brenda Gallie
Brent McCurdy
Brettler/Mintz Foundation
Brickworks Ciderhouse**
Bridget Hough
Brooke Hunter & Andrew Spence*
Brown-Forman
Bruce MacLellan & Karen Girling**
Bullfrog Power Inc.**
Cam Collyer & Lauren Baker**
Cameron Charlebois**
Canada Council for the Arts*
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation**
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities
Candace Arts
Candace Notman
Carl Baar**
Carly Kassay
Carol Coiffe & Bev Kent*
Carol E Roup
Carole McKiee**
Carole Milon
Caroline & Robert Duncanson
Caroline Kilgour
Carolyn & David Martindale
Carrie Yakimovich
Cassaundra Balachandran
Catherine & Mark Graham*
Catherine Martin
Catherine Rand**
Cezan Duong
Chairman Mills
Cheryl Carr**
Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation**
Chloe Tejada
Chris Pressey
Chrissie Bushey
Christina Piovesan
Christine Haselmayer**
Christopher Albertyn
Cindy Bush
Cindy Peer
City of Toronto**
Claire Horsnell
Claudio David
Clayton Gyotoku Fund at Toronto Foundation**
Clint Macdonald*
Clorox Company of Canada Ltd.**
Colin Copas
Colio Estate Wines
Colleen Pollreis
Collombin Family Fund at Toronto Foundation*
Connie Locke
Connie Staffieri
CONTACT Photography Festival
Cynthea Penman
Daniel Rainham
Danielle Bleackley
Daria Sukhareva*
Darlene Dzendoletas
David Berger
David Chen & Ada Mok
David Cox*
David Ingram
David Snow
David Stonehouse & Melanie Hare**
Deb Wightman
Debbie Anderson**
Debbie Gray
Debbie Ivison**
Deborah & David Beatty**
Derek Lee
Destination Toronto
DGS Staffing
Diane Cordell
Dianne Saxe**
District School Board Ontario North East
Divine Furniture Rentals
Do Yeon Lee
Dominique Rioux
Don & Sandra Caunter
Don Lee
Donna Henrikson**
Donna Williams*
Dorothea Godt**
Douglas Reid**
Duncan & Claudia Wood**
Duncan Jackman**
Duygu Ozaslan
Echo Foundation**
Elaine Kam
Eleni Gilligan
Elisabeth Samson
Elizabeth Clarke*
Elsa Lam
Emily Reddon
Emma Thomson
Emma-Cole McCubbin
Emmeline Topp
Enbridge Inc.**
Epiq
Eric Campbell
Eric Zhang
Erica Ip
Erika Epprecht
Erin Blake
Eva Athanasiu
Evander Dewar
Fasharah Fearon
Felicia Hsu
Finley Thomson
Foresters Financial
Fran Stevenson
Frank Chown
Frank Sakalinis
Fuller Landau Giving Foundation
Future Skills Centre
Gabriel Wong*
Gail O’Donnell**
Gareth Simpson
Gary Topp
Gene Simon
Geoff Taylor
Geoffrey Gibson
Gerry Collyer**
Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund
Gord Fynes
Gordon & Lucia Vala-Webb*
Gore Mutual Foundation
Government of Canada**
Greta Podleski
Hamida Louaf
Hanna Lee
Hannah Pattison
Heather McMichael*
Heather Stewart
Helen Burstyn**
Helen Ollerenshaw**
Henk, Gerdy, Bernold, Marijn & Hedwig van Putten
Herman Gill
Hibaq Gelle
Holly Nadeau
Howard & Diane Taylor Fund at the Toronto Foundation**
Hugh Furneaux & Penny Fine
Hughes Family
Ian Hammond
IKEA Canada
Invasive Species Centre
Isaac Ip
Ivey Business School at Western University
J.P. Bickell Foundation**
Jack & Evangeline Heynen**
Jaime Watt & Paul Ferguson**
James Baskin
James Cheryk & Rick Ius
James Malin
James McGregor**
Jan Goodwin
Jan Kraus
Jan Ruby & Mary Thomson**
Jan Zurowski
Jane Dargie
Jane Dewar
Jane Li
Janet Hudgins
Jani Yates Stapleton & Mark Stapleton
Janice Shearer
Jarrod Crawford
Jason Wodlinger
Jay Aber**
Jean O’Grady**
Jeff Hanemaayer
Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Smyth**
Jenn Smith & Gordon Chong
Jennifer & Ken Tanenbaum**
Jennifer Angel
Jennifer Ma
Jennifer Vuong
Jennifer Warren
Jesse Rudy
Jessica McCabe*
Jill Eisen*
Jim Atwater
Joan & John Champ **
JoAnne Bentley
Joanne Howells**
Jodi Block
Joe Ribbons
Joel Chung*
Joel Ross*
John Gillies & Anne-Marie Prendiville**
John Gleghorn*
John Moore
John Stevenson
Jonathan Rogers*
Jordan Erasmus
Jordon Froese*
Josie Harold
Joy Waldie*
Joyce & Alec Monro**
Joyce Chau
Joyce Kim
Judith Ann Smith*
Judith Brown
Julia Matthews**
Julia Santoro
June Au*
Karen Dunne-Carter
Karen Vuong
Katalin Szeles
Kate Keating
Katherine & Peter Seybold
Katherine Bebie
Katherine O’Brien*
Katherine Pendrill
Kathleen Butler
Kathleen Buzek*
Kathryn Cuddy**
Kathryn Webb
Kathy Williams
Keenan John Mosdell
Kelly Ko
Kelly L. Moffatt**
Ken Gilmour
Kerri McCracken
Kim Achoy
Kim Buitenhuis**
Kit Shan Lee
Klim Khomenko
Kristin Olson
Kwan S Chan
L. Ghione
Langar Foundation**
Larisa Lensink
Laura Mills
Laura Twigge
Lauren Cappell & Jason Soloway
Laurie Robinson**
LeaAnne & Pete Ross**
Leona Vuong
Leslie Howsam
Leslie Scanlon*
Less Mess**
Lianne Bach
Liliana Patino
Linda Doran
Linda Peck
Lindsay Walker
Lindsey Hilliard
Lisa Balfour Bowen**
Lisa Bennett
Liz Seif
Liz Tory**
Lois Lindsay**
Lorna Lan
Louis Nguyen
Louise Moritsugu**
Lucy Wong
Luis Ayala
Luisa Lok
Lynne & Simon Scott*
MacFeeters Family Fund at Toronto Foundation*
Man Chi Lo
Manulife**
Marilyn Partington
Marion & Selwyn Abel*
Mark Akey
Mark Cortejos
Mark Johnston**
Marlene Stephens
Marsha Cohen
Marsha Kideckel
Martha & John Schwieters
Mary Beth Neibert
Matt Hodgins
McEwan
Meg Floyd
Meggen Janes
Melanie Francis
Melanie Simons & Greg Ross*
Melissa LaFlair
Meredith Lordan*
Meridian Credit Union
Mezcal Agua Santa
Michael Adams & Julie Waddell**
Michael Davis
Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training**
Mount Pleasant Group
Mulmer Services Ltd.**
Nabil Harfoush
Nadine Cannata
Nadine O’Malley
Nadir & Shabin Mohamed*
Naimah Mohammed
Nan Shuttleworth & William Switzer**
Nancy & John McFadyen**
Nancy Hilliker
Nancy Jones
Nancy Kennedy
Naomi Mori
Natasha Reid*
Nguyen Tu Anh Do
Nick Dalziel
Nicola Hives & Graeme Young**
Nils Candia**
Nima Naghibi
Noreen & Larry Bilokrely
Olivia Escribano
Ontario Trillium Foundation**
Owen & Leslie Saffrey*
Pamela Gordon
ParticipACTION
Patricia Chittley
Patricia H Silverthorne Foundation
Patricia Stowe**
Patty OConnor
Paul & Kaye Beeston**
Paul Overy**
Peter & Barbara Stuart**
Peter Barillas
Peter Chung & Barbara-Ann Millar
Peter Gilgan Foundation
Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation
Philip Gazaleh
Phyllis Puopolo
Picnic Café
Power Corporation of Canada
Preston McIntyre*
Province of New Brunswick
Proximity Institute
Quarin Family Foundation*
Quinn Family Future Foundation
R. Howard Webster Foundation**
Raquel George
Ravina Deo
RBC Foundation**
Rebecca Robinson
Rebecca Schaefer
Renee Gomes**
Richard & Donna Ivey**
Risa Stone
Rob Gabriele
Rob Wendolowski
Robert & Judith Lawrie
Robert Dixon
Roots Canada Ltd
Russell McLeod
Ryan Henderson
S Melissa G Forstner
Samuel Low-Chappell
Sarah & Tom Milroy*
Sarah Dix
Sarah Hillyer*
Sarah Lerchs*
Sarah Pendle
Sarah Piccini
Sarvenaz Kermanshahi*
Sasha Nemeth
Sentinel Security
Serge Aublant
Sevil Marandi
Shailesh Bajpai
Shaya Petroff**
Shaylyn MacAulay
Sheila & Brian Birmingham**
Shelagh & Michael Tague**
Shelagh Durno
Sherrill Berrys
Sherry Demeester-Cushing
Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund at Toronto Foundation*
Simon Chamberlain
Simon Knight*
Soraya Hasani
Stanley Young*
Stephanie Kotsopoulos
Stephen & Karen Edson**
Stephen Cockle**
Stephen Young & Rosanne Berry**
Steve Fletcher
Steve Mennill
Stratus Winery
Stuart Rowles & Trina Rowles*
Sue Fox
Sue Weedon*
Summer Gullage
Sun Life Financial Canada
Sunali Swaminathan & Shanthal Perera
Suncor Energy Foundation**
Susan & David Knight**
Susan & Steve Worth*
Susan Brenninkmeyer*
Susan Conacher
Susan Manson
Susan Salek
Suzanne Kingsmill
Suzy Wilcox**
Sydney Walter
T.R. Meighen Family Foundation**
Tania Francki
Tanya Benard*
Tatjana Bujuklieva
TD Bank Group**
TELUS Friendly Future Foundation
TerraCycle Inc.**
Tesla Inc.
The Bentway Conservancy
The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation**
The Food Dudes
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation*
The Johansen Larsen Foundation*
The Mary Usher-Jones Foundation**
The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation**
The Ouellette Family Foundation
The Pop-Up Chapel Co
The Sherry Taylor Drew Foundation**
The Stoneleigh Foundation
The Young Fund of Hamilton Community Foundation**
Thornbury Craft Co.
Tim & Frances Price**
Tin Ying Hui
Tine Elgsaether
Tippet Foundation**
Tom & Pamela Scoon**
Toronto Arts Council**
Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts*
Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund**
Tracey Sobers
Tracy Macgregor
Tricon Residential*
Trish Starostina & Konstantin Starostin
TSX Inc.
Udo & Magrit Kaul
United Church Foundation of Canada
Valerie Kwan**
Valerie Phelps*
Valerie Sloman
Vancity Community Foundation**
Vanessa Henderson
Vanessa Morgan**
Vanessa Yam*
Victor Balon**
Victor Bobadilla Garcia*
Vital Toronto Fund at Toronto Foundation
Walter Cavalieri*
Wanda Ho**
Wendy Carter
Wendy Ward**
Yeuk Chan
Zachary Dirk
Zevia
Zuzana Betkova**
Thank you to our donors for being part of Evergreen’s community of supporters. Together we are transforming public spaces in our cities for the health of people and our planet. It has never mattered more and we couldn’t do it without you! If you also believe in the power of public spaces to make positive change, consider donating to Evergreen and become part of this growing community. Evergreen does its best to recognize all of our donors accurately. Please let us know if we made an error by contacting Sydney at swalter@evergreen.ca.
In order of appearance:
Morgan Yew, Al Yoshiki, Marc Crabtree, Stanley Shoolman, Rebecca Clarke, John McQuarrie, Daniel Wangi, Thomas Chung, Thomas Ferguson, Laura Iruegas, Joanne Quinn.
We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for continuing to support great public spaces.
