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It takes a village to make this group work.

Our Mission

South Junction Triangle GROWS informs and supports community engagement, development, and capacity by creating a space where stakeholders linked by common issues can express and represent their needs.
 

Neighbourhood associations strengthen the link between residents and policy makers. We seek to mobilize residents into political activism and create opportunities for direct communication within the local community and between the local residents and local officials. 

 

We work in collaboration with and in support of members of our community in the South Junction Triangle to encourage the responsible growth and development of our neighbourhood, which is bordered by Bloor Street West, Perth Avenue, Dundas Street West, and Merchant Lane.


We believe that our own personal experiences, our collective, lived experience is the source of the most innovative and effective strategies for dealing with community growth issues.

Branch in a Glass Jar

Our Values

What do we mean by Growing Responsibly, Organically, and Well...
 

Growth 


Within our Community 

  • Our greatest desire is to see our community grow and thrive! 

  • We advocate for responsible urban planning and design that will meet the needs of our current and future community members 

  • We welcome new additions to the community -- we are their welcoming committee. Everything we do holds the needs of our current membership in balance with the needs of future residents

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Within our Organization

  • We invite all interested parties to join South JT GROWs to help create a place where everyone feels a sense of belonging 

  • We welcome diverse voices and perspectives, especially those voices who have been traditionally under-represented in popular discourse 

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Responsibility

 

Within our Community

  • Holding developers, city officials, and ourselves responsible for the needs of our present and future community

  • We commit to being informative and transparent
     

 

Within our Organization

  • We acknowledge that we are all responsible for our words and actions and are accountable for how they impact others 

  • We try to recognize our own biases and attempt to separate them when listening to others

  • We try to recognize good intentions first and ask non-argumentative questions for understanding and clarification 

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Organically

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Within our Community

  • We  work organically: working together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole

  • We will adapt, change, and be flexible to respond to the needs of the community
     

 

Within our Organization

  • We will not tolerate hate speech. Individuals sharing ideologies or language that undermines threatens or devalues the humanity of any other member of the group will be asked to leave. If you are interested in having a conversation as to why you have been asked to leave, you may email our executive team and we may be able to have a conversation with you

  • We assume that everyone knows and shares their own truth and we will treat all as experts in their own experience

  • Humility is important to building trust and facilitates learning

  • In order to work harmoniously, we will communicate using respectful dialogue

  • We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive and welcoming space where all can feel a sense of belonging.


 

Wellness 

Within our Community

  • Holding developers, the city, and ourselves responsible for the needs of our present and future community

  • We commit to being informative and transparent


 

Within our Organization

  • We believe in matters of justice, peace, and human dignity

  • We acknowledge that we are all responsible for our words and actions and are accountable for how they impact others 

  • Supportive and forgiving 

  • Bipartisan 

  • Fun

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