The Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC) is a local, volunteer-run, non-profit organization located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that prides itself in defending the city’s public space from corporate and private forces, including automobiles and outdoor advertising. The TPSC argues that public property, such as sidewalks, bike paths, parks and squares should be the independent and cultural “counterbalance” to the profit-driven private sector that plagues the city streets. Image File history File linksMetadata Banner-tpsc-new. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit, or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Public art in a public space in Lille, France One definition of public space or a public place is a place where anyone has a right to come without being excluded because economic or social conditions (fees, paying an entrance, being poor, ...). Malls are examples of private space with the... Car redirects here. ... For the former Microsoft owned website see: Sidewalk. ... For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ... Dots and Boxes (also known as Boxes, Squares or Dots) is a pencil and paper game for two players (or sometimes, more than two). ... Profit is a positive return made on an investment by an individual or by business operations. ... The private sector of a nations economy consists of those entities which are not controlled by the state - i. ...

As a grassroots organization, the TPSC is financed almost entirely on donations, as well as various contributions in-kind from its members (seeds and garden trowels, power tools, cookies, etc.). The TPSC uses a model of consensus decision-making at its monthly open meetings. The structure of the organization is currently undergoing a re-evaluation by its members. A donation is to give a fund or cause or such donated gift usually for charitable reasons. ... This writeup is about biological seeds; for other meanings see Seed (disambiguation). ... A gardening trowel Trowel used by the Hon. ... A power tool is a tool with a motor. ... This page is about edible cookies. ... Consensus decision-making is a decision process that not only seeks the agreement of most participants, but also to resolve or mitigate the objections of the minority to achieve the most agreeable decision. ...

In 2005, TPSC was called Toronto's Best Activist Group by the local NOW Magazine [1]. Categories: Newspaper stubs | Toronto media | Canadian alternative weekly newspapers ...

Campaigns

The TPSC is consistently involved in local Toronto City Council affairs affecting city space. In recent years, the committee has formed various campaigns that aim to educate and lobby citizens, bureaucrats and politicians on matters, such as anti-postering bylaws, private city tree protection, mobile (or truck) advertising, TTC subway video ads and billboard variances. Many campaigns, such as the postering and city tree bylaws, have been successful in its goals due in large part to the group’s strong organizing and grassroots allies. The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Other campaigns the TPSC spearheads are less political, but stay true to public space advocacy. One such campaign is the Downtown De-Fence Project that tears down chain-link fences in residential neighbourhoods, removing the barriers between neighbours. The committee also hosts guerrilla gardening outings in the spring and summer; growing native plants and flowers in small crevices and decrepit planters in downtown streets. In 2005, the TPSC's Downtown De-Fence Project won a Clean and Beautiful City Appreciation Award. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Guerrilla gardening is political gardening, a form of nonviolent direct action done by Greens (environmental protestors). ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...

Spacing Magazine

Spacing Magazine

Spacing, a seasonal magazine focusing on issues affecting Toronto's public realm, was the TPSC in house briefly until it was spun-off as a wholly independent magazine after the first issue. The two organizations often co-host events together and otherwise support each other. Past Spacing issues have focused on the surveillance of public space, street postering, working and playing in the city, and more. Launched in December 2003, the magazine has since been critically acclaimed by NOW Magazine, the National Post and Utne magazine, the latter of which awarded Spacing the best new title at its annual independent magazine awards. All articles and photographs are written and captured by volunteers. Two noteworthy Toronto photographers, Matt O'Sullivan and Sam Javanrouh, are known for their captivating street scene photos that are featured in all Spacing issues. Image File history File links Spacing. ... Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior. ... Categories: Newspaper stubs | Toronto media | Canadian alternative weekly newspapers ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... The Utne Reader is a left-of-center periodical founded in 1984 by Eric Utne. ... A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ...

See also

• Public space
• Postering
• Billboards
• Culture jamming
• Critical Mass
• Guerrilla gardening

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External links

• Toronto Public Space Committee
• Space Cadets (eye weekly article)
• Spacing Magazine
• City Beautification Ensemble