The Bentway’s growing Safe in Public Space initiative broadens the definition of public safety, addressing new public health challenges and deep systemic inequities to build a new shared social contract for public space.
Ebti Nabag
Ebti Nabag examines how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
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Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Stewards: Taking the Classroom Outdoors with Christina Bagatavicius
In this week’s Stewards piece, we followed up with Christina Bagatavicius to learn more about how parents and teachers are collaborating through the #SaferOutsideTO campaign to pursue opportunities for outdoor education in public schools.
Stewards: Community Gardens as Safe Havens with Traci Nottingham, Sheryll Durrant and Katie German
In this week’s Stewards piece, we speak with Traci Nottingham, Gardener at Prospect Heights Community Farm in Brooklyn, New York; Sheryll Durrant, Garden Manager at Kelly Street Garden in the Bronx, New York; and Katie German, Director of Programs at FoodShare Toronto, who highlighted the ability of community gardens to serve as “safe havens” in cities.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Mobile, Mobilize, Mobilizer
Reza Nik discusses the use of small scale mobile architecture to create safe spaces and bring communities together.
Double Duty: Re-Imagining the Public Value of Infrastructure
Agency—Agency's Tei Carpenter unearths the latent placemaking potential of urban infrastructure, from fire hydrants to safety bollards.
Stewards: Design as a Tool for Safer Public Spaces with Cara Chellew and Rayna Sydney Syed
In this Stewards piece we connected with Cara Chellew and Rayna Syed to investigate how design can shape experiences in public space, and why practitioners must challenge planning and design norms.
Looking Back, Moving Forward: How Public Health Shaped Toronto
In order to understand how COVID-19 will influence Toronto’s future, we first must examine how public health policy established the city as we know it – along unequal lines – argues Bentway Fellow Nahomi Amberber.
Health, Housing, and the Supporting Role of Public Space
In this week’s Snapshot, we dive deeper into the interplay between housing and health as it relates to the complex issue of homelessness, while assessing the role that public spaces are playing (or can play in the future) in supporting the health, safety, and well-being of the people who are affected.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Stewards: Facilitating Healing in Public Space with Taboo Health
In this week’s Steward’s piece, we connect with Taboo Health founder, Maria Cheung, and collaborators, Chieng Luphuyong and Fran Quintero Rawlings, to understand the roles of art, co-creation, and continued learning in creating physically, mentally, and culturally safe spaces.
The Unequal Urban: Exploring Health Equity & Public Space Across Two Toronto Neighbourhoods
Join Nadha Hassen (via audio tour) as she explores public space in the city through a public health lens.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Audio Tour: The Bentway
The Bentway’s Manager of Facilities & Visitor Experience, Lara Samuel, takes you on a virtual walking tour of our space, sharing site-specific insights, safety considerations and personal stories.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.
Photo of the Week
Ebti Nabag travels beyond The Bentway to examine how ideas of safety manifest and are communicated in public space through borders and boundaries, signs and symbols, public space architectures, and delineations.