2023 1UP Toronto Conference
Thank you to everyone who participated in the conference!
Conference Highlights
1UP Toronto is a youth conference that brings together secondary school students across the Greater Toronto Area to celebrate and incubate city-building ideas. The 2023 conference theme is Reconnect:
How does it feel to finally drop off from a Zoom call and reconnect with the spaces and people around you? Reconnect is a dialogue between youth and city builders about how we renew our relationships with the land, transform existing spaces, and reimagine our transportation systems for a world that is entirely different from what we knew before. We will explore whether the changes we see in our towns and cities today are just a blip on the radar or the beginning of something more permanent. We will navigate what youth’s role as citizens is now and can be in this new future.
Co-hosted by Urban Minds and Plan Bold, the conference took place on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
As part of the conference, participants took part in the Design Jam, a four-hour student design competition for a real-life urban challenge related to the conference theme. Students were assigned into teams to develop a creative solution for a case challenge provided by our Design Jam Partner, The Bentway Conservancy.
How does it feel to finally drop off from a Zoom call and reconnect with the spaces and people around you? Reconnect is a dialogue between youth and city builders about how we renew our relationships with the land, transform existing spaces, and reimagine our transportation systems for a world that is entirely different from what we knew before. We will explore whether the changes we see in our towns and cities today are just a blip on the radar or the beginning of something more permanent. We will navigate what youth’s role as citizens is now and can be in this new future.
Co-hosted by Urban Minds and Plan Bold, the conference took place on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
As part of the conference, participants took part in the Design Jam, a four-hour student design competition for a real-life urban challenge related to the conference theme. Students were assigned into teams to develop a creative solution for a case challenge provided by our Design Jam Partner, The Bentway Conservancy.
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