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Tag: Health Care

  • Black and white image of six washroom stalls with one having an open door showing a lidless-toilet.

    Lost Lavatories: The Decline and Fall of Toronto’s Public Restrooms

    Uncover the hidden history of civic debates, architectural ambition, and changing attitudes toward public space told by Toronto’s lost network of public lavatories.

  • A woman in a nursing uniform holds up a syringe filled with fluid. She looks at the syringe. She stands in a medical room, filled with equipment.

    Healthcare Legacies

    From the discovery of insulin to the first Black licensed practitioners of medicine, Toronto’s scientists, caregivers and activists have contributed to ground-breaking change in healthcare…

  • 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. Share…

  • 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…

  • Government bulletin titled "How to make mask for prevention of influenza". Depicts drawing of man (from neck up) wearing a mask, and the mask itself to the right. Instructions are provided in the text below.

    Stylish and Safe

    Read how masks are the new fashion fad taking Toronto by storm.

  • Sepia-toned image of nurses working in a kitchen plating food on long counters.

    Lady Action: Toronto’s Trailblazing Women

    Throughout Toronto’s history, women pushed boundaries and broke the glass ceiling. Explore the stories of the suffragists, doctors, artists, and others who faced adversity and…

  • Sepia tone image of boy standing in front of a theatre entrance. He wears a mask. A sign posted on the box office reads - All theatres CLOSED until further notice. At request of Mayor

    Echoes of the Spanish Flu

    We investigate Toronto’s response to the Spanish Flu through news articles of the day, and compare the experience to our current struggle against COVID-19.

  • Black and white image showing a petri dish with bacteria growing on the medium.

    Search for the Vaccine

    As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, we take a brief look back at Toronto’s history of vaccine development.

  • A black and white photograph of a Filipino Woman in a white dress walking as part of a procession for a Filipino ceremony, flanked by a man and three children, with a child carrying the train of her dress behind her.

    A New Beginning: Filipino Heritage in Toronto

    In the 1960s, a group of Filipino healthcare workers immigrated to Toronto in search of employment. Nearly 60 years later, Toronto’s Filipino community makes up…