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A Wellesley Institute Presentation To Cities Centre Forum On Toronto’s Tower Neighbourhoods

Toronto has the second highest number of high-rise communities in all of North America – but many of the structures are decaying and the neighbourhoods are distressed. Inclusionary housing is a zoning tool that could help to ensure that redeveloped Tower neighbourhoods are healthy and inclusive. Here is the WI’s presentation to the University of Toronto’s Cities Centre for a forum on Tower neighbourhoods that includes academics, private and non-profit practitioners and government policy-makers.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.