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Get Your Broken Things Fixed! Every Sunday with Repair Café Toronto

According to a recent article in National Geographic, Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. Faced with things like planned obsolescence and the expense and difficulty often involved in getting broken things repaired, it’s easy to see why so many Canadians opt to toss often perfectly good things away, without attempting to fix them first. This is why we host Repair Café Toronto every Sunday afternoon from 12:00-4:00pm at our 830 St Clair West location to hold repair...

5 Benefits of a Maker Education for Kids

Tinkering, making, creating and playing. These activities are finally being recognized for what they are – an essential part of a child’s education and development. The Maker Education Revolution that began in Makerspaces across the world over 10 years ago is finally breaking down the barriers into the mainstream – and into our classrooms. And that is a very good thing for our communities and our planet. This is why we run Maker Education programs through our 1803 Danforth ave Makerspace –...

NEW Robotics Programs for Youth with STEAMLabs!

We are very excited to be partnering with our friends at STEAMLabs to bring two of their signature maker education programs to our 1803 Danforth ave Makerspace for March Break and throughout the summer! Week long camp, March 12-16th . 9am-4pm (before and after care available) . $475 Inspired by everyone’s favourite video games, kids will work in small groups to bring virtual video games to life and design physical robotic games with our high tech tools. Past robot games have included capture...

Keep the Tool Library Alive!

Today, we’ve officially kick-started our new crowdfund campaign: Keep the Tool Library Alive. This is a critical moment for the Tool Library and Sharing Depot. We need your help to keep our doors open! Keep Sharing Alive in Toronto! Over the last 5 years, we've transformed sharing in Toronto. With three physical locations, we've loaned over 65,000 items and become a local hub for swapping, repairing and learning. Help us keep Toronto a sharing and community driven city by keeping projects...

Get Your Broken Things Fixed! Every Sunday with Repair Café Toronto
According to a recent article in National Geographic, Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. Faced with things like planned obsolescence and the expense and difficulty often involved in getting broken things repaired, it’s easy to see why so many Canadians opt to toss often perfectly good things away, without attempting to fix them first. This is why we host Repair Café Toronto every Sunday afternoon from 12:00-4:00pm at our 830 St Clair West location to hold repair...
5 Benefits of a Maker Education for Kids
Tinkering, making, creating and playing. These activities are finally being recognized for what they are – an essential part of a child’s education and development. The Maker Education Revolution that began in Makerspaces across the world over 10 years ago is finally breaking down the barriers into the mainstream – and into our classrooms. And that is a very good thing for our communities and our planet. This is why we run Maker Education programs through our 1803 Danforth ave Makerspace –...
NEW Robotics Programs for Youth with STEAMLabs!
We are very excited to be partnering with our friends at STEAMLabs to bring two of their signature maker education programs to our 1803 Danforth ave Makerspace for March Break and throughout the summer! Week long camp, March 12-16th . 9am-4pm (before and after care available) . $475 Inspired by everyone’s favourite video games, kids will work in small groups to bring virtual video games to life and design physical robotic games with our high tech tools. Past robot games have included capture...
Keep the Tool Library Alive!
Today, we’ve officially kick-started our new crowdfund campaign: Keep the Tool Library Alive. This is a critical moment for the Tool Library and Sharing Depot. We need your help to keep our doors open! Keep Sharing Alive in Toronto! Over the last 5 years, we've transformed sharing in Toronto. With three physical locations, we've loaned over 65,000 items and become a local hub for swapping, repairing and learning. Help us keep Toronto a sharing and community driven city by keeping projects...