Photographs by: Hirson Jeyakumar (left), Mark Elgie (right)
Did you know this week, October 17 to 23, is Canada’s Waste Reduction Week? It coincides with the International Repair Café Week. The Office for Sustainability is pleased to offer its next Repair Café at the Trafalgar campus on Thursday October 20! At the Repair Café, you can get help from volunteer fixers to repair your broken household items and learn how to do the repair yourself. We will have volunteer fixers for small appliances, computers, electronics, clothes, among others. Our fixer team includes Sheridan staff, faculty and students, as well as volunteers from Toronto’s Repair Café. Everyone is welcome to participate! You will meet new people while enjoying a cup of coffee.
As part of the Zero Waste program, the Repair Café fosters a culture of sustainability at Sheridan and it encourages the sharing of repair skills and knowledge in our community. The Repair Café is part of a global movement that aims to reduce needless waste and to change the throwaway mindset of our society. As of today, there are more than 1,100 repair cafés in 29 countries. Sheridan is the first post-secondary education institution providing a Repair Café in Canada. You are invited to join this grassroots initiative.
Photograph by: Keiko Kataoka
Below are the details of our upcoming event.
- Who: Sheridan community members
- Where: Trafalgar campus – Atrium, SCAET
- When: Thursday, October 20, from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
- Cost: Free!
Reminders to Repair Café visitors:
- The fixer will work with you to repair your item together. You will need to sit with him or her throughout the repair process.
- Bring all the accessories of your item if available (e.g. cable, manual) to help your fixer diagnose the problem.
- Bring a part to test if you can (e.g. a working bulb for your lamp, a CD for your CD player, a monitor for your CPU unit)
We are looking for more volunteers to join us. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Wai Chu Cheng, Sustainability Coordinator, at waichu.cheng@sheridancollege.ca .
To find more information about Sheridan’s Repair Café, please visit the following sites:
http://missionzero.sheridancollege.ca/get-involved/repair-cafe/http://curiosities.sheridancollege.ca/giving-new-life-to-broken-items-at-the-repair-cafe/
Photograph by: Hirson Jeyakumar
