What's Happening in Toronto, ON…

Toronto’s largest urban wilderness, located just a stone’s throw from downtown, is becoming a natural haven for fish life, thanks to the recent efforts of the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). Gord McPherson, Senior Manager with the TRCA, said earlier this week that it will soon become a fish paradise after visiting a newly-constructed coastal restoration site built this year.

Owned by the TRCA, Tommy Thompson Park was known as the Leslie Street Spit in the 1950s. It began as a place to dump surplus material from development sites and the outer harbor. Today, it is one of the largest natural areas on the waterfront with 500 hectares of wildflower meadows, coastal marshes, sand dunes, cottonwood forests, and cobble beaches. It has become a sanctuary for birds, reminiscent of how it was two hundred years ago when Governor John Graves Simcoe first sailed to the Toronto Bay in 1793 and noted how the bay was teeming with waterfowl - so many that it was hard to hold a conversation because of all the squawking.

The conservation of Tommy Thompson Park has been dually recorded over the years through different media including flyer printing and brochure printing, outlining the current conditions of the park and what it will become once the conservation efforts are implemented. Informative poster printing is another medium that could be used to convey the conservation efforts and educating the public on the importance of integrating the natural systems of Tommy Thompson Park into the urban environment for health and sustainability.