2015 Toronto Games!

May 25, 2015

Toronto Public Library Board Meeting

The Games are coming, TPL is ready!

46 Days to Go!

TPL’s Vision for the Games

• Opportunity to engage new audiences and connect

with new partners

• Leverage Pam Am opportunities to create and

enhance sustainable programs for youth and families

• Build on concept of libraries as community spaces

• Promote literacy and creative expression

• Leverage TPL’s reach into communities throughout

the City

• Accessible to all

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What’s TPL doing?

• Poetry Slam – Poetry Saved Our Lives – Showcase Legacy

Project

• Spectator Jam – Community Live Sites – Showcase Legacy

Project

• Art Exhibit

• Human Library

• Torch Relay

• Pan Am Path

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Poetry Slam

Community Live Sites

Community Live Sites -

Locations

Thorncliffe Branch –

R.V. Burgess Park

York Woods Branch

Malvern Branch

Jane/Sheppard Branch –

Reading Sprouts Garden

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Pan Am Art Exhibit

Human Library

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Torch Relay

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Patrick de Belen Randell Adjei Melissa Dean

Questions? Comments? Ideas?