Based in the Greater Toronto Area and with members in other parts of Ontario, the Milkweed Collective is dedicated to practicing the arts and promoting personal growth in a community context. Formed in 1995, the group includes includes award-winning painters and poets, installation artists and photographers, authors and educators. The Milkweed art shows and workshops on the creative process have inspired children, youth, and adults to discover their individual potential and celebrate their gifts through the joy of making and appreciating art. 

In 1999 the Milkweed Collective collaborated with the Metro Toronto Task Force to Bring Back the Don in giving a two-day workshop on “Bringing Psyche to the River in the City.” In 2000 Milkweed presented a show of multi-media art at the Neilson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke and workshops on creativity for children and adults. In 2002 Arts Etobicoke sponsored Milkweed to give the Exploring Creativity in Depth program to students from area schools, and in 2004 the Collective was funded by the Toronto Arts Council to be Artist-Group-in-Residence at the NPCC. Milkweed was awarded grants by the Arts Education Program of the Ontario Arts Council and the Ontario Trillium Foundation to provide the Exploring Creativity in Depth program in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 the Trillium Foundation awarded Milkweed, in collaboration with Arts Etobicoke, a five-year grant for providing the ECD program in the schools of Etobicoke.