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Annual Report 2020 Heritage Toronto Heritage Toronto is a charity and agency of the City of Toronto that celebrates our city’s rich heritage and the diverse stories of its people, places, and events. Through our programs, including tours, plaques, State of Heritage Report, and online exhibits, we engage the public to reflect on the past—both to make sense of our present and to inform our future. CONTENTS Board of Directors 2 Message from Richard Moorhouse, Chair Jeff Junke Executive Director Councillor Mike Colle Louis Kan Councillor Paula Fletcher Sandy Kedey and Board Chair Peter Berton Dr. Sean Kheraj James Lane 3 Supporters Fallon Butler Liza Chalaidopoulos Shirin Mandani Claire Nelischer 5 Plaques Lori Davison Juliet French Jay Pariseau Aaron Sanderson 7 Tours Martin Green Peggy Hornell Linda Strachan Leslie Thompson 9 Heritage Toronto Peter Ignazi Karen Whaley Awards Gene Jamieson 10 Education and Committee Members Engagement Amy Dennis Debra Kavchak-Taylor Tessa Devlin Shannon Kilburn 12 Get Involved Lynne DiStefano Joshua Lax Dr. Gilberto Fernandes Dr. Ellen Scheinberg 14 Financials Angel (Fung) Pelletier Donovan Westover Sylvia Gardner Daniel Wong Andrew Himel Staff Allison Bain, Executive Director Chris Bateman, Manager, Plaques and Public Education Laura Carlson, Curator, Special Projects Lucy Di Pietro, Manager, Marketing and Communications Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Indigenous Content Coordinator Heather Kingdon, Operations Coordinator Amanda LeClair, Operations Coordinator COVER Natalie Lem, Manager, Community Engagement Eglinton West: Little Jamaica, an Candice McCavitt, Manager, Development online exploration of a cultural hub. Kristen McLaughlin, Plaques Coordinator 1 Heritage Toronto Message from Executive Director & Board Chair The realities Heritage Toronto faced during 2020 could not have been foreseen by any of us. The challenges experienced were momentous, testing our best laid plans. We cancelled all in-person programs to ensure the health and safety of our supporters. Although the right decision to make, it had a huge impact on our charity which lost over a quarter of a million dollars in self-generated revenue and a significant portion of its staff. experiences, and those that provide historical Yet, the story of 2020 is not about perseverance context to some of our current challenges. or even resilience, it is one of unexpected Among these important stories, we tackled success. With the commitment of City Council, Indigenous history, Black Heritage, LGBTQ2S+ sponsors and donors to keep our charity activism, and public health lessons from the past. sustainable, we posted a year-end balanced budget. Although, we were pleased that this digital work won the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario The strength of our Plaques program Heritage Award, we are foremost proud of our continued, with 51 new commemorative staff, partners, donors and volunteers, whose plaques produced, including our first curated passion and commitment to our city’s heritage plaque on Chief Wabakinine. We prioritized allowed our organization to excel even during our commitment to the Emerging Historians such challenging times. program and worked with 19 young people throughout the year. With your continued support, we very much look forward to seeing you all again soon. We leapt into online programming, developing Heritage at Home, a new series which used different formats ranging from live streaming, self-guided tours, and registered online events, Allison Bain Richard Moorhouse to ensure continued public engagement with Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors the city’s heritage. In developing this digital program, Heritage Toronto profiled new stories that reflect the diversity of Toronto’s heritage and recent lived Annual Report 2020 2 Supporters Thank you to our 2020 supporters and heritage champions. $30,000+ $10,000+ $5,000+ Joan Bosworth The Dalla Lana School of Public Ontario Association of Architects Carpenters and Allied Workers, Health, University of Toronto Toronto and Region Conservation Local 27 Department of History, York Authority Clifford Restoration Limited University Toronto Transit Commission The Estate of James A. Metcalfe York Pioneer Historical Society $2,500+ Cadillac Fairview - Toronto Georgia Hood Alexandria Pike Dominion Centre GreekTown on the Danforth BIA Wawanesa Mutual Insurance ERA Architects Greenland Group Canada Company Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Humbercrest Parent Council Woodcliffe Landmark Properties Tourism and Culture Industries Employment and Social Development Canada 3 Heritage Toronto $1,000+ Buttcon Jennifer Kuzyk Aaron Sanderson and Chestnut Park Real Estate MacFeeters Family Fund at Kevin Keystone Dowdall Family Foundation Toronto Foundation Russell D. Smith Audrey Fox Richard Moorhouse and Linda Strachan Sylvia Gardner and Glen Tugman Jean Simonton +VG Architects Martin Green North York Historical Society F. Leslie Thompson Hellenic Heritage Foundation Ontario Black History Society Urbanspace Property Group Richard Isaac Lisa Patton Hotel Victoria David H Kincaid The Primrose Charitable Foundation $200+ Elizabeth Adams Victoria N. Hadden Adam Peer Warren Ainlay Rex Hagon John and Maire Percy Jill Andrew Chris J. Hanes Karena Phidd Allison Bain Edward and Jane Heinemann Kim Powell Duller Barry Tom Hooper Margaret Procter Jennifer Mary Bell Susan Houston Brian Provini Peter and Paula Berton Peter Ignazi Sarah Rea Christopher E. Binet Margaret Irwin Lucia A. Resendes Fallon Butler R. Scott James Richard and Salina Strangway Camille Bégin and Nicholas Jeff Junke Valerie Rousseau Neufeld Louis Kan Bryan Roy Victoria Carley Howard and Karen Kaplan Felix Russo Wendy Carroll Sandy Kedey Sandra Shaul and Liza Chalaidopoulos Patrick Kee Christopher Varley Gina Clark Rob Kee and Sheila Wieczorek Ida Seto and Jeffry Mason Darryl S. D. Clarke Sean Kheraj James Simon Claude Cormier + Associés David S. Koffman Judy Skinner Laura Cowan Jeff Kopas Eric Slavens Bob Crawley Patricia and Duane Lakin-Thomas Catherine Stambula Alexa Daswani James Lane and Georgina Carson Elaine Stanley Honor de Pencier and William and Nancy Logan and Andrew M. Stewart Michael de Pencier The Logan Family Foundation Bernardo and Ana Sztabinski Deke Alumni Association Flavio Marcocchio Helen Thompson Lynne and Joe DiStefano Kate Marshall Toronto Public Library Workers Tara Doyle Candice McCavitt Union, Local 4948 Leone Earls Marjorie McLeod Village of Islington BIA Kiersten Eyes Patrick Michalak Ruth I. Wahl Anne V. Fleming Michael Muraz Leslie Ann Walcott Edward J. Formosa Gary Myers and David Phipps Karen Whaley Gandy Charitable Foundation Jay Nathwani Michael Woloszyk Hillary Ganek Claire Nelischer David Wright Tyler and Emily Greenleaf Peter Ortved Community Partners Bay Cloverhill Community First Nations University of Canada Ojibwe People’s Dictionary Association Friends of Earlscourt Park Riverdale Historical Society Cossette International Union of Operating Shingwauk Residential Schools Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Engineers Local 793 Centre, Algoma University Studies, York University Mississaugas of the Credit First St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Fairmont Royal York Nation Association Annual Report 2020 4 Plaques Plaque staff working from home: Kristen McLaughlin unveils a plaque on Instagram, and Chris Bateman previews plaques for installation that are stored at his house due to lockdown. In this time of physical distancing, people have other heritage organizations cancelled their ventured outdoors to connect on city streets. programs and had to shut their doors, our Walking their local neighbourhoods, many plaques remained on the street, accessible to have had unexpected encounters with our all, 24 hours a day. 800+ plaques. These experiences highlight a key benefit of our Plaques program during As curated interpretations, however, we also the global pandemic: while museums and recognize that plaques have a difficult legacy and in some cases have perpetuated a narrow What a neat bit of history! It is nice to view of history. We have worked over the last few years to address this, presenting new see such a well developed network subjects that reflect diverse histories and to support immigrants, and very experiences. In 2020, our first self-funded interesting to see how it relates to plaque focused on Chief Wabakinine of the centralized transport systems. Mississaugas. Developed by an emerging Indigenous historian and produced with the — @archaeologyto (Immigrant Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Sheds plaque) plaque describes the 18th-century chief’s 5 Heritage Toronto A family affair, Chris Osbourne and his daughter Rebecca, installing The Guild of All Arts plaque, June 28, 2020. Images: Friends of Guild Park leadership and role in the 1787 Toronto added another 31 Century House Plaques, Purchase, his relationship with British officials, highlighting 100+ year old homes, to our city’s and the tragic circumstances of his death. streets. With funding support from the City of Toronto, Heritage Toronto also replaced three Plaques produced this year also dated and corroded plaques produced by the commemorated the Phillips Garment Co. fire of Toronto Historical Board. 1950, which claimed the lives of nine garment workers and resulted in an examination of In 2021, we are looking forward to plaques working conditions, and the lost waterway of about prominent Black business owner and Taddle Creek, a once-vital springtime gathering community leader Beverly Mascoll; the Black- place for Indigenous peoples