Meet Repair Café Toronto’s R2R lead, Ken Vickerson.
Ken is a long-serving jewellery fixer with RCT. Ken has taken on the role of RCT lead regarding right to repair issues and will share information here regarding R2R legislation, news, initiatives, and events. Interested in the subject? Contact ken.vickerson(at)gmail.com.
Listen: Ken & Quentin’s Interview
Be sure to check this out! Quentin de Becker of Scarborough Zero Waste (SZW) interviewed Ken on R2R. Their conversation zeroes in on what’s afoot locally, nationally, internationally as at May 2025, and how you can help the cause. Click HERE.
Latest R2R News
Current news items sure to interest you:
- October 2025: What you need to know as Microsoft ends Windows 10 support
- October 2025: Why Planned Obsolescence is Everywhere and How to Fight Back
- October 2025: Yukon Political Parties Take Stand on the Right to Repair
- October 2025: Nunavummiut Deserve the Right to Repair
- October 2025: Quebec Law to Promote the Sustainability of Goods Come into Force
- September 2025: The Circular Economy Could Save the World
- August 2025: Stuff Not Lasting Like It Used To?
- August 2025: R2R That Could Fix Our Throwaway Economy
- July 2025: Right to repair bill in Texas has been signed into law after winning by a landslide victory, with not a single vote against it
- May 2025: Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products
- April 2025: Trying to fix my combine, I need politicians who really get what farmers are facing
- February 2025: What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property? Canada shouldn’t retaliate with US tariffs—it should hit the USA where it hurts, instead.
- February 2025: Bolstering Canada’s right to repair could shield it against U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty
- January 2025: Right to Repair Movement Sees Progress But…
- January 2025: FTC Suing John Deere is a Tipping Point for R2R
- December 2024: US Senators blast automakers’ fight against right-to-repair
- December 2024: Bill C-244: Right to Repair in Canada – an easy access overview to the Bill
- December 2024: Bill C-244: Unlocking the Right to Repair – some depth around the Bill’s legal implications
- December 2024: Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy – movie trailer
- November 2024: Q&A: What new right to repair laws mean for Canadians with products in need of a fix
- November 2024: How a Silicon Valley trend is impacting an $8B Canadian farm industry
- November 2024: Pending updates to Canada’s Copyright Act bring consumers closer to the right to repair their devices
- November 2024: A new copyright rule lets McDonald’s fix its own broken ice cream machines
- October 2024: Paralyzed man loses ability to walk as company denies $20 exoskeleton repair
- October 2024: Second hand appliances: where to buy refurbished gadgets
Latest R2R Posts
- Think BIG – Inspiration for CanadaIn the UK, the Restart Project is holding a Repair Café at the House of Commons on June 11, 2025! The UK Repair & Reuse 5-point Declaration, says: For more information visit https://therestartproject.org Thank you, Lawson Hunter (Burlington Repair Café) for sharing this.
- Informative, Inspiring Interview!Quentin de Becker (Scarborough Zero Waste) and Ken Vickerson (Repair Café Toronto) talk right-to-repair.
- Right to Repair – Legislative DevelopmentsBy Ken Vickerson You might have missed this, I know I did, but there have been some significant developments regarding the “Right to Repair” (RTR) movement both in Europe and North America. In April the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to adopt legislation(1) that would enshrine various principles of the Right to Repair agenda into law… Read more: Right to Repair – Legislative Developments