• Maximum City camp participants discuss the Aga Khan Park. Zulfikar Hirji
    03 June 2015 | Ismaili Centre Toronto

    Maximum City camp students engage civic space through their senses

    Maximum City camp participants discuss the Aga Khan Park. Zulfikar Hirji
6:00 PM
5 June 2015
5:45 PM
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The Ismaili Centre Toronto
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Toronto, 4 June 2015 — Thirty students in Grades 4 to 11 explored the Ismaili Centre, the Aga Khan Park and the Aga Khan Museum as part of the Maximum City Summer Camp.

Based at the University of Toronto Schools, Maximum City encourages students to engage with urban issues through experiential, education and problem-based learning and field trips. Campers tackle real-life issues from sustainability to the use of smart technology.
 
On their day-long visit to the Aga Khan Park, the participants, their teachers and camp counsellors were hosted by members of the Cities of Arrival programme team, including Ontario STEP teachers, who designed and led workshops for the students on how to use the senses, art and social media to engage with civic spaces. The Aga Khan Museum also conducted gallery tours for the students.
 
The partnership with Maximum City camp is part of Cities of Arrival — a year-long programme of lectures, workshops, performances, exhibitions and roundtables exploring the pasts, presents and futures of cities and urban spaces being held at the Ismaili Centres in Toronto and Burnaby. 
 
For more information programming please visit www.citiesofarrival.com