WALK TORONTO’S URBAN NATURE & TALK ABOUT HOW IT INSPIRES YOU – EXPLORE SECRETS OF TORONTO’S DON VALLEY WITH CAREERCYCLES
Toronto is blessed with beautiful natural surroundings – ravines, woods, rivers (both above and buried), creeks, and a Great Lake that nourishes the city. This walk is for anyone who wants to make the most of Toronto’s natural setting and engage in conversations about how our lives, work and nature intersect and inform us.

- Encounters with the natural world right in your backyard!
- Natural and municipal history with information shared in the moment
- People-to-people experience with your fellow walkers
- Conversations and reflections inspired by nature and facilitated during the walk, and how these conversations matter to your life and career
- Holistic and integrated view of self in the world
- A felt sense of harmony and wellbeing
- A shift in belief that the future is welcoming, not a hostile, anxiety-producing or fearful place


Time: three hours, e.g. 10 am – 1 pm
Start and End Point: Todmorden Mills back parking lot at 67 Pottery Road (see map)
Public Transit Directions:
- Go to Broadview Station (subway station 3 stops east of Yonge)
- Get on any bus (not a streetcar), and get off at Mortimer/Pottery Rd. (at Dairy Queen). Or you can walk from Broadview Station, approx. 10 mins.
- Turn left and walk downhill on sidewalk on Pottery Rd.
- Continue down to Todmorden Mills entrance (Fantasy Farm sign on the right)
- Turn left into Todmorden Mills entrance and proceed to back parking lot.
About your leaders: Led by Pat Parisi, CareerCycles Associate and Mark Franklin, president and practice leader of CareerCycles – leaders of over 600 participants on 50+ trips, retreats, walks and service learning journeys.
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