Our Voices - Our Place: Collage, Sound, and Story Through the Divide
Cheryll Case, Happie Micah Edwards, Eglinton Allen Community Association
Join local residents from both sides of the Allen Expressway for an arts-focused walking activation along a laneway shaped by a history of displacement and community building. This corridor marks where hundreds of residents were displaced in the 1970s — and where governmental planning decisions continue to enable the displacement of residents and community spaces throughout neighbourhoods along the new Eglinton LRT.
This walk is an act of reclamation — of creativity, memory, and ownership. Through storytelling and shared reflection, residents from the East and West sides will ground the experience in lived realities, connecting histories of displacement to present-day questions of growth, stability, and who gets to shape the future of our neighbourhoods.
Participants will take part in a collective collaging process using flyers and materials from local businesses, alongside a curated audio experience.
Do you feel that your community is able to shape decisions about development and protections to renters in your neighbourhoods? Let's explore together, and have fun exploring pathways forward that honours and celebrate the people, cultures, and relationships that make our neighbourhoods worth protecting"
Walk Start Location:
Little Jamaica, Cedarvale Station Plaza
Walk End Location:
Little Jamaica, Park Hill Rd and Whitmore Avenue
Date:
Language:
Friday, May 1
English
Start Time:
6:30:00 PM
Duration:
1:15:00
Theme:
Advocacy and Politics, Architecture and Urban Planning, Arts and Culture, Environment and Sustainability, Food and Drinks, History and Places, Lived experiences and personal perspectives, People and Communities
Accessibility:
Low-lighting
Attendees Identify You:
We be playing music and have a sign