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Gary and Pia sitting by the lake

This law was one of Ontario's first human rights laws, and made it illegal for employers to refuse work of fire someone based on their race and other attributes. The act allowed people to file complaints and launch an investigation. It was a huge…

This law made it illegal for restaraunts, hotels, theatres, stores etc. to deny service to people based on race and other attributes. It also banned discriminatory signs and advertisements. It also created a process for people to file complaints and…

This is a photograph of a Telegram article written by Pat McNenly (including pictures by Leo Harrison) in 1954, centering around the action of Bromley Armstrong and Ruth Lor in testing the recently enacted Equal Accommodations Act of that year during…

Leslie Cheung is one of the first pioneers in the musical genres of Mandopop and Cantopop, reflected in his performance at a Vancouver Fundraising event for flood victims in China in 1990. While Mandopop and Cantopop are popular forms of music across…

A journal article on Ninth Floor Troubles, Crisis at Sir George, and An(other) Antilles, 3 documentaries about the Sir George Williams affair, comparing and contrasting them and their availability. The article makes several good points about the…

Prime Minister Trudeau is giving a public speech to the press. He addresses his privileged upbringing as one of the contributors to his Blackface incident and acknowledges the racist harms his past has caused.

This photo of Oscar Peterson with his high school friends Michael and Tom Massiah captures the vibrant youth community of the St. Antoine District, where young people were actively supported and encouraged to explore their talents. Désirée Rochat,…

A blue and yellow button created for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1951. It was likely used to show that it belonged to a porter who had paid his monthly membership fee. Although sleeping car porters were only paid a meagre amount, being…

Photograph taken by an unknown person in 1940 (according to Museum of Toronto). Ten women are in the photo: Mrs. Glinda Olive Dawthins; Mrs. Marion Dewby; Mrs. Lila Williams; Mrs. Victoria Knight; Mrs. Margrove Brooks-Lewsey; Mrs. Ella Crowley; Mrs.…