CAMH Heritage Wall Plaques' Dedication Ceremony
Please join us on Saturday, September 25th at 1:00 pm for the unveiling of a new series of nine permanent, illustrated interpretive plaques to be installed at intervals alongside the historic (1860 and 1888-89) CAMH Boundary Walls. These structures are protected through a City of Toronto Heritage Designation Bylaw under the Ontario Heritage Act, supported by a Heritage Easement Agreement. Each memorial plaque will feature one or more archival photo reproductions with captions. They are intended to help illuminate peoples' representative life experiences, near each of the nine plaque locations, of a great many former Asylum patients at what is now CAMH’s Queen Street hub site. Please see the enclosed notice for further details on the plaques' theme, the location of the September 25th unveiling ceremony, and a tour of the walls and plaques conducted by the PSAT board Chair, Geoffrey Reaume that will immediately follow.
Unveiling Ceremony
Memorial Wall Plaques Dedicated to Patient Labourers Past
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the oldest part of the patient-built boundary wall, constructed in 1860, which stands on the south side of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) at 1001 Queen Street West. These patient-built walls, along with the 1888-89 walls on the east and west sides, are a testament to the abilities of people whose unpaid labour was central to the operation of asylums in the Province of Ontario during the 19th & 20th centuries.
Join us as we unveil a series of nine memorial plaques in remembrance.
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
Corner of Queen Street West and Shaw Street.
A tour of the wall and all nine plaques will follow the dedication ceremony.
Sponsored by Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto (PSAT), CAMH,
and the generous support of many community donors.
For more information or media inquiries, please call 416-595-6015; 416-661-9975.
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