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  • ​Urban Minds is a non-profit organization with a focus on youth-led city building
  • Co-founded by Ryan Lo and Angela Ng in June 2016, we call Toronto our home
  • We are designers and youth engagement specialists
  • We work with governments, schools and community organizations
  • We mentor high school students through our 1UP Youth City Builders program
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Toronto Star | June 11, 2022 Designers and planners are finding ways to share spaces once designed for vehicles only 
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Toronto Star | April 3, 2020
#10veyourcity social media challenge featured in Shawn Micallef's column
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Evergreen Blog | April 9, 2019
Bridging the city building gap in our school’s civic classes
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Blue Dot Living Article | May 16, 2022 
See the Park in a Parking Lot: Celebrating Park(ing) Day with TMU students.
Press Release | February 23, 2019
1UPToronto 2019: High school students to inject new ideas into library youth hub
Toronto Star Article | May 3, 2018
King St. gets new public spaces, installations along transit pilot corridor
Press Release | March 5, 2018
1UPToronto 2018: High school students showcase pop-up community projects
8 80 Cities Blog | October 19, 2017
1UP Starter Kit Receives Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant
​8 80 Cities Blog | September 6, 2017
High School Students Are Ready To Take Up City Building
Press Release | August 11, 2017
1UPToronto Summer Picnic Party
​8 80 Cities Blog | March 29, 2017
​Creativity, Daringness, and Honesty: Why We Need Youth to be City Builders Today 

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  • Cities For Youth
  • Strategy + Design
    • 'Your Markham Centre' Secondary Plan
    • 'Our Future City' Mississauga
    • Building Markham's Future Together
    • #WouldYouRatherTO
    • #WouldYouRatherMC
    • Brake at Bond
    • Weekly Warm-Ups
    • #10veyourcity
    • Future Cities, Future Us
  • Workshops
  • 1UP
  • About
    • Team
    • Apply
    • Press
    • 5 Years of Urban Minds
  • Newsletter
  • Blog