Connexions Archive & Library

Published purpose

The Connexions Archive & Library will expand upon on an existing virtual exhibit funded by DHCP in 2016. In the current project, the organization will digitize and catalogue a large number of documents that broaden the scope of the project to include the geographical areas beyond Toronto’s “Ward 7”, such as Kensington, Parkdale and the Junction. In addition, the project will extend the time period (initially 1970 – 1985) to look further back and forward to the 1990s. This virtual exhibit highlights connections between the materials and images digitized, and the stories they tell about gentrification, urban development, homelessness, access to health care, local organizing and activism.