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Annual Report 2017 Table of Contents ANNUAL REPORT 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 .... Message from Executive Director & Board Chair 3 .... Heritage Toronto 4 .... Supporters 7 .... Historical Plaques Program 10 .... Heritage Toronto Awards 15 .... Tours Program 19 .... Special Programs 19 .... Building Toronto: Stories of the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood 20 .... Doors Open 21 .... Heritage Primer 21 .... Momento: Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation 22 .... Get Involved 24 .... Join the Conversation 25 .... 2016 Financial Summary Cover1 2017image Annual credits: ReportAlex Willms, Herman Custodio MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR 2017 was a year of engagement. There was a growing public awareness of the importance of Toronto’s heritage. We witnessed Canada’s 150th milestone, and we worked alongside a committed Toronto City Council. Heritage Toronto celebrated advancements. We also had conversations about exclusion and silenced voices. Collectively, we weighed our past while looking to the future. It was also the most active year in the history of Heritage Toronto. We presented 99 events across 28 wards and welcomed 8,000 people to our programs. We hosted guest speakers such as renowned humanitarian Stephen Lewis and chef Susur Lee. We worked with 22 volunteer organizations to run tours and events that highlighted timely issues such as Toronto’s immigration and LGBTQ2+ histories. We presented a revitalized Heritage Toronto Awards, made possible by record-breaking support from our sponsors. We installed more plaques than any other organization in North America—plaques which resonated with current events, carrier, and Alice and Dan Heap’s lifelong commitment to helping the city’s poor and homeless. Following this banner year, Heritage Toronto enters 2018 with momentum and optimism. We will invest in P content by revitalizing our website and piloting a digital walking tour. We will publish a new State of Heritage We live in a city faced with choices and challenges, strengthened by its diverse communities and set apart by its unique stories. As a charity that works on behalf of the people of Toronto, Heritage Toronto is honoured to work with our supporters and partners to contribute to our great city’s history and future. Allison Bain Kate Marshall Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors 2017 Annual Report 2 HERITAGE TORONTO Heritage Toronto is a charity and agency of the City of Toronto that celebrates and commemorates the city’s rich heritage and the diverse stories of its people, places, and events. Through our annual programs, including walking tours, historical plaques, special past—both to make sense of our present and to inform our future. In 2017, highlights of our record-breaking achievements include the delivery of 12 special programs, the participation of 104 sponsors and community partners, over 120 media interviews on a wide range of Kensington Market Tour. Image: Alex Willms Board of Directors Staff Kate Marshall, Chair Councillor Sarah Doucette Allison Bain, Executive Director Richard Moorhouse, Vice Chair Councillor Mary Fragedakis Chris Bateman, Historical Plaques Councillor Paula Fletcher Research & Program Assistant John Belyea Councillor Mike Layton Dr. Camille Bégin, Historical Peter Berton Plaques Program Coordinator Lisa Brown Board Sean Michael Blank, Heritage Abena Buahene Committee Members Programs Assistant Karen Czaniecki, Administrator Dr. Ross Fair Derek Boles (to June 2017) Caitlin Coleman Tyler Greenleaf Lucy Di Pietro, Manager, Marketing Andrew Himel Julia Culpeper & Outreach Tess Devlin Michael Kushnir, Development Louis Kan Dr. Gilberto Fernandes Coordinator (to August 2017) Monica Granzotto Candice McCavitt, Community Paul Litt Sasha Manes Programs & Special Events Coordinator Donald Loucks Franca Miraglia Kaitlin Wainwright, Director of Brent Pearlman Wilf Neidhardt Programming Allan Penning Birgitte Nielsen Worrall Senior Manager, Lena Recollet Sherry Pedersen Finance & Administration (from July 2017) Jennifer Roy Dr. Ellen Scheinberg Linda Strachan Karen Whaley 3 2017 Annual Report SUPPORTERS Thank you to our 2017 supporters and champions of Toronto heritage. $30,000+ $10,000+ Kensington Market Tour. Image: Alex Willms Macfeeters Family Fund at Toronto Foundation Linda Strachan $5,000+ Aird & Berlis LLP Casey House Parks Forestry and Toronto Golf Club Recreation, City of CUPE Local 416 Toronto Water, Buddies in Bad Times Toronto City of Toronto Theatre Eastern Construction Ports Toronto Urban Capital Cadillac Fairview Lifetime Yorkville Rivermill Homes Corporation Limited Residences Inc. Wynn Family Properties Service Canada Canadian National Oxford Properties Exhibition Foundation Group Limited $2,500+ Cityzen Development Cresford Developments ERA Architects Geronimo CM Ltd. Group Cycling Infrastructure, EVOQ Architecture Info-Tech Research Group Coalition of Black Trade City of Toronto Friends of Guild Park Interval House Unionists DREAM and Gardens 2017 Annual Report 4 $2,500+ Shawne Jackson-Troiano Rexall +VG Architects WE Charity Ontario Association Royal Canadian Wawanesa Mutual Westbank of Architects Curling Club Insurance Company Ontario Construction Triangle Development Secretariat $1,000+ B.A. Himel Family CS&P Architects King Properties Streetcar Developments Foundation Downsview Park Liberty Entertainment The Sumach by Chartwell Group Brook Pooni Richard Isaac Toronto Society of MOD Developments Architects Buttcon Limited Harvey Kalles Real Estate Northam Realty Trinity College at the Café Diplomatico Heritage Preservation University of Toronto Canadian Historical Services, City of Toronto Alexandria Pike Urban Strategies Inc. Association Immigration, Refugees Phoenix Restoration Wembley Apartments David and Valerie Christie and Citizenship Canada RAW Design Civic Theatres Toronto Infrastructure Ontario Anthony Van (Sony Centre for the Karin Karah Straubenzee York Heritage Properties Performing Arts) $200+ 41 Spruce Street TJ Daris Joan Johnston Usaid Amro Russell Doris Eric W. Slavens Heather Auclair Robert Eisenberg Louis Kan Frances E. Johnson Yveline Audemars and Audrey Fox Howard Kaplan Joan Johnston Humberto Rivero Edward Freeman Mhairi Lang Russell D. Smith Allison Bain Gandy Charitable Kate Marshall John Stanley and Helmut Reichenbacher John Belyea and Foundation Richard Moorhouse and Amanda Walton Tyler and Jean Simonton Andrew M. Stewart Lisa and Gary Brown Emily Greenleaf MSP Realty Corp. St. James Cathedral Gina Clark Bruce Grubbe Northbridge Insurance Helen Thompson Claude Cormier Janet Hall John and Maire Percy Mary Williamson Jean Cuddy Peter Ignazi Margaret Procter Properties Kathryn and Eric Jarvis Brian Provini Shawn Cymbaly Karen Whaley Frances E. Johnson Ellen Scheinberg 5 2017 Annual Report Media Partners Daily Xtra Spacing Torontoist Toronto Star Community Partners Artscape FV Foods Ontario Heritage Trust Toronto Bell Cote Arts and Letters Club Glenview Presbyterian Ontario Jewish Archives P Church ASI Heritage Ossington Toronto Public Library The Great Hall Community Association Toronto Ward Museum Homes First Penguin Random House Cabbagetown Toronto’s First Preservation Association Hunt Heritage Masonry P of Canada Canadian Aviation Imperial Plaza Tourism and Culture Real Estate Services, Division, City of Hamilton Historical Society Ironworkers Local 721 City of Toronto University of Toronto - Canadian Lesbian and Kabalen Restaurant Gay Archives Reserve Properties Book and Media Studies Kensington Market Program Riverdale Real Estate Services, Historical Society City of Toronto Historical Society University of Toronto - La Société d’histoire Faculty of Information Riverside BIA Daily Bread Bakery de Toronto University of Toronto Etobicoke Civic Centre Royal Canadian Long & McQuade Mississaugua - Curling Club Exhibition Place Lower Ossington Theatre Historical Studies St Andrew’s Four Seasons Hotel University of Toronto Mill Street Brewery United Church Toronto Scarborough - Culinaria Moryiama & St. Lawrence Market BIA Resesarch Centre Friends of Guild Park Teshima Architects Swansea Friends of West York University - North York Historical Society Department of History Toronto Railpath Historical Society Heritage Toronto receives core funding from the City of Toronto. 2017 Annual Report 6 HISTORICAL PLAQUES PROGRAM The historical plaques program had a knockout year, installing over 130 plaques across the city. Champion boxer George Chuvalo 137 attended the unveiling of a plaque commemorating his legendary plaques produced 1966 fight against Muhammad Ali. Exploring themes of race and activism, this plaque took on additional meaning in the current political climate. We celebrated the Black community’s contributions to our city. With the assistance of the Ontario Black History Society, the Ontario Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and the Jackson family, we installed plaques highlighting Albert Jackson, the city’s first Commemorative: 22 Black letter carrier, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first Black trade union in Canada to sign an agreement with its employer. BRUNSWICK HOUSE 1908 In 1874, Benjamin Hinchcliffe opened the first tavern on this site. It was a two-storey, roughcast structure with a stable. In 1908, John Wilson Siddall designed the present building in the Edwardian Classical style. Partnerships are the backbone of the program. In 2017, we worked After Albert, Molly, and Morris Nightingale purchased the Brunswick House in 1965, it became a popular drinking and meeting place, especially among students and writers. For 27 years, “Rockin’
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