By Ken Vickerson You might have missed this, I know I did, but there have been some significant developments regarding the “Right to Repair” (RTR) movement both in Europe and North America. In April the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to adopt legislation(1) that would enshrine various principles of the Right […]

Right to Repair – Legislative Developments

2023 was a transformative year for Repair Café Toronto (RCT). We shifted a big part of our energy from organizing our Repair Cafés to encouraging and supporting our community partners and volunteers to offer their own repair events. This distributed model of delivering repair cafes is more sustainable and has […]

Repair Café takes big strides with our new leaders!

We are grateful to our many incredible community partners and volunteers for what we have achieved together in the last 10 years. Take a look at the infographic (above) and the map (below) that our designers, Sarah Bae and Jane Bae, have designed for us. A special thanks to Dave […]

Repair Café Celebrating Our 10 Years, In Data

2022 was a year of re-opening. We brought back in-person Repair Cafés. Thanks to our volunteers and community partners, we continued the work of Repair Café Toronto (RCT) and had the opportunity to explore new ideas. In 2023 we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our first repair café! Our […]

Repair Café Volunteers as New Leaders

Repair Café is on its way back with in-person events. The most recent was Saturday, August 8, when our team visited the Toronto Public Library’s Main Street branch to deliver a mini Repair Café. As the city has reopened for in-person activities after the pandemic, this was the latest one […]

In-Person Repair Café On Its Way Back!

We carried on with our community service and education work at Repair Café Toronto (RCT) in the past year. During this second year of the pandemic, we continued to keep in-person repair cafés on hold, as we have been following public health measures, and Covid safety for our volunteers remains […]

Repair Café’s Three Reasons for New Year Optimism