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Equity Heritage Initiative

The Equity Heritage Initiative provides mentorship and paid work to emerging historians from equity-deserving communities, while supporting new programming and community partnerships.

Shaping how we tell Toronto’s stories for the future

Youth from equity-deserving communities are critical to diversifying heritage work and yet face systemic barriers to building a career in our sector. The Equity Heritage Initiative is an opportunity to begin transforming heritage work through investments in the next generation of heritage advocates. Through this initiative these Emerging Historians will not only develop the fundamental skills and experiences they will need to excel in the field, but their work will further connect Heritage Toronto with the communities we serve, ensuring our city’s heritage is accessible, relevant, and engaging to all Torontonians.

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Our work is most successful when it is donor supported and driven. Please join us in building a more equitable Toronto.

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Take Note

Experience first hand the amazing work of the emerging historians participating in the Equity Heritage Initiative!

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North York Recipes for Healing

Meet East Asian community members who through oral histories and recipes share their culinary heritage while reflecting on recent changes to the North York neighbourhood. 

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Tkaronto Voices

As we contemplate the ongoing process of reconciliation, we invite you to listen and learn from the Indigenous voices that have shaped Toronto.

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Living History of Little Jamaica

Discover notable Black community members from the 19th century, buried at one of the city’s oldest cemeteries, and how they contributed to our modern city.