Wishing Won’t make it Sew was a motto quietly displayed in the repair shop of Kingston’s much loved and now retired sewing machine expert, Vern Simkins. I bought my first machine from him, a Singer Featherweight, back in the 70s,…
Thinking Beyond the Market (This documentary was shown at The Screening Room on February 9.) ________ Tough Old Broads (Thank you Sheila for this recommendation.) ________ Treehouse Intergenerational Communities: The Village in Action (Supporting families adopting children from foster care.)
Ronaye Matthew has worked in the field of cohousing development for many years, during which time she has brought eleven cohousing projects to successful fruition. Margaret Critchlow has spent much of her academic career researching and writing about community housing.…
On November 1, fifteen KCH members and supporters met to tour the East Wing of Providence Village Motherhouse. We were accompanied by David and Cynthia McAuley, who developed and live in Watershed Cohousing in Guelph (designed by David). This tour…
Placemaking projects are community-led initiatives that aim to improve a place. They often build community connections or address a local challenge. Read about placemaking projects in this article, which was shared with us by Kathy Horton of Treehouse Village in…
I saw this image on the t-shirt of a fellow shopper in a supermarket. It called to me, so I asked to take a photo of it, and the fellow kindly agreed. We had a great conversation! Radical optimism is…
In preparing for my first ever trip to Saskatoon, to attend the Abbeyfield Canada* 40th Anniversary Forum, I contacted two completed cohousing communities there: Radiance Cohousing, and Wolf Willow. I received a warm invitation to meet with folks from Radiance,…
The fall is a wonderful season in Canada. The air is fresher, the sky seems bluer, flower and vegetable gardens offer us their last hoorah of growth and abundance, and the mosquitoes finally give us respite. It’s also a great…