Toronto Homeless Memorial

The Toronto Homeless Memorial is a memorial to people who died while living on the streets, or in homeless shelters, in Toronto, Canada. The memorial includes the names of those who died and is updated monthly.

Toronto Homeless Memorial
Websiteholytrinity.to/justice-work/homeless-memorial/

Memorial
Holy Trinity Church

The memorial is located outside the Church of the Holy Trinity[1] and it is maintained by church staff and community members.[2] As of December 2021, it included approximately 1,200 names[3] of people who died while living in homeless shelters or the streets of Toronto.[4]

The names of the deceased are added on the second Tuesday of every month.[5]

History

The memorial was started in 1997 by Bonnie Briggs, a housing advocate.[3]

The list of names on the memorial reached 1,000 in the year 2020.[6]

In December 2021, memorial organisers added 34 names to the memorial, the highest ever added at once; names included John Doe and Jane Doe placeholders as the names of some of the deceased were unknown.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Activists decry toll of homelessness; Record 12 names added to memorial as council struggles with health cuts." Toronto Star [Toronto, Ontario], 15 May 2019, p. GT2. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A585452552/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=b605365c. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
  2. "Toronto Homeless Memorial". Holy Trinity TO. 2008-01-26. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. Lavoie, Joanna (14 Dec 2021). "'Unconscionable injustice': Unprecedented number of names added to Toronto Homeless Memorial in December". Toronto. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  4. Draaisma, Muriel; Ricci, Talia (2 April 2022). "More than 200 unhoused people died in Toronto last year, city data shows". CBC.
  5. "Tribute paid to man killed by police; 'John Doe' is now No. 831 on Toronto Homeless Memorial." Toronto Star [Toronto, Ontario], 13 July 2016, p. GT8. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A457830360/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=ca1a2ce3. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
  6. 1,000 names are now listed on the Toronto Homeless Memorial. The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario), [s. l.], 14 jan. 2020. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgin&AN=edsgcl.711352628&site=eds-live&scope=site. Acesso em: 14 ago. 2022.
  7. Gibson, Victoria (2021-12-14). "As overdoses mount in shelters, Toronto Homeless Memorial hits a dark new milestone". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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