History of Talking in the changing city

We went to the Daniels Spectrum in Toronto's revitalized Regent Park neighbourhood last night to attend a WalrusTalks discussion sponsored by the magazine. The talk title, "Power and Belonging," was not very descriptive in advance, but the speakers turned out to be young, mostly indigenous, of colour, immigrants --  and all of them articulate, passionate, a bit pissed-off, and positioning themselves as community rather than power in their commitments (though they include a Canada Research Chair, a Vanier Scholar, and so on).

On the streetcars there and back we passed by Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas) and connected through TMU subway station (TMU being formerly Ryerson, and the station formally Dundas). Good to go to an event where the speakers matched the new place names beginning to reflect the new city. 

It was a great pick-me-up when so many of the comfortably placed and well-funded old white historians and writers I know are still trying to roll back reconciliation and put the statues back up.

The event was livecast and is to be available with other WalrusTalks at Walrus Video.