Children can design solutions for a better world. That’s the thinking behind It’s My Future Toronto, a program created by OCAD University’s dean of design, Dori Tunstall.
Back this year, the program has grown to more than 100 youth, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board. IMFTO kicked off with a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum, where students from George Webster Elementary School in East York and St.
Three months of hard work culminated in a showcase of the students’ work back where they started – at the ROM – on April 22. “The ability for TDSB students to use their creativity and ingenuity to imagine a better future for Toronto is what this partnership is all about,” shared Colleen Russell-Rawlins, director of education for the TDSB, in a statement.Participants in the IMFTO program discuss their biodiversity projects with visitors at the Royal Ontario Museum on April 22.