AMOOWIGAMIG - WINNIPEG PUBLIC TOILET Winnipeg, MB
THE OPENING OF WINNIPEG'S NEW PUBLIC TOILET - The three-storey public washroom features metal, glass and shipping containers along with bright yellow accents. Three large glass garage-style doors frame the public sink area, a drinking water fountain and foot-washing station. Photo by Mike Deal/Winnipeg Free Press.
All design renderings by BridgmanCollaborative Architecture
Year: 2022
Location: Winnipeg
Budget: $875,000
A new permanent public washroom for the Main and Higgins area in Winnipeg is now built. Designed for dignity and respect, the project involved close collaboration with the City of Winnipeg, Thunderbird House, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and other community agencies. It incorporates best practice harm reduction principles and offers a prototype for future public toilets across the city.
BridgmanCollaborative has been lobbying for public toilets in Winnipeg and across Canada for more than a decade: A Public Calling - Making a Plea for the Urban Outhouse, Public Toilets, Accessibility and Human Rights: A Winnipeg Pop-Up Campaign and Human Dignity on Main Street: Public Toilets in Canada. See also our Pop-Up Winnipeg Public Toilet; and here is a presentation by Wins Bridgman for the Rotary Club of Winnipeg (spring 2022).
We all need public toilets.
Media coverage:
Location: Winnipeg
Budget: $875,000
A new permanent public washroom for the Main and Higgins area in Winnipeg is now built. Designed for dignity and respect, the project involved close collaboration with the City of Winnipeg, Thunderbird House, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, and other community agencies. It incorporates best practice harm reduction principles and offers a prototype for future public toilets across the city.
BridgmanCollaborative has been lobbying for public toilets in Winnipeg and across Canada for more than a decade: A Public Calling - Making a Plea for the Urban Outhouse, Public Toilets, Accessibility and Human Rights: A Winnipeg Pop-Up Campaign and Human Dignity on Main Street: Public Toilets in Canada. See also our Pop-Up Winnipeg Public Toilet; and here is a presentation by Wins Bridgman for the Rotary Club of Winnipeg (spring 2022).
We all need public toilets.
Media coverage:
- City's downtown public washroom to open 16 hours a day - CBC News (June 2023)
- Winnipeg Foundation grant opens public washroom hours tap - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2023) (pdf)
- Case-in-point: From pop-up toilet to permanent facility: Winnipeg's example of activist-led public washrooms - University of Manitoba (May 2023) (pdf)
- City eyes permanent public washroom hours options - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2023) (pdf)
- EPC seeks to float $38K to downtown publish washroom - Winnipeg Free Press (March 2023) (pdf)
- Flushing success down the toilet - Dear Winnipeg (March 2023) (pdf)
- Public washrooms in downtown Winnipeg could have hours cut after use exceeded budget plans - CBC News (February 2023)
- Public washroom is better way to go - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2022) (pdf)
- Flush with excitement: permanent, safe washroom unveiled on Main Street - Winnipeg Free Press (May 2022) (pdf)
- Permanent public washroom to open in downtown Winnipeg - CTV News (May 2022)
- Long-awaited public washroom designed for 'dignity and respect' to open in downtown Winnipeg - CBC News (May 2022)
- The proposed design for a public washroom near Thunderbird House - CTV News (March 2021)
- A victory for dignity at Higgins and Main - Winnipeg Free Press (March 2021) (pdf)
- Winnipeg launches public bathroom project - CBC News (December 2020)
- Permanent public washroom for downtown Winnipeg moves step closer with $670K grant - CBC News (July 2020) (pdf)
- Public washrooms downtown could be built with grant money - Winnipeg Free Press (July 2020) (pdf)