
Children experience the world differently from adults - they engage with their surroundings through play, sensory exploration, and a heightened curiosity. Their unique perspectives bring a sense of wonder, creativity and possibility to projects. When we design with children, we create environments that celebrate imagination, inclusivity, and the diversity of our communities.
We create opportunities for children to help transform their communities. Through an inclusive and accessible process, we help children imagine new ideas and solutions to current challenges, including everything from community art projects, school ground and park transformations, to municipal plans.
We work with an extensive network of collaborators, forming teams on a project-by-project basis.
Art plays an important role in creating vibrant and welcoming spaces, and provoking conversations. We collaborate with artists and children to co-create public art installations for everyone to experience. Children are at the core of the process.
We work with partners to create opportunities for children to provide ideas and visions for the design of their public spaces. We work with Landscape Architects, designers and artists to create immersive opportunities for children.
Our capacity-building workshops for adults enhance the skills and knowledge of those supporting the children and young people in their work. Through hands-on sessions, we provide practical strategies for creating meaningful and authentic engagement with young people.
Camp Gedi
City of Toronto, Economic Development & Culture
City of Toronto, Museums and Heritage Services
ClearWater Farm
County of Simcoe, Social and Community Services
Dufferin County, Early Years and Child Care
Evergreen
Koffler Arts
Learning for a Sustainable Future
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
Riverside BIA
Toronto Botanical Garden
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto District School Board
Toronto Public Library, Thorncliffe Branch
Toronto Region Conservation Authority
Schools:
Annette Street Public School
Beverly Glen Jr Public School
Blantyre Public School
Edgewood Public School
Faywood Arts-Based Public School
High Park Alternative Junior School
Inglewood Heights Jr Public School
Lambton-Kingsway Jr Middle School
Howard Jr Public School
Huron Street Jr Public School
Pierre Laporte Middle School
Thorncliffe Park Public School
Topcliff Public School
West Glen Public School
Valley Park Middle School
Recreate Place acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, a place on which the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples have lived and creatively expressed themselves since time immemorial. Today, many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people continue to thrive on this land. Throughout our work and our relations between people, cultures, and the landscape, we recognize the importance of reflecting on the ongoing impacts of colonization. We understand the importance of questioning, deconstructing, and reimagining these structures and systems by putting equity, diversity, inclusion, justice and Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation at their core.