There are homeless people here?! A crash course on the history of fighting homelessness on Lakeshore Boulevard
KL Sison
When Torontonians think about homelessness and housing issues, we tend to think about the downtown core. The reality is that the need for shelter and affordable housing extends beyond the areas in the city we typically associate with homelessness.
The lakeshore of South Etobicoke has a long and ongoing story of poverty and homelessness, with the abrupt closure of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital (now Humber Polytechnic’s Lakeshore campus) in 1979, which pushed discharged patients straight onto the streets leading to mass homelessness in the area.
Our neighbourhood has fought relentlessly for decades to get shelters, co-ops, and other affordable housing and services built and available for our unhoused neighbours. Join us on a walk through New Toronto to learn more about the housing justice stories of this community and its people, what has been accomplished, and the pressing issues we are currently facing in this part of our city, just tucked away by the lake.
Walk Start Location:
New Toronto, Lakeshore/Kipling
Walk End Location:
New Toronto, Lakeshore/Third
Date:
Language:
Sunday, May 3
English
Start Time:
2:30:00 PM
Duration:
1:30:00
Theme:
Advocacy and Politics, History and Places, People and Communities
Accessibility:
Uneven terrain, Busy sidewalks, Dog-friendly walk, Walk content may be triggering, Washroom
Attendees Identify You:
The walk leader will be wearing a bright orange rain coat.