September 25th Green Toronto Tree Planting at Sam Smith Park is NOT scheduled to be Disabled Friendly !

DASSP became aware of a tree planting event at SSP in September, sponsored by Green Toronto. 

We immediately reached out to our contact at Toronto Forestry, who was on vacation, but kindly gave us the group email for Green Toronto. 

DASSP was contacted by the City of Toronto's, Scott Laver from their Natural Environment and Community Programs Unit, who help coordinate the annual Spring and Autumn planting events. 

Green Toronto has said that it is too late to not discriminate against Disabled and Seniors in S. Etobicoke, at Sam Smith Park due to "internal communications and approvals required to plant at any given location".

DASSP has reached out to Mayor Tory and Councillor Grimes to determine who approved to discriminate against Disabled and Seniors, in this much anticipated bi-annual event. 

Our understanding is that ALL Toronto public events MUST be inclusive to LGBTQ+, Islamic, Disabled, Black, Aboriginal, Seniors, etc. ? 

With one month to go before the planting we are hoping that Green Toronto and DASSP can find a timely solution to the event, and moreover, educate Green Toronto, in how to correctly plan inclusive tree planting, and other events throughout Toronto in 2022 and beyond.