SFW HUB: CANADA
CANADA
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CANADA 〰️
Introducing SFW Hub: Canada. Led by Maheshi Wanasundara of Musey.
WHAT’S ON?
sunday 27 SEPTEMBER
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Times: 10.00am-5.00pm
Explore a curated marketplace featuring local makers, ethical brands, and sustainable businesses offering thoughtful alternatives in fashion, lifestyle, and design while celebrating creativity, community, and circular practices.
Location: Convent Garden Market (Mezzazine) - 130 King Street, London ON N6A 1C5.
MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
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Times: 5.00-6.30pm
This workshop teaches participants how to make a variety of fixes to their clothing. It helps teach meaningful and practical skills and leaves them with a new appreciation for repairing over repurchasing. Participants can bring a clothing item that needs to be repaired. Suitable for confident beginners & intermediate sewers.
Location: London Public Library: Central Branch: Idea Lab (251 Dundas St, London, ON, N6A 6H9)
Booking: Pay what you may. Call the LPL at (519) 661-4600 to register or click here.
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Times: 7.00pm-8.30pm
The Connect to Transform Lab workshop entails participants bringing an item that they seldom wear and consulting with other attendees to help repurpose their garment! This event brings the community together while keeping pieces out of landfills.
Bring along aclothing item that you haven't reached for in a while but stays in your closet. Suitable for confident beginners and intermediate sewers.
Location: London Public Library: Central Branch: Idea Lab (251 Dundas St London, ON, N6A 6H9)
Booking: Pay what you may - Call the LPL at (519) 661-4600 to register or click here.
TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
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Times: 4.30pm-6.30pm
Business Casual Clothing Swap: participants can take home a preloved piece for every clothing item that they donate! Afterwards, they will be able to sit in for a panel discussion to learn about sustainable fashion led by local artisans! Bring 3 clean, ready-to-wear business casual items to swap.
Location: Innovation Works: Community Livingroom + Solutions Lab - 201 King St London, ON, Canada N6A 1C9
Booking: drop in, register here.
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER
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Times: 5.30pm-7.30pm
Make & Mend: Little Makers, Big Impact is a hands-on family workshop delivered by Sustainable Fashion Week Canada and Musey. Participants will become "textile detectives," learn basic mending skills such as sewing buttons and patching fabric, and create their own upcycled keepsake.
Bring along 3 clothing items you would like to donate + 1 thing that needs to be repaired. Those aged 6-12 yr old need to come with a caregiver
Location: London Children's Museum - 100 Kellogg Ln, London, ON N5W 0B4
Booking: No fee but museum entry is required. Join the waitlist for TD-free Family Fun Night here.
AND OTHER EVENTS…
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Sustainability BINGO: Complete fun sustainability challenges, mark your virtual bingo card, and earn entries to win prizes while building everyday habits that support a more sustainable, creative, and environmentally conscious lifestyle.
A virtual event taking place throughout September.
Participation is free - find the BINGO card on Musey.ca and here.
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Dates & times TBC.
Learn practical mending skills alongside experienced volunteers in a welcoming community space. Extend garment life, reduce textile waste, share knowledge across generations, and celebrate creative repair through Threads of Resistance.
Location: Northwest London Resource Centre - Sherwood Forest Mall 27A-1225 Wonderland Road North London, Ontario N6G 2V9.
No fee - register here.
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Dates & times TBC.
Runway Repurpose: Participants transform thrifted or pre-loved clothing into original runway looks, celebrating creativity, personal expression, and circular fashion while inspiring audiences to rethink waste and the possibilities of sustainable style. Suitable for confident beginners and intermediate sewers.
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Dates & times TBC.
Denim Repair Workshop with Oh Hey Its Kay. Learn practical techniques at a hands-on custom patch station where patrons can paint their own prepped denim patches.
Register here to attend.
VENUE ACCESSIBILITY
All public venues are accessible for mobility devices.
MEET YOUR HOSTS:
Musey is a social enterprise based in London, Ontario, founded by Maheshi Wanasundara, focused on making sustainable fashion more accessible, creative, and community-driven.
Musey works with local community partners, makers, educators, businesses, and organizations to deliver programming that encourages circular fashion, skill-sharing, creative reuse, and meaningful community action. Musey are working in partnership with Sustainable Fashion Week Canada.
This year, they have events at the London Public Library, London Children's Museum, North West London Community Resource Center, Innovation Works and a few other locations in London, ON and Toronto, ON.
