Events Catalogue
Montreal Clothing Swap | Montreal Échange de Vêtements
Come to Le Frigo Vert on November 2nd from 1 pm to 5 pm in the heart of downtown Montreal. There will be music, mending, conversation, and your next wardrobe waiting for you. Get together with your friends, neighbors, and community members to swap wardrobes and divert clothes from overflowing landfills.
Rejoignez-nous au Frigo Vert le 2 novembre de 13 à 17h au cœur du centre-ville de Montréal. Il y aura de la musique, du raccommodage, des conversations et votre prochaine garde-robe vous attendra. Rassemblez vos amis, vos voisins et les membres de la communauté pour échanger vos garde-robes et détourner les vêtements des sites d'enfouissement qui débordent.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/montreal-clothing-swap-montreal-echange-de-vetements-tickets-1048300463907?aff=oddtdtcreator
Fair Fashion Festival - Nairobi Edition
Threading Change is hosting our iconic Fair Fashion Festival in Nairobi designed to bring together change makers, industry leaders, and fashion enthusiasts passionate about sustainability. FFF will dive deep into the social, environmental, and political challenges within the fashion industry, with a focus on creating a fossil-fuel free, human-centered future.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2waaCsv0c5CR0FrDTlIZ_AKqLSlZoSdF-p2nWSR9ZJHNM4w/viewform
Conscious Fashion Convention: A night of Networking
Threading Change is hosting a Sustainable Fashion Career, Knowledge, and Networking Fair in honour of Secondhand September at BCIT’s downtown campus from 6 pm to 8:30 pm. It will showcase the work of leaders in the sustainable fashion industry including brands, fashion and design schools, not-for-profit organizations, advocacy groups, and small fashion start-ups.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conscious-fashion-convention-a-night-of-networking-tickets-948417922537?aff=oddtdtcreator
Fair Fashion Festival - Halifax Edition
Threading Change is proud to host our inaugural Fair Fashion Festival in Halifax in collaboration with The Great Halifax Clothing Swap - an epic interdisciplinary event where you will meet industry leaders and experts in the sustainable fashion space, learn about the industry's social and environmental hidden costs, and swap your gently-used clothing, shoes, and accessories for new-to-you gems!
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fair-fashion-festival-halifax-tickets-957735060347
Run Fast For Slow Fashion with Patagonia
Join us and Patagonia on Thursday, August 29th for a community run to raise awareness about the social and environmental impacts of the fast fashion industry. We encourage consumers to become clothing changemakers, promoting the principles of slow fashion rather than merely consuming fashion. We will provide participants with posters to pin on the back of their shirts to write personal messages related to the fast fashion industry for the community to see.
Registration is requested for each attendee. Please register here: https://runfastforslowfashionwiththrea-b920.splashthat.com/
Fair Fashion Festival - Toronto Edition
Threading Change in collaboration with Oxfam Canada - is proud to host our inaugural Fair Fashion Festival in Toronto - an epic interdisciplinary affair where you will meet industry leaders and experts in the sustainable fashion space and learn about the industry's social and environmental hidden costs. The afternoon will be packed with educational workshops, interactive activities, engaging panels, and community-building events while the evening will be a bustling networking party with a local DJ lineup.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fair-fashion-festival-toronto-tickets-953710934077?aff=oddtdtcreator.
COP27 Fashion NGOs Panel
Join Threading Change for this one hour session in the COP27 Green Zone as we showcase how 4 global non profit organizations have leveraged the power of the market, science based targets, and policy interventions to drive rapid change and impact in the apparel industry across various entities. From ancient old growth forest protection to youth engagement, to decarbonization pathways and collaborative policy approaches, the apparel industry is on a positive path with these organizations pushing them forward.
COP27 Canada Pavilion at COP27 Panel
This session will explore how circular economy approaches can support climate change mitigation efforts. It will explore pathways to decarbonization through increased circularity, with case studies from key sectors. Experts from government, non-governmental organizations, and academia will discuss current efforts and best practices, and identify opportunities for further action on the circular economy to support climate ambition.
2022 Fall Fashion Fundraiser
Threading Change's last clothing swap of 2022 is also our Fall Fashion Fundraiser!
Your donations to pay for the event will support us in running engaging side events at COP that highlight the innovations of GISM brands for the climate conference’s international audiences.
Bring any Halloween costume/clothing pieces that need repairing, and our awesome team member Caleigh will help guide you through mending and sewing techniques to fix your garments!
Patagonia Ski and Board Gear Swap
Join @threadingchange in the Vancouver Patagonia store on West 4th on Tuesday, Oct 18 from 6-9pm for a clothing/ gear swap that is accessible, and welcoming to all genders and bodies. The RSVP link is in our bio!
Drinks will be provided by Persephone Brewing & Tality Kombucha. The clothes drop off and sorting will happen from 6-7pm, the swap itself will happen from 7-9pm with 2 DJs playing.
Threading Change Clothing Swap & Youth Ideation Jam: Vancouver Edition!
We are hosting our 1st Vancouver Ideation Jam! Our Ideation Jam amplify youth perspectives and bring their ideas into the fashion industry!
Join us for a creative small group workshop on youth perspectives and advocating for youth engagement at fashion's decision making table.
Vancouver's Summer Sunday Swap & Shop!
Threading Change is hosting another Vancouver Clothing Swap! Come to meet the Threading Change community and bring your pre-loved items! This swap we will also be hosting a variety of local organizations and businesses!
Toronto’s Summer Clothing & Fabric Swap!
Threading Change is hosting another Toronto Clothing Swap! Come to meet the Threading Change community and bring your pre-loved items!
Threading Change X Green Campus Initiative (GCI) Clothing Swap
As the saying goes: 'One person's trash is another person's treasure!'
Anyone in the university can bring their pre-loved items, clothing and shoes to share and swap!
Any body and any gender!
Calgary’s Summer Clothing Swap!
Threading Change is hosting their first Calgary Clothing Swap! Come to meet the Threading Change community and bring your pre-loved items!
Johannesburg’s Clothing Swap
Johannesburg’s Clothing Swap
Bring your pre-loved items and fabrics to share and swap!
Give 67 minutes of your time towards environmental awareness, sustainable fashion and a sustainable future. Any clothing left at the end of the event will be donated to charity.
Toronto's Spring Time Clothing Swap!
Threading Change is hosting our first Toronto Clothing Swap! We want to make sustainable fashion accessible, join us for this Spring Swap to learn more about our work and be a part of the sustainable fashion community.
Vancouver Spring Time Clothing Swap!
Threading Change is hosting another Clothing Swap in Vancouver! Come by to meet the Threading Change community and bring your pre-loved items to share and swap!
Guayaquil's Spring Time Clothing Swap!
Threading Change is hosting our first Guayaquil Clothing Swap! Come by to meet the Threading Change Guayaquil community and bring your pre-loved items to share and swap!
In-Person Clothing Swap in Vancouver
Threading Change is hosting an in-person clothing swap party in Vancouver for Fashion Revolution Week 2022!
Youth in Fashion Policy Workshop
We often hear that shopping less is a way to lessen our fashion consumption. But, what policy instruments and legislation components are possible to drive change in the fashion industry? And more importantly, how can youth lead the way?
Redistributing Money and Power in the Fashion Industry
This panel discussion will be an opportunity to bring different sustainable fashion organizations together and deep dive into the intersections of this years Fashion Revolution theme's MONEY FASHION & POWER.
Women’s History Month Workshop: How to plan a gender-inclusive project
Women's History Month is a globally recognized month celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, while also a time to recognize the multitude of urgent voices and issues related to gender equality.
Local, meet Global
Featuring presenters from Vancouver-based non-profits including Working Gear, Threading Change, and Frameworq. Followed by moderated panel discussion.
Youth in Fashion
Meet youth who work in the fashion sector on amazing projects that aim towards a more sustainable future. More details coming soon.
Where do my clothes come from?
Hosted by Founder of local non-profit Threading Change, Sophia Yang, introducing her unique take on a feminist fossil-free fashion future, including a new project: The Global Innovation Story Map.
Fashion in the Global South
From Fair Trade principles to real-life women-owned and operated fashion brands, learn about efforts to address sustainability issues related to raw materials, processing, manufacture, and branding.
Fashion at COP26: What Happened?
Join us in a deep dive discussion about what happened regarding fashion at COP26, and ways in which consumers, civil society, and industry can come together to right a harmful industry.
Global Innovation Story Map Launch Party!
Have you heard the news? 👀 The Global Innovation Story Map will be launching this fall!
The Walrus Talks @ home
A WCEF side event (make sure to register for the World Circular Economy Forum 2021 as well from our events page), The Walrus Talks is a discussion on where our circular economy is headed! This group of next generation leaders will be sharing how we can make individual and systemic changes today to create a more sustainable tomorrow!