“ It’s important to stop and think about
how Toronto was built. There was a
human cost to it.”
March 23, 2019
“ Home on the Streets”
Art Exhibition:
Global News, January 30, 2019
Internationally acclaimed artist
Marco Sassone’s “Home on the
Streets” exhibition made its
Canadian debut at the Joseph D.
Carrier Art Gallery in January
2019. The artist’s collection of
paintings and drawings, which
depict the tragedy of
homelessness and his personal
connection to this issue was
profiled in an interview by
Susan Hay on Global News.
“ City Builders”
Art Exhibition:
CBC News, March 23, 2019
Another exhibition, “City
Builders: A History of Immigrant
Construction Workers in Postwar
Toronto,” was the focus of a CBC
News feature when it opened at
the Columbus Centre in March
2019. Villa Charities partnered
with York University and Myseum
Intersections 2019 to host the
multi-media exhibition, which
told the story of thousands of
construction workers who built
Toronto – most of them
newcomers to Canada –
and the dangers they faced.
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