Led by JP Hornick, Maureen Hynes and Sue Smith, explore the oldest section of Toronto, our "Old Town," with its vibrant and turbulent past. Learn about the texture of daily life from the 1830s onward, uprisings and hangings and the massive demonstrations of the 1870s to support workers when unions were illegal - as well as an infamous site of the current "imperious
clout of corporate Canada." This walk, part of Jane's Walk, starts in front of St Lawrence Hall at the corner of King and Jarvis, proceeds to several sites with hidden labour history. The tour ends outside William Lyon MacKenzie House (82 Bond Street), allowing you to connect with the Mayworks' Leftwords Festival of Books and Ideas event at Ryerson.

Also part of Jane's Walk.

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On to Ottawa Trek 75 Anniversary Ceremony

The program includes Vancouver East MP Libby Davies,  BC Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair, a representative of Vancouver City Council,  Impact on Community Coalition's Am Johal, special guests and music. A historical Plaque to mark the Trek site will be unveiled, and there will be a send-off for the 2010 Homelessness Trek to Ottawa.

Music starts at 12:30. Bring a picnic and join us for this important event.

Brenda Joy Lem's grandfather opened the first hand laundry in Oshawa around 100 years ago. This physically grueling and relentless work during the time of the depression and the years of the Chinese Exclusion Act, made family life at the Ontario Laundry far from ideal. Meditating on themes of memory, class, family history and the enduring heart, Homage to the Heart, was developed from oral histories, told to her by her father and her aunt. Four prints, focusing on the lives of the women in the family, were selected for this exhibition.