Allan Gardens: Justice in the Park
Li Xiao, Schuster Gindin, Matt Canaran
Allan Gardens Park is teeming with life - animal, vegetable, mineral and, famously, political. It’s difficult to overestimate the importance of this green space to the communities who come here. Shared for millennia by Indigenous peoples, the site became private property after colonization, and since its establishment as an urban park in 1860, the Gardens has provided a platform for social justice movements from suffragists in the 19th century to WWI veterans, anti-poverty advocates, environmental and gay rights champions in the 20th century, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, and affordable housing advocates today. And like poet Milton Acorn’s creative and determined campaign for freedom of speech in the 1960s, these protests have led the way to important and far-reaching advances in social justice.
This 1 hour (approx) walk will be led by Friends of Allan Gardens (FOAG), a community-based, volunteer-led, not-for-profit organisation in partnership with Schuster Gindin, co-author with Rina Fraticelli, of “People, Power & the Park.”
Walk Start:
Allan Gardens. Main intersection and streetcar stop is Jarvis/Carlton
Allan Gardens. We will end at the farmers' market located at the Children's Conservatory at 19 Horticultural Avenue.
Walk End:
Date:
Start Time:
Saturday, May 3
11:00:00 AM & 12:30:00 PM
Duration:
1:00:00
Language:
English
Theme:
Advocacy and Politics, Architecture and Urban Planning, Environment and Sustainability, History and Places, Lived experiences and personal perspectives, People and Communities
Accessibility:
Dog-friendly walk, Family-friendly walk, Walk content may be triggering
Attendees Identify You:
There is signage at the Children's Conservatory, located at the northwest corner of the park. We will communicate this via our social media