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Pop-Ups on Tour 2017 – Richmond, BC
Midway through our tour we received an email from Jade from a local Chinese Immigrant family group. They were based in Richmond, on the outskirts of Vancouver. This confirmed our fourth stop in Vancouver. It would be sandwiched between a first-time community Pop-Up at...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – East Vancouver, BC
At pop-up adventure playgrounds, we get to meet children in public space. Nowadays, that means meeting them within the circle of their parents and caregivers. When we’re supporting play, we sometimes get a peek into a child’s world or the world of their family....
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Edmonton AB
The second part of our Edmonton stop was a combined workshop and Pop-Up Adventure Playground spread across two days. The workshop was held at the University of Alberta and was brought together by the great people of Play Around the World with a helping hand from Child...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Laurier Heights, AB
We stopped at Laurier Heights Out of School Care to meet with our host Sherri. She led us out from the parking lot and into the field behind the school. Loose parts were stacked out there already, waiting. “I can bring out more,” she said. We assured her that wasn’t...
Pop-Ups Canada Tour – North Battleford, Sasketchewan
By Morgan The first family arrived 10 minutes early at our North Battleford pop-up, and sat on the grassy hill to wait. Workshop participants and staff of BECIP carried out materials from the library basement, armfuls of cardboard, piles of shoe boxes, tubs of tape...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Winnipeg, MB
Since we started our Canadian tour just over a month ago, we have started each day full of curiosity. We were wondering what the next location will bring. Our only disappointments have been in not yet seeing a moose. We were hearing that our chances get slimmer the...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Kenora, ON
We were told to park at the Rec Center opposite Safeway supermarket and wait for the boat to come. The Lake in the Woods - aka Kenora, Ontario - is a vast aquatic wilderness of densely wooded islands. It is navigated by small boats with outboard motors, silent canoes...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Englehart ON
By Andy After a long drive from Vaughan, we made it to Englehart, with just minutes to spare. We quickly shuffled into our ‘fancy’ clothes, wiped the sweat from our foreheads and jumped on stage before a packed-out room of friendly parents and professionals, many...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Vaughan, ON
We drove along a paved path that curved up through the Kortright Centre for Conservation. We parked and walked in, past a grove of tall slender trees. Boxes and saucepans lay between them, along with string and fabric squares. A clearing brightened the air, revealing...
Pop-Ups On Tour 2017 – Blenheim, ON
Blenheim, ON has a population of 4,563. Between the pop-up adventure playground and workshop afterwards, we saw about 200 - a significant proportion of the local residents. They welcomed us into the Growing Together Family Resource Centre and talked about efforts...