Passionate about urban planning?
Date | July 1 - 23, 2025 |
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Location | 524 Oakwood Ave, Toronto, ON M6E 2X1 |
Applications are now open for a brand new stream of Black By Design.
Black By Design is officially back — new and improved.
This year marks the introduction of our Urban Planning stream, where you’ll be reimagining your city by designing vibrant spaces that uplift Black culture, reflect our stories, and centre the voices of your generation. This 10-week intensive program is tailored for aspiring urban planners, and will introduce participants to the core tenets of the discipline, so you can create spaces that are functional, inclusive, and community-centred. Through lessons on mapping, land use and public space design, you’ll also be working to develop creative solutions to planning dilemmas that reflect Black culture and identity through lessons on mapping, land use and public space design.
We’ll be prioritizing applicants aged 18-29 who live in Toronto, can commit to the full duration of the program, and are genuinely interested in exploring a career in urban planning.
Program dates:
Applications close: July 23rd, 2025
Start date: Tuesday August 5th, 2025
End date: Tuesday October 7th, 2025
July 30, 2025
7:30PM
524 Oakwood Ave, Toronto, ON M6E 2X1
Don't miss this special double feature Caribana screening!
July 31, 2025
7:30PM
524 Oakwood Ave, Toronto, ON M6E 2X1
Explore the history and cultural legacy of the Moko Jumbie across the Disapora with Pixel Heller
August 7, 2025
7:00PM - 9:00PM
524 Oakwood Ave, Toronto, ON M6E 2X1
Join us for a talkback with Kamorudeen Aruna, our new Visual Artist-in-Residence
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