Acknowledgments

A special thank you to Professor Harald Bauder of the Graduate Program in Immigration and Settlement Studies for leading this project and taking the time to provide recommendations and guide us through the development process of this field trip. We also thank Hayden King, advisor to the Dean on Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Arts and Executive Director of the Yellowhead Institute, for his support, and Rachel Ressor, who co-authored the first edition of this fieldtrip, for the valuable resources and content that made it into the current edition of the fieldtrip. 

Funding was provided by the Yeates School of Graduate Studies and the Office of the Dean of Arts. 

Introduction

This website is intended to facilitate walking field trips involving particular sites located on or close to the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) campus. For each site, we identified several resources and included links to original sources. We structured this website by listing the sources followed by a brief description of the information from the source in bullet form. This brief description does not replace reading the original source(s) but is rather intended to help the reader navigate through the website.

This website contributes to knowledge and events relating to Indigenous people’s land and culture, focusing on the land that is currently occupied by TMU. This website is available for free to anyone who wishes to learn or educate themselves or others about Indigenous culture. Please use and share this website as a resource guide responsibly and with respect.

Map Route (Field Trip Sites)

1. Star Blanket (JOR – Jorgensen Hall Entrance)
2. The Ring (Gould St. and Nelson Mandela Walk Intersection)
3. Egerton Ryerson Statue and TRC Plaque (Gould St.)
4. Artwork by Nadya Kwandibens (SLC – Student Learning Centre)
5. TMU Athletic Centre (50 Gould St.)
6. TMU Aboriginal Student Services (KHW – Kerr Hall West 389)
7. Healing Garden (TRS – Ted Rogers School of Management)
8. Dundas Square/Yonge St. (Dundas and Yonge St.)
9. Artwork by Mo Thunder, Animikiik’otcii Maakaai, and Edan Maxam (DCC – Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex)
10. Jarvis St. (Jarvis St.)
11. Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training Services (167 Gerrard St. E.)
12.  Allan Gardens (Gerrard St. & Jarvis St.)

Additional Information

For more information on Indigenous research, education, culture, and ways of knowing, please visit the Yellowhead Institute and the Special Report on Indigenous Land-Based Education.

In April 2022, the university announced the new name of Toronto Metropolitan University. Within this guide, the former name, Ryerson University, is occasionally referenced in past quotations and citations.