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  • Group of people stand and walk past a colonnaded entrance of white building with iconic religious portraits flanking the door and a Greek flag mounted on the side.
    August 5 at 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

    Greektown on the Danforth

    Journey through Toronto’s Greektown. Discover the community’s foundations in faith and family, and the evolution of businesses and restaurants in the area.

  • Group of people stand and walk past a colonnaded entrance of white building with iconic religious portraits flanking the door and a Greek flag mounted on the side.
    June 21 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

    Greektown on the Danforth

    Journey through Toronto’s Greektown. Discover the community’s foundations in faith and family, and the evolution of businesses and restaurants in the area.

  • Black marker on scaffolding outside of a construction site. The text reads: “MARCUS GARVEY LIVED HERE”.

    Rethinking Monuments: Black Histories and Black Futures

    Commemorating the city’s history has often taken the shape of colonial monuments, but community-led counter-monuments can tell broader, more diverse stories. In Toronto, many counter-monuments…

  • Photo faces down the sidewalk of Gerrard St E. showing the shop fronts. There is a shop with traditional South-Asian clothing in the display window with the name "Chandan Fashion". In the background a group of people crowd around the entrance to a restaurant.

    Bollywood Dreams and Bazaar Scenes

    The Gerrard India Bazaar, or Little India, has long been a key hub for early Indian and Pakistani immigrants in Toronto, and remains a vibrant,…

  • Panoramic photo of intersecting streets with commercial storefronts and small groups of people walking along the sidewalk.

    Remembering Toronto’s 1918 Anti-Greek Riots

    In the summer of 1918, prejudice and grievance against a small but visible ethnic population gave rise to destruction on the streets of Toronto. But…

  • A group of men sitting in a room. In the front is a line of men waiting to go up to an area with clothes. More men are standing with with tables full of clothing (shirts, pants, and shoes).

    Reform City

    Explore the origins of a selection of Toronto’s early reform organisations and social movements, and their impact on the city’s social welfare landscape today.

  • Exterior of a restaurant. Over the door, the words "Hopper Hut Restaurant" in red letters appear over a dark green background. Through the restaurant windows, a takeout counter with customers gathered around is visible.

    New Places, New Palates: Tamil Cooks in Toronto’s Kitchens

    Staffing a third of all restaurant kitchens in Toronto, discover how Tamil refugees became the backbone of the city’s restaurant industry, and the stories of…

  • Colour aerial photograph of a cityscape with many tall residential buildings and complexes. Trees are visible in the background.

    St. James Town: World Within a Block

    Once Victorian houses scattered throughout St. James Town. Today, it’s the most densely populated high-rise community in Canada and one of Toronto’s most diverse and…

  • A large group of people stand in front of the entrance to a people. They are dressed in formal clothes.

    Unveiling Heroes of the Block

    Uncover the lesser-known stories of prominent African Canadian figures that contributed to the foundational fabric of Toronto.